Alert archive / Kansas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this winter storm warning at Dec 10, 2007, 4:06 AM CST for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 10, 2007, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr. 30 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, 4:06 AM CST (10:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2007, 12:11 PM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 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, 6:58 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | Concordia, KS | NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS AND SLICK ROADS. |
| Dec 10, 7:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Glasco, KS | ROADS VERY SLICK WITH ACCIDENTS OCCURING. |
| Dec 10, 7:53 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Glasco, KS | HALF INCH OF SLUSH GENERALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 24 FROM GLASCO TO THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 81. |
| Dec 10, 8:08 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Washington, KS | STREETS IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON VERY ICY...COUNTY HIGHWAYS GETTING THERE. ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 10, 8:20 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Minneapolis, KS | NEARLY 0.2 INCHES OF ICE ON SURFACES...POWER LINES HAVE COLLECTED ICE |
| Dec 10, 8:46 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Culver, KS | STILL RECEIVING STEADY FREEZING RAIN. BRIEF LOSS OF POWER BUT BACK ON CURRENTLY. |
| Dec 10, 8:58 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 6 Sse Haddam, KS | STARTING TO COLLECT ON TREES AND POWER LINES. TREES BEGINNING TO BOW DOWN. ROADS VERY SLICK. |
| Dec 10, 9:01 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | Marysville, KS | .13 INCH AND STILL ACCUMULATING. |
| Dec 10, 9:03 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 4 W Norway, KS | |
| Dec 10, 9:53 PM CST | ICE STORM | 6 Sse Haddam, KS | CAN HEAR TREE LIMBS BREAKING DUE TO WEIGHT OF ICE. |
| Dec 10, 10:02 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Blue Rapids, KS | ROADS ICY/SLUSHY THROUGH OUT THE COUNTY. POWER OUTAGE IN BLUE RAPIDS. |
| Dec 10, 10:25 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | 5 E Longford, KS | STEADY FREEZING RAIN CURRENTLY. TREES STARTING TO DROOP. COLLECTING ON POWER LINES AS WELL. |
| Dec 10, 11:55 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Concordia, KS | OBSERVER REPORTED 0.6 OF RAINFALL. STILL HAD ABOUT 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW/SLEET ON GROUND. ESTIMATED 1/8 TO 1/4 INCH GLAZE. |
| Dec 11, 6:40 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Republic, KS | 1/4-1/2 INCHES OF ICE ON POWER LINES. POWER OUTAGES. |
| Dec 11, 6:40 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Washington, KS | 1/2 AN INCH OF ICE ON TREES IN WASHINGTON. TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Dec 11, 6:42 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Clay Center, KS | 1 INCH OF GLAZE IN CLAY CENTER. TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Dec 11, 6:42 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Concordia, KS | 1/4 INCH ICE. POWER OUTAGES AND TREES DOWN. |
| Dec 11, 6:49 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Minneapolis, KS | 3/4 INCH GLAZE IN MINNEAPOLIS. TREES AND POWER LIMBS DOWN. |
| Dec 11, 6:58 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Marysville, KS | 1/4 INCH ICE. POWER OUT AND TREE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Dec 11, 7:40 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Hanover, KS | 1/4-3/8 INCH OF ICE. POWER WAS OUT IN HANOVER OVER NIGHT, BUT HAS COME BACK ON. |
| Dec 11, 7:53 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Beattie, KS | 3/8-1/2 INCH ICE. 6-8 INCH LIMBS DOWN. |
| Dec 11, 8:10 AM CST | SLEET 0.75 | Marysville, KS | 1/2 INCH OF ICE ON POWER LINES. |
| Dec 11, 8:20 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 2 Ne Ada, KS | 3/4 INCH OF ICE. LARGE LIMBS DOWN. SLEET BEGINNING TO MIX IN. |
| Dec 11, 8:27 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Miltonvale, KS | NUMEROUS BRANCHES DOWN...1.84 LIQUID |
| Dec 11, 8:59 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 4 W Norway, KS | JUST UNDER 1/2 INCH OF ICE. SLEET BEGINNING TO MIX IN. |
| Dec 11, 10:36 AM CST | ICE STORM | Clay Center, KS | MAJOR TREE DAMAGE ACROSS CLAY COUNTY. |
| Dec 11, 10:36 AM CST | ICE STORM | Concordia, KS | MAJOR TREE DAMAGE ACROSS CLOUD COUNTY. |
| Dec 11, 11:13 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Belleville, KS | ESTIMATED 3/4 INCH OF ICE. LIGHT SNOW AT TIME OF CALL. EMERGENCY MANAGER MENTIONED SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES AROUND THE COUNTY. |
| Dec 11, 11:32 AM CST | ICE STORM | Marysville, KS | ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH OF ICE ACROSS MARSHALL COUNTY...WITH WIDESPREAD LOSS OF POWER AND TREE DAMAGE. AN OVERNIGHT SHELTER HAS BEEN SET UP IN MARYSVILLE...AND WARMING SHELTERS HAVE BEEN SET UP IN BLUE RAPIDS AND FRANKFORT. |
