WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 242 PM CST SAT DEC 05 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST
THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES.
ADDITIONAL SNOWS ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW THIS
EVENING BUT SHOULD NOT BE A MAJOR FACTOR. STRONG NORTH WINDS
WILL SPILL ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TUESDAY EVENING...WITH
GUSTS OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE A
MAJOR ISSUE...ALONG WITH VERY LOW VISIBILITIES.
* SOME LOCAL HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS
THE CURRENT STORM TAPPERS OFF. THE STORM ON TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS...
WITH TRAVEL BECOMING DANGEROUS TO DIFFICULT AT TIMES. NEAR WHITE
OUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR IN OPEN COUNTRY AT THE HEIGHT OF THE
STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THOSE TRAVELING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA
TIME AND SLOW DOWN THIS EVENING AS THE SNOW WILL CAUSE RESTRICTED
VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 242 PM CST SAT DEC 05 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST
THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES.
ADDITIONAL SNOWS ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW THIS
EVENING BUT SHOULD NOT BE A MAJOR FACTOR. STRONG NORTH WINDS
WILL SPILL ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TUESDAY EVENING...WITH
GUSTS OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE A
MAJOR ISSUE...ALONG WITH VERY LOW VISIBILITIES.
* SOME LOCAL HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS
THE CURRENT STORM TAPPERS OFF. THE STORM ON TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS...
WITH TRAVEL BECOMING DANGEROUS TO DIFFICULT AT TIMES. NEAR WHITE
OUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR IN OPEN COUNTRY AT THE HEIGHT OF THE
STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THOSE TRAVELING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA
TIME AND SLOW DOWN THIS EVENING AS THE SNOW WILL CAUSE RESTRICTED
VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
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