WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
Advisory Message has been issued by the City of St. Louis Emergency Management.
Saturday January 29, 2011 8:44 PM CST
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TAKING AIM ON REGION EARLY THIS WEEK...
.LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY AND CONTINUE IN WAVES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 IN MISSOURI AND INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS LATE MONDAY NIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE WINTRY MIX GRADUALLY CHANGING TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST AS COLDER AIR BUILDS INTO THE REGION. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION ARE
POSSIBLE.
THE GREATEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI TO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OF DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATION AND POWER OUTAGES ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 IN MISSOURI AND INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS.
THE SNOW WILL END WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT WINDS WILL INCREASE AS THE STORM SYSTEM DEEPENS ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS AN INCREASED RISK OF DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE ICE ACCUMULATION WILL LAST INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP ON MONDAY AND CONTINUE IN WAVES MONDAY NIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ON TUESDAY...MIXING WITH AND EVENTUALLY CHANGING TO SLEET AND SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL END WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATION BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
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WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST TO 40 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY LEAD TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. THE COMBINATION OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW WILL MAKE ROAD CONDITIONS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND THIS COULD LIMIT TRAVEL FOR DAYS.
For full details, go to https://local.nixle.com/alert/4643727/?sub_id=279779.
Contact Information:
Gary Christmann
Emergency Management
314-622-3501 christmang@stlouiscity.comGeorge Webmaster- Clifton Heights Neighborhood New address effective 01/01/2011 www.cliftonheightsneighborhood.org |
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Advisory Message: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
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