WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 357 AM CST SAT DEC 05 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 70.
* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND SPREAD EASTWARD. PERIODS OF MODERATE
SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
* PRELIMINARY ESTIMATED ACCUMULATIONS ARE 3 TO 6 INCHES NEAR
INTERSTATE 70...AND UP TO 7 TO 10 INCHES FOR COUNTIES ALONG THE
NEBRASKA BORDER.
* WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH ON
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.
* IMPACTS: SNOWFALL RATES MAY BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...WITH QUICK ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVEL MORE
TREACHEROUS. STRONG NORTH WINDS IN SNOW MAY ALSO EXACERBATE
TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY 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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