Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS

000 
WWUS43 KTOP 192145
WSWTOP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
345 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

.HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL...
NORTHEAST AND MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN
TO MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES TONIGHT WITH SNOW SPREADING
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET
AND SNOW WILL SPREAD FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

KSZ026-037>040-054-055-201100-
/O.UPG.KTOP.WS.A.0002.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KTOP.WS.W.0002.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/
JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA
345 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST
TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT.
DURING THE DAY MONDAY...COLDER AIR WILL FILTER IN AND CHANGE THE
MIXED PRECIPITATION TO SNOW BY MONDAY EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY
AT TIMES DURING THE EVENING HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL
RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 35
MPH...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE
HEAVY...WET SNOW. 

PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE ADVERSELY
AFFECTED BY THIS WINTER STORM. CHECK THE LATEST FORECAST AND ROAD
CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

$$

KSZ008>012-020>024-034>036-201100-
/O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0002.060320T0600Z-060321T1200Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA...
CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY
345 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA
THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW EARLY MONDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES MONDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A
LINE FROM ABILENE TO MANHATTAN TO HOLTON. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS
WILL BE NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST UP TO
35 MPH WITH POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE IN THE AFFECTED
AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE WITH TRAVEL
PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE
ROUTE...OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

$$

STARK

000 
WWUS43 KTOP 200412
WSWTOP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1012 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

.A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON MONDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING
A MIX OF PRECIPITATION...WITH SLEET AND RAIN EXPECTED OVER EAST
CENTRAL KANSAS AND HEAVY SNOW ANTICIPATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS DURING MONDAY. THERE COULD BE A NARROW BAND OF SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN THE RAIN ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KS AND THE SNOW
OVER NORTH CENTRAL KS. 

KSZ008>012-020>024-034>036-201215-
/O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0002.060320T0600Z-060321T1200Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA...
CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY
1012 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION LATE IN THE
EVENING. HOWEVER THE NEXT BATCH OF PRECIPITATION IS ALREADY
DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTHWEST. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS BY SUNRISE WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW
POSSIBLE FROM MINNEAPOLIS TO MARYSVILLE AND NORTH. UP TO AN INCH
OF SLEET AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT SOUTHEAST OF THIS
LINE.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY ACROSS THE WHOLE AREA DURING THE
DAY MONDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM ABILENE TO
HIAWATHA...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING A FOOT AROUND CONCORDIA AND
BELLEVILLE BY MONDAY EVENING. THE SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE INTO MONDAY
NIGHT WITH STORM TOTALS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY
MORNING. WINDY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE NOW FOR THE WINTER STORM IF THEY HAVE
NOT ALREADY BE COMPLETED. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN
WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS. ANY TRAVEL DURING THE DAY MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

$$

KSZ026-037>040-054-055-201215-
/O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0002.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/
JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA
1012 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
6 AM CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM
CST TUESDAY. 

THERE WILL LIKELY BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT. HOWEVER THE NEXT BATCH OF PRECIPITATION IS ALREADY
DEVELOPING BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW
IS ANTICIPATED MONDAY MORNING BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SLEET
COULD ACCUMULATE FROM COUNCIL GROVE TO TOPEKA AND OSKALOOSA DURING
THE DAY MONDAY. ONCE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO SNOW...IS COULD
BE HEAVY THROUGH THE EVENING MONDAY. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF
5 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...WINDY
EAST AND NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW MONDAY NIGHT.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE NOW FOR THE WINTER STORM IF THEY HAVE
NOT ALREADY BE COMPLETED. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN
WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS. ANY TRAVEL DURING THE DAY MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

$$

WOLTERS

000 
WWUS43 KTOP 201019
WSWTOP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
419 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006

.A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF WEST TEXAS AND ACROSS THE
KANSAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A MIX OF
PRECIPITATION...WITH SLEET AND RAIN EXPECTED OVER EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS AND HEAVY SNOW ANTICIPATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY
AND THIS EVENING. THERE COULD BE A NARROW BAND OF SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN THE RAIN ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KS AND THE SNOW
OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE SLEET AND RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

