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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
541 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015

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541 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST
KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE RAIN AND SNOW MIX
TRANSITIONS TO ALL SNOW ACROSS AREAS NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER
LATE THIS EVENING...SPREADING TO THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA AS SNOW
BY SUNRISE SUNDAY. LIGHT SNOW LINGERS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON OVER
FAR EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS BEFORE EXITING.

SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS RANGE FROM A DUSTING TO AN INCH FOR AREAS
NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOWFALL
IS EXPECTED FOR LOCATIONS NEAR THE KANSAS AND NEBRASKA BORDER
WHERE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
EVENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL INCREASE NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN
15 AND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS MAY CAUSE SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES
DUE TO THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT THE TYPE OF WINTER PRECIPITATION
FALLING AND ANY ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TOPEKA.

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