Craig Daily Press / Weather

County,: Winter Storm Warning issued March 23 at 4:29AM CDT until March 24 at 12:00PM CDT by NWS; Effective: 3:29 a.m. on Saturday, March 23, 2013; Expires: noon on Sunday, March 24, 2013; ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 1 PM CDT
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 1 PM
CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS BY THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION
WILL LIKELY START OUT AS RAIN OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX...IT IS
EXPECTED TO TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW BY TONIGHT...WITH MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW LIKELY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL
SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH
TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH
THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BECOME DIFFICULT WITH SNOW
PACKED AND SLICK ROADS. GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO CAUSE REDUCED
VISIBILITIES ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.; See more at NOAA

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