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.
KSZ010>012-022>024-036>038-054-240500-
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MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-LYON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN...
JUNCTION CITY...EMPORIA
256 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM 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
6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...RAIN WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX TO 10
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS... WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. 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 THROUGH
FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING IS LIKELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF
BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 400 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 400 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

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HWOTOP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
350 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-241000-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
350 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID
MORNING ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HIAWATHA TO MINNEAPOLIS.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE.
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL APPROACH THE REGION TONIGHT. RAIN WILL
TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THE WINTER STORM SYSTEM AND ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL AFFECT THE
ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL 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. ADDITIONALLY...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.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ICE AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA DURING THE WINTER STORM.
$$

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...
KSZ022>024-035>037-231730-
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RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY
323 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
* TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BEGINNING LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND DURING THE MORNING
HOURS ON THURSDAY ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY ENDING BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* 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.
$$
BLAIR/SALLY