WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 333 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.
* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A
BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX OR
MORE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING.
* WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ON
THURSDAY... CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
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