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: 407 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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CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO...
AUGUSTA...EUREKA...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN
332 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT 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
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...A SLEET OR SNOW MIX WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY
  MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER THURSDAY MORNING.
  THE SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THURSDAY. THESE HIGH
  WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW MAY CAUSE VERY LOW
  VISIBILITIES AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY
  RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
* OTHER IMPACTS...THE 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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