Southeast Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Winter Weather Statement.  A QUICK SHOT OF SNOWFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT AND VERY EARLY TUESDAY OVER PART OF THE QUAD STATE REGION...

A FAST MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF THE QUAD STATE REGION TONIGHT AND VERY EARLY TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING A SMALL ACCUMULATION OF ADDITIONAL SNOW MAINLY TO NORTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA.

MEASURABLE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE OZARK FOOTHILLS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR PERRYVILLE MISSOURI... BY MID EVENING. THIS SNOW IS EXPECTED TO THEN SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE WORKING ITS WAY INTO NORTHWEST KENTUCKY AND THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA THROUGH SUNRISE ON TUESDAY.

THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE BETWEEN AN INCH AND AN INCH AND A HALF... AND THAT SHOULD OCCUR ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A BENTON ILLINOIS... TO MOUNT CARMEL ILLINOIS... TO SANTA CLAUS INDIANA LINE.

AMOUNTS APPROACHING AN INCH MAY BE POSSIBLE AS FAR SOUTH AS AN AVA ILLINOIS... TO CARMI ILLINOIS... TO CHRISNEY INDIANA LINE... WHILE LESSER AMOUNT TO JUST A LIGHT COATING ARE EXPECTED TOWARD THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE BAND... FROM NEAR DONIPHAN MISSOURI... TOWARD VIENNA ILLINOIS... AND GREENVILLE KENTUCKY.

THE FORECASTED SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON AREA TRAVEL... SAVE FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A MILE IN HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF SEEING A REDUCTION OF VISIBILITIES DUE TO SNOW WILL BE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA.

THIS SNOW WILL COMPLETELY EXIT THE REGION BY OR BEFORE 10 AM CST ON TUESDAY.