HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 456 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009 Expiration: 500 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009 Expires:200912082300;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
454 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE WEST
TONIGHT...SPREADING A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW
ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE THIS EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
THE STRONG WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
EVENING...SPREADING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH A WINTRY MIX EXPECTED FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
IN THE WAKE OF THIS STORM ON TUESDAY NIGHT...STRONG AND GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS COULD CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...ALONG WITH BITTER COLD WIND CHILL VALUES
PLUMMETING BELOW ZERO NORTHWEST OF THE TURNPIKE. WIND CHILLS BY
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING COULD APPROACH 20 BELOW ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS.
WIND CHILL VALUES OF MINUS 5 TO MINUS 15 WILL BE LIKELY AGAIN
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS.
A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF THE TURNPIKE...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS ANTICIPATED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.
SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATION REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED
DURING THIS PERIOD.
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FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP
$$ WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY Issue Date: 412 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009 Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER ...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.
A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING AND
CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BE LIGHT
SNOW...WITH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BY
SUNRISE ON TUESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGEOVER TO MIX OF
LIGHT SNOW...FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE
DAYTIME ON TUESDAY. SOME GLAZING OF ELEVATED SURFACES IS POSSIBLE
FROM ANY FREEZING PRECIPITATION...WITH THE COMBINATION OF THE
FREEZING PRECIPITATION AND LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET MAKING ROADS
SLICK. TOTAL SNOWFALL AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO
4 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 50...TO 1 TO 3 INCHES ALONG A KINGMAN TO
WICHITA LINE.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK OVER TO LIGHT SNOW ON TUESDAY
EVENING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. AS
THE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS
WINDS CHILLS OVERNIGHT ON TUESDAY AND POSSIBLY SOME BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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