Winter Storm Warning for Friday
KSCB News - November 25, 2015 5:53 am
KSZ046-064-065-076>079-086-087-272130- /O.UPG.KDDC.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151128T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WS.W.0003.151127T1317Z-151128T0600Z/ RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 717 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...TODAY AND THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT SLEET ACCUMULATION OF ONE INCH OR MORE LEADING TO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME MINOR DRIFTS OF SLEET IN SOME PLACES * WIND CHILL...IN THE TEENS. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXPECT AREA ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TO REMAIN SLICK THROUGH THIS PERIOD. ALSO... NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY COMBINE WITH ICING ON TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN POSSIBLE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 323 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-280930- TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 323 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 /223 AM MST FRI NOV 27 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION...PERIODS OF SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST TODAY. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGES FOR DETAILS. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK. ELEVATED ICE ACCUMULATION RISK. LIMITED SNOW AND OR SLEET RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. DISCUSSION...PERIODS OF SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST INTO SUNDAY. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... SATURDAY... ELEVATED ICE ACCUMULATION RISK. LIMITED SNOW AND OR SLEET RISK. SUNDAY... LIMITED ICE ACCUMULATION RISK. LIMITED SNOW AND OR SLEET RISK. MONDAY... LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK. LIMITED ICE ACCUMULATION RISK. LIMITED SNOW AND OR SLEET RISK. TUESDAY... LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK. WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDS. THURSDAY... NO HAZARDS....SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY... OKZ001-002-TXZ001-002-006-272200- /O.CON.KAMA.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151128T1800Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HARTLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES...GUYMON...DALHART... STRATFORD...HARTLEY...CHANNING 520 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * EVENT...A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WARNING AREA ARE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS DUE TO ACCUMULATING ICE... SLEET...AND SNOW. EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. 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.
