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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
406 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2012

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406 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEST OF A LINE FROM
SALINA TO MCPHERSON TO HARPER AFTER MIDNIGHT ON CHRISTMAS EVE. THE
LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES SHOULD OVERSPREAD THE AREA ON CHRISTMAS
DAY...AND EXIT SOUTHEAST KANSAS CHRISTMAS NIGHT.

SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. TENTATIVE SNOWFALL ESTIMATES
ARE AROUND AN INCH ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 14...AND ALSO SOUTH
OF HIGHWAY 160 FROM HARPER TO WINFIELD. AMOUNTS WILL DECREASE TO
THE NORTHEAST...WITH AROUND A QUARTER INCH ANTICIPATED IN THE
FLINT HILLS. SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH WILL CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING OF THE FLUFFY SNOW...AND ALSO DROP WIND
CHILLS BELOW ZERO WEST OF I-35.

THE COLD AIR WILL PERSIST ON WEDNESDAY...WITH WIND CHILLS WELL
BELOW ZERO IN CENTRAL KANSAS...AND JUST BELOW ZERO IN SOUTHEAST
KANSAS. SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO EXPECTED IN CENTRAL KANSAS
THURSDAY MORNING AND SATURDAY MORNING.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW...OR RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW FROM THURSDAY
NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER IT IS TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE
ON ANY POTENTIAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

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

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