WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 406 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY THROUGH
CHRISTMAS EVE...
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WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA...
CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS
332 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
NOON THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO A SLEET OR SNOW MIX
LATE THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY
RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
* WINDS...WILL BECOME QUITE STRONG AS THEY INCREASE TO 25 TO 35
MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY
NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...THESE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW
MAY CAUSE SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY AND MAKE
TRAVELING VERY DANGEROUS.
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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