WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 257 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...RAIN WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX TO 10
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS... WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY
THURSDAY AFFECTING ALL AREAS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THIS WILL
RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
AT TIMES...AS WELL AS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING IS LIKELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF
BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.
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