BLIZZARD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 928 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM POISED TO IMPACT WESTERN KANSAS TONIGHT THROUGH
CHRISTMAS EVE...
.A VERY STRONG STORM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF
THE COUNTRY TODAY. THIS STORM WILL SPREAD OUT ONTO THE HIGH
PLAINS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH A MYRIAD OF WINTER
PRECIPITATION TYPES EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. BEHIND THE
STORM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL
DEVELOP RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING SNOW PRODUCING BLIZZARD
OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
KSZ081-089-090-222330-
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PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
923 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* RAIN... OR A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SLEET IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS LATE
WEDNESDAY... BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO AREAS SNOW WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TURNING TO ALL SNOW ON
CHRISTMAS EVE DAY.
* IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY
LATE MORNING CHRISTMAS EVE DAY... AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE
DAY. THIS WOULD CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WITH WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
* LATEST INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL
BE NORTH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AND THUS THE POTENTIAL FOR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IS DIMINISHING. THE BLIZZARD WATCH FOR
PRATT...COMANCHE...AND BARBER COUNTIES MAY BE CANCELLED IN THE
NEXT FORECAST UPDATE IF THESE FORECAST TRENDS CONTINUE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.
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