| Dec 11, 12:15 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Clay Center, KS | ESTIMATED 3/4 TO 1 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS COUNTY. APPROXIMATELY 2/3 OF CLAY CENTER WITHOUT POWER. WIDESPREAD OUTAGES ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 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 KTOP 101006 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 406 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM IMMINENT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM NORTHWEST MEXICO TONIGHT. A STUBBORN COLD AIRMASS NEAR THE GROUND WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AS WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION DEVELOPS AHEAD OF THE STORM SYSTEM. A HEAVY WINTRY PRECIPITATION EVENT WILL RESULT...WITH FREEZING RAIN OVERSPREADING THE REGION BY MID EVENING...TRANSITIONING TO SNOW AND SLEET FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. KSZ037-101800- /O.UPG.KTOP.WS.A.0007.071210T1800Z-071212T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.IS.W.0003.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ MORRIS- 406 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 TOPEKA HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING. SOME SLEET IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AROUND AN INCH OF ICE WILL ACCUMULATE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ICE AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS STORM. CHECK THAT FOOD...MEDICINE...AND FUEL LEVELS ARE ADEQUATE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN INDOORS DURING THE EVENT...BUT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO TAKE AN WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. THIS WOULD INCLUDE A MOBILE PHONE...BLANKETS...HIGH ENERGY FOOD...AND SAND OR CAT LITTER. REMEMBER...AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ KSZ054>056-058-059-101800- /O.UPG.KTOP.WS.A.0007.071210T1800Z-071212T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.IS.W.0003.071210T1800Z-071212T0600Z/ LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 406 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING. SOME SLEET MAY MIX IN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY EVENING. AROUND AN INCH OF ICE WILL ACCUMULATE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ICE AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS STORM. CHECK THAT FOOD...MEDICINE...AND FUEL LEVELS ARE ADEQUATE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN INDOORS DURING THE EVENT...BUT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO TAKE AN WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. THIS WOULD INCLUDE A MOBILE PHONE...BLANKETS...HIGH ENERGY FOOD...AND SAND OR CAT LITTER. REMEMBER...AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ KSZ024-026-038>040-101800- /O.UPG.KTOP.WS.A.0007.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.IS.W.0003.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ JACKSON-JEFFERSON-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE 406 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 TOPEKA HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING. SOME SLEET IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AROUND AN INCH OF ICE WILL ACCUMULATE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ICE AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS STORM. CHECK THAT FOOD...MEDICINE...AND FUEL LEVELS ARE ADEQUATE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN INDOORS DURING THE EVENT...BUT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO TAKE AN WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. THIS WOULD INCLUDE A MOBILE PHONE...BLANKETS...HIGH ENERGY FOOD...AND SAND OR CAT LITTER. REMEMBER...AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ KSZ011-012-022-023-035-036-101800- /O.UPG.KTOP.WS.A.0007.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.IS.W.0003.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN...ABILENE... JUNCTION CITY 406 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SOME SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY. AROUND AN INCH OF ICE WILL ACCUMULATE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND 2 INCHES. ICE AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS STORM. CHECK THAT FOOD...MEDICINE...AND FUEL LEVELS ARE ADEQUATE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN INDOORS DURING THE EVENT...BUT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO TAKE AN WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. THIS WOULD INCLUDE A MOBILE PHONE...BLANKETS...HIGH ENERGY FOOD...AND SAND OR CAT LITTER. REMEMBER...AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ KSZ008>010-020-021-034-101800- /O.UPG.KTOP.WS.A.0007.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.WS.W.0004.