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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE…UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
812 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014
KSZ022>024-026-035>040-021515-
/O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140303T0600Z/
RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…MANHATTAN…ABILENE…JUNCTION CITY…
TOPEKA…LAWRENCE
812 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT…
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING…PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO
THE DAY ON SUNDAY ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 BEFORE
COMING TO AN END ON SUNDAY EVENING. SOME SLEET MAY STILL MIX
WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE
WARNING AREA WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING
AREA…WITH GENERALLY LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH OF SLEET SOUTH OF
INTESTATE 70. THE MOST LIKELY AXIS FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS
GENERALLY ALONG OR SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70.
* WINDS…NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONSISTENTLY RANGE FROM
15 TO 25 MPH…WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* WIND CHILL…WIND CHILLS WILL RANGE FROM NEGATIVE 15 TO
NEGATIVE 24 DEGREES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING…AND MAY
FALL BELOW NEGATIVE 20 ON SUNDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS…SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROAD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY…
WHICH WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TRAVELING
CONDITIONS. HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR QUICKLY FOR
PERSONS EXPOSED TO THE COLD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER
STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW AND SLEET. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED.
&&
$$
KSZ054>056-058-059-021515-
/O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140303T0600Z/
LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…EMPORIA…OTTAWA
812 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT…
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING…SNOW…MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH MIDNIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I 35 CORRIDOR. SOUTH OF
I 35 A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL
PERSIST. PRECIPITATION BEYOND MIDNIGHT WILL PRIMARILY BE SNOW
WITH AREAS OF SLEET MIXED IN AT TIMES. A CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW
WILL OCCUR FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PERIODS
OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY BEFORE COMING TO
AN END ON SUNDAY EVENING.
* TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION NEAR AND
SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 7
INCHES…WHILE UP TO AN INCH OF SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE.
* WINDS…NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONSISTENTLY RANGE FROM
15 TO 25 MPH…WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* WIND CHILL…WIND CHILLS WILL RANGE FROM NEGATIVE 15 TO
NEGATIVE 22 DEGREES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING…AND MAY
FALL BELOW NEGATIVE 20 ON SUNDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS…SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROAD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY…
WHICH WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TRAVELING
CONDITIONS. HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR QUICKLY FOR
PERSONS EXPOSED TO THE COLD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER
STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW AND SLEET. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED.
&&
$$
Delivered by Weather Underground Inc. Sat Mar 1 2014 9:12PM EST
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