HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 400 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
346 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
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POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
346 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
RAIN WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE TO SNOW OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE
AREA. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE OVERNIGHT CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT ALL OF THE AREA FROM
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HEAVY SNOW WITH WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 50
WILL MAKE FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. CONDITIONS
SHOULD IMPROVE ACROSS THE AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 257 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM MOVING INTO THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT
INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO AREA FROM THE SOUTH TO NORTH
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OVER THE AREA BY
THURSDAY NIGHT.
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MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-LYON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN...
JUNCTION CITY...EMPORIA
256 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...RAIN WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX TO 10
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS... WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY
THURSDAY AFFECTING ALL AREAS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THIS WILL
RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
AT TIMES...AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING IS LIKELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF
BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 323 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM MOVING INTO THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT INTO
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
KSZ008>012-020-021-034-231730-
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REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA...
CLAY CENTER
323 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
* TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHERN KANSAS. RAIN WILL
TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BEGINNING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS AND DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY ACROSS
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST
ACTIVITY ENDING BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS EARLY THIS
MORNING SHOULD REMAIN AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX OR MORE INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE
FROM MARYSVILLE TO ALMA TO BURLINGTON.
* WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN
REDUCED VISIBILITIES...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT
TIMES...AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND TREACHEROUS
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...ANY
ICE THAT ACCUMULATES ON TREES OR POWER LINES WILL BE IMPACTED BY
STRONG WINDS ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. ANY
TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.
$$