Winter Weather Advisory Posted for Saturday

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
511 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013

…SNOW IS EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING…

.AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL PASS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY
AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING… POSSIBLY
BEGINNING AS SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
THE SNOW WILL END LATE THIS EVENING.

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…LA CROSSE…RUSH CENTER…GARDEN CITY…
KALVESTA…JETMORE…HANSTON…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
511 AM CST SAT DEC 21 2013

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT…

* TIMING…SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING AND
AFTERNOON AND THEN END LATER THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION
COULD BEGIN AS SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN IN COMANCHE AND BARBER
COUNTIES THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW.

* SNOW AMOUNTS…SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM ELKHART THROUGH DODGE CITY AND LACROSSE.
HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HUGOTON TO MINNEOLA TO SAINT JOHN…
INCLUDING PRATT… MEDICINE LODGE… LIBERAL… ASHLAND AND
COLDWATER.

* MAIN IMPACTS…ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.