WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 406 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY THROUGH
CHRISTMAS EVE...
KSZ053-069-070-093-094-098-240545-
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CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO...
AUGUSTA...EUREKA...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN
332 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...A SLEET OR SNOW MIX WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER THURSDAY MORNING.
THE SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THURSDAY. THESE HIGH
WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW MAY CAUSE VERY LOW
VISIBILITIES AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY
RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
* OTHER IMPACTS...THE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE
SNOW MAY CAUSE SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY AND MAKE
TRAVELING VERY DANGEROUS.
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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