HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 437 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 415 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
413 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
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POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
413 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG
AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CONCORDIA TO HIAWATHA. POWDERY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40
MPH...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG
WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES.
ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING INTO
TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. SNOWFALL ACROSS PORTIONS
OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WILL BE LOWER...AS A COMBINATION OF
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IS EXPECTED.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...CAUSING BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND CREATE WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE -5 TO -20 RANGE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
WIND CHILL VALUES EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WILL FALL INTO THE -5 TO -20
RANGE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SNOW
RECEIVED FROM THE WINTER STORM TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TOPEKA.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 406 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...POTENT WINTER STORM CONTINUES INTO TONIGHT...
.RESENT FOR MEDIA PARTNERS...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM
WILL INTERACT WITH VERY COLD AIR IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO
PRODUCE WINTER PRECIPITATION IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SNOW...HEAVY
AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING IN NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST KANSAS...WITH A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING
RAIN EXPECTED IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS
WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS.
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CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-
MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...
JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA
405 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...
* ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS COMMONLY FROM 6 TO 12
  INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HERINGTON TO OSKALOOSA...
  3 TO 6 INCHES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HERINGTON TO OSKALOOSA.
* WINDS: WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH
  WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING...CAUSING BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING SNOW...VERY LOW VISIBILITIES AND DROPPING WIND CHILL
  VALUES INTO THE MINUS 5 TO MINUS 20 DEGREE RANGE.
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 AN EMERGENCY.
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