HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 336 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 245 PM MST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING
IN ADVANCE OF A DEVELOPING STORM ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF
THE COUNTRY. THE PRECIPITATION TYPE IS EXPECTED TO BE FREEZING
RAIN INITIALLY BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW ACROSS AREAS OF FAR
SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS MAINLY WEST OF A HUGOTON TO
GARDEN CITY TO NESS CITY LINE. A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT EAST OF THIS LINE...INCLUDING THE
DODGE CITY AND HAYS AREAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE AROUND ONE
TENTH OF AN INCH FROM NEAR ULYSSES TO DODGE CITY AND HAYS. AREAS
OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO
SNOW DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. STORM TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR
SOUTHWEST AND FAR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR.
AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY...CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE
SIGNIFICANTLY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GREATER...AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE FALLING WELL INTO CHRISTMAS EVE DAY. BLIZZARD OR BLIZZARD
LIKE CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND A BLIZZARD WATCH CONTINUES
FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS EVE DAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
STORM SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
PROVIDE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WITH CURRENT PRECIPITATION
TYPE, INTENSITY, AND AMOUNTS THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE STORM.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
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