NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-KS1251478C3250.WinterStormWarning.1251479C0C20KS.TOPWSWTOP.1dc606cd5a6612fef210ddcf80ddb343w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov2014-03-01T20:12:00-06:00ActualAlertPublicAlert for Dickinson; Douglas; Geary; Jackson; Jefferson; Morris; Pottawatomie; Riley; Shawnee; Wabaunsee (Kansas) Issued by the National Weather ServiceMetWinter Storm WarningExpectedModerateLikelySAMEWSW2014-03-01T20:12:00-06:002014-03-03T00:00:00-06:00NWS Topeka (Northeastern Kansas)Winter Storm Warning issued March 01 at 8:12PM CST until March 03 at 12:00AM CST by NWS Topeka…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT…
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING…PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO
THE DAY ON SUNDAY ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 BEFORE
COMING TO AN END ON SUNDAY EVENING. SOME SLEET MAY STILL MIX
WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE
WARNING AREA WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING
AREA…WITH GENERALLY LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH OF SLEET SOUTH OF
INTESTATE 70. THE MOST LIKELY AXIS FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS
GENERALLY ALONG OR SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70.
* WINDS…NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONSISTENTLY RANGE FROM
15 TO 25 MPH…WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* WIND CHILL…WIND CHILLS WILL RANGE FROM NEGATIVE 15 TO
NEGATIVE 24 DEGREES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING…AND MAY
FALL BELOW NEGATIVE 20 ON SUNDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS…SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROAD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY…
WHICH WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TRAVELING
CONDITIONS. HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR QUICKLY FOR
PERSONS EXPOSED TO THE COLD.A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER
STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW AND SLEET. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED.WMOHEADERUGCKSZ022>024-026-035>040VTEC/O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140303T0600Z/TIME…MOT…LOC
Winter Storm Warning issued March 01 at 8:12PM CST until March 03 at 12:00AM CST by NWS
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