HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 638 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 900 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 /635 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT TODAY WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING
TO 40 MPH CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO DEVELOP
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
AROUND AN INCH POSSIBLE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36 AND NO ACCUMULATION
EXPECTED ELSEWHERE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 606 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 /606 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009/
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM
CST/ THIS AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
STORM WARNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON.
* TIMING/DURATION...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW TODAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 15 MPH AROUND
SUNSET.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
AROUND 40 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY
WILL BE REDUCED TO AROUND A MILE AT TIMES IN SOME AREAS.
* OTHER IMPACTS...ROADS WILL REMAIN ICY AND SNOW PACKED TODAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS
WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...RESULTING IN
SLIPPERY ROADS AND AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. USE EXTRA CAUTION
WHILE DRIVING.
$$
WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 254 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT HOLIDAY TRAVEL LATE TUESDAY
THROUGH EARLY CHRISTMAS DAY...
.A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION
BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE MOVING EAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS
TUESDAY NIGHT. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI.
SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS APPEAR LIKELY ACROSS THE TRI-STATE
REGION WITH THE GREATEST THREAT COMING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY FRIDAY AS NORTHWESTERLY WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH POSSIBLE.
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YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...
GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...
QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK
154 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009 /254 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009/
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST /MIDNIGHT CST/
TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 11 PM MST /MIDNIGHT CST/ TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/
FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING/DURATION...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE TRI-STATE
REGION LATE TUESDAY EVENING. LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE
FROM BENKELMAN NEBRASKA TO GOVE KANSAS MAY SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF
LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE PRECIPITATION
CHANGES TO SNOW OVER THE ENTIRE AREA BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE PERIODICALLY THROUGH LATE THURSDAY.
* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...WHILE ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS OF FREEZING
DRIZZLE ARE ANTICIPATED OVER THE AFOREMENTIONED AREA LATE
TUESDAY...ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY
BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...LOCATIONS
ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 CAN EXPECT TO RECEIVE BETWEEN 8
AND 10 INCHES WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE
INTERSTATE. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD OCCUR
WEDNESDAY.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AND INCREASE
DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. BY LATE WEDNESDAY...SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.
NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY AS VISIBILITIES DROP TO NEAR
ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. AN UPGRADE TO A BLIZZARD WARNING MAY
BECOME NECESSARY OVER PORTIONS OF THE REGION BY LATE WEDNESDAY.
* OTHER IMPACTS...IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL THIS HOLIDAY WEEK...YOU
SHOULD TRAVEL MONDAY AND TUESDAY. WEATHER WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY
HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES...BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY
AND CONTINUING THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL
BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE.
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FOLTZ
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