HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 525 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 530 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS IN THE
EVENING HOURS...INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND SPREADING EASTWARD IN
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS STARTING THIS EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONLY A
FEW INCHES IN SOUTHERN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... TO OVER 10 INCHES
NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER. AMOUNTS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WILL BE
VARIABLE...AS A PERIOD OF A RAIN SNOW SLEET MIX IS EXPECTED ON
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS WARM AIR BRIEFLY NOSES INTO THE AREA. CURRENT
GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT THE WEATHER AROUND THE EVENING RUSH HOUR ON
TUESDAY WILL BE VERY TREACHEROUS AS THE STORM REACHES A PEAK IN
INTENSITY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS NEAR THAT TIME.
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS DEVELOP BEHIND THE DEPARTING SYSTEM AND
WILL BRING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT
AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BRING BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF SNOW AND LIKELY MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY IN
NORTHERN COUNTIES. WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO FALL BELOW ZERO FOR THESE
AREAS AS WELL.
STAY TUNED TO THE FORECAST FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING SYSTEM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA.
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