HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 350 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 400 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID
MORNING ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HIAWATHA TO MINNEAPOLIS.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE.
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL APPROACH THE REGION TONIGHT. RAIN WILL
TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THE WINTER STORM SYSTEM AND ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL AFFECT THE
ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX OR MORE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MARYSVILLE TO ALMA TO
BURLINGTON. ADDITIONALLY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO
35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THIS
WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS AT TIMES...AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ICE AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA DURING THE WINTER STORM.
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