URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

405 AM CST WED JAN 20 2016

 

REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-

POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-

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

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BELLEVILLE…WASHINGTON…MARYSVILLE…

SENECA…HIAWATHA…CONCORDIA…CLAY CENTER…MANHATTAN…

WAMEGO…HOLTON…OSKALOOSA…MINNEAPOLIS…ABILENE…

JUNCTION CITY…COUNCIL GROVE…ALMA…TOPEKA…LAWRENCE…

EMPORIA…OSAGE CITY…OTTAWA…BURLINGTON…LEBO…GARNETT

 

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PMTHIS EVENING TO

6 PM CST THURSDAY…

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER

WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE…WHICH IS IN

EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY.

 

* TIMING…LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING OVER

PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN KANSAS AND CONTINUE TO

DEVELOP TO THE EAST AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. BY EARLY MORNING

THURSDAY, SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TRANSITION INTO LIGHT FREEZING

DRIZZLE OVER MOST OF THE AREA.

 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.

 

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS…LESS THAN 1 HUNDREDTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS

EXPECTED.

 

* IMPACTS…ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW-PACKED AND SLICK…RESULTING IN

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE ADVISORY PERIOD.

 

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.