HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 522 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 530 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009

/416 AM MST MON DEC 7 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL...
SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST TODAY. A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO NORTHERN ARIZONA
TONIGHT...AND A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEEPEN IN
SOUTHERN COLORADO. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FLOWING NORTHWARD OVER THE
ENTRENCHED COLD AIR WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW BEGINNING
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING TONIGHT. LOCAL SNOWFALL TOTALS
OF AROUND AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED WITH
OR CHANGE TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR
SLEET EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...LIGHT SNOW OR SLEET WILL CONTINUE
TUESDAY...POSSIBLY CHANGING TO RAIN NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. FRIGID
ARCTIC AIR WILL INVADE THE CENTRAL PLAINS TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AND
WIND CHILLS OF -5 TO -15 ARE LIKELY TUESDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 439 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM HEADED TO KANSAS...
.A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE CENTRAL PLAINS
ON TUESDAY...AND A STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS
EXTREME NORTHERN OKLAHOMA INTO FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY TUESDAY
EVENING. WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE TONIGHT. LOW LEVEL GULF MOISTURE WILL BE INGESTED BY THE
STORM SYSTEM TUESDAY, AND HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL KANSAS. STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT.
A LAYER OF WARM AIR ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN
KANSAS LATE MONDAY NIGHT, AND A MIXTURE OF SNOW...FREEZING
RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP BY SUNRISE TUESDAY.
THE COLD AIR WILL MODIFY SUFFICIENTLY TO ALLOW THE PRECIPITATION
TO CHANGE TO RAIN IN EXTREME SOUTHERN KANSAS BY LATE MORNING TUESDAY.
VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL PLUNGE SOUTHWARD BEHIND THE SURFACE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AND TEMPERATURES WILL DROP
BELOW ZERO IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND
CHILLS OF -5 TO -15 CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT. PERSONS SHOULD
TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT ANIMALS AND PROPERTY FROM THE COLD.
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EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-
BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...
DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...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
439 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 /339 AM MST MON DEC 7 2009/
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/
TUESDAY NIGHT.
*LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT.
THE SNOW MAY BECOME MIXED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED NORTH OF A LINE FROM PRATT TO JOHNSON CITY. FARTHER
SOUTH...ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED, BUT
FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY
MORNING MAY PRODUCE SLICK ROADWAYS.
*SLICK ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. STRONG WINDS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES
IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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