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Nemaha County KS Sheriff Office
Friday January 13th, 2017 :: 03:42 p.m. CST

Alert

Ice Storm Warning until 12:00PM Monday

...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY...

* TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY DEVELOP SATURDAY EVENING. HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING ON MONDAY.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* MAIN IMPACT...ANY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL MAKE ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND ELEVATED SURFACES SLICK. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES AND CAUSE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BROWN ... CLAY ... CLOUD ... MARSHALL ... NEMAHA ... OTTAWA ... POTTAWATOMIE ... REPUBLIC ... RILEY ... WASHINGTON

Instructions:

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.

Address/Location
Nemaha County KS Sheriff Office
212 North 6th Street
Seneca, KS 66538

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 785-336-2311

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Alert Details

Severity:
Moderate - Possible threat to life or property
Urgency:
Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
Certainty:
Likely (p > ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Ice Storm Warning

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