URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 121 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2015 KSZ030-043>045-061>063-074>076-084>086-140000- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151214T0600Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT- HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET 121 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2015 /1221 AM MST SUN DEC 13 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING SUNDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING...BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED. SLUSH AND WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...AND RESULT IN SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. &&