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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
355 PM CST THU FEB 26 2015

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-272200-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
355 PM CST THU FEB 26 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THIS
WEEKEND. MODERATE SNOW WILL BEGIN ON SATURDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THERE MAY BE A LULL IN THE
SNOWFALL AROUND MIDNIGHT...WITH REDEVELOPMENT LIKELY BEFORE
SUNRISE. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MAY
MIX WITH SNOW SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 ON SUNDAY. ALL PRECIPITATION
SHOULD COME TO AN END BY SUNDAY EVENING. CURRENTLY THE GREATEST
FORECAST UNCERTAINTY IS HOW HEAVY THE SNOWFALL WILL BE ON SUNDAY.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 7 INCHES IS LIKELY THROUGH SUNDAY.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IF HEAVIER SNOW IS
ABLE TO DEVELOP SUNDAY MORNING.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION LATE MONDAY INTO
TUESDAY. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS
A MIX OF SLEET...SNOW...OR FREEZING RAIN...AND MAY TRANSITION TO
ALL RAIN ON TUESDAY. FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS LOW REGARDING HOW THIS
COMPLEX STORM WILL EVOLVE...AND THE IMPACTS IT WILL HAVE ON THE
LOCAL AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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