Alert archive / Kansas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this winter storm warning at Dec 10, 2007, 4:30 AM CST for 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 10, 2007, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 17 hr. 16 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 10, 2007, 4:30 AM CST (10:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2007, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:32 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 10, 6:57 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.08 | Ellsworth, KS | ONE EIGTH OF AN INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. STARTING TO FREEZE ON ROADS. |
| Dec 10, 8:20 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 4 Sw Lincoln, KS | ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ON ELEVATED OBJECTS. |
| Dec 10, 8:20 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 6 S Dorrance, KS | ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ON ELEVATED OBJECTS. |
| Dec 10, 8:24 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 2 Wnw Ellsworth, KS | ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ON ELEVATED OBJECTS. |
| Dec 10, 8:27 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 1 E Hoisington, KS | ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATING ON ELEVATED OBJECTS. |
| Dec 10, 10:34 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Lincoln, KS | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS 3/8 INCH OF ICE ON TREES. |
| Dec 11, 3:24 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | 5 Wnw Brookville, KS | NO POWER AT THE HOUSE AND SOME TREE LIMBS WERE DOWN IN THE YARD FROM HEAVY ICING. |
| Dec 11, 4:16 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Great Bend, KS | NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS STILL FALLING DOWN ACROSS TOWN ALONG WITH MANY HOMES WITHOUT POWER. |
| Dec 11, 4:35 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Wnw Geneseo, KS | RAINFALL MEASURED 2.25 INCHES. |
| Dec 11, 6:10 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Ellsworth, KS | WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE RESULTED IN MULTIPLE POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT ELLSWORTH COUNTY. |
| Dec 11, 6:13 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Great Bend, KS | WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE HAS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT BARTON COUNTY. SEVERAL ELECTRICAL FIRES HAVE OCCURRED. STREETS NOT BAD. |
| Dec 11, 6:15 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Sylvan Grove, KS | TREES AND POWER LINES DAMAGED RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES IN SYLVAN GROVE AND BARNARD. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS SLUSHY. |
| Dec 11, 6:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Ellsworth, KS | 6 AM, RAINFALL 1.50 INCHES, ROADWAYS BECOMING ICY. |
| Dec 11, 6:40 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Russell, KS | WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE RESULTED IN POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT RUSSELL COUNTY. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ARE PRIMARILY SLUSHY. STARTING TO SLICKEN. |
| Dec 11, 7:10 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Lincoln, KS | FREEZING RAIN TURNING OVER TO SNOW. HIGHWAY 18 CONDITIONS DETERIORATING RAPIDLY. |
| Dec 11, 8:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | Lincoln, KS | PRECIPITATION CHANGES FROM LIGHT SNOW, TO FREEZING RAIN, TO SLEET. TREE DAMAGE ACROSS THE COUNTY. ROADS ARE WET TO SLUSHY. TEMPERATURE 30 DEGREES. |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 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 101030 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 430 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... KSZ049>053-067-068-101830- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0006.071210T1800Z-071212T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.IS.W.0003.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON 430 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. AROUND AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ KSZ032-033-047-048-101830- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0006.071210T1800Z-071212T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WS.W.0004.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH 430 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. AROUND AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. SOME SLEET COULD ALSO MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN WHICH MAY IMPACT THE TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT SNOW BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ072-094-095-098-101830- /O.UPG.KICT.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071210T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0006.071210T1800Z-071212T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KICT.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IOLA...HOWARD...FREDONIA...SEDAN 430 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TODAY AND EXTEND THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WILL ONLY ADD TO THE ONGOING ICING SITUATION. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ KSZ069>071-082-083-091>093-101830- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0006.071210T1800Z-071212T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KICT.IS.W.0002.071210T1800Z-071212T0600Z/ BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... YATES CENTER...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 430 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE...WITH AROUND AN INCH OF TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS TUESDAY EVENING. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ KSZ096-099-100-101830- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0006.071210T1800Z-071212T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KICT.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE... INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 430 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WILL ONLY ADD TO THE ONGOING ICING SITUATION. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KICT 101055 CCA WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 430 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... KSZ049>053-067-068-101830- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0006.071210T1800Z-071212T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.IS.W.0003.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON 430 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. AROUND AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ KSZ032-033-047-048-101830- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0006.071210T1800Z-071212T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WS.W.0004.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH 430 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. AROUND AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. SOME SLEET COULD ALSO MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN WHICH MAY IMPACT THE TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT SNOW BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ072-094-095-098-101830- /O.UPG.KICT.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071210T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0006.071210T1800Z-071212T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KICT.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IOLA...HOWARD...FREDONIA...SEDAN 430 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TODAY AND EXTEND THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WILL ONLY ADD TO THE ONGOING ICING SITUATION. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ KSZ069>071-082-083-091>093-101830- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0006.071210T1800Z-071212T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KICT.IS.W.0002.071210T1800Z-071212T0600Z/ BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... YATES CENTER...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 430 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE...WITH AROUND AN INCH OF TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS TUESDAY EVENING. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ KSZ096-099-100-101830- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0006.071210T1800Z-071212T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KICT.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE... INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 430 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WILL ONLY ADD TO THE ONGOING ICING SITUATION. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$
000 WWUS43 KICT 101649 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1049 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY... KSZ072-094>096-098>100-110100- /O.CON.KICT.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IOLA...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE... ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 1049 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE WILL ONLY ADD TO THE ONGOING ICING SITUATION. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ KSZ069>071-082-083-091>093-110100- /O.CON.KICT.IS.W.0002.071210T1800Z-071212T0600Z/ BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... YATES CENTER...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 1049 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING COMMUTE...WITH AROUND AN INCH OF TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE LIMBS. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS TUESDAY EVENING. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ KSZ049>053-067-068-110100- /O.CON.KICT.IS.W.0003.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON 1049 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. AROUND AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND FALLING TREE LIMBS. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ KSZ032-033-047-048-110100- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0004.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH 1049 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. AROUND AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. SOME SLEET COULD ALSO MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN WHICH MAY IMPACT THE TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT SNOW BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ JMC
000 WWUS43 KICT 102148 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 348 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... KSZ067-068-110600- /O.EXT.KICT.IS.W.0003.071210T2148Z-071212T0600Z/ RENO-HARVEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON 348 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MOST LIKELY OCCUR TONIGHT WITH ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONE. SOME THUNDER WILL EVEN BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION TO ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE ROADS...THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE TREES AND POWER LINES WHICH WILL MOST LIKELY RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE WIND SPEEDS COULD INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TUESDAY WHICH MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AND ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ KSZ069>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-110600- /O.CON.KICT.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 348 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MOST LIKELY TAKE PLACE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES POSSIBLE. SOME THUNDER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. AREAS SOUTHEAST OF A IOLA TO SEDAN LINE MAY NOT SEE AS MUCH ICE ACCUMULATION DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPERATURES CLIMBING TO NEAR FREEZING OR JUST ABOVE. HOWEVER...AMOUNT OF ICE WILL ONLY ADD TO THE ONGOING ICING SITUATION IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS TUESDAY NIGHT. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IN ADDITION TO THE ICE ACCUMULATIONS...THE WIND MAY INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH ON TUESDAY WHICH WILL RESULT IN MORE SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. $$ KSZ049>053-110600- /O.CON.KICT.IS.W.0003.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS 348 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MOST LIKELY OCCUR TONIGHT WITH ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE ROADS...THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE TREES AND POWER LINES WHICH WILL MOST LIKELY RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE WIND SPEEDS COULD INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TUESDAY WHICH MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AND ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ KSZ032-033-047-048-110600- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0004.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH 348 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MOST LIKELY OCCUR TONIGHT WITH ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE ROADS...THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE TREES AND POWER LINES WHICH WILL MOST LIKELY RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ COX
