WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1025 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO
ALL SNOW BY EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH SNOW CONTINUING OVERNIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY
RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO LOCALLY TWO-TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE
IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
* WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL BECOME QUITE STRONG AS THEY INCREASE TO
SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON
INTO TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...THESE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MAY CAUSE DRIFTING AND SEVERE REDUCTIONS
IN THE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVELING VERY DANGEROUS BY THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT.
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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KED/COX
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