WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 300 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.
* TIMING...THE RAIN AND DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW
THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM SYSTEM BY THURSDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH
COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A
QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...THE SNOW AND HIGH WIND SPEEDS MAY CAUSE NEAR
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WHICH WOULD MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
WINTER WEATHER THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
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