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER 406 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL ACCUMULATE...ALONG WITH AROUND 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. ICE AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS STORM. CHECK THAT FOOD...MEDICINE...AND FUEL LEVELS ARE ADEQUATE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN INDOORS DURING THE EVENT...BUT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO TAKE AN WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. THIS WOULD INCLUDE A MOBILE PHONE...BLANKETS...HIGH ENERGY FOOD...AND SAND OR CAT LITTER. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KTOP 101759 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1159 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM IMMINENT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM NORTHWEST MEXICO TONIGHT. A STUBBORN COLD AIRMASS NEAR THE GROUND WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AS WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION DEVELOPS AHEAD OF THE STORM SYSTEM. A HEAVY WINTRY PRECIPITATION EVENT WILL RESULT...WITH FREEZING RAIN OVERSPREADING THE REGION BY MID EVENING...TRANSITIONING TO SNOW AND SLEET FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. KSZ054>056-058-059-110600- /O.CON.KTOP.IS.W.0003.071210T1800Z-071212T0600Z/ LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 1159 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING. SOME SLEET MAY MIX IN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY EVENING. AROUND AN INCH OF ICE WILL ACCUMULATE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ICE AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS STORM. CHECK THAT FOOD...MEDICINE...AND FUEL LEVELS ARE ADEQUATE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN INDOORS DURING THE EVENT... BUT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO TAKE AN WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. THIS WOULD INCLUDE A MOBILE PHONE...BLANKETS...HIGH ENERGY FOOD...AND SAND OR CAT LITTER. REMEMBER...AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ KSZ024-026-037>040-110600- /O.CON.KTOP.IS.W.0003.071211T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ JACKSON-JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE 1159 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. SOME SLEET IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AROUND AN INCH OF ICE WILL ACCUMULATE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. ICE AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS STORM. CHECK THAT FOOD...MEDICINE...AND FUEL LEVELS ARE ADEQUATE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN INDOORS DURING THE EVENT... BUT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO TAKE AN WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. THIS WOULD INCLUDE A MOBILE PHONE...BLANKETS...HIGH ENERGY FOOD...AND SAND OR CAT LITTER. REMEMBER...AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ KSZ011-012-022-023-035-036-110600- /O.CON.KTOP.IS.W.0003.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN...ABILENE... JUNCTION CITY 1159 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SOME SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY. AROUND AN INCH OF ICE WILL ACCUMULATE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND 2 INCHES. ICE AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS STORM. CHECK THAT FOOD...MEDICINE...AND FUEL LEVELS ARE ADEQUATE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN INDOORS DURING THE EVENT... BUT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO TAKE AN WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. THIS WOULD INCLUDE A MOBILE PHONE...BLANKETS...HIGH ENERGY FOOD...AND SAND OR CAT LITTER. REMEMBER...AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ KSZ008>010-020-021-034-110600- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0004.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER 1159 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL ACCUMULATE...ALONG WITH AROUND 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. ICE AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS STORM. CHECK THAT FOOD...MEDICINE...AND FUEL LEVELS ARE ADEQUATE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN INDOORS DURING THE EVENT... BUT IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE SURE TO TAKE AN WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. THIS WOULD INCLUDE A MOBILE PHONE...BLANKETS...HIGH ENERGY FOOD...AND SAND OR CAT LITTER. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$
