WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1025 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...SNOW AND SLEET WILL
CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. AREAS OF HEAVY
SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF WICHITA LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 30 TO 40
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. THESE
HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOWFALL LATER TODAY
MAY CAUSE VERY LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES ACROSS IN THE WARNED
AREA.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1
TO 4 INCHES ALONG AND WEST OF THE TURNPIKE THROUGH
TONIGHT...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
FLINT HILLS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY CHRISTMAS MORNING.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS
POSSIBLE EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.
* OTHER IMPACTS...THE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE
SNOW MAY CAUSE DRIFTING AND SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY
AND MAKE TRAVELING VERY DANGEROUS BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO
CHRISTMAS DAY.
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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