HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 604 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 615 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
TODAY...WITH SLEET...FREEZING DRIZZLE...AND RAIN POSSIBLY MIXING
WITH SNOW MAINLY SOUTH OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. SOME OF THE
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION MAY OCCUR DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON
HOURS...BUT THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH AS THE NIGHT
PROGRESSES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS
OF THE AREA WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES...WITH AROUND 15
INCHES POSSIBLE LOCALLY. SNOWFALL SOUTH OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE
WILL MAINLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP TONIGHT...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND CREATE
WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE -5 TO -20 RANGE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
WIND CHILL VALUES EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WILL FALL INTO THE -5 TO -20
RANGE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. SPOTTERS
ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TOPEKA.
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