Alert archive / Kansas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this winter storm warning at Dec 22, 2007, 9:40 AM CST for 9 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 9 hr. 46 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 22, 2007, 9:40 AM CST (15:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2007, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Marion County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 10:10 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Anthony, KS | SNOWFALL OF ONE-HALF INCH TO ONE INCH. |
| Dec 22, 10:14 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Mid Continent Airport, KS | NEW SNOWFALL AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HEAVY SNOW AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Dec 22, 10:17 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 1 N El Dorado, KS | JUST OVER 1 INCH OF SNOW. THUNDER HEARD WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. |
| Dec 22, 10:38 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Newton, KS | ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH OF SNOW. |
| Dec 22, 10:44 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Cottonwood Falls, KS | HEAVY BLOWING SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES. ROADS COMPLETELY SNOWPACKED. VISIBILITY EXTREMELY LOW AROUND 1/10 MILE. |
| Dec 22, 10:45 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Marion, KS | BLOWING SNOW, ROADS SNOW PACK. |
| Dec 22, 10:45 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Mid Continent Airport, KS | NEW SNOWFALL OF 1.5 INCHES TODAY. ONE-HALF INCH IN PAST HOUR. HEAVY SNOW AT TIME OF OBSERVATION WITH DRIFTS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES. |
| Dec 22, 10:46 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Cambridge, KS | ICE ACCUMULATION CAUSED DOWNED POWER LINE. |
| Dec 22, 10:46 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 4 Ne Valley Center, KS | LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE VISIBLITY. |
| Dec 22, 10:52 AM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Cottonwood Falls, KS | HEAVY SNOW AT TIME OF OBSERVATION WITH THUNDER HEARD IN THE PAST HOUR. |
| Dec 22, 10:53 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Florence, KS | HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO NEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 50, BETWEEN PEABODY AND FLORENCE. |
| Dec 22, 11:03 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Bluff City, KS | HEAVY SNOW AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Dec 22, 11:25 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Harper, KS | BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITY REDUCED TO 1/4 OF A MILE. |
| Dec 22, 11:28 AM CST | SNOW 0 | 4 E Sedgwick, KS | TROOPER ON INTERSTATE 135 NEAR MILE MARKER 24 REPORTED NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ACCUMULATIONS NEAR 2 INCHES. |
| Dec 22, 11:29 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Marion, KS | ONE INCH OF NEW SNOW TODAY. VISIBILITY DOWN TO LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE WITH BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 22, 11:41 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Arkansas City, KS | MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. |
| Dec 22, 11:52 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 2 N West Wichita, KS | NEW SNOWFALL TODAY. DRIFTS WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS. |
| Dec 22, 11:53 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Mid Continent Airport, KS | HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW DEPTH 3 INCHES. DRIFTS TO AROUND 9 INCHES. |
| Dec 22, 12:12 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Newton, KS | SNOW, SLEET AND ICE FALLING NEAR NEWTON. EXTREMELY LOW VISIBILITIES WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES. |
| Dec 22, 12:38 PM CST | SNOW 3.7 | 3 Nnw West Wichita, KS | BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Dec 22, 12:50 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Mid Continent Airport, KS | SNOW DEPTH 4 INCHES. SNOW DRIFTS TO AROUND 10 INCHES. |
| Dec 22, 1:28 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Colwich, KS | BLOWING SNOW WITH EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITY OF 100 TO 200 FEET. |
| Dec 22, 1:50 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Mid Continent Airport, KS | NEW SNOWFALL IS 4.0 INCHES. SNOW DEPTH WAS 4 INCHES. DRIFTS WERE NOW 2 TO 3 FEET DEEP. |
| Dec 22, 1:53 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 1 N El Dorado, KS | |
| Dec 22, 2:33 PM CST | SNOW 6.5 | 3 Nnw West Wichita, KS | |
| Dec 22, 2:38 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Mid Continent Airport, KS | NEW SNOWFALL 6.0 INCHES. SNOW DEPTH 6 INCHES. HEAVY SNOW WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. SNOW DRIFTS OVER 3 FEET DEEP. |
| Dec 22, 2:57 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Wellington, KS | DRIFTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 FEET. |
| Dec 22, 3:04 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Peabody, KS | BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITY AT TIME NEAR ZERO. |
| Dec 22, 3:08 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Cottonwood Falls, KS | BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO. |
| Dec 22, 3:11 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Cottonwood Falls, KS | |
| Dec 22, 3:14 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 1 N El Dorado, KS | DRIFTS OVER 2 FEET DEEP. |
| Dec 22, 3:24 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Winfield, KS | |
| Dec 22, 3:25 PM CST | SNOW 9 | Sedgwick, KS | SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 4 FEET. |
| Dec 22, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Anthony, KS | WITH HIGHER DRIFTS. |
| Dec 22, 3:33 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Newton, KS | BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH TWO FOOT SNOW DRIFTS. |
| Dec 22, 4:11 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Eureka, KS | BLOWING SNOW WITH ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE VISIBILITY. |
| Dec 22, 4:11 PM CST | SNOW 5 | El Dorado, KS | FOUR TO SIX INCH ACCUMULATION. BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES WITH POOR VISIBILITY. |
| Dec 22, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Anthony, KS | SNOW HAS ENDED. |
| Dec 22, 5:13 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Cottonwood Falls, KS | SNOWFALL WAS ENDING. |
| Dec 22, 5:28 PM CST | SNOW 6.6 | Mid Continent Airport, KS | SNOWFALL HAS ENDED. |
| Dec 22, 5:35 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Arkansas City, KS | |
| Dec 22, 5:46 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Winfield, KS | |
| Dec 22, 5:50 PM CST | SNOW 6 | El Dorado, KS | |
| Dec 22, 5:59 PM CST | SNOW 8 | 10 N El Dorado, KS | |
| Dec 22, 6:35 PM CST | SNOW 8 | 2 N West Wichita, KS | |
| Dec 22, 6:40 PM CST | SNOW 7 | 3 Wsw Park City, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 95 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 435 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 221540 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 940 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 KSZ052-053-068>070-083-092-093-222345- /O.UPG.KICT.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WS.W.0005.071222T1540Z-071223T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-SEDGWICK-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...WICHITA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 940 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE AREA TODAY. SOME OF THE SNOW MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY EVENING. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ032-033-047>050-222345- /O.CON.KICT.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS 940 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING TO FLURRIES AND ENDING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KSZ051-067-082-091-094-098-222345- /O.CON.KICT.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ MCPHERSON-RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN... ANTHONY...HARPER...HOWARD...SEDAN 940 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING TO FLURRIES AND ENDING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-222345- /O.CON.KICT.SB.Y.0002.071222T1800Z-071223T0300Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 940 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW AND WIND TO THE AREA TODAY. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DWINDLE TO FLURRIES AND END THIS EVENING. NEW SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MID-EVENING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KED
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KICT 221657 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1057 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 KSZ052-053-068>070-083-092-093-230000- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-SEDGWICK-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...WICHITA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 1057 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE AREA TODAY WITH NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. SOME OF THE SNOW MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY EVENING. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. IN ADDITION...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL FALL ALONG THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG A LINE FROM WINFIELD EXTENDING NORTHEAST THROUGH LATHAM...EUREKA AND MADISON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ032-033-047>050-230000- /O.CON.KICT.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS 1057 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING TO FLURRIES AND ENDING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KSZ051-067-082-091-094-098-230000- /O.CON.KICT.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ MCPHERSON-RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN... ANTHONY...HARPER...HOWARD...SEDAN 1057 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING TO FLURRIES AND ENDING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-230100- /O.CON.KICT.SB.Y.0002.071222T1800Z-071223T0300Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 1057 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW AND WIND TO THE AREA TODAY. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DWINDLE TO FLURRIES AND END THIS EVENING. NEW SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MID-EVENING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ COOK
000 WWUS43 KICT 221710 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1110 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 KSZ091-230000- /O.UPG.KICT.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANTHONY...HARPER 1110 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE AREA TODAY WITH NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. SOME OF THE SNOW MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY EVENING. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. IN ADDITION...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL FALL ALONG THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG A LINE FROM WINFIELD EXTENDING NORTHEAST THROUGH LATHAM...EUREKA AND MADISON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ052-053-068>070-083-092-093-230000- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-SEDGWICK-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...WICHITA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 1110 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE AREA TODAY WITH NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. SOME OF THE SNOW MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY EVENING. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. IN ADDITION...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL FALL ALONG THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG A LINE FROM WINFIELD EXTENDING NORTHEAST THROUGH LATHAM...EUREKA AND MADISON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-230115- /O.EXT.KICT.SB.Y.0002.071222T1710Z-071223T0300Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 1110 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW AND WIND TO THE AREA TODAY. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DWINDLE TO FLURRIES AND END THIS EVENING. NEW SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MID-EVENING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KSZ032-033-047>050-230000- /O.CON.KICT.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS 1110 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING TO FLURRIES AND ENDING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KSZ051-067-082-094-098-230000- /O.CON.KICT.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ MCPHERSON-RENO-KINGMAN-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN... HOWARD...SEDAN 1110 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING TO FLURRIES AND ENDING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ COOK
000 WWUS43 KICT 221905 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 105 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 KSZ052-053-068>070-083-091>093-230000- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 105 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW AND STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE. SOME OF THE SNOW MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...WITH SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSIBLE. IN ADDITION...A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL FALL ALONG THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA...INCLUDING COWLEY AND GREENWOOD COUNTIES...BEFORE CHANGING TO PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM...TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED $$ KSZ032-033-047>050-230000- /O.CON.KICT.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS 105 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER TO FLURRIES AND END BY LATE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...WHICH WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE MILE AT TIMES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED UNLESS EXTREMELY NECESSARY. $$ KSZ051-067-082-094-098-230000- /O.CON.KICT.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ MCPHERSON-RENO-KINGMAN-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN... HOWARD...SEDAN 105 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW ACROSS ELK AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW CONTINUING ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA. THIS SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES AND END EARLY THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...WHICH WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE MILE AT TIMES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-230300- /O.CON.KICT.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071223T0300Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 105 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DWINDLE TO FLURRIES AND END LATER THIS EVENING. NEW SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MID-EVENING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KED/COOK
000 WWUS43 KICT 222207 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 407 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 KSZ052-053-068>070-083-091>093-230000- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 407 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL GRADUALLY PULL AWAY FROM THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW AND STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE- QUARTER MILE BEFORE MOVING OUT. SOME OF THE SNOW MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY EVENING... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...WITH SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM...TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED $$ KSZ032-033-047>050-230000- /O.CON.KICT.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS 407 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER TO FLURRIES AND END BY LATE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...WHICH WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE MILE AT TIMES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED UNLESS EXTREMELY NECESSARY. $$ KSZ051-067-082-094-098-230000- /O.CON.KICT.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ MCPHERSON-RENO-KINGMAN-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN... HOWARD...SEDAN 407 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW ACROSS ELK AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW CONTINUING ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA. THIS SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES AND END EARLY THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...WHICH WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE MILE AT TIMES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-230300- /O.CON.KICT.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071223T0300Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 407 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DWINDLE TO FLURRIES AND END LATER THIS EVENING. NEW SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MID-EVENING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ COOK
000 WWUS43 KICT 222357 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 557 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 KSZ052-068-083-091-092-230100- /O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ MARION-HARVEY-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...NEWTON...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON 557 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW HAD ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. THE WIND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AS THE EVENING WEARS ON WITH CLEARING SKIES EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. $$ KSZ032-033-047>051-067-082-230100- /O.CAN.KICT.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071223T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- KINGMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN 557 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW HAD ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. THE WIND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AS THE EVENING WEARS ON WITH CLEARING SKIES EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. $$ KSZ053-069-070-093-230100- /O.EXT.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0100Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 557 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL GRADUALLY PULL AWAY FROM THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW AND STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE- QUARTER MILE BEFORE MOVING OUT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY EVENING... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...WITH SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM...TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED $$ KSZ094-098-230100- /O.EXT.KICT.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071223T0100Z/ ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOWARD...SEDAN 557 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW ACROSS ELK AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW CONTINUING ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA. THIS SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES AND END EARLY THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...WHICH WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE MILE AT TIMES. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-230300- /O.CON.KICT.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071223T0300Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 557 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DWINDLE TO FLURRIES AND END LATER THIS EVENING. NEW SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MID-EVENING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ COX
000 WWUS43 KICT 230100 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 700 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 KSZ053-069-070-093-230200- /O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-071223T0100Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 700 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE SNOW HAD ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. THE NORTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AS THE EVENING WEARS ON. $$ KSZ094-098-230200- /O.CAN.KICT.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071223T0100Z/ ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOWARD...SEDAN 700 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH DURING THE NEXT HOUR. LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED. $$ KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-230300- /O.EXT.KICT.SB.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071223T0300Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 700 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DWINDLE TO FLURRIES AND END LATER THIS EVENING. NEW SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MID- EVENING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ COX
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 22, 5:34 AM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 5:34 AM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 534 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 .UPDATE... && .AVIATION...12Z TAFS RSL/SLN/HUT/ICT/CNU STORM SYSTEM LIFTING OUT ACROSS THE KANSAS REGION TODAY...WILL BRING LIGHT-MODERATE SNOW TO ALL SITES ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN IN CENTRAL KS EARLY THIS AM...THEN S-CNTRL/SERN KS MID MORNING THRU MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE PRECIPITATION AT ONSET COULD BE RAIN/SLEET MIX AT CNU. GUSTY NW WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS RUNWAYS. CLEARING WILL ARRIVE IN CENTRAL KS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...AND IN SERN KS MID-LATE EVE. JMC && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 249 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007/ DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY AND TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. TODAY-TONIGHT: UPPER WAVE IS MOVING ACROSS NEW MEXICO THIS MORNING...HEADING TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. SURFACE COLD FRONT IS INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND IS ON TRACK TO BE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 12Z. WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN A COUPLE MID-LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS BANDS SET UP OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT...AND THESE WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EASTWARD WITH THE 700MB FRONT THROUGH THE DAY. BOTH THE GFS AND NAM/WRF ARE SHOWING A FRONTOGENESIS BAND SOMEWHERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING AND INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. WHEREVER THIS BAND SETS UP WILL BE WHERE THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE. SOUTHEAST KANSAS STILL LOOKS TO START OUT AS RAIN...BUT THERE ARE SOME DECENT LAPSE RATES ONCE THE SNOW GETS GOING SO THAT AREA COULD STILL END UP WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. STILL GENERALLY EXPECTING 3 TO 5 INCHES WEST OF THE TURNPIKE. ADDITIONALLY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING VISIBILITIES DOWN AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL TRAVEL PROBLEMS. WITH THESE THINGS IN MIND...WE WILL CONTINUE THE ADVISORIES AS THEY ARE CURRENTLY. BEHIND THE PRECIPITATION...SKIES WILL CLEAR OUT QUICKLY AND TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS TONIGHT. SUNDAY-WEDNESDAY: THERE IS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT WILL COME THROUGH ON MONDAY...BUT THE FORCING IS NOT VERY IMPRESSIVE AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE PRETTY DRY. SO AT THIS POINT THE NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO BE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AT OR BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEK. SCHRECK && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 31 15 36 21 / 100 20 0 10 HUTCHINSON 30 8 35 18 / 100 10 0 10 NEWTON 30 13 35 21 / 100 20 0 10 ELDORADO 32 15 36 20 / 100 30 0 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 33 16 38 21 / 100 30 0 10 RUSSELL 28 12 36 18 / 100 10 0 10 GREAT BEND 29 8 34 18 / 100 10 0 10 SALINA 30 13 34 18 / 100 10 0 10 MCPHERSON 30 13 35 19 / 100 10 0 10 COFFEYVILLE 40 17 38 24 / 100 60 0 0 CHANUTE 38 15 37 20 / 100 60 0 0 IOLA 37 15 36 21 / 100 60 0 0 PARSONS-KPPF 40 17 38 20 / 100 60 0 0 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR KSZ052-053-068>070-083-092>094-098. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR KSZ032-033-047>051-067-082-091. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 5:23 AM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 523 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-231130- 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- 523 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY. REFER TO THE LATEST SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF MORE CHANCES FOR SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA NEXT WEEK...AS PERIODIC WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...AND THEN AGAIN BY THURSDAY NIGHT. THE EXACT TRACK OF THESE SYSTEMS AND POTENTIAL SNOW AMOUNTS ARE STILL UNCERTAIN...HOWEVER THEY COULD IMPACT TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT SOME TIME NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP SCHRECK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 22, 7:02 AM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
702 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0702 AM SNOW GREAT BEND 38.36N 98.81W
12/22/2007 E1.0 INCH BARTON KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
BARTON COUNTY DISPATCH ESTIMATED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO 1 INCH.
&&
JMCSpecial weather statement, Dec 22, 8:46 AM CST, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 846 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 KSZ069-083-092-093-221530- BUTLER-COWLEY-SEDGWICK-SUMNER- 846 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BUTLER...COWLEY...SEDGWICK AND SUMNER COUNTIES... AT 843 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BANDS OF MODERATE SNOW AND SLEET WITH THUNDER AND LIGHTNING...ACROSS SUMNER...NORTHWEST COWLEY AND BUTLER COUNTIES. THIS BAND MAY DEVELOP NORTH INTO SEDGWICK COUNTY AND GREATER WICHITA LATER THIS MORNING. LOCALIZED SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 10 AM...ACROSS SUMNER...BUTLER AND NORTHWEST COWLEY COUNTIES. DARMOFAL
Local storm report, Dec 22, 9:21 AM CST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
921 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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0905 AM SNOW MILAN 37.26N 97.67W
12/22/2007 U0.0 INCH SUMNER KS PUBLIC
REPORTED THUNDERSNOW AND LESS THAN 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY.
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Winter Storm Warnings in Kansas, 2007Every winter 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.