HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 532 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 545 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A WINTER STORM WILL PLOW THROUGH THE PLAINS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL MOST LIKELY BEGIN IN THE
FORM OF DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ON TUESDAY IN CENTRAL KANSAS
AND CONTINUE WEDNESDAY WITH A MIXTURE OF SNOW OR SLEET POSSIBLE.
THE MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION IS THEN EXPECTED TO CHANGEOVER TO
ALL SNOW ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
MAY SEE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SOUTHEAST OF A
STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM NEAR HUTCHINSON TO EMPORIA. THE
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG OR SEVERE. THE RAIN IS THEN
EXPECTED TO CHANGEOVER TO SNOW ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO IMPACT
AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 35/INTERSTATE 135 CORRIDOR
ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. SEE THE LATEST BLIZZARD WATCH FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.
SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL MOST LIKELY SEE THE RAIN CHANGEOVER TO SNOW
ON THURSDAY. SOME LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AT THIS TIME...BUT AMOUNTS WILL
BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE TRACK OF THE STORM.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO FORECASTS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AS
THE DETAILS BECOME MORE CLEAR.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR 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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