Winter Weather Advisory Until 1 a.m. Sunday
KSCB News - January 2, 2015 6:02 am
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 247 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY... ...ARCTIC AIR WILL INVADE WESTERN KANSAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA TO SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY SATURDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS MORNING AND SPREAD EAST DURING THE DAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE SOUTH OF ALONG A LINE FROM SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 56. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO KANSAS THIS EVENING, AND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL INVADE WESTERN KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH QUICKLY FALLING TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. KSZ065-066-075>081-084>090-031700- /O.EXT.KDDC.WW.Y.0001.150103T0900Z-150104T0700Z/ PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 247 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST SUNDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IN THE LIBERAL AND HUGOTON AREA WILL SPREAD NORTH AND EAST THIS MORNING AND END FROM THE WEST BY 9 PM. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING THROUGH 1 AM. * SNOW AMOUNTS...1 TO 3 INCHES AN BE EXPECTED SOUTH OF AN ELKHART TO DODGE CITY TO LARNED LINE. LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN STEVENS, SEWARD AND MEADE COUNTIES. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND. * OTHER IMPACTS...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL CAUSE NORTH WINDS TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. &&
