Winter Storm Warning text

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
300 AM CST THU JAN 28 2010

...WINTER STORM REMAINS LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS AND PORTIONS OF WEST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT...

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION TODAY AND
MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AT THE
SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO TRACK EAST ACROSS THE GULF
COAST STATES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI THIS EVENING...THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND PERSIST INTO
FRIDAY...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MARBLE HILL MISSOURI TO
GREENVILLE KENTUCKY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS EXPECTED NORTH OF
THAT LINE. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATION WILL BE ALONG
AND JUST NORTH OF THE TENNESSEE AND ARKANSAS STATE LINES. THE SNOW
COULD BE MIXED WITH SLEET OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN SECTIONS AT
THE ONSET TONIGHT.

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UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-FULTON-
HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-
CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-
BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...
ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...HICKMAN...
CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...
BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...
MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...MARBLE HILL...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...
BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
300 AM CST THU JAN 28 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THIS
 EVENING...THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST
 INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO
 FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY EVENING.

* 4 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
 MARBLE HILL MISSOURI TO GREENVILLE KENTUCKY. CLOSER TO THE
 ARKANSAS AND TENNESSEE STATE LINES BORDERING KENTUCKY AND
 MISSOURI... AMOUNTS MAY APPROACH 8 INCHES. SOME SLEET MAY MIX IN
 WITH THE SNOW...MAINLY ALONG A LINE FROM POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI
 TO HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKY THIS EVENING.

* TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE RAPIDLY TONIGHT AND COULD
 REMAIN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS INTO THE DAY FRIDAY. VISIBILITY MAY
 BE POOR WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 20S.
 THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM MAY AFFECT MUCH OF SOUTHERN
 MISSOURI...NORTHERN ARKANSAS AND TENNESSEE AS WELL...FOR THOSE
 WITH TRAVEL PLANS THAT EXTEND BEYOND THE LOCAL AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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