000 WWUS43 KTOP 110131 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 731 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO DRAW ABUNDANT MOISTURE NORTHEAST OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. A COLD AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE...BRINGING HEAVY WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO THE STATE. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...THEN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW AND SLEET FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. KSZ054>056-058-059-110800- /O.CON.KTOP.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 731 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING. SOME SLEET MAY MIX IN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN ON TUESDAY EVENING. AROUND AN INCH OF ICE WILL ACCUMULATE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. ICE AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK. IF YOU PLAN TO USE A PORTABLE POWER GENERATOR IN YOUR HOME...BE CAREFUL TO OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE OPERATED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$ KSZ024-026-037>040-110800- /O.CON.KTOP.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ JACKSON-JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE 731 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...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING. SOME SLEET IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AROUND AN INCH OF ICE WILL ACCUMULATE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. ICE AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS TREE DAMAGE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK. IF YOU PLAN TO USE A PORTABLE POWER GENERATOR IN YOUR HOME...BE CAREFUL TO OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE OPERATED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$ KSZ011-012-022-023-035-036-110800- /O.CON.KTOP.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN...ABILENE... JUNCTION CITY 731 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SOME SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY. AROUND AN INCH OF ICE WILL ACCUMULATE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND 2 INCHES. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. ICE AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK. IF YOU PLAN TO USE A PORTABLE POWER GENERATOR IN YOUR HOME...BE CAREFUL TO OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE OPERATED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$ KSZ008>010-020-021-034-110800- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER 731 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH LATE TUESDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL ACCUMULATE...ALONG WITH AROUND 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. ICE AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK. IF YOU PLAN TO USE A PORTABLE POWER GENERATOR IN YOUR HOME...BE CAREFUL TO OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE OPERATED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$
000 WWUS43 KTOP 110459 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1059 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTERY MIX CONTINUES THROUGH TUESDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO DRAW ABUNDANT MOISTURE NORTHEAST OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. A COLD AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE...BRINGING A MIX OF HEAVY WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO THE STATE THROUGH TUESDAY. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...THEN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW AND SLEET FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. KSZ054>056-058-059-111200- /O.CON.KTOP.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 1059 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDER...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT. AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE STATE ON TUESDAY MORNING...THE MIX IS EXPECTED TO BECOME FREEZING RAIN IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...AND WILL MIX WITH SLEET TUESDAY EVENING. A QUARTER TO ONE HALF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU PLAN TO USE A PORTABLE POWER GENERATOR IN YOUR HOME...BE CAREFUL TO OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE OPERATED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$ KSZ024-026-037>040-111200- /O.CON.KTOP.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ JACKSON-JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE 1059 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. A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDER...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT. AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE STATE ON TUESDAY MORNING...THE MIX IS EXPECTED TO BECOME FREEZING RAIN IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...AND WILL MIX WITH SLEET TUESDAY EVENING. A QUARTER TO ONE HALF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU PLAN TO USE A PORTABLE POWER GENERATOR IN YOUR HOME...BE CAREFUL TO OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE OPERATED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$ KSZ011-012-022-023-035-036-111200- /O.CON.KTOP.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN...ABILENE... JUNCTION CITY 1059 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SOME SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY. ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ON TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE TWO INCHES OR LESS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. ICE AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU PLAN TO USE A PORTABLE POWER GENERATOR IN YOUR HOME...BE CAREFUL TO OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE OPERATED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$ KSZ008>010-020-021-034-111200- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER 1059 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH LATE TUESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE 2 INCHES OR LESS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. ICE AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU PLAN TO USE A PORTABLE POWER GENERATOR IN YOUR HOME...BE CAREFUL TO OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE OPERATED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$
