11/20/2013
Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
239 PM CST WED NOV 20 2013
..WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...
A COLD AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS THURSDAY, BRINGING
FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME UNCERTAINTY
EXISTS WITH RESPECT TO AMOUNTS AND LOCATIONS...HOWEVER...HIGH
CERTAINTY EXISTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION
AFFECTING THE AREA. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL LIKELY AFFECT A LARGE
PORTION OF THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. BY
FRIDAY MORNING ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
LIKELY TO DEVELOP OVER THE COLD AIR, BRINGING CHANCES SLEET EAST
OF HIGHWAY 283. ACCUMULATING SLEET IS ESPECIALLY FAVORED EAST AND
SOUTH OF DODGE CITY FRIDAY MORNING. ADDITIONALLY, SNOW SHOULD
DEVELOP ON FRIDAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY AROUND AN INCH...BUT
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE LOCALLY UP TO 3 INCHES NEAR THE COLORADO
LINE.
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/O.NEW.KDDC.WW.Y.0010.131121T1800Z-131122T2300Z/
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...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...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
239 PM CST WED NOV 20 2013 /139 PM MST WED NOV 20 2013/
..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/
THURSDAY TO 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY TO 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/
FRIDAY.
* TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* MAIN IMPACT...ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ACCUMULATING
FREEZING DRIZZLE AND 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION.
* OTHER IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. SIDEWALKS...PORCHES
AND OTHER NON TREATED ELEVATED SURFACE WILL BECOME SLICK AND
DANGEROUS. NON TREATED ROADS WILL BECOME ICY MAKING TRAVEL
DANGEROUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.