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...EXCEEDINGLY RARE MAY SNOWFALL EXPECTED...
.AN EXTREMELY LATE SEASON WINTER-LIKE STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT
PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. A COLD CANADIAN AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE
TO OVERTAKE THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT WHILE STRONG UPPER LEVEL
LOW PRESSURE SLOWLY DRIFTS EAST ACROSS NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST
OF AN OSCEOLA TO CASSVILLE LINE FROM TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
LIGHTER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR.
MEANWHILE...TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING
WILL FALL TO NEAR THE FREEZING MARK. THIS COULD RESULT IN DAMAGE
TO SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM
CDT THIS AFTERNOON.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS...REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COUNTY
DISPATCH OFFICE INDICATE SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED AN INCH OF
SNOW FROM THE FORT SCOTT AREA EAST TO NEVADA. LESSER AMOUNTS
HAVE OCCURRED FARTHER TO THE EAST TOWARD OSCEOLA AND SOUTH TO
GIRARD AND LAMAR. HOWEVER WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING...SOME
CARS HAVE SLID OFF THE ROAD...ESPECIALLY WHERE SOMEWHAT HEAVIER
SNOWFALL RATES HAVE BRIEFLY OCCURRED. A FEW SLIDE OFFS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 54 FROM NEVADA EAST TO EL DORADO SPRINGS AND
COLLINS. ELEVATED ROADS SURFACES HAVE BECOME SLICK IN SOME
AREAS.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF AN OSCEOLA
TO CASSVILLE LINE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION...SLUSHY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 3
INCHES ARE EXPECTED. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR ON
GRASSY OR ELEVATED SURFACES.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS AND MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY
HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A MILE OR LESS AT
TIMES.
* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO NEAR FREEZING IN SOME
AREAS...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN
MISSOURI.
* IMPACTS...WHILE MOST OF THE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR ON GRASSY OR
ELEVATED SURFACES...SLICK SPOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON AREA
ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
THE COMBINATION OF THE WEIGHT OF WET SNOW...GUSTY WINDS...AND
FOLIAGE ON SOME TREES MAY LEAD SOME DOWNED BRANCHES WHERE HEAVIER
SNOW CAN ACCUMULATE. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES COULD OCCUR IF TREE
BRANCHES FALL ON POWER LINES.
WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE NEAR FREEZING FOR MULTIPLE HOURS
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...DAMAGE TO COLD SENSITIVE
VEGETATION WILL BE POSSIBLE.