Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS

1030 AM CST TUE FEB 17 2015

 

 

REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-OTTAWA-

DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…MARYSVILLE…CONCORDIA…CLAY CENTER…

MANHATTAN…ABILENE…JUNCTION CITY…TOPEKA…LAWRENCE…

EMPORIA…OTTAWA

1030 AM CST TUE FEB 17 2015

 

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS

EVENING…

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER

WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL

8 PM CST THIS EVENING.

 

* TIMING…A NARROW SNOW BAND HAS MOVED INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

ALREADY. THIS BAND IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD DURING

THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

 

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…A NARROW BAND OF AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2

  INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE

  WITHIN THE BAND. AREAS ON THE EDGE OF THE BAND WILL RECEIVE

AROUND A DUSTING UP TO HALF AN INCH.

 

* WINDS…WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH WILL INCREASE AS THE SNOW

  ARRIVES. THESE WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

 

* IMPACTS…MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE PERIODS OF LOW

VISIBILITIES. ACCUMULATIONS ON THE ROADWAYS COULD OCCUR QUICKLY

CAUSING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

 

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT

VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND

BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING…ESPECIALLY IN OPEN

AREAS.