WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 153 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY.
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO
3 POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INTENSITY DURING
THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH SNOWFALL RATES
AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR LIKELY. THE SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF TO
FLURRIES BY TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO
8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS...WITH HIGHEST
TOTALS GENERALLY NORTH OF A GREAT BEND TO SALINA LINE.
MEANWHILE...AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS TUESDAY EVENING...STRONG AND
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA. THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY
FALLEN SNOW...AND USHERING BITTER COLD AIR SOUTHEAST. NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING
SNOW...AND SUB-ZERO WIND CHILL READINGS BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH
THE BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE.
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