Alert archive / Kansas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this winter storm warning at Mar 19, 2006, 3:42 AM CST for 11 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 20, 2006, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 28 hr. 20 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
- Mar 19, 2006, 3:42 AM CST (09:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 20, 2006, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2006, 3:39 AM CST
- In force
- 28 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 09:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 7:14 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Ellsworth, KS | PATCHY SLICK SPOTS. |
| Mar 20, 7:14 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Great Bend, KS | COUNTYWIDE. ROADS SLICK. |
| Mar 20, 7:20 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Lincoln, KS | PATCHY SLICK SPOTS ON RAODWAYS. |
| Mar 20, 7:23 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Russell, KS | ROADWAYS SNOW PACKED AND HAZARDOUS. |
| Mar 20, 8:21 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 1 | Lincoln, KS | |
| Mar 20, 9:18 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Lincoln, KS | LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AT THIS TIME. |
| Mar 20, 9:18 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Bunker Hill, KS | MODERATE SNOW FALLING AT THIS TIME. |
| Mar 20, 11:41 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Great Bend, KS | WARM GROUND MELTING SNOW. |
| Mar 20, 11:43 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Lincoln, KS | WARM GROUND CAUSING SOME MELTING. |
| Mar 20, 11:46 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Ellsworth, KS | SOME MELTING BECAUSE OF WARM GROUND. |
| Mar 20, 11:46 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Russell, KS | SOME MELTING BECAUSE OF WARM GROUND. |
| Mar 20, 5:26 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Great Bend, KS | 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE COUNTY. 4 INCHES REPORTED AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER. |
| Mar 20, 5:26 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Russell, KS | ROADS VERY SLICK |
| Mar 20, 5:42 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 N Ellsworth, KS | |
| Mar 20, 5:42 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Lincoln, KS | MEASURED AT LINCOLN CITY HALL |
| Mar 21, 2:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Great Bend, KS | SNOW DEPTH ESTIMATED BY EOC. |
| Mar 21, 2:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Lincoln, KS | EOC ESTIMATED A SNOW DEPTH OF 2-4 INCHES. |
| Mar 21, 2:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Russell, KS | EOC ESTIMATED A SNOW DEPTH OF 4-6 INCHES. |
| Mar 21, 2:10 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Salina, KS | SNOW DEPTH ESTIMATED BY EOC. |
| Mar 21, 2:15 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Hutchinson, KS | SNOW DEPTH ESTIMATED BY EOC. |
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, 9.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 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 190942 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 342 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 KSZ032-033-047>051-191745- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0001.060320T0600Z-060321T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WS.W.0001.060320T0600Z-060321T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON 342 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO BEFORE MOVING OUT INTO THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FIRST CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 70. FURTHER SOUTH A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SNOW AND EVEN SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. BY MIDDAY MONDAY...ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION OVER CENTRAL KANSAS WILL BE SNOW...WITH THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL RATES OCCURRING MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. BY TUESDAY MORNING BETWEEN 8 AND 10 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS NEAR A FOOT. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ052-053-067>069-082-083-191745- /O.NEW.KICT.WS.A.0002.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/ MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...KINGMAN...WICHITA 342 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO BEFORE MOVING OUT INTO THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT. RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX BY MONDAY MORNING WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. BY TUESDAY MORNING BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. $$ LAWSON
11 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KICT 191742 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1142 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 KSZ032-033-047>051-200145- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.060320T0600Z-060321T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON 1142 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO BEFORE MOVING OUT INTO THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 56 BY 6 AM. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. BY TUESDAY MORNING BETWEEN 8 AND 10 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS NEAR A FOOT. IN ADDITION... STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ052-053-067>069-082-083-200145- /O.CON.KICT.WS.A.0002.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/ MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...KINGMAN...WICHITA 1142 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO BEFORE MOVING OUT INTO THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT. RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX MONDAY MORNING WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 MONDAY AFTERNOON. BY TUESDAY MORNING BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. $$ COX
