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This sucks... in a big way.
Anyone who has seen one of my few posts over the past couple years knows that I love severe storms and tornadoes, but winter storms aren't my cup of tea. Seriously.
Well, it looks like I'm gonna have to grin and bear it, look:
ICE STORM WARNING
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
330 PM CST MON JAN 3 2005
.A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...COMBINED WITH COPIOUS AMOUNTS
OF MOISTURE MOVING NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...AND A COLD
ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE...WILL COME TOGETHER ACROSS
EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS INTO NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT
WINTER STORM ACROSS THE REGION.
MOZ006>008-015>017-023>025-040600-
ADAIR MO-GRUNDY MO-LINN MO-LIVINGSTON MO-MACON MO-MERCER MO-
PUTNAM MO-SCHUYLER MO-SULLIVAN MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHILLICOTHE...KIRKSVILLE AND TRENTON
330 PM CST MON JAN 3 2005
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM
WARNING.
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST MISSOURI LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND PERSIST THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE POSSIBLY TURNING OVER TO SNOW DURING THE
MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UPWARDS OF ONE INCH
ARE EXPECTED FROM CHILLICOTHE AND TRENTON EASTWARD THROUGH MACON AND
KIRKSVILLE.
IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH...COMBINED WITH
THE ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES...WILL LIKELY RESULT
IN CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THE ICE MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...
RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED
TO REMAIN INDOORS.
$$
Winter makes me sad. Feel free to comment on this major event.
Well, it looks like I'm gonna have to grin and bear it, look:
ICE STORM WARNING
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
330 PM CST MON JAN 3 2005
.A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...COMBINED WITH COPIOUS AMOUNTS
OF MOISTURE MOVING NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO...AND A COLD
ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE...WILL COME TOGETHER ACROSS
EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS INTO NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT
WINTER STORM ACROSS THE REGION.
MOZ006>008-015>017-023>025-040600-
ADAIR MO-GRUNDY MO-LINN MO-LIVINGSTON MO-MACON MO-MERCER MO-
PUTNAM MO-SCHUYLER MO-SULLIVAN MO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHILLICOTHE...KIRKSVILLE AND TRENTON
330 PM CST MON JAN 3 2005
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM
WARNING.
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST MISSOURI LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND PERSIST THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE POSSIBLY TURNING OVER TO SNOW DURING THE
MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UPWARDS OF ONE INCH
ARE EXPECTED FROM CHILLICOTHE AND TRENTON EASTWARD THROUGH MACON AND
KIRKSVILLE.
IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH...COMBINED WITH
THE ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES...WILL LIKELY RESULT
IN CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THE ICE MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...
RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED
TO REMAIN INDOORS.
$$
Winter makes me sad. Feel free to comment on this major event.
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RE: I love snow, but despise ice. Power outages, no thanks.
Yeah, a winter storm watch just went up in my area (Falcon, Colorado) for this same event. I too love all sorts of severe weather ... even winter snow events are fun. But not ice. I don't like ice in the least bit.
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Long time...no see, Beam!
My Dad called my paternal grandfather this evening...who lives in east-central Indiana (he's 90 yrs-old)...anyway, me being the weather geek in our whole family (Dad's side and Mom's side)...Grandpa was grateful to us for passing along info to him about the potential ice storm for his state as he had not heard a forecast about this scenario!
Eric

My Dad called my paternal grandfather this evening...who lives in east-central Indiana (he's 90 yrs-old)...anyway, me being the weather geek in our whole family (Dad's side and Mom's side)...Grandpa was grateful to us for passing along info to him about the potential ice storm for his state as he had not heard a forecast about this scenario!
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Man, to be honest, I want this storm to verify-it has been so long since we have had a severe winter event-2002 was incredible, but it never stuck to the roads and never got that cold-I was w/out power for 5 days and to be honest had a ball!! But this looks to be truly one for the ages-one like we haven't seen in a decade or more. The problem is, I still have a gut feeling that tomorrow, it will all shift North or South like it usually does. I don't want damaged property etc. but man if we are going to get a quater of an inch or something, lets go all the way and have the whole city shut down for 3 days!!!! Flame me for this, but I have been waiting to get a severe winter event for 11 years-last real kahuna was during the 1992-1993 winter. 2002 was severe-I lost trees power whole 9 yards-but it was 35 the next day and no snow-this looks to be the real deal-and yes very serious if you don't take precautions
Man, to be honest, I want this storm to verify-it has been so long since we have had a severe winter event-2002 was incredible, but it never stuck to the roads and never got that cold-I was w/out power for 5 days and to be honest had a ball!! But this looks to be truly one for the ages-one like we haven't seen in a decade or more. The problem is, I still have a gut feeling that tomorrow, it will all shift North or South like it usually does. I don't want damaged property etc. but man if we are going to get a quater of an inch or something, lets go all the way and have the whole city shut down for 3 days!!!! Flame me for this, but I have been waiting to get a severe winter event for 11 years-last real kahuna was during the 1992-1993 winter. 2002 was severe-I lost trees power whole 9 yards-but it was 35 the next day and no snow-this looks to be the real deal-and yes very serious if you don't take precautions
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Stephanie wrote:rainstorm wrote:lets hope its warm enough for plain rain. ice destroys the power system and is extremely dangerous
Absolutely!
Storms like these are exciting to watch develop for us weather weenies, but I'd take snow ANYDAY over ice!!
I'd take a cold rain over ice if that was my choices. A cold rain is MISERABLE too. 33 and rain and knowing 40 miles to your north it's snowing hurts.
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