HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 413 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 415 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG
AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CONCORDIA TO HIAWATHA. POWDERY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40
MPH...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG
WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES.
ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING INTO
TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. SNOWFALL ACROSS PORTIONS
OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WILL BE LOWER...AS A COMBINATION OF
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IS EXPECTED.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...CAUSING BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND CREATE WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE -5 TO -20 RANGE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
WIND CHILL VALUES EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WILL FALL INTO THE -5 TO -20
RANGE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SNOW
RECEIVED FROM THE WINTER STORM TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TOPEKA.
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