Craig Daily Press / Weather

County,: Winter Weather Advisory issued April 23 at 2:57AM CDT until April 23 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS; Effective: 1:57 a.m. on Tuesday, April 23, 2013; Expires: 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 23, 2013; ...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING...
.A SIGNIFICANT SPRING STORM WITH A WINTER AIRMASS WILL YIELD
SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN KANSAS.
THE PRECIPITATION IS WILL BE MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW EARLY THIS
MORNING ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96. SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 96 A
WINTRY MIX OF SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME
BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 96 AND INTERSTATE
70 CORRIDORS.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT
/9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING...
* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS.
* SNOW AMOUNTS...2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 96. LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 4 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
* SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH
ESPECIALLY BETWEEN HIGHWAY 96 AND HIGHWAY 50. LIGHT ICING
POSSIBLE ON TREES AND POWERLINES FROM FREEZING RAIN.
* WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH AT TIMES.
* OTHER HAZARDS...VISIBILITY DOWN TO ONE-HALF MILE IN SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ESPECIALLY BETWEEN INTERSTATE 70 AND HIGHWAY 96; See more at NOAA

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