WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 919 PM 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...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY
SNOW...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF DURING THE PREDAWN
HOURS...AND SHOULD TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY SUNRISE.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
5 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY SUNRISE CHRISTMAS
MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40
MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...WITH WINDS SLACKENING
SOME LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW WILL
CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...COLDER
TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN SUB-ZERO WIND CHILLS BY EARLY
CHRISTMAS MORNING. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED OVERNIGHT.
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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