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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
515 PM CST FRI JAN 16 2026
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MIAMI KS-JOHNSON KS-CASS MO-JACKSON MO-
515 PM CST FRI JAN 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MIAMI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHERN CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 545 PM CST.
* AT 515 PM CST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM GRAIN VALLEY TO GARDNER, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY. WIND GUSTS
GREATER THAN 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 29.
INTERSTATE 35 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 205 AND 229.
INTERSTATE 470 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 16.
INTERSTATE 435 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 5, AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 62 AND 83.
INTERSTATE 49 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 165 AND 183.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KANSAS CITY, OVERLAND PARK, OLATHE, INDEPENDENCE, LEE'S SUMMIT,
SHAWNEE, BLUE SPRINGS, LENEXA, LEAWOOD, RAYTOWN, GRANDVIEW, BELTON,
PRAIRIE VILLAGE, RAYMORE, GARDNER, GRAIN VALLEY, MERRIAM, MISSION,
PLEASANT HILL, AND PAOLA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
REDUCE SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 3857 9495 3886 9498 3902 9477 3904 9461
3905 9461 3913 9418 3906 9410 3875 9412
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 324DEG 27KT 3903 9420 3883 9490
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
CDB
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