NWS
Russell, Ellis and Trego counties, along with counties to the southwest, are in a Winter Weather Advisory beginning tonight at midnight through noon Sunday.
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WAKEENEY…PHEIFER…HAYS…
SCOTT CITY…SCOTT STATE LAKE…DIGHTON…NESS CITY…LA CROSSE…
SYRACUSE…LAKIN…DEERFIELD…GARDEN CITY…JETMORE…HANSTON…
LARNED…ST. JOHN…STAFFORD…MACKSVILLE…JOHNSON CITY…
ULYSSES…SUBLETTE…SATANTA…CIMARRON…MONTEZUMA…
DODGE CITY…KINSLEY…LEWIS…GREENSBURG…HAVILAND…PRATT…
ELKHART…HUGOTON…LIBERAL…MEADE…PLAINS CITY…FOWLER…
ASHLAND…MINNEOLA…COLDWATER…LAKE COLDWATER…PROTECTION…
MEDICINE LODGE…KIOWA
241 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016 /141 AM MST FRI DEC 16 2016/
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM
MST/ TONIGHT TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SUNDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS…WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO NOON CST /11
AM MST/ SUNDAY.
* TIMING…SNOW WILL START SATURDAY MORNING AND WILL TAPER OFF BY
SATURDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW PERIOD IS EXPECTED BETWEEN MID
MORNING SATURDAY AND THE AFTERNOON. THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS ARE
EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS.
* SNOW IMPACT…1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
* WIND CHILL IMPACTS…WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 24 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING… ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
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.