The Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO

March 20, 2010

NWS: Significant winter precipitation expected across area


THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI

OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.



A WINTER STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION

AND FLOODING THIS WEEKEND.



HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN MISSOURI...OR

WEST OF A LINE FROM ANDERSON TO TRUMAN LAKE WHERE ACCUMULATIONS OF

4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. FURTHER EAST NEAR THE HIGHWAY 65

CORRIDOR...A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED

WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. SEE THE LATEST WINTER STORM

WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR MORE DETAILS.



IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES COULD

RESULT IN FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND

MAIN STEM RIVERS.



THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD CLOSELY CONTINUE TO MONITOR

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OUTLOOKS AND FORECASTS FOR THE LATEST

UPDATES. THIS WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT ADJACENT AREAS OF

NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI.



SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.



THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL END ACROSS THE AREA BY MONDAY

MORNING. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.