Severe Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
346 AM CST SAT FEB 6 2010
...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL COULD IMPACT THE AREA LATE SUNDAY THROUGH
MONDAY...
.ANOTHER POTENT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA BEGINNING SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. THE MAIN RISK WILL BE
HEAVY SNOWFALL POTENTIAL...WITH A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SOME
ICE ACCUMULATION ALSO POSSIBLE FOR AREAS CLOSER TO THE OKLAHOMA
BORDER.
KSZ049-051>053-068>072-083-092>096-098>100-061800-
/O.NEW.KICT.WS.A.0002.100208T0000Z-100209T0600Z/
SALINE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-
ALLEN-SEDGWICK-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-
MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...MCPHERSON...MARION...
COTTONWOOD FALLS...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...
YATES CENTER...IOLA...WICHITA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...
ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...
COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS
346 AM CST SAT FEB 6 2010
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING.
* TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS THE
AREA BY SUNDAY EVENING...AND CONTINUE UNTIL MONDAY EVENING. THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF
FREEZING RAIN ON SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER
COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 6 INCHES OR GREATER ARE POSSIBLE BY
MONDAY EVENING.
* WINDS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE
MONDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AS SNOW QUICKLY
ACCUMULATES ON ROADWAYS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
WINTER WEATHER THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.