HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 312 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 315 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
308 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
 WINTER STORM WILL DEVELOP AND COULD PRODUCE A MIXTURE OF SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHICH COULD CHANGE TO SNOW.
HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION STILL APPEARS TO BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP AND COULD
PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF ANY NEW SNOW.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
REPORTS OF ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE ENCOURAGED WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 333 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION WITH HEAVY SNOW
AND WIND...
.A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE OUT INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS BY TUESDAY NIGHT...AND WILL LAST INTO FRIDAY.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED FROM
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
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MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-DICKINSON-
GEARY-MORRIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CLAY CENTER...
MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY
333 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.
* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A
BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX OR
MORE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING.
* WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ON
THURSDAY... CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
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