A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY.
SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SNOW PELLETS AND SLEET...WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL WORK EAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS BAND. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY SNOW... SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER WILL BE HEARD AT TIMES. ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SHOULD REMAIN A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS.
A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL MAY DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM GATHERS STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AS THIS MOVES TOWARD THE AREA...ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION...OF LONGER DURATION... WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA... WITH THIS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
TO COMPOUND THIS SITUATION... INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL BECOME THE NORM SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT... AND THE SNOW THAT FALLS SATURDAY NIGHT...WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT.
SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM OF AT LEAST 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 15 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE CRIPPLING AFFECTS ON TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT STORM AND TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
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