WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 809 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING...PATCHY DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO A
MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW TOWARD DAYBREAK
BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AFTER 10 AM
THURSDAY. 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 RANGE FROM 1
TO 4 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
KANSAS...HIGHEST GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING
FROM WELLINGTON TO WICHITA TO HILLSBORO.
* OTHER IMPACTS...THE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE
SNOW MAY CAUSE DRIFTING AND 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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