WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 430 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.
LIGHT SNOW WILL START TO OVERSPREAD CENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS
EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ACCUMULATING
1 TO 3 INCHES BY SUNRISE TUESDAY. THE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE
DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...TAPERING
OFF TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE...HEAVIEST ALONG AND NORTH OF A GREAT BEND TO SALINA
LINE.
AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO
40 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS...LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW...AND USHERING BITTER COLD AIR
SOUTHEAST. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES DUE
TO THE BLOWING SNOW...AND WIND CHILLS WILL PLUNGE TO 10 TO 20
BELOW ZERO BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS TUESDAY NIGHT DUE
TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH THE BITTER COLD
TEMPERATURES.
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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