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Winter Weather Advisory issued March 22 at 4:08AM CDT until March 24 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS
Effective: 4:08 a.m. on Friday, March 22, 2013
Expires: 7 a.m. on Friday, March 22, 2013

...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION THIS MORNING
IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...
...LATE WINTER STORM SYSTEM HEADED FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
FOR THE WEEKEND...
.AN AREA OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS
NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS MORNING. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATION AND UP TO AN
INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS...PARTICULARLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
A SIGNIFICANT LATE WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND EASTERN
KANSAS WITH AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL SATURDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY. THE SNOWFALL WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SATURDAY
MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY SUNDAY MORNING OR AFTERNOON.
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM. THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM IS STILL IN SOME
QUESTION...SO STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES AND THE ISSUANCE OF
WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM
CDT THIS MORNING.
* TIMING...A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL
CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL MOVE
INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SATURDAY MORNING...BECOMING MORE
WIDESPREAD DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SNOW WILL
GRADUALLY EXIT FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY.
* TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION AND UP
TO AN INCH OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. THIS
WEEKEND...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* WINDS...EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH SATURDAY MORNING WILL
GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS...PARTICULARLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THIS
WEEKEND...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY
INTO SATURDAY EVENING. WITH WINDS INCREASING DURING THE
DAY...LOW VISIBILITIES AND SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS
POSSIBLE.

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