HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 517 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
459 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY
DETERIORATE. ALONG THE US 75 CORRIDOR...PRECIPITATION WILL START
OUT AS RAIN AND WILL MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BEFORE
QUICKLY CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVIER SNOW WILL
OCCUR LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WIND WILL
GUST UP TO 45 MPH RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY. WIND AND SNOW WILL
START TO TAPER OFF ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING LEAVING
BEHIND COLD AIR AND WIND CHILLS IN THE 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO RANGE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 257 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM MOVING INTO THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT
INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO AREA FROM THE SOUTH TO NORTH
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OVER THE AREA BY
THURSDAY NIGHT.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...OTTAWA
256 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
NOON THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...RAIN THURSDAY MORNING WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE TO SNOW IN
THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX TO 8
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE
DAY THURSDAY AFFECTING ALL AREAS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THIS WILL
RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
AT TIMES...AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF
BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.
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HARDING

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 323 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM MOVING INTO THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT INTO
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
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ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA
323 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...
* TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN KANSAS. AREAS IN NORTHEAST AND EAST
CENTRAL KANSAS ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE BACK TO RAIN BY MIDDAY
WEDNESDAY. RAIN OR SLEET IS THEN EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW
WEDNESDAY NIGHT....WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THEN POSSIBLE
FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX OR
MORE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST
OF A LINE FROM MARYSVILLE TO ALMA TO BURLINGTON.
* WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN
REDUCED VISIBILITIES...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT
TIMES...AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND TREACHEROUS
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...ANY
ICE THAT ACCUMULATES ON TREES OR POWER LINES WILL BE IMPACTED
BY STRONG WINDS ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. ANY
TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.
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