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County,
Winter Storm Watch issued March 20 at 3:38PM CDT until March 22 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS
Effective: 3:38 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Expires: 10 a.m. on Friday, March 22, 2013

.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE
REGION ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...ALLOWING MOISTURE TO
OVERRIDE A DOME OF VERY COLD AIR IN PLACE OVER SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS FROM POPLAR BLUFF
WESTWARD INTO THE OZARK FOOTHILLS. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES AS THE PRECIPITATION SHIFTS SOUTHEAST INTO THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL REGION LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY EVENING.
* MAIN IMPACT...THE MAIN IMPACT WITH THIS EVENT WILL COME WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE. HIGHEST
AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE CONFINED TO THE OZARK FOOTHILLS WEST OF
POPLAR BLUFF.
* OTHER IMPACTS...UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR IN PLACE PRIOR TO THE
EXPECTED SNOWFALL WILL ALLOW SNOW TO BEGIN ACCUMULATING
SHORTLY AFTER ONSET. THIS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR
DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...AS MANY ROADWAYS COULD QUICKLY
BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.

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