KSZ008>012-020>024-034>036-202230-
/O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA...
CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY
419 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS
THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ACCUMULATIONS
OF 6 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM ABILENE TO HIAWATHA...WITH HIGHER
AMOUNTS APPROACHING A FOOT AROUND CONCORDIA AND BELLEVILLE BY
THIS EVENING. THE SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE INTO MONDAY NIGHT WITH
STORM TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. WINDY
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW
MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE NOW FOR THE WINTER STORM IF THEY HAVE
NOT ALREADY BE COMPLETED. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN
WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS. ANY TRAVEL DURING THE DAY TODAY AND
TONIGHT IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

$$

KSZ026-037>040-054-055-202230-
/O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0002.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/
JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA
419 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS
BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE
FROM COUNCIL GROVE TO TOPEKA AND OSKALOOSA DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. ONCE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO SNOW...IT COULD BE
HEAVY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO
9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...WINDY EAST
AND NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW
TONIGHT.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE NOW FOR THE WINTER STORM IF THEY HAVE
NOT ALREADY BE COMPLETED. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN
WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS. ANY TRAVEL DURING THE DAY MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

$$

KSZ056-058-059-202230-
/O.NEW.KTOP.WW.Y.0003.060320T2100Z-060321T1200Z/
FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OTTAWA
419 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM CST TUESDAY.

RAIN WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 35...WITH ONE INCH OF
SLEET ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ONCE THE
PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING...IT COULD BECOME
HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. STORM TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KTOP 201837
WSWTOP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1237 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ACROSS
OKLAHOMA...AND BE INTO THE KENTUCKY TENNESSEE AREA BY TUESDAY
MORNING. A VARIETY OF WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL FALL TO THE NORTH
OF THE LOW ACROSS KANSAS AND NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A MIX OF
PRECIPITATION...WITH A LITTLE SLEET AND RAIN EXPECTED OVER EAST
CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW THIS
EVENING. TO THE NORTH IN THE COUNTIES NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER
AND IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AREAS OF SNOW WILL AGAIN BECOME
HEAVIER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS ON TUESDAY.

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054-055-210245-
/O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA...
CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...
LAWRENCE...EMPORIA
1237 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS. BY THE TIME THE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ENDS LATER
TONIGHT...ACCUMULATIONS NEAR INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM ABILENE
TO HOLTON...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES FROM
BELLEVILLE TO MARYSVILLE AND HIAWATHA. WINDY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
ALSO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW MAINLY TONIGHT.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS.
ANY TRAVEL DURING THE DAY TODAY AND TONIGHT IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED.

$$

KSZ056-058-059-210245-
/O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0003.060320T2100Z-060321T1200Z/
FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OTTAWA
1237 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP BY THIS EVENING...GENERALLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 35. ONCE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES
OVER TO SNOW BY LATE EVENING...IT COULD BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY AT
TIMES INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2
TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE
PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES OVERNIGHT...AND
USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KTOP 201841 CCA
WSWTOP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1237 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ACROSS
OKLAHOMA...AND BE INTO THE KENTUCKY TENNESSEE AREA BY TUESDAY
MORNING. A VARIETY OF WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL FALL TO THE NORTH
OF THE LOW ACROSS KANSAS AND NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A MIX OF
PRECIPITATION...WITH A LITTLE SLEET AND RAIN EXPECTED OVER EAST
CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW THIS
EVENING. TO THE NORTH IN THE COUNTIES NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER
AND IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AREAS OF SNOW WILL AGAIN BECOME
HEAVIER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS ON TUESDAY.

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054-055-210245-
/O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA...
CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...
LAWRENCE...EMPORIA
1237 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS. BY THE TIME THE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ENDS LATER 
TONIGHT...ACCUMULATIONS NEAR 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM ABILENE TO 
HOLTON...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES FROM BELLEVILLE TO 
MARYSVILLE AND HIAWATHA. BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE 
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW MAINLY TONIGHT.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS.
ANY TRAVEL DURING THE DAY TODAY AND TONIGHT IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED.

$$

KSZ056-058-059-210245-
/O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0003.060320T2100Z-060321T1200Z/
FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OTTAWA
1237 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP BY THIS EVENING...GENERALLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 35. ONCE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES
OVER TO SNOW BY LATE EVENING...IT COULD BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY AT
TIMES INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2
TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE
PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES OVERNIGHT...AND
USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KTOP 202130
WSWTOP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
330 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
ACROSS OKLAHOMA...AND BE INTO THE KENTUCKY TENNESSEE AREA BY
TUESDAY MORNING. A VARIETY OF WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL FALL TO
THE NORTH OF THE LOW ACROSS KANSAS AND NEBRASKA THROUGH TONIGHT.
THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO EAST
CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH RAIN AND SLEET CHANGING TO SLEET AND SNOW
THIS EVENING...THEN ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. TO THE NORTH IN THE
COUNTIES NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER AND IN NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS...AREAS OF SNOW WILL AGAIN BECOME HEAVIER THIS EVENING INTO
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY.

KSZ026-037>040-054-055-210530-
/O.CAN.KTOP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
/O.EXA.KTOP.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA
330 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR
THESE COUNTIES.