000 WWUS43 KICT 192125 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 325 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 KSZ052-053-067-068-200530- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0002.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KICT.WS.W.0001.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/ MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON 325 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO BEFORE MOVING OUT INTO THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT. RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX MONDAY MORNING WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 MONDAY AFTERNOON. BY TUESDAY MORNING BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ032-033-047>051-200530- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.060320T0600Z-060321T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON 325 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO BEFORE MOVING OUT INTO THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 56 BY 6 AM. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. BY TUESDAY MORNING BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS RECEIVING OVER A FOOT OF SNOW. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ069-082-083-200530- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0002.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WW.Y.0002.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/ BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...KINGMAN...WICHITA 325 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO BEFORE MOVING OUT INTO THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT. RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX LATE MONDAY MORNING WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM HARPER TO EUREKA BY MONDAY EVENING. BY TUESDAY MORNING BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH MONDAY NIGHT WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. 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. $$ KSZ070-091-200530- /O.NEW.KICT.WW.Y.0002.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/ GREENWOOD-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...ANTHONY...HARPER 325 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO BEFORE MOVING OUT INTO THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT. RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX LATE MONDAY MORNING WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM HARPER TO EUREKA BY MONDAY EVENING. BY TUESDAY MORNING BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH MONDAY NIGHT WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SCHRECK
000 WWUS43 KICT 200350 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 950 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 KSZ032-033-047>051-201200- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.060320T0600Z-060321T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON 950 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO BEFORE MOVING OUT INTO THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVER CENTRAL KANSAS BY LATE TONIGHT...AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 56 BY SUNRISE. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. BY TUESDAY MORNING BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS RECEIVING OVER A FOOT OF SNOW. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM GREAT BEND TO SALINA. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ052-053-067-068-201200- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/ MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON 950 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO BEFORE MOVING OUT INTO THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT. RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX MONDAY MORNING WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 MONDAY AFTERNOON. BY TUESDAY MORNING...BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ069-070-082-083-091-201200- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0002.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/ BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER 950 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO BEFORE MOVING OUT INTO THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT. RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX LATE MONDAY MORNING WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM HARPER TO EUREKA BY MONDAY EVENING. BY TUESDAY MORNING BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH MONDAY NIGHT WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. 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. $$ ADK
000 WWUS43 KICT 200939 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 339 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 KSZ032-033-047>051-201745- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON 339 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO BEFORE MOVING OUT INTO THE PLAINS THIS MORNING. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 56 AFTER SUNRISE. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. BY TUESDAY MORNING BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS RECEIVING OVER A FOOT OF SNOW. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR NORTHWEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM GREAT BEND TO SALINA. IN ADDITION... STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 70 FROM SALINA TO RUSSELL. THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY SNOW AND THE GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO LEAD TO PROBLEMS WITH DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ052-053-067-068-201745- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/ MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON 339 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO BEFORE MOVING OUT INTO THE PLAINS EARLY THIS MORNING. RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX LATER THIS MORNING WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 BY THIS AFTERNOON. BY TUESDAY MORNING...BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ069-070-082-083-091-201745- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0002.060320T1200Z-060321T1200Z/ BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER 339 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO BEFORE MOVING OUT INTO THE PLAINS EARLY THIS MORNING. RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX BY NOON WITH ALL SNOW EXPECTED MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM HARPER TO EUREKA BY THIS EVENING. BY TUESDAY MORNING BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 54. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH TONIGHT MAY CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KETCHAM
