NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-KS1255E5752770.WinterStormWatch.1255E9BDF320KS.TOPWSWTOP.ad40f84905b91ac2f6e4f388b6aa5371 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov 2016-01-31T12:04:00-06:00 Actual Alert Public Alert for Brown; Clay; Cloud; Marshall; Nemaha; Ottawa; Pottawatomie; Republic; Riley; Washington (Kansas) Issued by the National Weather Service Met Winter Storm Watch Future Moderate Possible SAME WSA 2016-01-31T12:04:00-06:00 2016-02-03T00:00:00-06:00 NWS Topeka (Northeastern Kansas) Winter Storm Watch issued January 31 at 12:04PM CST until February 03 at 12:00AM CST by NWS Topeka …WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING… * TIMING…LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY…BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATE MONDAY…BECOME HEAVY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING… AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY BEFORE COMING TO AN END AROUND MIDNIGHT. SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN AT TIMES LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING…ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA. * ACCUMULATION…THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR 6 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE HEAVY SNOW WILL HAVE A VERY SHARP CUTOFF TO ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATION…AND SOME COUNTIES IN THE WATCH MAY HAVE MUCH MORE SNOW IN NORTHERN PARTS THAN SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY. * WIND…WINDS WILL FREQUENTLY GUST 30 TO 40 MPH MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST ON MONDAY EVENING…TURNING FROM THE NORTHWEST BY LATE TUESDAY. * VISIBILITY…NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY DUE TO THE HEAVY AND BLOWING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT…TRAVEL IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW COULD CLOSE AREA ROADS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY SEVERELY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONSIDER CHANGING TRAVEL PLANS BASED ON THIS STORM…AND PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL THAT TRAVEL IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME AFTER THE STORM. WMOHEADER UGC KSZ008>012-020>023-034 VTEC /O.CON.KTOP.WS.A.0001.160202T0000Z-160203T0600Z/ TIME…MOT…LOC
Brown; Clay; Cloud; Marshall; Nemaha; Ottawa; Pottawatomie; Republic; Riley; Washington FIPS6 020013 FIPS6 020027 FIPS6 020029 FIPS6 020117 FIPS6 020131 FIPS6 020143 FIPS6 020149 FIPS6 020157 FIPS6 020161 FIPS6 020201 UGC KSZ008 UGC KSZ009 UGC KSZ010 UGC KSZ011 UGC KSZ012 UGC KSZ020 UGC KSZ021 UGC KSZ022 UGC KSZ023 UGC KSZ034
Winter Storm Watch issued January 31 at 12:04PM CST until February 03 at 12:00AM CST by NWS
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