Alert archive / Kansas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2005
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this winter storm warning at Dec 17, 2005, 6:51 AM CST for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 15 hr. 22 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 17, 2005, 6:51 AM CST (12:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 17, 2005, 9:44 PM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:49 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 7:47 AM CST | SNOW 5.2 | Ellsworth, KS | 5.2 INCHES IN ELLSWORTH |
| Dec 17, 7:52 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 2 Sse Exit 233 On Inter, KS | IN EXTREME NORTHEASTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY. |
| Dec 17, 9:54 AM CST | SNOW 7 | 2 Sse Exit 233 On Inter, KS | EXTREME NORTHEAST ELLSWORTH COUNTY. |
| Dec 17, 10:06 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Ellsworth, KS | 6 INCHES IN ELLSWORTH. |
| Dec 17, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 5 Ene Sylvan Grove, KS | MEASURED IN VESPER. |
| Dec 17, 12:35 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Salina, KS | ESTIMATED AROUND 3 INCHES. |
| Dec 17, 12:40 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Lincoln, KS | ESTIMATED ABOUT 5 INCHES. |
| Dec 17, 12:42 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Russell, KS | ESTIMATED BETWEEN 5 AND 6 INCHES. |
| Dec 17, 12:43 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Great Bend, KS | ESTIMATED AROUND 4 INCHES. SNOW DRIFTS OF 2 FEET. |
| Dec 17, 12:47 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Ellsworth, KS | 6 INCHES AT POLICE STATION. |
| Dec 17, 2:15 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 5 Nne Brookville, KS | |
| Dec 17, 2:15 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Ellsworth, KS | 7 INCHES IN THE CITY OF ELLSWORTH. 1-2 FEET DRIFTS IN PLACES ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Dec 17, 7:50 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Dorrance, KS | |
| Dec 17, 7:50 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Lincoln, KS | |
| Dec 17, 7:50 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Russell, KS | |
| Dec 17, 7:50 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Sylvan Grove, KS | |
| Dec 17, 8:03 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Brookville, KS | |
| Dec 17, 8:04 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Salina, KS | |
| Dec 17, 8:06 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Ellsworth, KS | |
| Dec 17, 8:06 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Holyrood, KS | |
| Dec 17, 8:10 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Hoisington, KS | |
| Dec 17, 8:15 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Great Bend, KS |
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 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KICT 171251 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 651 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY... .A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE OVER THE PLAINS THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SPILL SOUTHWARD OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. AREAS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY. THE SNOW WILL THEN OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND ALL BUT EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS LIKELY LEADING TO SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS. KSZ032-033-048-049-172100- /O.UPG.KICT.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051218T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WS.W.0001.051217T1251Z-051218T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA 651 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE BY NOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT SUNDAY. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TODAY MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS AREA ROADWAYS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ047-050>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-172100- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051218T0600Z/ BARTON-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN- SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...LYONS...MCPHERSON... MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 651 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING... WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT SUNDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG INTERSTATE 70 FROM RUSSELL TO SALINA. SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY ALSO MIX IN WITH THE LIGHT SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING NEAR WICHITA OR ALONG HIGHWAY 54. THIS FREEZING DRIZZLE ACCOMPANYING THE FRESH SNOW COVER MAY MAKE ROADS VERY SLICK. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TODAY MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS AREA ROADWAYS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KSZ070>072-094-095-098-172100- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051218T1200Z/ GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...HOWARD... FREDONIA...SEDAN 651 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO TONIGHT ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES... WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS GREENWOOD... WOODSON...AND ALLEN COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS AREA ROADWAYS. 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. