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County,
Winter Storm Watch issued March 22 at 7:21AM CDT until March 22 at 7:00AM CDT by NWS
Effective: 7:21 a.m. on Friday, March 22, 2013
Expires: 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 24, 2013

...LATE WINTER STORM SYSTEM HEADED FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
FOR THE WEEKEND...
.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 STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
* TIMING...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...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...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS 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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