NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
RUSSELL LINCOLN BARTON ELLSWORTH SALINE RICE MCPHERSON RENO
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON 312 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
* WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 POSSIBLE. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 TO 2 TENTHS IS POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE EVENT.
* IMPACTS...WITH THE EXTREMELY COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ANY OBJECT THAT IS ELEVATED. FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK. BE CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1205 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-1205 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...ROUGHLY ALONG A SALINA TO HUTCHINSON LINE. THE ISOLATED STORMS THAT INITIALLY DEVELOP WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND A BRIEF TORNADO
CANNOT BE RULED OUT. HOWEVER THE STORMS WILL QUICKLY FORM INTO A LINE AND THE ONCE THIS OCCURS...60 TO 75 MPH WINDS AND DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL WILL BECOME THE PRIMARY THREATS.
NORTH WINDS SUSTAINED NEAR 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE LIKELY IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT.
TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE RAIN CHANGING TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE AND/OR SLEET LATER TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SOME
ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR INFORMATION.
A VERY HIGH RANGELAND FIRE DANGER IS FORECAST OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
THE WINTRY MIX INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MORE
INFORMATION.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MAINLY SOUTHEAST KANSAS SUNDAY
THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR
TONIGHT.
