BLIZZARD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 511 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE...AND SLEET ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS
TONIGHT MAINLY EAST OF A HUGOTON TO GARDEN CITY TO NESS CITY
LINE... BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO AREAS OF SNOW DURING THE
AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY.
* ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD RANGE AROUND ONE
TENTH OF AN INCH. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TODAY THROUGH
THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER MOST OF
SOUTHWEST KANSAS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50
MPH...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY WHICH
WILL PROMOTE WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...EVEN FROM LIGHT AMOUNTS. BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 511 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE...AND SLEET ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS
TONIGHT MAINLY EAST OF A HUGOTON TO GARDEN CITY TO NESS CITY
LINE... BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO AREAS OF SNOW DURING THE
AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY.
* ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD RANGE AROUND ONE
TENTH OF AN INCH. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TODAY THROUGH
THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER MOST OF
SOUTHWEST KANSAS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50
MPH...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY WHICH
WILL PROMOTE WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...EVEN FROM LIGHT AMOUNTS. BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
$$
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