Ice Storm Warning for Jackson County, Missouri
Issuing Office: Kansas City/Pleasant Hill
Source: National.Weather.Service
3:33am CST, Fri Jan 13
... ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING... LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON... WITH PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. THE HEAVIEST PERIODS OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS... TODAY WILL RANGE FROM A LIGHT GLAZE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. WE EXPECT TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS DURING THE MULTI-DAY PERIOD OF ONE-QUARTER TO AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH. * MAIN IMPACT... MAJOR IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON AREA ROADWAYS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICE ACCRETION. ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWERLINES MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. &&