WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 405 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM
THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SNOW WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF
SLEET...WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING
ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THIS
INCLUDES LOCATIONS WEST OF A LINE FROM BAXTER SPRINGS TO LAMAR
TO SCHELL CITY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO
EAST. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A
MILE AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS
DAY COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH
AND SOUTH ORIENTED ROAD WAYS SUCH AS HIGHWAY 69 IN KANSAS AND
HIGHWAY 71 IN MISSOURI. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
WITH HIGH WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ANTICIPATED.
EXPECT HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM
KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE
CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...
EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN
CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED..
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