BLIZZARD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 406 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009
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...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS ON
WEDNESDAY AND THEN TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE DAY.
* IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING SNOW...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. THIS MAY CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WITH WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
* PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
CHRISTMAS EVE DAY AND SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. IT IS TOO
EARLY TO SAY EXACTLY HOW MUCH SNOW WILL FALL BUT SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.
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WRIGHT
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