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Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS Wichita, KS

January 12, 20077 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this ice storm warning at Jan 12, 2007, 6:25 AM CST for 7 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 12, 2007, 6:25 AM CST (12:25 UTC)
Expired
Jan 12, 2007, 2:27 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Allen County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:24 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2007-01-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2007-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
370 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this ice 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 ice storm warning went out at Jan 12, 3:21 AM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 3:21 AM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 5:25 AM CST, 1 hour before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
525 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-131200-
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-
525 AM CST FRI JAN 12 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS WEATHER
CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES AND WATCHES FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY CHANGE TO
SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY. SOME SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
CENTRAL KANSAS BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY NIGHT WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE
AREA COULD SEE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. SEE THE LATEST
WINTER STORM WATCH FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.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

COX

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 12, 3:51 AM CSTFreezing Rain AdvisoryICTAllen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 6 more11 hr
Jan 12, 2:27 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningICTAllen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more51 hr

Nearby

Ice Storm Warnings in Kansas, 2007Every ice storm warning in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.