000 WWUS43 KICT 201611 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1011 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES BEARING DOWN ON KANSAS... .A STRENGTHENING WINTER STORM WAS CENTERED ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO AROUND MID MORNING MONDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE CONTINUED FALLING NORTH OF A KINGMAN TO COTTONWOOD FALLS LINE. SNOW CONTINUED NORTH OF A SHAFFER TO CONCORDIA LINE...INCLUDING RUSSELL. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS KANSAS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY GIVE WAY TO SNOW LATER TODAY AND THUS EVENING. KSZ032-033-047>051-210015- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON 1011 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH INTERMITTENT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH NOON. SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. NORTH AND WEST OF RUSSELL WILL SEE MOSTLY SNOW...WITH UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH POSSIBLE BY NOON. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME ALL SNOW AGAIN LATER TODAY AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. BY TUESDAY MORNING...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR NORTHWEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM GREAT BEND TO SALINA. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 70 FROM SALINA TO RUSSELL. THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY SNOW AND THE GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO LEAD TO PROBLEMS WITH DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ052-053-067-068-210015- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/ MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON 1011 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH NOON...WITH SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION. LATER TODAY...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW. BY TUESDAY MORNING...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ069-070-082-083-091-210015- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/ BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER 1011 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH NOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY EVENING. BY TUESDAY MORNING...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 54. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH TONIGHT MAY CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. 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. $$ KRC
000 WWUS43 KICT 201753 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1153 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES BEARING DOWN ON KANSAS... .A STRENGTHENING WINTER STORM WAS CENTERED ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO AROUND MID MORNING MONDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE CONTINUED FALLING NORTH OF A KINGMAN TO COTTONWOOD FALLS LINE. SNOW CONTINUED NORTH OF A SHAFFER TO CONCORDIA LINE...INCLUDING RUSSELL. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS KANSAS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY GIVE WAY TO SNOW LATER TODAY AND THUS EVENING. KSZ032-033-047>051-210200- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON 1153 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH INTERMITTENT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH 2 PM. SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. NORTH AND WEST OF RUSSELL WILL SEE MOSTLY SNOW...WITH UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH POSSIBLE BY 2 PM. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME ALL SNOW AGAIN LATER TODAY AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. BY TUESDAY MORNING...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR NORTHWEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM GREAT BEND TO SALINA. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 70 FROM SALINA TO RUSSELL. THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY SNOW AND THE GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO LEAD TO PROBLEMS WITH DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ052-053-067-068-210200- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/ MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON 1153 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 2 PM...WITH SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION. LATER TODAY...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW. BY TUESDAY MORNING...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ069-070-082-083-091-210200- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/ BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER 1153 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 2 PM. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY EVENING. BY TUESDAY MORNING...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH TONIGHT MAY CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM BLOWING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KRC
000 WWUS43 KICT 202008 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 208 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES BEARING DOWN ON KANSAS... .A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WAS CENTERED OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. HEAVY SNOW FROM THIS STORM CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS...THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES AND INTO NEBRASKA...WHERE IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES OF SNOW HAD ALREADY FALL. SNOWFALL TOTALS WERE HIGHEST ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA NEAR AND NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL. AS OF 1 PM...RUSSELL HAD RECEIVED AROUND 4 INCHES OF SNOW. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE SNOW BEING WET AND THE WARM AIR TEMPERATURES...THE SNOW WAS MELTING. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUED FROM SALINA TO HUTCHINSON. TO THE SOUTH OF THERE...THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOSTLY LIQUID. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE REGION TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE THE BAND OF HEAVY SNOW TO MOVE INTO THE REMAINDER OF KANSAS...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW AFFECTING THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE. KSZ032-033-047>051-210415- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON 208 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GRADUALLY GIVE WAY TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. UNTIL THAT OCCURS...SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION REMAINS POSSIBLE. ONCE THE PRECIPITATION DOES CHANGE OVER TO SNOW...IT WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WITH STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. SOME AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF RUSSELL MAY SEE ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 70 FROM SALINA TO RUSSELL. THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY SNOW AND THE GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO LEAD TO PROBLEMS WITH DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ052-053-067-068-210415- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/ MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON 208 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. LIGHT DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GIVE WAY TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION REMAINS POSSIBLE. ONCE THE PRECIPITATION DOES CHANGE OVER TO SNOW...IT WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WITH STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ONCE THE TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING. WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ069-070-082-083-091-210415- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/ BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER 208 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. TOWARD EVENING...THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54 ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ONCE THE TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING. 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. $$ KRC
000 WWUS43 KICT 202048 CCA WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 246 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES BEARING DOWN ON KANSAS... .A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WAS CENTERED OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. HEAVY SNOW FROM THIS STORM CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS...THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES AND INTO NEBRASKA...WHERE IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES OF SNOW HAD ALREADY FALL. SNOWFALL TOTALS WERE HIGHEST ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA NEAR AND NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL. AS OF 1 PM...RUSSELL HAD RECEIVED AROUND 4 INCHES OF SNOW. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE SNOW BEING WET AND THE WARM AIR TEMPERATURES...THE SNOW WAS MELTING. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUED FROM SALINA TO HUTCHINSON. TO THE SOUTH OF THERE...THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOSTLY LIQUID. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE REGION TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE THE BAND OF HEAVY SNOW TO MOVE INTO THE REMAINDER OF KANSAS...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW AFFECTING THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE. KSZ032-033-047>051-210515- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON 246 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GRADUALLY GIVE WAY TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. UNTIL THAT OCCURS...SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION REMAINS POSSIBLE. ONCE THE PRECIPITATION DOES CHANGE OVER TO SNOW...IT WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WITH STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. SOME AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF RUSSELL MAY SEE ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 70 FROM SALINA TO RUSSELL. THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY SNOW AND THE GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO LEAD TO PROBLEMS WITH DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ052-053-067-068-210515- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/ MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON 246 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. LIGHT DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GIVE WAY TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION REMAINS POSSIBLE. ONCE THE PRECIPITATION DOES CHANGE OVER TO SNOW...IT WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WITH STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ONCE THE TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING. WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ069-070-082-083-091-210515- /O.COR.KICT.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/ BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER 246 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. TOWARD EVENING...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54 ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ONCE THE TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KRC/HOWERTON CORRECTION TO LAST GROUP FIRST PARAGRAPH.
000 WWUS43 KICT 202150 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 350 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES BEARING DOWN ON KANSAS... .A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WAS CENTERED OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA. HEAVY SNOW FROM THIS STORM CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS...THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES AND INTO NEBRASKA...WHERE IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES OF SNOW HAD ALREADY FALLEN. SNOWFALL TOTALS WERE HIGHEST ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA NEAR AND NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL. AS OF 1 PM... RUSSELL HAD RECEIVED AROUND 4 INCHES OF SNOW...AND THE INTENSITY OF THE SNOW HAD BEEN INCREASING SINCE. ALSO OF NOTE...THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUED FROM SALINA TO HUTCHINSON. TO THE SOUTH OF THERE...THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOSTLY LIQUID. HOWEVER...THE PRECIPITATION WAS BEGINNING TO CHANGE TO SNOW AS OF 345 PM. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE REGION TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE THE BAND OF HEAVY SNOW TO MOVE INTO THE REMAINDER OF KANSAS... WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW AFFECTING THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE. KSZ032-033-047>051-210600- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON 350 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...WITH STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. SOME AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF RUSSELL MAY SEE ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS LATER TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 70 FROM SALINA TO RUSSELL. THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY SNOW AND THE GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO LEAD TO PROBLEMS WITH DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ052-053-067-068-210600- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/ MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON 350 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. LIGHT DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GIVE WAY TO SNOW DURING THE EVENING. SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION REMAINS POSSIBLE. ONCE THE PRECIPITATION DOES CHANGE OVER TO SNOW...IT WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WITH STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ONCE THE TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING. WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ069-070-082-083-091-210600- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/ BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER 350 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA...WITH EVEN SOME THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. THIS EVENING...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54 ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ONCE THE TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING. 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. $$ KRC
000 WWUS43 KICT 210236 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 836 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WILL EXIT THE REGION TONIGHT... KSZ050>053-067-068-211045- /O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WW.Y.0003.060321T0236Z-060321T1200Z/ RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON 836 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...MAINLY ON GRASSY AREAS. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR OVER RICE AND MCPHERSON COUNTIES. ADDITIONALLY...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT...MAKING FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KSZ069-070-082-083-091-210345- /O.CAN.KICT.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/ BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER 836 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AS COLDER AIR WRAPS AROUND THE STORM SYSTEM. HOWEVER...ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN UNDER AN INCH...AND MAINLY ON GRASSY AREAS. $$ KSZ032-033-047>049-211045- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA 836 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN STORM TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. BARTON...RUSSELL AND LINCOLN COUNTIES WILL LIKELY SEE THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS. ADDITIONALLY...THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY...WET SNOW AND THE GUSTY NORTH WINDS COULD LEAD TO PROBLEMS WITH DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. FURTHERMORE...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH THE SNOW...MAKING FOR EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ADK
000 WWUS43 KICT 210939 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 339 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006 KSZ032-033-047>049-211045- /O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA 339 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED WITH PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL SLOWLY COME TO END ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING. ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAINLY BE ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND NOT POSE ANY FURTHER TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. $$ KSZ050>053-067-068-211045- /O.CAN.KICT.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060321T1200Z/ RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON 339 AM CST TUE MAR 21 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED WITH PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL COME TO END ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAINLY BE ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND NOT POSE ANY FURTHER TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. $$ KETCHAM