000 WWUS43 KTOP 110949 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 349 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO DRAW ABUNDANT MOISTURE NORTHEAST OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH TODAY. A COLD AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE...BRINGING A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. MAINLY FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING...WITH SOME SLEET AND SNOW MIXED IN NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER...WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW AND SLEET FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. KSZ054>056-058-059-111800- /O.CON.KTOP.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 349 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN...WITH SOME THUNDER THIS MORNING...CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY. AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA...THE FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO ONE HALF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU PLAN TO USE A PORTABLE POWER GENERATOR IN YOUR HOME...BE CAREFUL TO OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE OPERATED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$ KSZ024-026-037>040-111800- /O.CON.KTOP.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ JACKSON-JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE 349 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. FREEZING RAIN...WITH POSSIBLE THUNDER THIS MORNING...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED. AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED TODAY. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU PLAN TO USE A PORTABLE POWER GENERATOR IN YOUR HOME...BE CAREFUL TO OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE OPERATED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$ KSZ011-012-022-023-035-036-111800- /O.CON.KTOP.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN...ABILENE... JUNCTION CITY 349 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND POSSIBLY SOME THUNDER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS MORNING...BEFORE MIXING WITH SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE TODAY. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN TWO INCHES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. ICE AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU PLAN TO USE A PORTABLE POWER GENERATOR IN YOUR HOME...BE CAREFUL TO OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE OPERATED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$ KSZ008>010-020-021-034-111800- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER 349 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. ICE AMOUNTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU PLAN TO USE A PORTABLE POWER GENERATOR IN YOUR HOME...BE CAREFUL TO OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE OPERATED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$
000 WWUS43 KTOP 111811 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1211 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO DRAW ABUNDANT MOISTURE NORTHEAST OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH TODAY. A COLD AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE...BRINGING A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. MAINLY FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING...WITH SOME SLEET AND SNOW MIXED IN NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER...WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW AND SLEET FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. KSZ008>010-020-021-034-120600- /O.CAN.KTOP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.WW.Y.0009.071211T1811Z-071212T0600Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER 1211 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA...AND THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LIGHT PRECIPITATION FALLING AS A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED AS A RESULT. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR SNOW WILL COMPLICATE ONGOING PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE LIMBS THROUGHOUT NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO ANY POWER LINES OR TREE LIMBS COVERED IN ICE...EVEN AFTER PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. CONTINUE TO BE PREPARED FOR EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES AND EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AS POWER LINES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS MAY HAVE FALLEN OVER THE ROADS. $$ KSZ054>056-058-059-120600- /O.CON.KTOP.