better watch out…

WINTRY WEATHER FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CAUSE FREEZING RAIN TO DEVELOP

ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING…MAINLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 35. SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF A CONCORDIA TO HOLTON LINE.
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY OVER TO RAIN ACROSS ALL OF
NORTHEAST KANSAS BY THE LATE MORNING HOURS.

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REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…MARYSVILLE…HIAWATHA…CONCORDIA…
CLAY CENTER…MANHATTAN
400 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2007

ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST

SATURDAY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM
WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH ARE
EXPECTED GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A CONCORDIA TO CLAY CENTER
TO HOLTON LINE. WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE ICE COVERED TREE
BRANCHES AND POWER LINES TO FALL…PLAN AHEAD IN CASE POWER
OUTAGES OCCUR. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE FOR VERY HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.

FREEZING RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BY
THE LATE MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY AND MUCH OF THE ICE
ACCUMULATION MAY MELT. REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY DOWNED TREE BRANCHES OR
POWER LINES EVEN AFTER THE ICE HAS MELTED.

REMEMBER…AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY.