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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
343 PM MST SUN FEB 29 2004

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR HOXIE KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL
MOVE EAST NORTHEAST TO NEAR GRAND ISLAND NEBRASKA MONDAY MORNING.
RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST WITH SNOW IN ALL
AREAS BY MIDNIGHT. ACCOMPANYING THE CHANGE OVER WILL BE VERY STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL CAUSE WHITE
OUT CONDITIONS WEST OF HIGHWAY 83...WHILE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
WILL BE EXPERIENCED AFTER MIDNIGHT EAST OF HIGHWAY 83.

COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-010500-
CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-DUNDY-GREELEY-HITCHCOCK-KIT CARSON-LOGAN-
RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-WICHITA-YUMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENKELMAN...BURLINGTON...COLBY...
GOODLAND...LEOTI...YUMA

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST (6 PM CST) THIS
AFTERNOON UNTIL 6 AM MST (7 AM CST) MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD 
WARNING WEST OF LINE FROM CULBERTSON NEBRASKA TO OAKLEY AND LEOTI 
KANSAS. INCLUDED IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING ARE THE CITIES 
OF...BENKELMAN...BURLINGTON...COLBY...GOODLAND...LEOTI...AND YUMA.0.

ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES TONIGHT WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SNOW WILL
RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF
AROUND SUNRISE ON MONDAY.

REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH
STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF
YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

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KSZ003-004-015-016-029-NEZ081-010500-
DECATUR-GOVE-GRAHAM-NORTON-RED WILLOW-SHERIDAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILL CITY...MCCOOK...NORTON...OBERLIN

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON
UNTIL 7 AM CST MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER 
ADVISORY EAST OF LINE FROM CULBERTSON NEBRASKA TO OAKLEY AND LEOTI 
KANSAS. INCLUDED IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ARE THE CITIES 
OF...HILL CITY...MCCOOK...NORTON...AND OBERLIN.

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED BY
MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE MY MONDAY
MORNING. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND
WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO AS LOW AS A QUARTER MILE AT
TIMES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF MONDAY MORNING.

REMEMBER...ONLY A GLAZING OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING
PRECIPITATION CAN RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AND
VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. DRIVE WITH CARE.

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JDK/FS