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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LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...
MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON
332 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST FRIDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA FOR TONIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL
AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE
TONIGHT...AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY WITH BLOWING SNOW
POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL KANSAS
BY THURSDAY MORNING...AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON
THURSDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO AROUND
ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL BE
POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE INCH.
* OTHER IMPACTS...A SMALL AMOUNT OF ICE ACCUMULATION CAN CAUSE
VERY SLICK ROADWAYS...USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. THE HIGH
WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW MAY CAUSE SEVERE
REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY. IN ADDITION...VERY COLD WIND CHILL
READINGS WILL ALSO AFFECT THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
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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