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Winter Storm Watch issued March 22 at 4:13AM CDT until March 24 at 1:00PM CDT by NWS
Effective: 4:13 a.m. on Friday, March 22, 2013
Expires: 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 24, 2013

...A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM EXPECTED SATURDAY-SATURDAY NIGHT...
.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL SPREAD
THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOW ACROSS PRIMARILY CENTRAL AND
EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND
PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT
TIMES ACROSS RENO...HARVEY...MARION AND CHASE COUNTIES
SATURDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING...GENERALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50.
* WINDS...WILL INCREASE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WITH
NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CAUSE REDUCED
VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS IN CONCERT WITH THE WET AND HEAVY
SNOW COULD PUT STRAIN ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.
CONSEQUENTLY...SOME POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

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