Winter Storm Warning
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1140 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010
...WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN KANSAS...
.AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED
STATES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THIS WILL
INTERACT WITH ANOTHER SYSTEM DROPPING SOUTHWARD INTO THE
PLAINS...AND BRING SNOW TO EASTERN KANSAS...WITH HEAVIER SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 35.
LYON-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMPORIA...OTTAWA
1140 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING...DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL INTENSIFY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
NIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. THE
HEAVY SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY...BEFORE
ENDING IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS LATER MONDAY EVENING.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING
AREA WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 35.
* WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF
OVER 30 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MONDAY
AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING OF SNOW.
* IMPACTS...SNOW PACKED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT
TRAVELING CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING. THE
STRONGER NORTH WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME ROADS TO BE DRIFTED CLOSED
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
534 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010
KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-081145-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
534 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY
THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. ALTHOUGH SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY OCCUR ACROSS
THE AREA TODAY...ANY ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY LIGHT.
HOWEVER...AS THE WINTER STORM APPROACHES THE AREA TONIGHT...SNOW
WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE TURNPIKE WHERE THE SNOW MAY FALL HEAVILY AT
TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS POSTED FOR MUCH OF THE EAST
CENTRAL AREAS TONIGHT WITH WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ACROSS MUCH
OF THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST
ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS BY LATE MONDAY SHOULD RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES IN
THE NORTH CENTRAL TO 8 TO 10 INCHES SOUTH OF AN EMPORIA TO
LAWRENCE LINE. ANY CHANGE IN THE EXPECTED TRACK OF THE WINTER
STORM COULD AFFECT THESE PROJECTED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. STAY TUNED TO
THE LATEST FORECAST FOR UPDATED INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS LATEST
WINTER STORM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA.
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