WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1014 PM CST TUE DEC 9 1997

THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT
AND INCLUDES COLUMBIA...JEFFERSON CITY...FULTON...HERMANN...
MONTGOMERY CITY...TROY...HARDIN AND CARROLLTON.

REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE ADVISORY AREA INDICATED
THAT A MIX OF SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WAS OCCURRING EARLIER
THIS EVENING. AREAS FROM EAST OF COLUMBIA INTO THE HARDIN AND
CARROLLTON AREAS IN ILLINOIS RECEIVED A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW AND
SLEET AS OF 8 PM. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME ALL SNOW BY
MIDNIGHT...AND BY WEDNESDAY MORNING TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE
IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS INCLUDING THE MEXICO...HANNIBAL...
MEMPHIS...QUINCY AND MT STERLING AREAS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...HAS
BEEN FALLING OVER THIS AREA THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. REPORTS AS OF 9
PM INDICATED THAT AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WERE COMMON. A FEW OF THE
LARGER REPORTS INCLUDE

EDINA KNOX CO 5 INCHES
NEW LONDON RALLS CO 5 INCHES
PAYSON ADAMS IL CO 5.5 INCHES
BOWLING GREEN PIKE CO MO 3-4 INCHES
PITTSFIELD PIKE CO IL 3-4 INCHES
MEXICO AUDRAIN CO 2-3 INCHES
MONTICELLO LEWIS CO 2-3 INCHES

LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES REPORTED THAT ROADS IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WERE SNOW PACKED AND VERY SLIPPERY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS INCLUDING THE ST LOUIS METRO
AREA...SULLIVAN...POTOSI...DESOTO...MASCOUTAH...NASHVILLE...CENTRALIA.
AND SALEM. HOWEVER...SINCE THE PRECIPITATION OVER THIS AREA THIS
EVENING HAS BEEN MAINLY RAIN...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN
PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. THE RAIN SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW IN THE ST LOUIS
AND SULLIVAN AREAS BY MIDNIGHT. THE NASHVILLE...CENTRALIA AND SALEM
AREAS WILL HAVE A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW BETWEEN 2 AND 4 AM. BY MID MORNING WEDNESDAY
SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DETERIORATING RAPIDLY TONIGHT FROM CENTRAL
INTO THE EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. IF YOU PLAN ON
DRIVING THROUGH THIS AREA LATE TONIGHT...ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH
YOUR DESTINATION.