BLIZZARD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 314 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* FREEZING RAIN... OR A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SLEET IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS LATE
TONIGHT MAINLY EAST OF A HUGOTON TO GARDEN CITY TO NESS CITY
LINE...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO AREAS OF SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON
ON WEDNESDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN COULD RANGE AROUND ONE
TENTH OF AN INCH...WITH CLOSE TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IN THE
HAYS AND LACROSSE AREA BEFORE THE MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO
SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED
TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER MOST OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. MORE
SUBSTANTIAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVER ELLIS COUNTY
ON CHRISTMAS EVE DAY WITH A TOTAL ACCUMULATION AROUND 6 INCHES.
* STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY WHICH WILL
PROMOTE WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT
TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 314 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* FREEZING RAIN... OR A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SLEET IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS LATE
TONIGHT MAINLY EAST OF A HUGOTON TO GARDEN CITY TO NESS CITY
LINE...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO AREAS OF SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON
ON WEDNESDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN COULD RANGE AROUND ONE
TENTH OF AN INCH...WITH CLOSE TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IN THE
HAYS AND LACROSSE AREA BEFORE THE MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO
SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED
TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER MOST OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. MORE
SUBSTANTIAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVER ELLIS COUNTY
ON CHRISTMAS EVE DAY WITH A TOTAL ACCUMULATION AROUND 6 INCHES.
* STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY WHICH WILL
PROMOTE WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT
TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
$$
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