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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS

December 7, 200911 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this winter storm warning at Dec 7, 2009, 4:12 AM CST for 11 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 7, 2009, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 22 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Dec 7, 2009, 4:12 AM CST (10:12 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 7, 2009, 9:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 8, 2009, 7:16 PM CST
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Barton County, KS, Chase County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 8, 3:15 AM CSTSNOW 2Mcpherson, KS
Dec 8, 3:15 AM CSTSNOW 3Salina, KS
Dec 8, 3:20 AM CSTSNOW 2Ellsworth, KS
Dec 8, 3:20 AM CSTSNOW 2Great Bend, KS
Dec 8, 3:20 AM CSTSNOW 3Lyons, KS1 TO 3 INCHES REPORTED ACROSS THE COUNTY.
Dec 8, 3:25 AM CSTSNOW 2Lincoln, KS
Dec 8, 3:25 AM CSTSNOW 3Newton, KS
Dec 8, 3:25 AM CSTSNOW 3Russell, KS2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE COUNTY.
Dec 8, 3:30 AM CSTSNOW 3Marion, KS2 INCHES OF SNOW IN MOST LOCATIONS WITH 3 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.
Dec 8, 5:00 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 4Lyons, KS
Dec 8, 5:01 AM CSTSNOW 4Great Bend, KS3 TO 4 INCHES REPORTED ACROSS THE COUNTY.
Dec 8, 5:27 AM CSTSNOW 38 Nw Russell, KS
Dec 8, 5:50 AM CSTSNOW 4Waldo, KS
Dec 8, 6:25 AM CSTSNOW 2Hutchinson, KS2 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND REPORTED IN RENO COUNTY...WITH LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OCCURING AT THE PRESENT TIME.
Dec 8, 6:29 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 4Lincoln, KS
Dec 8, 6:30 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 4.5Salina, KS
Dec 8, 6:32 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 4Ellsworth, KS
Dec 8, 6:32 AM CSTSNOW 4Great Bend, KSROADS ARE SNOW PACKED WITH SOME DRIFTING ON THE ROADS. US HIGHWAY 281 WAS DRIFTING.
Dec 8, 7:00 AM CSTSNOW 2.54 Nw Hesston, KS8PM-7AM SNOWFALL TOTAL.
Dec 8, 7:00 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 4W Goessel, KSLIGHT SNOW
Dec 8, 7:05 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 3.3Ellsworth, KSREPORTED 3.3 INCHES OF MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WITH 0.27 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT REPORTED.
Dec 8, 7:15 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 2.83 Sw Lindsborg, KS
Dec 8, 7:20 AM CSTSNOW 2Mcpherson, KS1 TO 2 INCHES.
Dec 8, 7:24 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 3Marion, KS
Dec 8, 7:24 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 3Peabody, KS2 TO 3 INCHES ON THE GROUND WITH FREEZING RAIN CURRENTLY FALLING.
Dec 8, 7:24 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 4Hillsboro, KSFREEZING RAIN CURRENTLY FALLING.
Dec 8, 7:26 AM CSTSNOW 2.5Wnw Marquette, KS
Dec 8, 7:31 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Newton, KSLIGHT GLAZE.
Dec 8, 7:31 AM CSTSNOW 2.3Newton, KS
Dec 8, 7:35 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Cottonwood Falls, KSFREEZING DRIZZLE CURRENTLY WITH 1/4 TO 1/2 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Dec 8, 7:43 AM CSTSNOW 2.53 N Hesston, KS
Dec 8, 7:43 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 3.55 Se Ellsworth, KS3.5 INCHES OVERNIGHT WITH 0.25 LIQUID EQUIVALENT. HEAVY SNOW CURRENTLY FALLING
Dec 8, 7:55 AM CSTSNOW 2.84 Wsw Halstead, KS2.8 INCHES ACCUMULATIONS WITH SLEET/FREEZING RAIN FALLING CURRENTLY.
Dec 8, 8:09 AM CSTSNOW 1Sse Cottonwood Falls, KSSPOTTER ALSO REPORTED VERY LIGHT GLAZING ON METAL SURFACES...SLEET ALSO FALLING
Dec 8, 8:12 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 4.5Holyrood, KS
Dec 8, 8:15 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 46 N Susank, KSMANY SLIDE OFFS AND ACCIDENTS ON I-70 IN RUSSELL COUNTY
Dec 8, 8:30 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 3.52 Se Glendale, KSHEAVY SNOW CURRENTLY WITH NEAR A 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY.
Dec 8, 8:32 AM CSTSNOW 31 S Hesston, KSSTORM TOTAL SO FAR...NO PRECIP FALLING AT TIME OF REPORT
Dec 8, 8:40 AM CSTSNOW 3W Sterling, KSSTORM TOTAL SO FAR...SLEET FALLING AT TIME OF CALL.
Dec 8, 8:43 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 4Ellsworth, KSHEAVY SNOW WITH 1/4 MILE VISIBILITIES. SNOW TOTALS 4 INCHES AND CLIMBING.
Dec 8, 9:09 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0W Goessel, KSLIGHT GLAZE ON ROADS FROM FREEZING RAIN
Dec 8, 9:15 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 4.56 Sse Westfall, KSMODERATE SNOW AND 1/2 MILE VISIBILITIES.
Dec 8, 9:31 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 3Lyons, KSMODERATE SNOW FALLING NOW...WITH AROUND 3 INCHES ON THE GROUND.
Dec 8, 9:40 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 4Salina, KS0.5 INCH PER HOUR RATE FOR LAST 2 HOURS. 4 INCHES TOTAL AND SALINA CITY STREETS ARE COMPLETELY SNOW COVERED.
Dec 8, 9:43 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6Lincoln, KS5.5 TO 6 INCHES OF HEAVY SNOW. SNOW PACKED ROADS WITH AROUND 1/2 MILE VISIBILITIES.
Dec 8, 9:51 AM CSTSNOW 31 Nw Lindsborg, KS
Dec 8, 9:51 AM CSTSNOW 4Great Bend, KS
Dec 8, 9:51 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6Russell, KS6 INCHES WITH MODERATE SNOW STILL FALLING.
Dec 8, 10:50 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 7Sylvan Grove, KS
Dec 8, 11:05 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 4.5Lindsborg, KSMODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALLING.
Dec 8, 12:46 PM CSTSNOW 6Salina, KSSTORM TOTAL SO FAR SINCE SNOW BEGAN YESTERDAY.
Dec 8, 1:53 PM CSTSNOW 5Great Bend, KSSO FAR...WITH MODERATE TO LIGHT SNOW FALLING.
Dec 8, 1:55 PM CSTSNOW 8Russell, KSSO FAR...WITH MODERATE SNOW FALLING.
Dec 8, 2:03 PM CSTSNOW 7Lincoln, KSSO FAR...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALLING.
Dec 8, 2:08 PM CSTSNOW 6Ellsworth, KSSO FAR...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALLING.
Dec 8, 2:10 PM CSTSNOW 6Salina, KSSO FAR...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL.
Dec 8, 2:15 PM CSTSNOW 4Moundridge, KSSO FAR...WITH LIGHT SNOW FALLING.
Dec 8, 2:15 PM CSTSNOW 5Mcpherson, KSSO FAR...WITH HEAVY SNOW FALLING.
Dec 8, 4:22 PM CSTHEAVY SNOW 125 Ne Lincoln, KS
Dec 8, 4:23 PM CSTSNOW 3Hutchinson, KSSO FAR...LIGHTLY SNOWING WITH THE WIND PICKING UP.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2009-12-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2009-12-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS43 KICT 071012
WSWICT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
412 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009

KSZ032-033-047>051-071815-
/O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0004.091208T0600Z-091209T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KICT.WS.W.0003.091208T0300Z-091209T1200Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON
412 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL KANSAS THIS
EVENING AND CONTINUE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR INTO TUESDAY.
2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE TUESDAY. THE
SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY AND COULD
POSSIBLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION TOTALS OF 6
TO 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ALONG A LINE FROM GREAT BEND TO SALINA
WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ALONG A LINE FROM RUSSELL TO LINCOLN.

AS TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT PROGRESSES THE INTENSITY OF THE
SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO SURFACE WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS THE SNOWFALL CONTINUES. THIS WILL LEAD TO
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW...WITH
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ALONG INTERSTATE 70 AND
INTERSTATE 135. 

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS TUESDAY NIGHT AS
NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS 
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

KSZ052-053-067>071-082-083-091>094-071815-
/O.NEW.KICT.WW.Y.0009.091208T0300Z-091209T1200Z/
MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-KINGMAN-
SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...
HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...
YATES CENTER...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD
412 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER ...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.

A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING AND
CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BE LIGHT
SNOW...WITH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BY
SUNRISE ON TUESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGEOVER TO MIX OF
LIGHT SNOW...FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE
DAYTIME ON TUESDAY. SOME GLAZING OF ELEVATED SURFACES IS POSSIBLE
FROM ANY FREEZING PRECIPITATION...WITH THE COMBINATION OF THE
FREEZING PRECIPITATION AND LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET MAKING ROADS
SLICK. TOTAL SNOWFALL AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO
4 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 50...TO 1 TO 3 INCHES ALONG A KINGMAN TO
WICHITA LINE.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK OVER TO LIGHT SNOW ON TUESDAY
EVENING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. AS
THE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS
WINDS CHILLS OVERNIGHT ON TUESDAY AND POSSIBLY SOME BLOWING SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

KETCHAM
10 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KICT 071709
WSWICT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1109 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009

KSZ032-033-047>051-080115-
/O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0003.091208T0300Z-091209T1200Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON
1109 AM CST MON DEC 7 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. 

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL START TO OVERSPREAD CENTRAL KANSAS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR
INTO TUESDAY. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE
TUESDAY. THE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY AND
COULD POSSIBLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION TOTALS
OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ALONG A LINE FROM GREAT BEND TO
SALINA WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ALONG A LINE FROM RUSSELL TO
LINCOLN.

AS TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT PROGRESSES THE INTENSITY OF THE
SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO SURFACE WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 35 MPH AS THE SNOWFALL CONTINUES. THIS WILL LEAD TO
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW...WITH
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ALONG INTERSTATE 70 AND
INTERSTATE 135.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS TUESDAY NIGHT AS
NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

KSZ052-053-067>071-082-083-091>094-080115-
/O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0009.091208T0300Z-091209T1200Z/
MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-KINGMAN-
SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...
HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...
YATES CENTER...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD
1109 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. 

A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING AND
CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BE LIGHT
SNOW...WITH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BY
SUNRISE ON TUESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGEOVER TO MIX OF
LIGHT SNOW...FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING
THE DAYTIME ON TUESDAY. SOME GLAZING OF ELEVATED SURFACES IS
POSSIBLE FROM ANY FREEZING PRECIPITATION...WITH THE COMBINATION
OF THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION AND LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET MAKING
ROADS SLICK. TOTAL SNOWFALL AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE
FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 50...TO 1 TO 3 INCHES ALONG A
KINGMAN TO WICHITA LINE.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK OVER TO LIGHT SNOW ON TUESDAY
EVENING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.
AS THE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO
30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL LEAD TO
DANGEROUS WINDS CHILLS OVERNIGHT ON TUESDAY AND POSSIBLY SOME
BLOWING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$
COX
000 
WWUS43 KICT 072230
WSWICT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
430 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009

KSZ052-053-067-068-081200-
/O.UPG.KICT.WW.Y.0009.091208T0300Z-091209T1200Z/
/O.EXA.KICT.WS.W.0003.091208T0300Z-091209T1200Z/
MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...
HUTCHINSON...NEWTON
430 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

LIGHT SNOW...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL START TO OVERSPREAD
THE HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR LATE THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME LIGHT ICE...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
WILL OCCUR. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ON
TUESDAY...WITH CONTINUED ICE...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
PRECIPITATION WILL SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW BY LATE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...AND COULD BECOME HEAVY FOR A TIME. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF
TO FLURRIES TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...HIGHEST GENERALLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR.
 
AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS TUESDAY EVENING...STRONG AND GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA...LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF 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 BELOW ZERO BY LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR 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.

&&

$$

KSZ032-033-047>051-081200-
/O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0003.091208T0300Z-091209T1200Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON
430 PM CST MON DEC 7 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.

&&

$$

KSZ069>071-082-083-091>094-081200-
/O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0009.091208T0300Z-091209T1200Z/
BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-
ELK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...
YATES CENTER...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD
430 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. 

A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATE THIS EVENING
AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW AND
FREEZING DRIZZLE BY SUNRISE TUESDAY. THE WINTRY MIX MAY MIX WITH
OR EVEN CHANGE TO RAIN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON GENERALLY ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF A WELLINGTON TO EUREKA LINE...BEFORE CHANGING BACK
OVER TO SNOW FOR A TIME TUESDAY EVENING.

A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY...WITH TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4
INCHES POSSIBLE...HIGHEST GENERALLY NORTH OF AN ANTHONY TO
WICHITA TO EL DORADO LINE.

AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO
40 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS...LEADING TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY
FALLEN SNOW...AND USHERING BITTER COLD AIR SOUTHEAST. REDUCED
VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND WIND CHILLS
WILL PLUNGE TO BELOW ZERO BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

ADK/REC
000 
WWUS43 KICT 080407
WSWICT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1007 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009

KSZ032-033-047>053-067-068-081215-
/O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-
CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...
COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON
1007 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 POSSIBLE
BY DAYBREAK. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INTENSITY DURING THE MORNING
AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND ONE INCH
PER HOUR LIKELY. THE SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY
TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS...WITH HIGHEST TOTALS GENERALLY
NORTH OF A GREAT BEND TO SALINA LINE. 

MEANWHILE...AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS TUESDAY EVENING...STRONG AND
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA. THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY
FALLEN SNOW...AND USHERING BITTER COLD AIR SOUTHEAST. NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING
SNOW...AND SUB-ZERO WIND CHILL READINGS BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY
50 CORRIDOR 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.

&&

$$

KSZ069>071-082-083-091>094-081215-
/O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/
BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-
ELK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...
YATES CENTER...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD
1007 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF
SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
TUESDAY. SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE BY
SUNRISE TUESDAY. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY MIX WITH OR EVEN
CHANGE TO RAIN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN
KANSAS...BEFORE CHANGING BACK OVER TO SNOW FOR A TIME TUESDAY
EVENING.

A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...
WITH TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES
POSSIBLE...HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS GENERALLY NORTH OF AN KINGMAN TO
WICHITA TO EL DORADO LINE.

AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO
40 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS...LEADING
TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW...AND USHERING
BITTER COLD AIR SOUTHEAST. SUB-ZERO WIND CHILL READINGS ARE
POSSIBLE BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$
000 
WWUS43 KICT 080753
WSWICT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
153 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

KSZ032-033-047>053-067-068-081600-
/O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-
CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...
COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON
153 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO
3 POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INTENSITY DURING
THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH SNOWFALL RATES
AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR LIKELY. THE SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF TO
FLURRIES BY TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO
8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS...WITH HIGHEST
TOTALS GENERALLY NORTH OF A GREAT BEND TO SALINA LINE.

MEANWHILE...AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS TUESDAY EVENING...STRONG AND
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA. THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY
FALLEN SNOW...AND USHERING BITTER COLD AIR SOUTHEAST. NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING
SNOW...AND SUB-ZERO WIND CHILL READINGS BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR 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.

&&

$$

KSZ072-095-096-098>100-081600-
/O.EXB.KICT.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/
ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IOLA...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...
SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS
153 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 PM CST THIS EVENING.

FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST KANSAS TODAY.
THIS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE
MORNING COMMUTE. WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR THE
FREEZING MARK FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL LIKELY SEE A GLAZE OF ICE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

KSZ069>071-082-083-091>094-081600-
/O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/
BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-
ELK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...
YATES CENTER...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD
153 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF
SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
TUESDAY. SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE BY
SUNRISE TUESDAY. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY MIX WITH OR EVEN
CHANGE TO RAIN BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS...
BEFORE CHANGING BACK OVER TO SNOW FOR A TIME TUESDAY EVENING.

A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...
WITH TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES
POSSIBLE...HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS GENERALLY NORTH OF AN KINGMAN TO
WICHITA TO EL DORADO LINE.

AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO
40 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS...
LEADING TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW...AND
USHERING BITTER COLD AIR SOUTHEAST. SUB-ZERO WIND CHILL READINGS
ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$
000 
WWUS43 KICT 080935
WSWICT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
335 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

KSZ032-033-047>053-067-068-081745-
/O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-
CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...
COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON
335 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.
THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INTENSITY DURING THE LATE MORNING AND
EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND ONE INCH PER
HOUR LIKELY. THE SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY THIS
EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH HIGHEST TOTALS GENERALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A GREAT BEND TO SALINA LINE.

MEANWHILE...AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS THIS EVENING...STRONG AND GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA.
THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY FALLEN
SNOW...AND USHER IN BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES. NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW...AND
SUB ZERO WIND CHILL READINGS BY LATE TONIGHT.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...GENERALLY
NORTH OF HIGHWAY 56 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.

&&

$$

KSZ072-095-096-098>100-081745-
/O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/
ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IOLA...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...
SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS
335 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST KANSAS TODAY.
THIS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE
MORNING COMMUTE. WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR THE
FREEZING MARK FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL LIKELY SEE A GLAZE OF ICE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

KSZ069>071-082-083-091>094-081745-
/O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/
BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-
ELK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...
YATES CENTER...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD
335 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

FREEZING DRIZZLE...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH LIGHT SNOW WILL AFFECT
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TODAY. SLEET MAY
MIX WITH THE FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING. THE WINTRY
PRECIPITATION MAY MIX WITH OR EVEN CHANGE TO RAIN BY THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS... BEFORE CHANGING BACK OVER TO
SNOW FOR A TIME THIS EVENING.

A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY... WITH TOTAL SNOW
AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE...BUT THE MAIN
PROBLEM WILL BE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF GLAZING OF FREEZING DRIZZLE
ON ELEVATED SURFACES...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO
35 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS...
LEADING TO SOME BLOWING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW...AND USHERING BITTER
COLD AIR SOUTHEAST. SUB ZERO WIND CHILL READINGS ARE POSSIBLE BY
LATE TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

KETCHAM
000 
WWUS43 KICT 081244
WSWICT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
644 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

KSZ032-033-047>053-067-068-082045-
/O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-
CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...
COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON
644 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.
THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY DURING THE LATE MORNING AND
EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND ONE INCH PER
HOUR LIKELY. THE SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY THIS
EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH HIGHEST TOTALS GENERALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A GREAT BEND TO SALINA LINE.

MEANWHILE...AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS THIS EVENING...STRONG AND GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA.
THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY
FALLEN SNOW...AND USHER IN BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES. NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING
SNOW...AND SUB ZERO WIND CHILL READINGS BY LATE TONIGHT.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...GENERALLY
NORTH OF HIGHWAY 56 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.

&&

$$

KSZ072-095-096-098>100-082045-
/O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/
ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IOLA...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...
SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS
644 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST KANSAS TODAY.
THIS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE
MORNING COMMUTE. WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR THE
FREEZING MARK FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL LIKELY SEE A GLAZE OF ICE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

KSZ069>071-082-083-091>094-082045-
/O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/
BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-
ELK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...
YATES CENTER...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD
644 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

FREEZING DRIZZLE...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH LIGHT SNOW WILL AFFECT
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TODAY. SLEET MAY
MIX WITH THE FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING. THE WINTRY
PRECIPITATION MAY MIX WITH OR EVEN CHANGE TO RAIN BY THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS... BEFORE CHANGING BACK OVER TO
SNOW FOR A TIME THIS EVENING.

A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY... WITH TOTAL SNOW
AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE...BUT THE MAIN
PROBLEM WILL BE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF GLAZING OF FREEZING DRIZZLE
ON ELEVATED SURFACES...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO
35 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS...
LEADING TO SOME BLOWING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW...AND USHERING
BITTER COLD AIR SOUTHEAST. SUB ZERO WIND CHILL READINGS ARE
POSSIBLE BY LATE TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$
000 
WWUS43 KICT 081350
WSWICT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
750 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

KSZ032-033-047>053-067-068-082200-
/O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-
CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...
COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON
750 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.
THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY DURING THE LATE MORNING AND
EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH SNOWFALL RATES AROUND ONE INCH PER
HOUR LIKELY. THE SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY THIS
EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH HIGHEST TOTALS GENERALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A GREAT BEND TO SALINA LINE.

MEANWHILE...AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS THIS EVENING...STRONG AND GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA.
THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY
FALLEN SNOW...AND USHER IN BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES. NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING
SNOW...AND SUB ZERO WIND CHILL READINGS BY LATE TONIGHT.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...GENERALLY
NORTH OF HIGHWAY 56 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.

&&

$$

KSZ072-095-096-098>100-082200-
/O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/
ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IOLA...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...
SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS
750 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST KANSAS TODAY.
THIS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE
MORNING COMMUTE. WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR THE
FREEZING MARK FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL LIKELY SEE A GLAZE OF ICE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

KSZ069>071-082-083-091>094-082200-
/O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/
BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-
ELK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...
YATES CENTER...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD
750 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

FREEZING DRIZZLE...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND
LIGHT SNOW WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
KANSAS TODAY. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY MIX WITH OR EVEN CHANGE
TO RAIN BY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS... BEFORE
CHANGING BACK OVER TO SNOW FOR A TIME THIS EVENING.

A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY... WITH TOTAL SNOW
AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE...BUT THE MAIN
PROBLEM WILL BE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF GLAZING OF FREEZING DRIZZLE
ON ELEVATED SURFACES...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO
35 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS...
LEADING TO SOME BLOWING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW...AND USHERING
BITTER COLD AIR SOUTHEAST. SUB ZERO WIND CHILL READINGS ARE
POSSIBLE BY LATE TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

KETCHAM
000 
WWUS43 KICT 081632
WSWICT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1032 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

KSZ098>100-081745-
/O.CAN.KICT.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/
CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...
PARSONS
1032 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY. 

TEMPERATURES HAD WARMED ABOVE FREEZING LATE THIS MORNING...AND ARE 
EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE 
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

KSZ032-033-047>053-067-068-090045-
/O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-
CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...
COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON
1032 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE 
I-70 CORRIDOR OF CENTRAL KANSAS INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. 
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE 
EXPECTED BY EARLY THIS EVENING...BRINGING TOTAL SNOWFALL
TO BETWEEN 8 TO 12 INCHES. 

LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REST OF 
CENTRAL KANSAS...AS FAR SOUTH AS HIGHWAY 50...WITH A BURST OF
HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL IN
THESE AREAS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATER THIS
EVENING. 

MEANWHILE...AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS LATER THIS EVENING...STRONG AND
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA. THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEWLY
FALLEN SNOW...AND USHER IN BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES. NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW...AND
SUB ZERO WIND CHILL READINGS BY LATE TONIGHT.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...GENERALLY
NORTH OF HIGHWAY 56 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.

&&

$$

KSZ069>071-082-083-091>094-090045-
/O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/
BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-
ELK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...
YATES CENTER...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD
1032 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL AFFECT 
THE AREA UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN A LIGHT 
GLAZE OF ICE ON ROADS...HIGHWAYS...AS WELL AS TREES AND POWER 
LINES. THIS WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO PERIODS OF SLEET 
AND SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL 
SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN 
THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS GENERALLY ALONG AND 
JUST NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING PARTS OF THE 
GREATER WICHITA AREA.

AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO
35 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS...
LEADING TO SOME BLOWING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW...AND USHERING
BITTER COLD AIR SOUTHEAST. SUB ZERO WIND CHILL READINGS ARE
POSSIBLE BY LATE TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

KSZ072-095-096-090000-
/O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/
ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IOLA...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE
1032 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL 
RESULT IN AREAS OF HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. WITH SURFACE
TEMPERATURES HOVERING NEAR THE FREEZING MARK FOR MUCH OF THE
DAY...ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL LIKELY
SEE A GLAZE OF ICE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

KED/KETCHAM
000 
WWUS43 KICT 082205
WSWICT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
405 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

KSZ072-095-096-082315-
/O.CAN.KICT.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/
ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IOLA...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE
405 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY. 

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING INTO THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS...RESULTING IN JUST WET ROADS WITH AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN AND
DRIZZLE. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS
THIS EVENING...AND WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW.
HOWEVER...ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN UNDER ONE INCH.
THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

USE CAUTION LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...AS CURRENT WET ROADS
MAY BECOME SLICK AS TEMPERATURES PLUMMET ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

$$

KSZ032-033-047>050-091200-
/O.NEW.KICT.WC.Y.0001.091209T0000Z-091209T1700Z/
/O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS
405 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER
STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. 

AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MID-EVENING...BRINGING TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS TO BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES.

MEANWHILE...AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS LATER THIS EVENING...STRONG AND
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW...AND USHER IN BITTER COLD
TEMPERATURES. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES
DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. 

BITTER COLD WIND CHILL READINGS FROM MINUS 15 TO MINUS 20 DEGREES
WILL PREVAIL FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS
CENTRAL KANSAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

KSZ051>053-067-068-091200-
/O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/
MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...
HUTCHINSON...NEWTON
405 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MID-EVENING...BRINGING TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS TO BETWEEN 3 AND 8 INCHES...HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH
OF HIGHWAY 50.

MEANWHILE...AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS LATER THIS EVENING...STRONG AND
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW...AND USHER IN BITTER COLD
TEMPERATURES. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES
DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW. 

BITTER COLD WIND CHILL READINGS FROM MINUS 10 TO MINUS 15 DEGREES
WILL PREVAIL FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS
THE AREA.

TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS...GENERALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 DUE TO BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH THE BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

KSZ069>071-082-083-091>094-091200-
/O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/
BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-
ELK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...
YATES CENTER...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD
405 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. 

AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WITH PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL AFFECT THE
AREA THROUGH MID-EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE A
TRACE TO 2 INCHES...HIGHEST ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF 
SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. ADDITIONALLY...CURRENT WET
ROADS WILL FREEZE LATER TONIGHT...MAKING FOR POTENTIALLY SLICK
CONDITIONS.

AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS THIS EVENING...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
THE AREA...LEADING TO SOME BLOWING OF NEWLY FALLEN SNOW...AND
USHERING BITTER COLD AIR SOUTHEAST. SUB ZERO WIND CHILL READINGS
ARE LIKELY BY LATE THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

ADK
000 
WWUS43 KICT 090116
WSWICT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
716 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

KSZ032-033-047>050-091115-
/O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/
/O.CON.KICT.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-091209T1700Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND...
ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS
716 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
STORM WARNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 AM CST WEDNESDAY. 

THE SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL
STILL OCCUR TONIGHT DUE TO GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...THUS REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO AROUND 2 MILES OR LESS AT TIMES.

BITTER COLD WIND CHILL READINGS FROM MINUS 15 TO MINUS 20 DEGREES
WILL PREVAIL FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS
CENTRAL KANSAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

KSZ051>053-067-068-090230-
/O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/
MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...
HUTCHINSON...NEWTON
716 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
STORM WARNING. 

THE SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL
STILL OCCUR TONIGHT DUE TO GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...THUS REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO AROUND 2 MILES OR LESS AT TIMES.

$$

KSZ069>071-082-083-091>094-090230-
/O.CAN.KICT.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/
BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-
ELK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...
YATES CENTER...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...
WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD
716 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY. 

THE WINTER PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION...THEREFORE
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOME SLICK SPOTS
WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE ON ROADWAYS TONIGHT...AS COLDER SUB FREEZING
TEMPERATURES MOVE INTO THE REGION.

$$

JAKUB

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 7, 3:33 AM CST, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 3:33 AM CST, 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
333 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009

.DISCUSSION...

FORECAST CONCERN WILL BE SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA
TONIGHT INTO TUE.

TODAY:
THE DAYTIME HOURS WILL LITERALLY BE THE CALM BEFORE THE
STORM...AS A WEAK CANADIAN RIDGE MOVES RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY...AS THE MAIN PV ANOMALY EXPECTED FOR TUE DEEPENS OVER THE
CALIFORNIA COAST AND BEGINS TO RAPIDLY MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES.
THIS COLD AIR HAS ALREADY MOVED SOUTH INTO CEN OK...WITH THIS FIRST
ROUND OF COLD AIR REMAINING IN PLACE FOR THE DAYTIME HOURS TODAY. DO
NOT EXPECT CLOUD COVER TO GO ANYWHERE TODAY...AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
REMAINS TRAPPED UNDER THE INVERSION. THIS WILL KEEP TEMPS BELOW
FREEZING FOR MOST AREAS NW OF A IOLA TO WINFIELD LINE.

TONIGHT-TUE NIGHT:
EXPECT CONDITIONS TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS EVENING...AS WARM
ADVECTION AND DEEP ISENTROPIC LIFT INCREASE OVER THE TOP OF THE
SHALLOW COLD AIR. MODELS COMING INTO AGREEMENT THAT DENDRITIC SNOW
GROWTH LAYER WILL SATURATE ENOUGH FOR LIGHT SNOW BEGINNING AROUND
03Z/TUE FOR CEN KS. EXPECT THIS LIFT AND ADVECTION TO CONTINUE FOR A
GOOD PORTION OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WHICH COULD LEAD TO 2 TO 4
INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL KS BY TUE AM. SO WILL GO AHEAD WITH A WINTER
STORM WARNING ALONG A LINE FROM GREAT BEND TO SALINA...AS SNOW WILL
CONTINUE THRU THE DAY IN TUE.  FURTHER SOUTH...COULD SEE A MIX OF
LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT...WHICH WILL ALSO LEAD TO
TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KS...SO WILL PLACE AN ADVISORY
TO THE SOUTH OF THE WARNING ALONG A HARPER TO WICHITA TO COTTONWOOD
FALLS LINE WITH THIS AREA SEEING LESS SNOW...BUT A MIX OF WINTER
PRECIP.

THE DAYTIME HOURS ARE THE TRICKY PORTION OF THIS EVENT...AS SYSTEM
DEEPENS AND TRACKS ALONG THE KS/OK BORDER WITH WARMER AIR TRYING TO
WORK INTO PORTIONS OF SRN KS. A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT THE MODELS ARE
TRYING TO WARM THINGS UP TOO FAST...AND LOW TRACK MAY BE A LITTLE
FURTHER SOUTH THAN MODELS SUGGEST...WHICH COULD LEAD TO HEAVIER SNOW
PATH BEING A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH. WILL LET DAY SHIFT ADJUST SOUTH
IF THIS SCENARIO LOOKS TO PLAY OUT.  WITH THAT SAID...NOT TOO
CONCERNED WITH CENTRAL KS WHERE WARNING WILL BE LOCATED...WITH THIS
AREA STAYING ALL SNOW DURING THE DAY TIME HOURS TUE...WITH SNOWFALL
RATES APPROACHING A HALF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS AN HOUR. NOT TOO
CONCERNED WITH BANDING SNOW POTENTIAL...BUT MORE OF A SUSTAINED LONG
DURATION SNOW...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70
CORRIDOR TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH SOME AREAS ALONG A RSL TO
LINCOLN LINE POSSIBLY SEEING CLOSE TO A FOOT OF SNOW.

FURTHER SOUTH...WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WARM AIR JUST OFF THE SURFACE
CHANGING LIGHT SNOW/FREEZING DRIZZLE OVER TO A MIX OF SNOW/SLEET AND
POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING RAIN ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM HUT/ICT TO
MARION/COTTONWOOD FALLS BEFORE TEMPS WARM TO JUST ABOVE FREEZING.
THIS WILL REDUCE SNOW ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS TO AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES
...BUT COULD STILL LEAD TO TRAVEL PROBLEMS...SO PREFER TO GO
WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS AREA. WARM AIR WORKING UP
INTO THE SYSTEM MAY ACTUALLY TURN AREAS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KS INTO
JUST LIGHT RAIN FOR THE AFTERNOON TUE SO WILL KEEP THIS AREA OUT OF
AN ADVISORY FOR NOW.

SYSTEM WRAPPING UP AND PULLING RAPIDLY TO THE EAST OF THE AREA ON
TUE NIGHT WILL LEAD TO SURFACE GRADIENT TIGHTENING ACROSS MOST OF
THE AREA FOR LATE TUE AFTERNOON/TUE NIGHT...WHICH WILL LEAD TO NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KS AS WINDS INCREASE TO
25 TO 35 MPH WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE LOCATED.  SO EXPECT
REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW TO BE MAJOR CONCERN
ALONG INTERSTATE 70 AS THIS SYSTEM WINDS DOWN ACROSS THE AREA. WILL
CERTAINLY MENTION THIS IN THE WARNING/ADVISORY AND KEEP THE WARNING
GOING UNTIL 12Z/WED.

WED-THU:
STORM LOOKS TO WIND DOWN EARLY ON WED...WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE
DROPPING SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL LEAD TO THE COLDEST
TEMPS OF THE SEASON WITH SOME AREAS WITH FRESH SNOW COVER DROPPING
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY WED AM WITH TEMPS DROPPING BELOW ZERO FOR
THU MORNING WITH LIGHT WINDS AND GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING EXPECTED.

REST OF THE EXTENDED:
ZONAL FLOW WILL KEEP THE PATTERN MOVING RIGHT ALONG FOR THE END OF
THE WEEK...WITH SOME WARM ADVECTION EXPECTED TO RETURN TO PORTIONS
OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY THU NIGHT INTO FRI.  THIS ADVECTION AND
LIFT OVER THE TOP OF THE SHALLOW COLD AIR COULD LEAD TO A CHANCE OF
LIGHT SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN KS EARLY ON FRI. CURRENT POPS IN
SOUTHEAST KS LOOK OKAY FOR NOW.

KETCHAM

.AVIATION...06Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU
IFR/MVFR CIGS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE REGION TONIGHT
WITH NORTH WINDS FROM SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTHWARD
INTO THE REGION ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY VEER AROUND TO A
NORTHEAST DIRECTION LATE IN THE DAY...WITH SNOW BEGINNING TO FALL
ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS IN THE EVENING.

JAKUB

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WICHITA-KICT    29  26  36  15 /  10  60  70  50
HUTCHINSON      25  20  32  10 /  10  70  90  50
NEWTON          28  23  34  11 /  10  60  90  60
ELDORADO        30  25  36  13 /  10  50  70  60
WINFIELD-KWLD   32  29  39  18 /  10  40  60  40
RUSSELL         19  14  25   3 /  10  80 100  50
GREAT BEND      19  16  27   4 /  10  80 100  50
SALINA          23  20  30   8 /  10  80 100  70
MCPHERSON       25  22  31  10 /  10  70  90  60
COFFEYVILLE     36  29  42  22 /   0  30  60  50
CHANUTE         35  29  40  19 /   0  30  60  60
IOLA            34  29  39  18 /   0  30  60  70
PARSONS-KPPF    36  28  41  20 /   0  30  60  60

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY FOR KSZ052-053-067>071-082-083-091>094.

WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY FOR KSZ032-033-047>051.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 6, 10:52 PM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1052 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-080500-
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-
RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-
SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE-
1052 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SLICK SPOTS WILL AFFECT ROADWAYS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A MUCH STRONGER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE PLAINS FOR MONDAY
NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE LIKELY
FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS WITH A WINTRY MIX EXPECTED FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. PLEASE SEE LATEST WINTER STORM
WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

IN THE WAKE OF THIS STORM...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS COULD
CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...ALONG WITH
BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO WILL BE LIKELY AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS
CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP

CJ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 7, 4:12 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryICTAllen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 13 more39 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Kansas, 2009Every winter storm warning in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.