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KICT 171708 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1108 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS RESULTING...ESPECIALLY IN PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RUSSELL...LINCOLN... ELLSWORTH...AND SALINE COUNTIES...WHERE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL REACH 6 TO 10 INCHES BY 12 MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. LESSER ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS. KSZ032-033-048-049-180115- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051218T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA 1108 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OCCASIONALLY ACHIEVING MODERATE INTENSITIES...THE SNOW WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES... WHICH WOULD BRING TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE 6 TO 9 INCH RANGE. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS THEREFORE DISCOURAGED $$ KSZ047-050>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-180115- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051218T0600Z/ BARTON-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN- SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...LYONS...MCPHERSON... MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 1108 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WHICH WOUKL BRING TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE BY 12 MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY ALSO MIX IN WITH THE LIGHT SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING NEAR WICHITA OR ALONG HIGHWAY 54. THIS FREEZING DRIZZLE ACCOMPANYING THE FRESH SNOW COVER MAY MAKE ROADS VERY SLICK...SO BE EXTRA CAREFUL DRIVING... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TODAY MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS AREA ROADWAYS. 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. $$ KSZ070>072-094-095-098-180115- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051218T1200Z/ GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...HOWARD... FREDONIA...SEDAN 1108 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO TONIGHT ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES... WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS GREENWOOD... WOODSON...AND ALLEN COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS AREA ROADWAYS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ES
000 WWUS43 KICT 171732 CCA WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1130 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS RESULTING...ESPECIALLY IN PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY IN RUSSELL...LINCOLN... ELLSWORTH...AND SALINE COUNTIES...WHERE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL REACH 6 TO 10 INCHES BY 12 MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. LESSER ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS. KSZ032-033-048-049-180115- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051218T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA 1130 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OCCASIONALLY ACHIEVING MODERATE INTENSITIES...THE SNOW WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES... WHICH WOULD BRING TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE 6 TO 9 INCH RANGE. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS THEREFORE DISCOURAGED $$ KSZ047-050>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-180115- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051218T0600Z/ BARTON-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN- SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...LYONS...MCPHERSON... MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 1130 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WHICH WOULD BRING TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE BY 12 MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY ALSO MIX IN WITH THE LIGHT SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING NEAR WICHITA OR ALONG HIGHWAY 54. THIS FREEZING DRIZZLE ACCOMPANYING THE FRESH SNOW COVER MAY MAKE ROADS VERY SLICK...SO BE EXTRA CAREFUL DRIVING... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TODAY MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS AREA ROADWAYS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KSZ070>072-094-095-098-180115- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051218T1200Z/ GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...HOWARD... FREDONIA...SEDAN 1130 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO TONIGHT ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES... WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS GREENWOOD... WOODSON...AND ALLEN COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS AREA ROADWAYS. 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. $$ ES *CORRECTED TYPING IN WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS.
000 WWUS43 KICT 172129 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 329 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...WINTRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT... .LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL WILL BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS IN THE WARNING AREA OF CENTRAL KANSAS...WHERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ROADS. ALTHOUGH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THERE WILL BE AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. THIS COULD CAUSE VERY SLICK ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES. KSZ047-180530- /O.UPG.KICT.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051218T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051218T0600Z/ BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GREAT BEND 329 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE 5 TO 7 INCH RANGE. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS THEREFORE DISCOURAGED $$ KSZ032-033-048-049-180530- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051218T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA 329 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE 6 TO 9 INCH RANGE. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS THEREFORE DISCOURAGED $$ KSZ067>069-082-083-091>093-180530- /O.EXT.KICT.