WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 337 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
...BLIZZARD WATCH IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING. THE BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WILL MIX WITH SOME SLEET
TOWARD DAYBREAK. THE RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH
COMBINED WITH SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A
QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN
INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. 3 TO 5
INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70.
* OTHER IMPACTS...EVEN A SMALL AMOUNT OF ICE ACCUMULATION CAN
CAUSE VERY SLICK ROADS. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. SOME
ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON ELEVATED SURFACES
INCLUDING TREES AND POWER LINES. THE SNOW AND HIGH WIND SPEEDS
MAY CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS TO OCCUR WHICH COULD MAKE TRAVEL
IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILL READINGS WILL ALSO
AFFECT THE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
WINTER WEATHER THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 337 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
...BLIZZARD WATCH IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING. THE BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WILL MIX WITH SOME SLEET
TOWARD DAYBREAK. THE RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH
COMBINED WITH SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A
QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN
INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. 3 TO 5
INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70.
* OTHER IMPACTS...EVEN A SMALL AMOUNT OF ICE ACCUMULATION CAN
CAUSE VERY SLICK ROADS. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. SOME
ICE ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON ELEVATED SURFACES
INCLUDING TREES AND POWER LINES. THE SNOW AND HIGH WIND SPEEDS
MAY CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS TO OCCUR WHICH COULD MAKE TRAVEL
IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILL READINGS WILL ALSO
AFFECT THE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
WINTER WEATHER THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.
$$
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