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 1211 PM 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. OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN...MOSTLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES...CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA...THE FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH SLEET THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO ONE HALF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO ANY POWER LINES OR TREE LIMBS COVERED IN ICE...EVEN AFTER PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING...LARGE TREE LIMBS OR POWER LINES MAY HAVE FALLEN ACROSS ROADWAYS. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ KSZ024-026-037>040-120600- /O.CON.KTOP.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0600Z/ JACKSON-JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE 1211 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...A MIXTURE OF SLEET... FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE. AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO ANY POWER LINES OR TREE LIMBS COVERED IN ICE...EVEN AFTER PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU PLAN TO USE A PORTABLE POWER GENERATOR IN YOUR HOME...BE CAREFUL TO OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE OPERATED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$ KSZ011-012-022-023-035-036-120000- /O.CON.KTOP.IS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN...ABILENE... JUNCTION CITY 1211 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AS COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON SOME LIGHT SLEET OR SNOW MAY MIX IN WITH THE FREEZING RAIN. AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH OF ICE MAY ACCUMULATE...MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES...THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED EXTENSIVE POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS GENERALLY ALONG AN ABILENE TO HIAWATHA LINE. ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE MORE DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO ANY POWER LINES OR TREE LIMBS COVERED IN ICE...EVEN AFTER PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. CONTINUE TO BE PREPARED FOR EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES AND EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AS POWER LINES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS MAY HAVE FALLEN OVER THE ROADS. IF YOU PLAN TO USE A PORTABLE POWER GENERATOR IN YOUR HOME...BE CAREFUL TO OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE OPERATED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. $$ CAVANAUGH
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 Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 9, 9:16 PM CST, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 9:16 PM CST, 6 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 916 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 .DISCUSSION... HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING WHETHER TO UPGRADE THE WATCH...OR LEAVE IT TO THE NEXT SHIFT. BIGGEST CONCERN IN FORECAST CONTINUES TO BE SFC TEMPS AS THE LATEST NAM STILL SHOWS THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPS TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING MONDAY NIGHT WITH MOISTURE AND WEAK WARM AIR ADVECTION AT THE SFC. THINK THE 00Z NAM MAY BE A LITTLE TO WARM STILL AS THERE WILL BE A GOOD HALF TO ONE INCH OF SLEET AND ICE ON THE GROUND ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE TO COUNTER ACT THE WAA. ADDITIONALLY INCREASING MID AND HIGH CLOUDS WILL LIMIT SOLAR INSOLATION FROM THE LOW SUN ANGLE. HAVE DECIDED TO MAINTAIN THE WATCH BECAUSE THE NEW NAM SHOWS A PRETTY GOOD DRY LAYER AROUND 800MB WHICH COULD DELAY THE ONSET OF PRECIP. WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME TIMING ADJUSTMENTS...WILL LET THE NEXT SHIFT EVALUATE THE FULL SUITE OF 00Z MODELS AND DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THE WATCH. && WOLTERS .PREV DISCUSSION /435 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007/... CHALLENGES OVERNIGHT INCLUDE CHANCES OF CLOUDS CLEARING OUT...AND RESULTING COLD LOW TEMPERATURES AND FOG POSSIBILITIES. STRATUS UNDERNEATH SURFACE RIDGE AXIS HANGING IN THERE THIS AFTERNOON. HOW LONG STRATUS STICKS AROUND TONIGHT WILL DETERMINE HOW LOW THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL GO...AND WHETHER DENSE FOG DEVELOPS TONIGHT. BOTH NAM AND GFS GREATLY DRY OUT BOUNDARY LAYER JUST OFF THE SURFACE OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I70...AS SURFACE RIDGE AXIS MOVES ACROSS EASTERN KS. HOWEVER...THICKER CIRRUS MAY BE COMING IN AHEAD OF NEXT SYSTEM LATE TONIGHT COMPLICATING MATTERS. HAVE GRADUALLY CLEARED SKIES ACROSS NC AND NE KS...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND WILL MENTION PATCHY FOG NORTHERN TWO TIERS OF COUNTIES. ON MONDAY...LEAD SHORTWAVE COMES OUT OF WESTERN U.S. TROUGH WITH WARM ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE WAVE PROVIDING FOR THE FORCING FOR VERTICAL MOTION OVER KS DURING THE AFTERNOON. 