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County,
Winter Storm Watch issued February 23 at 3:54AM CST until February 26 at 12:00AM CST by NWS
Effective: 3:54 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013
Expires: midnight on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013

...ANOTHER WINTER STORM IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...
.AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN SATURDAY
AND EVENTUALLY EJECT OUT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON MONDAY. THIS
WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD LIFT AND RESULTANT SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF
KANSAS. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE STRONGER WINDS WITH IT THAN COMPARED TO
THE LAST WINTER STORM EVENT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING
SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING.
* TIMING...SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SUNDAY EVENING AND WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER WEST
TO EAST BY EARLY MONDAY EVENING.
* SNOW AMOUNTS...6 TO 12 OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
* MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW PACKED ROADS.
ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
* OTHER IMPACTS...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH COULD CREATE
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR
ZERO AT TIMES.
* UNCERTAINTY...THE EXACT PATH OF THIS STORM SYSTEM IS STILL IN
QUESTION. LESS SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WILL BE REALIZED ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD THE STORM SYSTEM MOVE FARTHER
SOUTH THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST.

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