WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 308 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL KANSAS AFTER
MIDNIGHT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND SPREAD EASTWARD. PERIODS OF
MODERATE SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS: PRELIMINARY ESTIMATED ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8
INCHES NEAR INTERSTATE 70...AND UP TO 9 TO 12 INCHES FOR
COUNTIES ALONG THE NEBRASKA BORDER.
* WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH ON
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.
* IMPACTS: SNOWFALL RATES MAY BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...WITH QUICK ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVEL MORE
TREACHEROUS. STRONG NORTH WINDS IN SNOW MAY ALSO EXACERBATE
TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
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