URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 806 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION BUT ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS WILL ACCUMULATE TONIGHT... .THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW TO THE REGION WEAKENED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND SHIFTED EAST INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING...ENDING THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...A SECONDARY WEAKER SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND BRING AN ADDITIONAL BROAD AREA OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TO THE REGION. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED THAT REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS THAT WERE IN EFFECT. ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO- NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON- CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE- JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-HENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH... OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY... ALBANY...STANBERRY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON... GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON... POLO...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY... EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...KANSAS CITY... INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...WARRENSBURG... SEDALIA...BOONVILLE...CLINTON 806 PM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO AT TIMES MODERATE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATE THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH MID WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT TO AT TIMES MODERATE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION BRINGING ANOTHER 1 TO AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. * IMPACTS...THE LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL TRAVEL IMPACTS ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING AS IT WILL IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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