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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

1008 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014

…SLEET DEVELOPING TONIGHT CHANGING TO SNOW SUNDAY…

.A STORM SYSTEM ENTERING THE DESERT SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING WILL

PUSH EAST TOWARD THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS BY LATE SUNDAY. WINTER

PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD

MUCH OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN KANSAS TONIGHT. AS THE WARM LAYER

ALOFT ERODES BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY… THE PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ST. JOHN…STAFFORD…HUDSON…PRATT…

MEDICINE LODGE…KIOWA…SUN CITY

1008 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014

…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY…

…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SUNDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND

CHILL ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY.

* TIMING…TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.

* SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…4 TO 7 INCHES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES…15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* MAIN IMPACT…..HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME SLEET AND SNOWPACKED.

* OTHER IMPACTS…REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND

DRIFTING SNOW. FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN CAN OCCUR IN 30

MINUTES OR LESS WITH THESE BITTER WIND CHILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW…

SLEET…AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO

POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED

WINDS OF 5 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND

CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF

PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS…MAKE

SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

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PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-MORTON-

STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WAKEENEY…CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR…

HAYS…ELLIS…SCOTT CITY…DIGHTON…NESS CITY…LA CROSSE…

RUSH CENTER…SYRACUSE…LAKIN…DEERFIELD…GARDEN CITY…

KALVESTA…JETMORE…HANSTON…LARNED…BURDETT…JOHNSON CITY…

ULYSSES…SUBLETTE…SATANTA…CIMARRON…MONTEZUMA…

DODGE CITY…BUCKLIN…KINSLEY…LEWIS…GREENSBURG…HAVILAND…

ELKHART…RICHFIELD…HUGOTON…MOSCOW…LIBERAL…KISMET…

MEADE…FOWLER…ASHLAND…MINNEOLA…COLDWATER…PROTECTION

1008 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014 /908 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014/

…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/

MONDAY…

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST /2 PM

MST/ SUNDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND

CHILL ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/

MONDAY.

* TIMING…TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.

* SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…2 TO 5 INCHES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES…15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* MAIN IMPACT…..HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME SLEET AND SNOWPACKED.

* OTHER IMPACTS…REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND

DRIFTING SNOW. FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN CAN OCCUR IN 30

MINUTES OR LESS WITH THESE BITTER WIND CHILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR

FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR

SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE

DRIVING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED

WINDS OF 5 MPH OR HIGHER WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND

CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF

PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS…MAKE

SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

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