Winter Storm Watch 01/02/2025 12:09 for Kansas, Missouri areas

Headline: 
Winter Storm Watch issued January 2 at 2:09PM CST until January 6 at 3:00AM CST by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event: 
Winter Storm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
January 2, 2025 - 12:09pm
Expires: 
January 3, 2025 - 4:15am
Description: 
* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations between 4 and 13 inches, with the highest amounts north of Interstate 70. Ice accumulations up to one third of an inch also possible, primarily south of Interstate 70. * WHERE...Portions of east central and northeast Kansas and central, north central, northeast, northwest, and west central Missouri. * WHEN...From Saturday evening through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Travel could become extremely difficult. Windy conditions could also create blowing snow and very poor visibility.
Instruction: 
Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.
Area Description: 
Atchison; Miami; Linn; Doniphan; Leavenworth; Wyandotte; Johnson; Atchison; Nodaway; Worth; Gentry; Harrison; Mercer; Putnam; Schuyler; Holt; Andrew; De Kalb; Daviess; Grundy; Sullivan; Adair; Buchanan; Clinton; Caldwell; Livingston; Linn; Macon; Platte; Clay; Ray; Carroll; Chariton; Randolph; Jackson; Lafayette; Saline; Howard; Cass; Johnson; Pettis; Cooper; Bates; Henry
Forcast Office: 
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO