HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 400 AM MST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 500 AM MST WED DEC 09 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE TRI-STATE
TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE CLEARING THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 10 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED...HIGHEST EAST OF KANSAS STATE HIGHWAY 25. SNOWFALL RATES
OF ONE INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. NORTH WINDS OF 15
TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS WITH SNOW PACKED ROADS AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW.
AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL
MOVE IN FROM THE WEST. THE COMBINATION OF THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES
AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 30
DEGREES BELOW ZERO THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD
BE APPRECIATED.
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