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Winter Storm Warning Issued Locally

By National Weather Service

11/29/2015

305 PM CST SUN NOV 29 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY...FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MARYSVILLE...SENECA...MANHATTAN...WAMEGO...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...COUNCIL GROVE

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* TIMING...THE FREEZING RAIN IS MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS OF MONDAY.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...NEW ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO A THIRD OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE.

* MAIN IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. TREE DAMAGE FROM THE ICE IS LIKELY TO LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING.

PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

IF YOU PLAN TO USE A PORTABLE POWER GENERATOR IN YOUR HOME...BE CAREFUL TO OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE OPERATED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA.

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