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051218T1200Z/ RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 329 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WHICH WOULD BRING TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE BY 12 MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP. THIS FREEZING DRIZZLE ACCOMPANYING THE FRESH SNOW COVER MAY MAKE ROADS VERY SLICK...SO BE EXTRA CAREFUL DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KSZ050>053-180530- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051218T0600Z/ RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS 329 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WHICH WOULD BRING TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE BY 12 MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TODAY MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS AREA ROADWAYS. 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. $$ KSZ070>072-094-095-098-180530- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051218T1200Z/ GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...HOWARD... FREDONIA...SEDAN 329 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES... WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS GREENWOOD AND WOODSON COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP. THIS FREEZING DRIZZLE ACCOMPANYING THE FRESH SNOW COVER MAY MAKE ROADS VERY SLICK...SO BE EXTRA CAREFUL DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ JMC
000 WWUS43 KICT 180344 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 944 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...WINTRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT... .LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS AND PART OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY. ALTHOUGH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. KSZ048-049-181145- /O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051218T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051218T1200Z/ ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA 944 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. ALTHOUGH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE. ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SNOW-PACKED...WITH ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE MAKING TRAVEL CONDITIONS EVEN MORE SLICK AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS. SO BE EXTRA CAREFUL IF YOU MUST TRAVEL OVERNIGHT ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVER-PASSES. 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. $$ KSZ032-033-047-180445- /O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051218T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND 944 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ KSZ050>053-181145- /O.EXT.KICT.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051218T1200Z/ RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS 944 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH WEST OF I-135...WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE TO THE EAST. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE. ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN SNOW-PACKED...SLICK AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT. 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. $$ KSZ067>072-082-083-091>095-098-181145- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051218T1200Z/ RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...FREDONIA...SEDAN 944 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE FLINT HILLS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT FURTHER TO THE WEST...ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. HOWEVER AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE. ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN OR BECOME SLICK AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KED
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 17, 6:37 AM CST, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 6:37 AM CST, 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 637 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 .UPDATE... BANDED SNOWFALL ALONG THE 850-700H FRONTOGENETIC ZONE ALONG INTERSTATE 70 IS LEADING TO SOME HEALTHY SNOW TOTALS. RUC MODEL CONTINUES THIS ZONE OF INSTABILITY TO CONTINUE AT LEAST UNTIL NOON WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE INCH AN HOUR POSSIBLE...WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS POSSIBLY REACHING THE 6 TO 8 INCH RANGE. SO HAVE DECIDED TO UPGRADE 4 COUNTIES TO A WINTER STORM WARNING MAINLY ALONG INTERSTATE 70 FROM RUSSELL TO SALINA. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY. KETCHAM && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 350 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005/ DISCUSSION... MAIN DISCUSSION TODAY WILL BE ABOUT ONGOING WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES TODAY INTO TONIGHT. TODAY: 88D AND SURFACE REPORTS SHOW LIGHT SNOW ACROSS AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 135 AT THIS TIME AS WARM ADVECTION AND ISENTROPIC LIFT CONTINUES OVER THE TOP OF THE WAVY SURFACE STATIONARY FRONT LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE KS/OK BORDER. SHORT RANGE MODELS SEE NO LET UP IN THIS ISENTROPIC LIFT IN THE 290K LAYER THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS... ESPECIALLY IN CEN KS WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES STILL ON TRACK FOR AREAS NORTH OF ICT. 850-700H FRONTOGENESIS AND AN AREA OF NEGATIVE EPV IN THE PRIME -15 TO -18C SNOW GROWTH LAYER COULD LEAD TO BANDING ALONG THE INCREASED INSTABILITY AXIS...WHICH COULD LEAD TO INCREASED SNOW TOTALS ALONG INTERSTATE 70...AS THIS AREA OF INSTABILITY PERSISTS UNTIL 18Z. SO MAY HAVE TO MAKE A MENTION OF SOME LOCALLIZED AMOUNTS NEAR 6 INCHES IN ALONG A LINE FROM RSL TO SLN. ADVISORY LOOKS RIGHT ON TRACK FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS...WITH THE ONLY...FLY IN THE OINTMENT...BEING STATIONARY FRONT CREEPING INTO THE KS COUNTIES JUST SOUTH OF ICT..WITH SURFACE TEMPS APPROACHING FREEZING ALONG THE BORDER. SO EXPECT MORE OF A WET SNOW ALONG THE BORDER...REDUCING SNOW TOTALS SOUTH OF ICT. ISENTROPIC LIFT BEGINS TO WANE ACROSS THE AREA BY THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS FIRST SHORTWAVE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA WITH SOME DRYING IN THE MID LAYERS. THIS MID LAYER DRYING MAY ACTUALLY LEAD TO A LULL IN THE LIGHT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...OR POSSIBLY TURN THE LIGHT SNOW OVER TO DRIZZLE/FREEZING DRIZZLE NEAR ICT OR ALONG HIGHWAY 54. WILL INSERT THIS MENTION INTO THE GRIDS AND ADVISORY STATEMENT. TONIGHT-SUNDAY: NEXT SHORTWAVE PULLS OUT OF THE ROCKIES ACROSS KS THIS EVENING...WITH 500H MOISTURE INCREASING...TO PRODUCE A SEEDER FEEDER SNOW SITUATION...THAT WILL INCREASE LIGHT SNOW AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. THIS SECOND AREA OF SYNOPTIC LIFT AND ISENTROPIC LIFT IS MOST PROMINENT OVER AREAS EAST OF THE TURNPIKE. SO EXPECT AREAS EAST OF THE TURNPIKE TO GET THEIR HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WITH THIS SECOND SHORTWAVE WITH LIGHTER SNOW AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF THIS. CURRENT ADVISORY TIMING LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK KEEPING SOUTHEAST KS GOING UNTIL 12Z/SUN. ISENTROPIC LIFT LOOKS TO END BY SUNDAY MORNING...BUT ELONGATED MID LEVEL IMPULSE COULD KEEP LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. COULD ALSO SEE SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE ALONG THE KS/OK BORDER...AS A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR SPILLS INTO THE AREA WITH THE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE AREA. WILL NOT MENTION THIS IN THE ZONES...JUST YET... BUT SOMETHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT WITH LATER SHIFTS. SUN NIGHT-MONDAY: LIGHT SNOW CHANCES LOOK TO COME AN END SUN NIGHT INTO MON...AS DOWNGLIDE INCREASES ACROSS THE AREA. WITH NEW SNOW COVER POSSIBLY KEEPING TEMPS BELOW NORMAL. COULD SEE SOME SINGLE DIGITS IN CEN KS FOR LOWS AS RIDGE AXIS MOVES OVERHEAD ON MONDAY MORNING. TUE-THU: NW FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE MID WEEK TIME FRAME...WITH A SERIES OF IMPULSE EXPECTED TO MOVES FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. MOST OF THE IMPULSES WILL BE MOISTURE STARVED WITH SURFACE RIDGE AXIS TO THE SOUTH OF KS...SO WILL LEAVE REST OF THE TIME FRAME DRY. CANNOT DISCOUNT THE CHANCE OF A FLURRIES/SPRINKLE WITH THESE SYSTEMS...BUT WILL NOT TRY TO FORECAST TRACE AMOUNTS THIS FAR OUT. KETCHAM && PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 32 21 27 11 / 90 80 20 10 HUTCHINSON 31 17 25 9 / 100 70 20 10 NEWTON 31 18 26 11 / 100 80 20 10 ELDORADO 32 22 28 13 / 90 80 20 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 34 24 28 14 / 70 70 20 10 RUSSELL 26 15 23 5 / 90 60 20 10 GREAT BEND 28 15 23 6 / 90 50 20 10 SALINA 28 16 24 9 / 90 70 20 10 MCPHERSON 30 17 25 10 / 100 80 20 10 COFFEYVILLE 37 25 29 17 / 50 60 20 20 CHANUTE 36 22 29 15 / 60 70 20 10 IOLA 34 22 29 15 / 70 80 20 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY FOR KSZ032-033-048- 049. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY FOR KSZ047-050>053- 067>069-082-083-091>093. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY FOR KSZ070>072-094-095- 098. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 5:45 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 545 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-181200- 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- 545 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL COVER ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS BOTH TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS RESULTING. GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES...WILL TARGET MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS... WHERE A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE WINTER STORM WARNING...ISSUED AT 650 AM...FOR FURTHER DETAILS. ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE PREVALENT BY 12 MIDNIGHT. A WINETR WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT. REFER TO THE WEATHER WINTER ADVISORY...ISSUED AT 650 AM...FOR FURTHER DETAILS. ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES LIKELY BY 12 MIDNIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS...FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS EARLY ON SUNDAY. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MORE DETAILS. LIGHTER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OR FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO POSSIBLE NEAR THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER SUNDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP KETCHAM/ES
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 17, 5:16 AM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
516 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 AM SNOW EL DORADO 37.82N 96.86W
12/17/2005 0.5 INCH BUTLER KS AMATEUR RADIO
0.5 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
0510 AM SNOW ROSE HILL 37.57N 97.13W
12/17/2005 1.5 INCH BUTLER KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
1 TO 2 INCHES NEAR ROSE HILL AND DOUGLAS.
0510 AM SNOW WELLINGTON 37.27N 97.40W
12/17/2005 0.5 INCH SUMNER KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
SLICK ROADS 1/2 INCH COUNTYWIDE.
&&
BDKLocal storm report, Dec 17, 5:26 AM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
526 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 AM SNOW WICHITA 37.69N 97.34W
12/17/2005 1.5 INCH SEDGWICK KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
1 TO 1.5 INCHES IN WICHITA. 1 TO 2 INCHES IN RURAL
SEDGWICK COUNTY WITH ICY ROADS.
