Major Winter Storm about to hit. Most of KS under Winter Storm Warning.
* TIMING...THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. AMOUNTS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXCEEDING ONE-QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES...AND SNOW PACKED AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TREES...POWER LINES AND UNTREATED HIGHWAYS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 54...DEPENDING ON EXACT TEMPERATURES.
* TIMING...THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. AMOUNTS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXCEEDING ONE-QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES...AND SNOW PACKED AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TREES...POWER LINES AND UNTREATED HIGHWAYS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 54...DEPENDING ON EXACT TEMPERATURES.
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