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WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…MANHATTAN…ABILENE…JUNCTION CITY...

TOPEKA…LAWRENCE…EMPORIA…OTTAWA

340 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2015

 

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO

6 AM CST MONDAY…

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER

WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PMTHIS

AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST MONDAY.

 

* TIMING…LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE MID TO LATE

AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. THE SNOW

SHOULD DIMINISH FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATE TONIGHT. LIGHT

SLEET IS ALSO POSSIBLE NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 35 THIS

AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

 

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW SHOULD

BE COMMON…WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO FIVE INCHES POSSIBLE.

 

* WINDS…NORTHEAST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 MPH.

 

* IMPACTS…TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE HAZARDOUS…ESPECIALLY ON

UNTREATED ROADWAYS.

 

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL

CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED

ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING