HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 346 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 345 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

/236 PM MST TUE DEC 22 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING
IN ADVANCE OF A DEVELOPING STORM ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF
THE COUNTRY. THE PRECIPITATION TYPE IS EXPECTED TO BE FREEZING
RAIN INITIALLY BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW ACROSS AREAS OF FAR
SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS MAINLY WEST OF A HUGOTON TO
GARDEN CITY TO NESS CITY LINE. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT EAST OF THIS LINE...INCLUDING THE
DODGE CITY AND HAYS AREAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE AROUND ONE
TENTH OF AN INCH FROM NEAR ULYSSES TO DODGE CITY AND HAYS. AREAS
OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO
SNOW DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. STORM TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR
SOUTHWEST AND FAR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR.
AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY...CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE
SIGNIFICANTLY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GREATER...AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE FALLING WELL INTO CHRISTMAS EVE DAY. BLIZZARD OR BLIZZARD
LIKE CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND A BLIZZARD WATCH CONTINUES
FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS EVE DAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
STORM SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
PROVIDE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WITH CURRENT PRECIPITATION
TYPE, INTENSITY, AND AMOUNTS THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE STORM.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
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BLIZZARD WATCH
Issue Date: 406 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...A BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS FOR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS EVE DAY...
.A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WHICH
MAY CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL
ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
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TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
406 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009 /306 AM MST MON DEC 21 2009/
...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS ON
WEDNESDAY AND THEN TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE DAY.
* IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. THIS MAY CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WITH WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
* PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
CHRISTMAS EVE DAY AND SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. IT IS TOO
EARLY TO SAY EXACTLY HOW MUCH SNOW WILL FALL BUT SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.
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