URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
220 PM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013

...A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS HEADED FOR KANSAS...

.A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE IS
TAKING AIM ON WESTERN KANSAS. THIS STORM WILL BRING SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW TO MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT.

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TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER
220 PM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 9 AM CDT
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
6 AM SATURDAY TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED TO START SATURDAY MORNING, WITH
  THE BRUNT OF THE STORM OCCURRING LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
  NIGHT.

* SNOW AMOUNTS...5 TO 7 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AROUND 8
  INCHES.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH SATURDAY MORNING INCREASING TO
  25 TO 35 MPH OUT OF THE NORTH LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
  NIGHT.

* VISIBILITY...MINIMUM VISIBILITY AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE
  IN MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* MAIN IMPACT...POOR DRIVING CONDITION, WITH SOME ROADS POSSIBLY
  IMPASSABLE.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.
ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.