OVERNIGHT SNOW TOTALS IN THE ADVISORY AREA OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. ADDITIONALLY...PERIODS
OF SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO PRECEDE THE SNOWFALL...ADDING TO THE
POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

KSZ008>012-020>024-034>036-210530-
/O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA...
CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY
330 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
KANSAS THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON
TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OVERNIGHT WILL BE IN THE 4 TO 6
INCH RANGE FROM ABILENE TO HOLTON AND NORTHWARD TO THE NEBRASKA
BORDER...WITH THE GREATEST STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS FROM BELLEVILLE TO
HIAWATHA. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW TONIGHT MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL. 

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.

CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS.
ANY TRAVEL TONIGHT IS WILL .

$$

KSZ056-058-059-210530-
/O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OTTAWA
330 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY. 

RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS EVENING IN EAST
CENTRAL KANSAS...THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
ONCE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO SNOW BY LATE EVENING...IT
COULD BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY
MORNING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE
PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES OVERNIGHT...
AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KTOP 210339
WSWTOP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
939 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

KSZ008>012-020>024-034>036-211200-
/O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA...
CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY
939 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE
NEBRASKA STATE LINE. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ALONG
AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36. FURTHER SOUTH...AROUND 3 INCHES OF NEW
SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM ABILENE TO MANHATTAN AND HOLTON. IN
ADDITION TO THE SNOW...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY DEVELOP ALONG
AND SOUTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER AFTER MIDNIGHT WHEN IT IS NOT
SNOWING. LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED.

IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL TONIGHT...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN
TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

KSZ026-037>040-054>056-058-059-211200-
/O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-
COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA
939 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY. 

AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL TONIGHT...AREAS OF SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT. IN
ADDITION...FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT
WHEN IT IS NOT SNOWING. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
POSSIBLE ALONG INTERSTATE 70 WITH AN INCH OR LESS AROUND
INTERSTATE 35. LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING DRIZZLE
ARE ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER WET ROAD SURFACES COULD BECOME SLICK AS
TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT.

PERIODS OF SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

WOLTERS

000 
WWUS43 KTOP 210912
WSWTOP

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
312 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006


KSZ008>012-020>024-034>036-211015-
/O.CAN.KTOP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA...
CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY
312 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
STORM WARNING. THE LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE
INCH.

$$

KSZ026-037>040-054>056-058-059-211015-
/O.CAN.KTOP.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/
JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-
COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA
312 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW WILL WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES THROUGH
THE MORNING HOURS. PATCHY DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
342 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

.DISCUSSION...
MORE DETAIL DISCUSSION TO FOLLOW AS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTING
WATCH/WARNING GRIDS.

SHORTWAVE ENERGY EJECTING AHEAD OF MAIN UPPER LOW THIS MORNING AND
WILL KEEP CATEGORICAL WORDING FOR THIS MORNING GOING.  SOME BRIEF
SHUTDOWN IN PRECIP EXPECTED FOR THE AFTERNOON...BUT LATE IN THE DAY
COULD REGENERATE AS ANOTHER PIECE OF ENERGY WORKS EAST.

FOR TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...MAIN UPPER WAVE EJECTS AND GIVEN THE
CONSISTENCY OF MODEL GUIDANCE FOR AT LEAST THE 6 INCH OR MORE AREA
OF SNOWFALL...WILL UPGRADE THE GOING WATCH TO A WARNING AND EXTEND
UNTIL 12Z TUESDAY MORNING.  WILL HAVE A TIER OF COUNTIES TO THE
SOUTH OF THIS WARNING IN A WATCH 12Z MONDAY TO 12Z TUESDAY GIVEN
PERSISTENT MOISTURE IN FLUX...STRENGTH OF UPPER SYSTEM.

&&

.TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER STORM WATCH ALONG AND
NORTH OF A HERINGTON...MANHATTAN TO HOLTON LINE FROM LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT THROUGH UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY MORNING.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 AM MONDAY UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY FOR AREAS
BETWEEN THE WINTER STORM WARNING LINE...SOUTH TO GENERALLY ALONG  A
EMPORIA...OSAGE CITY...BALDWIN CITY LINE.

&&

PF

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
406 PM CST SAT MAR 18 2006

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-192215-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
406 PM CST SAT MAR 18 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

LIGHT RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST
CENTRAL KANSAS BY LATE EVENING. THE RAIN MAY CHANGE TO OR MIX WITH
SNOW OR SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. NO ACCUMULATION
IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST KANSAS FOR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF AN ABILENE...MANHATTAN
TO HOLTON LINE. 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE IN THIS
AREA BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
WILL BE LOWER SOUTH OF THE WATCH AREA.

THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

STARK