HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 417 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
359 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A WINTER MIX WILL AFFECT CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT THEN SPREAD
EASTWARD TOWARDS A SALINA TO WICHITA LINE AROUND DAYBREAK...PLEASE
SEE LATEST WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MORE DETAILS.
A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER
SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THURSDAY MORNING
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH A TRANSITION LINE OF
RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FOR SOUTHEAST
KANSAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. IN
ADDITION...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH COLDER
TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO DROP BELOW ZERO THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS THE AREA. PLEASE SEE LATEST
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER WINTER
WEATHER REPORTS ARE ENCOURAGED.
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FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 332 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY THROUGH
CHRISTMAS EVE...
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WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA...
CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS
332 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
NOON THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO A SLEET OR SNOW MIX
LATE THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY
RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
* WINDS...WILL BECOME QUITE STRONG AS THEY INCREASE TO 25 TO 35
MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY
NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...THESE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW
MAY CAUSE SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY AND MAKE
TRAVELING VERY DANGEROUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 450 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY THROUGH
CHRISTMAS EVE...
.A POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA
FROM TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. AS THIS SYSTEM DEVELOPS IT
WILL CONTINUE TO DRAW COLDER AIR SOUTH FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS.
THIS AIR MASS COMBINED WITH LOTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL
PRODUCE A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION TODAY MAINLY IN CENTRAL KANSAS
WITH MAINLY RAIN IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO ROLL THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ALL OF THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO
CHANGEOVER TO SNOW TONIGHT BEGINNING IN AREAS WEST OF THE
INTERSTATE 35 AND INTERSTATE 135 CORRIDOR. THIS TRANSITION LINE
WILL THEN SHIFT INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE
MAIN HAZARD WITH THIS STORM WILL BE THE HIGH WIND SPEEDS OF 3O TO
40 MPH. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW MAY CAUSE WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
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WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA...
CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS
450 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.
* TIMING...DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SLEET THEN SNOW
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY
RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
* WINDS...POWERFUL NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY
NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...THESE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW
MAY CAUSE A SEVERE REDUCTION IN THE VISIBILITY AND MAKE
TRAVELING VERY DANGEROUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
WINTER WEATHER THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
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