HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 518 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009

/500 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE TRI-STATE
TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE CLEARING THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 10 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED...HIGHEST EAST OF KANSAS STATE HIGHWAY 25. SNOWFALL RATES
OF ONE INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. NORTH WINDS OF 15
TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH SNOW PACKED ROADS AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW.
AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL
MOVE IN FROM THE WEST. THE COMBINATION OF THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES
AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 30
DEGREES BELOW ZERO THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD
BE APPRECIATED.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 430 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009

.A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY NIGHT.
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RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE-HITCHCOCK-
RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY...
HOXIE...HILL CITY...QUINTER...TRENTON...MCCOOK
430 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM
TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING CREATING AREAS
OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH SNOW PACKED
ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
VISIBILITIES COULD DROP TO AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES
AND SNOW COULD OCCASIONALLY FALL AT THE RATE OF AN INCH PER
HOUR. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
TUESDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL
BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE.
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 430 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...WINTER STORM TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT...
.A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TRI-STATE AREA LATE MONDAY
NIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY NIGHT PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW
AND STRONG NORTH WINDS CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.
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RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...HOXIE...
HILL CITY...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK
330 AM MST SUN DEC 6 2009 /430 AM CST SUN DEC 6 2009/
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING.
* SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY
TUESDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED
TOWARD THE END OF THE DAY TUESDAY...CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY
NIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH SNOW PACKED
ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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