WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1109 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL START TO OVERSPREAD CENTRAL KANSAS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR
INTO TUESDAY. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE
TUESDAY. THE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY AND
COULD POSSIBLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION TOTALS
OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ALONG A LINE FROM GREAT BEND TO
SALINA WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ALONG A LINE FROM RUSSELL TO
LINCOLN.
AS TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT PROGRESSES THE INTENSITY OF THE
SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO SURFACE WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS THE SNOWFALL CONTINUES. THIS WILL LEAD TO
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW...WITH
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ALONG INTERSTATE 70 AND
INTERSTATE 135.
TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS TUESDAY NIGHT AS
NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR.
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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