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...WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED IN AREAL COVERAGE...
.A HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY. A WIDE RANGE OF PRECIPITATION TYPES ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM.
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
* TIMING...6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM THURSDAY.
* SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS: ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY
WITH EXACT SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS... CURRENT THINKING IS THAT 6 TO
12 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A
LINE FROM SCOTT CITY TO NESS CITY TO LA CROSSE. FURTHER SOUTH...
FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE TO 3 TO 8 INCHES
FOR LOCATIONS SUCH AS GARDEN CITY... DODGE CITY... JETMORE...
PRATT... COLDWATER AND MEDICINE LODGE. SNOW AMOUNTS COULD BE
HIGHER OR LOWER ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA DEPENDING ON HOW
MUCH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIX IN WITH THE SNOW.
* MAIN IMPACT...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL
ACCOMPANY THE FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH
OF A LINE FROM SCOTT CITY TO NESS CITY TO LA CROSSE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND
POWER LINES AND POSSIBLY EVEN ON ROAD SURFACES DEPENDING ON
EXACT TEMPERATURES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN
CAUSE SLICK SIDEWALKS AND ROADS DEPENDING ON THE TEMPERATURE
OF THE PAVEMENT. FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD LEAD TO SLICK SPOTS ON
ROADS AS EARLY AS 6 AM WEDNESDAY.