HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 342 PM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 500 AM MST WED DEC 23 2009

/431 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE EAST OF THE ROCKIES TONIGHT...
PRODUCING SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. THE HEAVIEST FREEZING RAIN WILL
OCCUR EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 WHERE UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS
POSSIBLE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY CHRISTMAS DAY. TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY LATE
THURSDAY WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO A FOOT IN THE
MCCOOK...OBERLIN AND NORTON AREAS. STRONG NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 40
MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THURSDAY. THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE...OVER MOST OF THE AREA ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
REPORTS OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE REQUESTED FROM
SPOTTERS.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 331 PM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 500 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009

...A WINTER STORM REMAINS ON TRACK TO IMPACT TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES LATE TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A VARIETY OF WEATHER
HAZARDS THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING INCLUDING SNOW...SOME FREEZING
RAIN...AND STRONG WIND CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
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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
330 PM MST TUE DEC 22 2009 /430 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009/
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST
/MIDNIGHT CST/ THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST /MIDNIGHT
CST/ THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY.
* TIMING/DURATION...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN COLORADO
  TONIGHT WHILE FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS OVER PORTIONS OF
  NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. PRECIPITATION WILL BE
  ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF
  INCH ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE COLORADO AND KANSAS STATE LINE.
  TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES BY
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO A FOOT IN
  THE MCCOOK...NORTON AND OBERLIN AREAS.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST
  AT 15 TO 25 MPH. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND
  INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
  THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD
  CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES APPROACHING ONE QUARTER MILE AT
  TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW.
* OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT BY
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70...WILL
  BECOME SNOW PACKED AND DRIFTED ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AND
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL EXIST WEDNESDAY
  NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS.
SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING.  PRACTICE YOUR
WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER
IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.
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