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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1008 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014
…SLEET DEVELOPING TONIGHT CHANGING TO SNOW SUNDAY…
.A STORM SYSTEM ENTERING THE DESERT SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING WILL
PUSH EAST TOWARD THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS BY LATE SUNDAY. WINTER
PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD
MUCH OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN KANSAS TONIGHT. AS THE WARM LAYER
ALOFT ERODES BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY… THE PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL
KSZ066-081-090-021200-
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STAFFORD-PRATT-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ST. JOHN…STAFFORD…HUDSON…PRATT…
MEDICINE LODGE…KIOWA…SUN CITY
1008 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY…
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SUNDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY.
* TIMING…TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
* SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…4 TO 7 INCHES.
* WIND CHILL VALUES…15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
* MAIN IMPACT…..HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME SLEET AND SNOWPACKED.
* OTHER IMPACTS…REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN CAN OCCUR IN 30
MINUTES OR LESS WITH THESE BITTER WIND CHILLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW…
SLEET…AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 5 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND
CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS…MAKE
SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.
&&
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KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>080-084>089-021200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WC.Y.0006.140302T0408Z-140303T1500Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140302T2100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-MORTON-
STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WAKEENEY…CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR…
HAYS…ELLIS…SCOTT CITY…DIGHTON…NESS CITY…LA CROSSE…
RUSH CENTER…SYRACUSE…LAKIN…DEERFIELD…GARDEN CITY…
KALVESTA…JETMORE…HANSTON…LARNED…BURDETT…JOHNSON CITY…
ULYSSES…SUBLETTE…SATANTA…CIMARRON…MONTEZUMA…
DODGE CITY…BUCKLIN…KINSLEY…LEWIS…GREENSBURG…HAVILAND…
ELKHART…RICHFIELD…HUGOTON…MOSCOW…LIBERAL…KISMET…
MEADE…FOWLER…ASHLAND…MINNEOLA…COLDWATER…PROTECTION
1008 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014 /908 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014/
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/
MONDAY…
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST /2 PM
MST/ SUNDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/
MONDAY.
* TIMING…TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
* SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…2 TO 5 INCHES.
* WIND CHILL VALUES…15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
* MAIN IMPACT…..HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME SLEET AND SNOWPACKED.
* OTHER IMPACTS…REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN CAN OCCUR IN 30
MINUTES OR LESS WITH THESE BITTER WIND CHILLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 5 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND
CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS…MAKE
SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.
&&
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UMSCHEID
Delivered by Weather Underground Inc. Sat Mar 1 2014 11:08PM EST
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