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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
405 AM CDT SAT OCT 22 2005

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-221115-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA...
CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...
LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA
405 AM CDT SAT OCT 22 2005

...THE FIRST HARD FREEZE OF THE FALL LIKELY MONDAY MORNING...

A COLD CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE
LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S FOR TONIGHT. HOWEVER CONDITIONS WILL BECOME
MORE FAVORABLE FOR A HARD FREEZE MONDAY MORNING AS WINDS BECOME
LIGHT AND SKIES CLEAR. SOME OF THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES SO FAR
THIS FALL ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING. FORECAST LOWS ARE IN THE
UPPER 20S ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AND 30 TO 32 DEGREES FOR
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. WIDESPREAD FROST IS ALSO
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. 

THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT
TENDER VEGETATION...AND MOVE POTTED PLANTS INDOORS.

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WOLTERS