Winter Storm Watch issued January 31 at 9:41PM CST until February 03 at 12:00AM CST by NWS

NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-KS1255E99F0974.WinterStormWatch.1255E9BDF320KS.TOPWSWTOP.7efbdcddaa647b770a3b969be77ea3c8 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov 2016-01-31T21:41:00-06:00 Actual Alert Public Alert for Brown; Clay; Marshall; Nemaha; Ottawa; Pottawatomie; Riley (Kansas) Issued by the National Weather Service Met Winter Storm Watch Future Moderate Possible SAME WSA 2016-01-31T21:41:00-06:00 2016-02-03T00:00:00-06:00 NWS Topeka (Northeastern Kansas) Winter Storm Watch issued January 31 at 9:41PM CST until February 03 at 12:00AM CST by NWS Topeka …WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING… * TIMING…PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY…BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING…AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN AT TIMES MONDAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING OVER THE WATCH AREA…WITH A BETTER CHANCE FOR RAIN IN SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE WATCH. * ACCUMULATION…4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS 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 THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE WATCH AREA MAY HAVE MUCH LESS SNOW THAN AREAS ONLY SLIGHTLY FARTHER NORTH AND WEST. * WIND…WINDS WILL FREQUENTLY GUST 25 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…AREAS THAT RECEIVE HEAVY SNOW CAN EXPECT SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITY. * 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 KSZ010>012-021>023-034 VTEC /O.CON.KTOP.WS.A.0001.160202T0000Z-160203T0600Z/ TIME…MOT…LOC
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