HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 743 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 730 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009 Expires:200912100130;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
729 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT...ALONG WITH BITTER
COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. WIND CHILLS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
WILL APPROACH 20 BELOW ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE
LATEST WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
BITTER COLD WIND CHILL VALUES WILL LINGER THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...COLDEST ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS.
WIND CHILL VALUES OF MINUS 5 TO MINUS 20 WILL BE LIKELY AGAIN
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...COLDEST ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS. BELOW ZERO WIND CHILL READINGS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
CENTRAL KANSAS THURSDAY NIGHT
A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO
FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...BUT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.
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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: 430 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
LIGHT SNOW...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL START TO OVERSPREAD
THE HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR LATE THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME LIGHT ICE...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
WILL OCCUR. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ON
TUESDAY...WITH CONTINUED ICE...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
PRECIPITATION WILL SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW BY LATE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...AND COULD BECOME HEAVY FOR A TIME. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF
TO FLURRIES TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...HIGHEST GENERALLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR.
AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS TUESDAY EVENING...STRONG AND GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA...LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY
FALLEN SNOW...AND USHERING BITTER COLD AIR SOUTHEAST. NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING
SNOW...AND WIND CHILLS WILL PLUNGE BELOW ZERO BY LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT.
TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH
THE BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES.
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 WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 412 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER ...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.
A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING AND
CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BE LIGHT
SNOW...WITH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BY
SUNRISE ON TUESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGEOVER TO MIX OF
LIGHT SNOW...FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE
DAYTIME ON TUESDAY. SOME GLAZING OF ELEVATED SURFACES IS POSSIBLE
FROM ANY FREEZING PRECIPITATION...WITH THE COMBINATION OF THE
FREEZING PRECIPITATION AND LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET MAKING ROADS
SLICK. TOTAL SNOWFALL AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO
4 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 50...TO 1 TO 3 INCHES ALONG A KINGMAN TO
WICHITA LINE.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK OVER TO LIGHT SNOW ON TUESDAY
EVENING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. AS
THE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS
WINDS CHILLS OVERNIGHT ON TUESDAY AND POSSIBLY SOME BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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KETCHAM
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