HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 427 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 415 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

/307 AM MST THU DEC 24 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY.
GUSTS COULD REACH AROUND 45 MPH.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
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WIND ADVISORY
Issue Date: 1159 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY,..
.A WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO SPREAD OUT INTO THE HIGH PLAINS LATE
THIS MORNING. A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
EASTERN PLAINS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY ALONG WITH AN ARCTIC HIGH
BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST.
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PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-MORTON-
STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION
1159 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 /1059 AM MST WED DEC 23 2009/
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY.
* STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND LAST THOUGH
MOST OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY.
* SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO NEAR 50 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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BLIZZARD WATCH
Issue Date: 856 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...WINTER STORM POISED TO IMPACT WESTERN KANSAS TONIGHT THROUGH
CHRISTMAS EVE...
.A WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD OUT INTO THE HIGH PLAINS TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH A MYRIAD OF WINTER PRECIPITATION TYPES
EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI BY THURSDAY...RESULTING IN
STRONG NORTH WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW WITH BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
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ELLIS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-
SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...
KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...
KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
856 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY
EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND POSSIBLY SLEET ARE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS TONIGHT MAINLY
EAST OF A HUGOTON TO GARDEN CITY TO NESS CITY LINE...BEFORE
TRANSITIONING TO AREAS OF SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON ON
WEDNESDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN COULD RANGE AROUND ONE
TENTH OF AN INCH...WITH CLOSE TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IN THE
HAYS AND LACROSSE AREA BEFORE THE MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO
SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED
TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER MOST OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES.
* STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY WHICH WILL
PROMOTE WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT
TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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