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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR EASTERN KANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
515 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013

THE FOG PHENOM HAS DEPARTED BUT NOW THE ICE MAN COMETH AS THE PUBLICIZED
ARCTIC INVASION HAS BEGUN. DURING THE NIGHT...CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS
CHILLED OUT WITH READINGS THAT RANGED FROM NEAR 10 DEGREES ALONG THE
NEBRASKA BORDER TO AROUND 20 IN THE SOUTHEAST. A STINGING NORTHWEST WIND
SUSTAINED BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH PRODUCED A ZERO
TO 5 BELOW WIND CHILL IN MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS. A FEW FLURRIES VENTURED
EAST ACROSS THE AREA BUT ACCUMULATIONS WERE MINIMAL.

A NASTY SITUATION IS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY
AS ALL OF OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS WILL GET SLAMMED BY AN ICE STORM WHILE
SOUTHERN MISSOURI MAY GET BURIED BY 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. PERIODS OF
SLEET ARE ALSO LIKELY. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
THESE AREAS UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST
OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF KANSAS BUT ONLY SOUTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD RECEIVE
ANY MEASURABLE ACCUMULATIONS...ABOUT 1 TO 2 INCHES.

HIGHS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS IN THE WESTERN PLAINS TO THE
UPPER 20S IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA BUT WITH NORTHERLY 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WIND
CHILLS BETWEEN ZERO TO 10 DEGREES ARE LIKELY IN MOST AREAS. TONIGHT WILL
BITTERLY COLD WITH LOWS RANGING FROM NEAR ZERO IN THE WESTERN PLAINS TO
THE UPPER TEENS IN SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS...BUT WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF
10 TO 15 MPH...WIND CHILLS OF 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ARE LIKELY IN MOST OF
THE WESTERN PLAINS.

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