000 WWUS43 KICT 110356 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 956 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... KSZ069>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-111200- /O.CON.KICT.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 956 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...WITH AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY EXPECTED TOWARD DAYBREAK. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON THE ROADS...THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES WHICH WILL CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. AREAS SOUTHEAST OF A IOLA TO SEDAN LINE MAY NOT SEE AS MUCH ICE ACCUMULATION DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPERATURES CLIMBING TO NEAR FREEZING OR JUST ABOVE. HOWEVER...AMOUNT OF ICE WILL ONLY ADD TO THE ONGOING ICING SITUATION IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS TUESDAY NIGHT. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IN ADDITION TO THE ICE ACCUMULATIONS...THE WIND MAY INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH ON TUESDAY WHICH WILL RESULT IN MORE SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. $$ KSZ049>053-067-068-111200- /O.CON.KICT.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON 956 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA OVERNIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING. ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE ROADS...MOST OF THE ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE ON TREES AND POWER LINES WHICH WILL MOST LIKELY RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE WIND SPEEDS COULD INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TUESDAY WHICH MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AND ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ KSZ032-033-047-048-111200- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH 956 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MOST LIKELY OCCUR TONIGHT WITH ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE ROADS...THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES WHICH WILL MOST LIKELY RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ LAWSON
000 WWUS43 KICT 111011 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 411 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM IN PROGRESS... KSZ095-096-098>100-111115- /O.CAN.KICT.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 411 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELED THE ICE STORM WARNING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING WILL HELP KEEP MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION FALL AS A CHILLY RAIN TODAY. SOME ELEVATED SURFACES COULD STILL SEE SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO FALL...BUT WIDESPREAD ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE TONIGHT...BUT LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ KSZ049>053-067-068-111815- /O.CON.KICT.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON 411 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA TODAY INTO LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN END THIS EVENING. ANY ADDITIONAL ICE WILL ONLY ADD TO THE ON GOING ICING SITUATION. IN ADDITION TO MINOR ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE ROADS ...MOST OF THE ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE ON TREES AND POWER LINES WHICH WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS LATE TONIGHT. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE WIND SPEEDS COULD INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TUESDAY WHICH MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AND ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ KSZ069>072-082-083-091>094-111815- /O.CON.KICT.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY-ELK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD 411 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY EXPECTED THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON THE ROADS...THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES WHICH WILL COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. ANY ADDITIONAL ICE WILL ONLY ADD TO THE ON GOING ICING SITUATION. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THIS MAJOR WINTER EVENT ENDS LATE TONIGHT. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IN ADDITION TO THE ICE ACCUMULATIONS...THE WIND MAY INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH ON TUESDAY WHICH WILL RESULT IN MORE SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. $$ KSZ032-033-047-048-111815- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH 411 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATION WILL MOST LIKELY OCCUR THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION TO ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE ROADS...THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES WHICH WILL MOST LIKELY RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. SOME SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN BY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING WITH SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS43 KICT 111700 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1100 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL GRADUALLY LESSEN ITS GRIP... KSZ032-033-047-048-120100- /O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WW.Y.0011.071211T1700Z-071212T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH 1100 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR VERY LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. HOWEVER...NORTH WINDS OF AROUND 15 MPH COULD BRING DOWN SOME ADDITIONAL POWER LINES AND TREE BRANCHES DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF ICE THAT HAS ALREADY ACCUMULATED ACROSS THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S BY LATE AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL RESULT IN VERY SLICK TRAVEL INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KSZ049>053-067-068-120100- /O.CON.KICT.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON 1100 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO HOVER AROUND THE FREEZING MARK INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH THE AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN TRANSITIONING TO OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN TWO-TENTHS OF AN INCH. HOWEVER...NORTH WINDS OF AROUND 15 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE ICE THAT HAS ALREADY ACCUMULATED...AND MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS TO FALL. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S BY THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL RESULT IN ROADWAYS BECOMING VERY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. $$ KSZ069>072-082-083-091>094-120100- /O.CON.KICT.IS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY-ELK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD 1100 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER AT OR JUST ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK INTO THE AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SOME ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS. ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES AND POWER LINES WILL BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE-QUARTER INCH OF ICE. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY ALSO BE SLICK IN SPOTS...THOUGH MOST TREATED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS SHOULD REMAIN WET. THE AREAS OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING DRIZZLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A PERIOD OF SLEET POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO OR JUST BELOW FREEZING BY EARLY THIS EVENING. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. $$ 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 10, 4:07 AM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 4:07 AM CST, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 407 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 .DISCUSSION... COMPLICATED FORECAST WITH NEXT ROUND OF WINTER PRECIP POISED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER TODAY INTO TUE. TODAY-TONIGHT: ELEVATED BAROCLINIC ZONE AND ISENTROPIC LIFT OVER THE TOP OF THE BELOW FREEZING LAYER HAS LEAD TO A SCATTERED PERSISTANT AREA OF FREEZING RAIN ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KS EARLY TODAY. EXPECT THIS AREA TO CONTINUE TO HAVE INTERMITTENT FREEZING RAIN DURING THE DAY TODAY AS SURFACE TEMPS REMAIN FAIRLY STEADY ACROSS THIS AREA. SO WILL KEEP THE ICE STORM WARNING GOING IN THIS AREA...AS ANY MORE ICE WILL ADD INSULT TO INJURY FOR THIS AREA ALREADY HARD HIT BY ICE ACCUMULATION. WILL ALSO EXPAND THIS WARNING A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH AS THE DAY PROGRESSES AS THE ISENTROPIC LIFT AND FREEZING RAIN BEGINS TO MOVE BACK TO THE NORTH AS THE DAYTIME HOURS PROGRESS. THE MAIN QUESTION FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS IS WHERE THE FREEZING LINE WILL BE LOCATED AS THIS LIFT SATURATES THE LAYER...AS STRONG WARM ADVECTION GETS UNDER WAY ACROSS OK AND SOUTHERN KS. UKMET AND NAM MODELS SEEM TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE ON SURFACE TEMPS AT THIS TIME WHICH SUGGESTS THAT KEEPING TEMPS BELOW FREEZING IN MOST LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. WITH WARM LAYER ALOFT OVER THE SHALLOW COLD LAYER...THIS WILL LEAD TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN KS AFTER 18Z AND EXTENDING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SO WILL HOIST AN ICE STORM WARNING IN SOUTHERN KS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AS AREAS COULD SEE A QUARTER INCH OF ICE BEFORE SUNSET. THIS COULD MAKE THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE IN WICHITA A LITTLE TREACHEROUS AS CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. WILL EXPAND THE ICE STORM WARNING FURTHER NORTH AFTER 00Z/TUE AS ISENTROPIC LIFT AND DEEP LAYER LIFT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA FOR THIS EVENING. THIS TIME FRAME WILL BE WHEN THE MAIN ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA AS TEMPS HOVER JUST BELOW FREEZING AS WARM ADVECTION WILL STRUGGLE AGAINST THE SHALLOW COLD AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA. SO COULD SEE A LARGE AREA OF CENTRAL KS SEE ICE ACCUMULATIONS REACH A HALF TO AN INCH AS A STEADY FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS. ELEVATED AREAS WILL SEE THE BIGGEST RISK FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT COULD LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES WITH LOTS OF TREE DAMAGE. BEST GUESS ON HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG AN AXIS FROM KTOP-KHUT-KPTT. COULD SEE SOME AREAS IN SOUTHERN KS ACTUALLY TURN BACK OVER TO RAIN FOR AWHILE THIS EVENING AS LATENT HEAT RELEASED BY RAIN COULD WARM UP TEMPS JUST ABOVE FREEZING. WILL KEEP A WINTER STORM WATCH GOING ALONG THE KS/OK BORDER IN SOUTHEAST KS FOR THIS CHANCE. PREFER TO GO WITH A WINTER STORM WARNING IN CENTRAL KS AS FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THAT SOME SLEET COULD MIX IN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT. TUE-WED: COLD AIR PUSHES BACK AGAINST THE WARM ADVECTION DURING THE DAY ON TUE...WITH FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS THE REGION. FORECAST SOUNDINGS AND EPV VALUES SUGGEST THAT FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND SNOW IN CENTRAL KS EARLY ON TUE...WITH A COUPLE OF INCHES OF LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. COULD SEE THE FREEZING RAIN CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN KS AND SOUTHEAST KS DURING THIS TIME FRAME. PRECIP WILL WIND DOWN DURING WED EVENING...WITH POSSIBLE WIDESPREAD IMPACTS FELT WELL INTO THE WEEK FROM THIS SYSTEM. KETCHAM EXTENDED: THU-SUN NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN WEST OF ALASKA IS PROGGED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE ROCKIES ON THURSDAY NIGHT...AND INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON FRIDAY BUT THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES ON HOW THIS SYSTEM IS HANDLED BY THE MODELS. ECM IS MUCH DEEPER THAN THE GFS SOLUTION WHICH WOULD RESULT IN ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION FOR KANSAS...HOWEVER LATEST ECM RUN IS A DRASTIC CHANGE FROM ITS PREVIOUS RUN. GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN DOES SHOW A TROUGH COMING THROUGH BUT WILL ENOUGH MOISTURE WORK ITS WAY BACK NORTHWARD IS THE MAIN QUESTION. WE WILL KEEP A DRY FORECAST GOING BUT IF NEXT SUITE OF MODEL RUNS COME IN WITH A DEEPER SLOWER SOLUTION...THEN POPS WILL NEED TO BE INSERTED FOR FRIDAY AND POSSIBLY FOR SATURDAY AS SUFFICIENT GULF MOISTURE IS PULLED NORTHWARD INTO THE SYSTEM. JAKUB && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 30 25 30 23 / 70 100 80 50 HUTCHINSON 29 24 29 20 / 50 100 100 30 NEWTON 29 25 30 22 / 50 100 100 40 ELDORADO 30 25 30 24 / 60 100 90 50 WINFIELD-KWLD 32 26 31 26 / 90 100 90 50 RUSSELL 29 22 25 14 / 20 100 90 30 GREAT BEND 29 23 26 16 / 30 100 90 30 SALINA 28 23 26 18 / 30 100 90 30 MCPHERSON 28 23 28 20 / 40 100 100 30 COFFEYVILLE 35 32 35 28 / 90 100 90 50 CHANUTE 31 30 32 26 / 70 100 90 50 IOLA 30 29 32 25 / 60 100 90 50 PARSONS-KPPF 33 31 34 27 / 80 100 90 50 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ICE STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT FOR KSZ072- 094>096-098>100. ICE STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT FOR KSZ049>053-067-068. ICE STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT FOR KSZ069>071-082-083-091>093. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT FOR KSZ032-033-047-048. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 6:05 PM CST, 10 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 605 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-102200- 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- 605 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PERIODS OF SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY FOR MUCH OF THE REGION. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD OCCUR WITH THIS SECOND ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN...SEE LATEST WINTER STORM WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER WEATHER REPORTS OF FREEZING AND FROZEN PRECIPITATION THROUGH TUESDAY WOULD BE APPRECIATED. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP SCHRECK/LAWSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 4:30 AM CST | Ice Storm Warning | ICT | Chase, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno, Rice and 1 more | 34 hr |
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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.