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 Mar 19, 3:15 AM CST, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 3:15 AM CST, 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 315 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE TRYING TO PIN DOWN SNOW AMOUNTS WITH THIS POTENT LATE WINTER STORM. WILL UPGRADE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED WATCH TO A WARNING. WILL THEN EXPAND WATCH FURTHER SOUTH TO INCLUDE LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A KINGMAN TO WICHITA TO COTTONWOOD FALLS LINE. TO MAKE IT SIMPLE WILL RUN BOTH THE WATCH AND WARNING TIL 12Z TUE. A WEEK AGO WE WE WERE DEALING WITH SEVERE STORMS AND NOW WE ARE DEALING WITH WHAT COULD BE THE MOST INTENSE WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON. WELCOME TO MARCH MADNESS TODAY: THE UPPER WAVE THAT LIFTED OUT OF THE BASE OF THE TROUGH LATE SAT EVENING THAT BROUGHT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS TO ENTIRE AREA IS PUSHING INTO EASTERN NE/NE KS AS WE SPEAK. VIA WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...THERE REALLY ISNT ANOTHER WAVE TO AFFECT THE AREA IN THE NEXT 6 HOURS. HOWEVER...HEAVY DRIZZLE SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THEN LATER IN THE PERIOD WIDESPREAD PRECIP SHOULD START MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE FORECAST AREA AS MAIN UPPER DYNAMICS...IN THE FORM OF 300 JET MAX AND UPPER DIVERGENCE...MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF FORECAST AREA. TONIGHT-MON: THIS WINTER EVENT SHOULD COMMENCE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS LATE TONIGHT AS RAIN STARTS TO CHANGE OVER AND MIX WITH SNOW. BY 12Z MON FORECAST SOUNDINGS ALL INDICATE THAT LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG I-70 WILL HAVE CHANGED OVER TO MOSTLY SNOW. FURTHER SOUTH PRECIP TYPE GETS A LITTLE DICEY. LATEST SOUNDINGS OFF THE GFS AND NAM ARE INDICATING A LAYER OF WARM AIR AT AROUND 800MB BETWEEN 06-12Z MON OVER ICT. THEREFORE FEEL IF ICE IS INTRODUCED INTO SOUNDING IT WOULD PARTIALLY MELT GIVING SLEET...AND IF NO ICE IS INTRODUCED IT SHOULD REMAIN RAIN. FURTHER NORTH THIS WARM LAYER IS NOT AS STRONG YIELDING SNOW IF ICE IS INTRODUCED AND RAIN IF NOT. THE BULK OF THE SNOW SHOULD FALL DURING THE DAY MON. BOTH GFS AND NAM ARE FORECASTING A VERY PRONOUNCED TROWAL TO SET UP BY 18Z MON FROM TOPEKA TO AROUND HUT. MEANWHILE CENTRAL KS WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF POWERFUL JET. CROSS SECTIONS OVER CENTRAL-SOUTH CENTRAL KS LOOK DOWN RIGHT SCARY WITH WIDESPREAD UPRIGHT INSTABILITY. ONE FIELD I FOUND INTERESTING WAS THE -15C OMEGA WHICH KEEPS THE HIGHER VALUES IN CENTRAL KS. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE BETTER LIFT IN THE SNOW GROWTH LAYER SHOULD OCCUR OVER CENTRAL KS THUS THE UPGRADE TO A WARNING. FURTHER SOUTH STILL FEEL SOME LOCATIONS MAY REACH WARNING CRITERIA BASED ON THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE CONVECTIVE PROCESSES COMING INTO PLAY...THUS THE EXPANSION OF THE WATCH FURTHER SOUTH. ALSO TOOK A QUICK LOOK AT THE COBB SNOW FORECASTING METHOD WHICH IS CURRENTLY INDICATING OVER A FOOT OF SNOW FOR BOTH RSL AND SLN. IN ADDITION...THIS METHOD HAS BEEN INDICATING THIS THE LAST FEW MODEL RUNS AGAIN...THIS LEADS TO HIGH ENOUGH CONFIDENCE FOR WARNING OVER CENTRAL KS. MON NIGHT-TUE NIGHT: SNOW SHOULD TAPER FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THESE PERIODS. HOWEVER MUCH OF AREA WILL REMAIN IN WRAP AROUND REGION OF SYSTEM WITH UPPER LOW SITUATED AROUND KC AT 06Z TUE WHICH MEANS THE NE PORTION OF FORECAST AREA MAY PICK UP SOME SNOWFALL MON NIGHT. BY TUE ONLY SE KS SHOULD HAVE A SHOT AT SOME LIGHT SNOW AS SYSTEM QUICKLY SCOOTS OFF TO THE EAST. WITH SNOW ON THE GROUND AND SKIES CLEARING...LOWS TUE NIGHT SHOULD BE VERY CHILLY FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH LOWS AROUND 15 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL. WED-SAT: BOTH ECM AND GFS ARE SWINGING THROUGH A MORE PROGRESSIVE OPEN WAVE THROUGH THE PLAINS ON WED AND THU. SINCE THESE MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT SHOWING THIS...WILL INSERT SOME PRECIP CHANCES WED AND WILL KEEP THEM THROUGH MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THU. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF PRECIP CHANCES ARE RAISED THESE PERIODS WITH LATER FORECAST. CONFIDENCE REMAINS HIGH THAT BELOW NORMAL TEMPS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THESE PERIODS. LAWSON && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 43 34 36 26 / 80 100 100 60 HUTCHINSON 42 33 33 25 / 80 100 100 60 NEWTON 42 34 34 26 / 80 100 100 60 ELDORADO 43 35 36 27 / 80 100 100 60 WINFIELD-KWLD 45 37 39 28 / 90 100 100 60 RUSSELL 39 29 29 20 / 80 100 100 60 GREAT BEND 39 30 31 20 / 80 100 100 60 SALINA 40 30 30 23 / 80 100 100 60 MCPHERSON 41 32 33 24 / 80 100 100 60 COFFEYVILLE 46 37 45 30 / 90 100 100 60 CHANUTE 41 35 40 28 / 90 100 100 60 IOLA 41 35 39 28 / 90 100 100 60 PARSONS-KPPF 44 36 42 29 / 90 100 100 60 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT MONDAY TO 6 AM TUESDAY FOR KSZ032-033-047>051. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM TUESDAY FOR KSZ052- 053-067>069-082-083. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 3:29 PM CST, 12 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 329 PM CST SAT MAR 18 2006 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-192230- 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- 329 PM CST SAT MAR 18 2006 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW OVER CENTRAL KANSAS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH LESSER ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. SEE THE LATEST WINTER STORM WATCH FOR FURTHER DETAILS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS ON SUNDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER NONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP SCHRECK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 3:42 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ICT | Butler, Chase, Harvey, Kingman, Marion, Reno and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:25 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | Butler, Greenwood, Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick | 29 hr |
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Sources
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