HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 504 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 445 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
436 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
THIS MORNING FOR A COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL...ALONG
WITH STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS CREATING SEVERE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING PROBLEMS. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY. WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO 10 BELOW WILL
OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON.
LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO 10 BELOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY MORNING.
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.
ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA LATE TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR
TONIGHT...HOWEVER SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS THIS MORNING WOULD BE
GREATLY APPRECIATED.
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FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 324 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS
MORNING.
* TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END BY LATE THIS MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED...WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 6 TO 9
INCHES.
* WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40
TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING.
* IMPACTS...THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE INTERMITTENTLY REDUCED TO ONE-QUARTER
MILE OR LESS. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO 10 BELOW WILL
BE COMMON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 450 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY THROUGH
CHRISTMAS EVE...
.A POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA
FROM TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. AS THIS SYSTEM DEVELOPS IT
WILL CONTINUE TO DRAW COLDER AIR SOUTH FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS.
THIS AIR MASS COMBINED WITH LOTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL
PRODUCE A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION TODAY MAINLY IN CENTRAL KANSAS
WITH MAINLY RAIN IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO ROLL THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ALL OF THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO
CHANGEOVER TO SNOW TONIGHT BEGINNING IN AREAS WEST OF THE
INTERSTATE 35 AND INTERSTATE 135 CORRIDOR. THIS TRANSITION LINE
WILL THEN SHIFT INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE
MAIN HAZARD WITH THIS STORM WILL BE THE HIGH WIND SPEEDS OF 3O TO
40 MPH. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW MAY CAUSE WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
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...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.
* TIMING...DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SLEET THEN SNOW
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY
RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
* WINDS...POWERFUL NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY
NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...THESE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW
MAY CAUSE A SEVERE REDUCTION IN THE VISIBILITY AND MAKE
TRAVELING VERY DANGEROUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
WINTER WEATHER THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
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