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WWUS43 KGLD 120302

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS

802 PM MST WED FEB 11 2009



...WINTER STORM EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...



.A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE ROCKIES ON THURSDAY AND ACROSS

THE HIGH PLAINS ON FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY NIGHT

ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ON FRIDAY.

ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70...

WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY

36.



COZ090-KSZ001>004-NEZ079>081-121100-

/O.CON.KGLD.WS.A.0001.090213T0600Z-090214T0000Z/

YUMA-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-

RED WILLOW-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...

OBERLIN...NORTON...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK

802 PM MST WED FEB 11 2009 /902 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009/



...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING

THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...



A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING

THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 



SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE

THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ON FRIDAY

WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36 BY

FRIDAY EVENING. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS MAY BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE

NEBRASKA STATE LINE. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30

MPH MAY CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.



FURTHER SOUTH...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND

NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED

ACROSS THAT AREA.



A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT

SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.



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