&&
SCHRECKLocal storm report, Dec 17, 5:55 AM CST, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
555 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 AM SNOW KINGMAN 37.65N 98.11W
12/17/2005 0.0 INCH KINGMAN KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
DUSTING ON THE GROUND IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY.
0230 AM SNOW LINCOLN 39.04N 98.15W
12/17/2005 1.0 INCH LINCOLN KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
0230 AM SNOW ELLSWORTH 38.74N 98.23W
12/17/2005 0.5 INCH ELLSWORTH KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
0230 AM SNOW GREAT BEND 38.36N 98.81W
12/17/2005 0.0 INCH BARTON KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
SNOW WAS JUST STARTING TO COVER THE GROUND.
0230 AM SNOW SALINA 38.82N 97.62W
12/17/2005 1.5 INCH SALINE KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
0230 AM SNOW LYONS 38.35N 98.20W
12/17/2005 0.5 INCH RICE KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
0230 AM SNOW HUTCHINSON 38.07N 97.91W
12/17/2005 0.0 INCH RENO KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
TRACE IN HUTCHINSON WITH A BETTER COATING IN THE SOUTHERN
PART OF THE COUNTY.
0230 AM SNOW RUSSELL 38.89N 98.85W
12/17/2005 2.5 INCH RUSSELL KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
2 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN SO FAR ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0400 AM SNOW ELLSWORTH 38.74N 98.23W
12/17/2005 3.6 INCH ELLSWORTH KS TRAINED SPOTTER
0430 AM SNOW PARTRIDGE 37.97N 98.09W
12/17/2005 1.0 INCH RENO KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
AREAS WEST OF PARTRIDGE 1 INCH AS WELL.
0430 AM SNOW HUTCHINSON 38.07N 97.91W
12/17/2005 0.0 INCH RENO KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
A DUSTING ON THE STREETS.
0510 AM SNOW EL DORADO 37.82N 96.86W
12/17/2005 0.5 INCH BUTLER KS AMATEUR RADIO
0.5 INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
0510 AM SNOW WELLINGTON 37.27N 97.40W
12/17/2005 0.5 INCH SUMNER KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
SLICK ROADS 1/2 INCH COUNTYWIDE.
0510 AM SNOW ROSE HILL 37.57N 97.13W
12/17/2005 1.5 INCH BUTLER KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
1 TO 2 INCHES NEAR ROSE HILL AND DOUGLAS.
0520 AM SNOW WICHITA 37.69N 97.34W
12/17/2005 1.5 INCH SEDGWICK KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
1 TO 1.5 INCHES IN WICHITA. 1 TO 2 INCHES IN RURAL
SEDGWICK COUNTY WITH ICY ROADS.
&&
SCHRECKLocal storm report, Dec 17, 6:14 AM CST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
614 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 AM SNOW LINCOLN 39.04N 98.15W
12/17/2005 4.0 INCH LINCOLN KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
4 INCHES COUNTYWIDE
0610 AM SNOW ELLSWORTH 38.74N 98.23W
12/17/2005 4.2 INCH ELLSWORTH KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
4 TO 4.5 INCHES COUNTYWIDE.
0610 AM SNOW RUSSELL 38.89N 98.85W
12/17/2005 3.5 INCH RUSSELL KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
3 TO 4 INCHES COUNTYWIDE.
0610 AM SNOW SALINA 38.82N 97.62W
12/17/2005 2.2 INCH SALINE KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
BDKLocal storm report, Dec 17, 6:18 AM CST, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
618 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 AM SNOW GOESSEL 38.25N 97.35W
12/17/2005 1.5 INCH MARION KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
ESTIMATED 1-2 INCHES.
0612 AM SNOW MCPHERSON 38.37N 97.66W
12/17/2005 1.5 INCH MCPHERSON KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE COUNTY.
&&
CDBLocal storm report, Dec 17, 6:34 AM CST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
634 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 AM SNOW MARION 38.35N 97.02W
12/17/2005 0.8 INCH MARION KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
3/4 OF AN INCH IN MARION.
&&
CDBNearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Kansas, 2005Every winter storm warning in 2005
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.