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...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEING ACCUMULATING SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WITH HALF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* MAIN IMPACT...ROADWAYS, BRIDGES AND ELEVATED SURFACES WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SLICK INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AS ACCUMULATIONS INCREASE SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY...DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS, POWER LINES, AND SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BROWN ... CLAY ... CLOUD ... DICKINSON ... GEARY ... JACKSON ... MARSHALL ... MORRIS ... NEMAHA ... OTTAWA ... POTTAWATOMIE ... REPUBLIC ... RILEY ... WABAUNSEE ... WASHINGTON

Instructions:

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.