WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 412 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER ...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.
A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING AND
CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BE LIGHT
SNOW...WITH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BY
SUNRISE ON TUESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGEOVER TO MIX OF
LIGHT SNOW...FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE
DAYTIME ON TUESDAY. SOME GLAZING OF ELEVATED SURFACES IS POSSIBLE
FROM ANY FREEZING PRECIPITATION...WITH THE COMBINATION OF THE
FREEZING PRECIPITATION AND LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET MAKING ROADS
SLICK. TOTAL SNOWFALL AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO
4 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 50...TO 1 TO 3 INCHES ALONG A KINGMAN TO
WICHITA LINE.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK OVER TO LIGHT SNOW ON TUESDAY
EVENING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. AS
THE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS
WINDS CHILLS OVERNIGHT ON TUESDAY AND POSSIBLY SOME BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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KETCHAM
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