18Z NAM AGREES WITH PREVIOUS RUN IN BRINGING VERY LIGHT ZR INTO C KS DURING THE AFTERNOON...WHILE GFS GFS MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH PRECIP...STARTING IT IN EC KS DURING MORNING WITH HEAVIER AND MORE EXTENSIVE QPF FARTHER NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON...SOMEWHAT IN AGREEMENT WITH 12Z ECMWF. HAVE GONE WITH A COMPROMISE BETWEEN MODELS...NOT STARTING PRECIP UNTIL AFTERNOON...AND WITH LESS QPF THAN GFS DURING AFTERNOON. WITH TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAY EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES...THIS SHOULD START AS FREEZING RAIN. THUS...HAVE STARTED THE WINTER STORM WATCH EARLIER FOR TUESDAY FOR PARTS OF EC KS. GDP MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...TWO UPPER LEVEL SYNOPTIC FEATURES OF INTEREST LOOK TO BRING POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THE CWA DURING THIS PERIOD. THE UPPER LEVEL FEATURES ARE A STRONG TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN CONUS...WITH A DEFORMATION ZONE OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND A SECONDARY SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING INTO THE DEFORMATION ZONE FROM WESTERN CANADA AT FORECAST TIME. 12Z H850 ANALYSIS INDICATES GOOD PLUME OF MOISTURE WITH 11 TO 12 DEGC DEW POINT VALUES AT NORMAN AND SPRINGFIELD UPPER AIR STATIONS. OVERNIGHT MONDAY THE MODELS BRING SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW THROUGH THE BOUNDARY LAYER BRINGING WARMER AIR NORTH THROUGH EASTERN KS. MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN BRINGING STRONG UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE NORTHEAST OUT OF THE STRONG TROUGH AXIS OVER THE WESTERN CONUS AND TOWARDS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. MODELS INDICATE GOOD WARM/MOIST AIR ADVECTION THROUGH THE H850 LEVEL BRINGING STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT OVER EASTERN KS IS EXPECTED TO ALLOW PRECIPITATION TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN KS AND THEN MOVE NORTH AS STRONG LOW LEVEL ADVECTION SPREADS NORTH OVERNIGHT MONDAY. PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AS THE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE PUSHES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. MODELS INDICATE GOOD CONDITIONAL SYMMETRIC INSTABILITY TO ELEVATED CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY THROUGH EASTERN KS DURING THE PERIOD...SO THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION SEEMS WARRANTED GIVEN THE MODELS BRING PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ABOVE ONE INCH BY MONDAY NIGHT. IN GENERAL HAVE HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT NORTHEAST KS WILL RECEIVE PRECIPITATION DURING THE PERIOD...SO HAVE NEAR 100 POPS IN THE FORECAST MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING THROUGHOUT THE WINTER STORM WATCH AREA. THE PRIMARY REASON THE WATCH WAS NOT UPGRADED TO A WARNING THIS AFTERNOON WAS MODEL GUIDANCE IS PERSISTENTLY BRINGING LOW LEVEL WARM AIR INTO THE FORECAST AREA POSSIBLY ALLOWING PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS ALL RAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME CONFIDENCE IS LEANING TOWARDS SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAINING BELOW FREEZING. THINK IT WILL BE VERY HARD FOR SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY WITH CURRENT SNOW/SLEET COVER OVER MUCH OF EASTERN KS...AND THE LOW LEVEL TRAJECTORIES SEEM TO REMAIN OUT OF THE NORTH DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY...BRINGING STEADY COLD AIR INTO THE FORECAST AREA. THE LOW LEVEL COLD AIR ADVECTION SEEMS LIKELY AS THE NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH CURRENTLY PUSHING THROUGH THE DEFORMATION ZONE OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...WOULD LIKELY SEE A SURFACE TROUGH PUSH JUST NORTH OF KS...BRINGING COOL ARCTIC AIR BENEATH THIS AXIS OF PERSISTENT WARM AIR ADVECTION AND ISENTROPIC LIFT ALOFT. QPF AMOUNTS IN THE GFS/EUROPEAN LOOK VERY ROBUST WITH 00Z TUESDAY-18Z TUESDAY QPF AMOUNTS OF NEARLY 2 INCHES. IF THIS WERE TO FALL AS ALL FREEZING RAIN...THE IMPACT ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF EASTERN KS WOULD BE VERY DETRIMENTAL. AS LOW LEVEL TEMPERATURES BECOME BETTER RESOLVED PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO UPDATED WATCHES AND WARNINGS. IF THIS EVENT WINDS UP WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF LIQUID RAINFALL...THE IMPACT MAY BE LIMITED TO LOCALIZED FLOODING AS OPPOSED TO A VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE SHUTDOWN. WE WILL BE PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM...AND WILL SEND UPDATES AS SOON AS NEEDED. EXTENDED...PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO COME TO AN END WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A SHORTWAVE RIDGE MOVES OVER THE CWA. OTHERWISE REMAINED VERY CLOSE TO LAST FORECAST PACKAGE AND HPC GUIDANCE WITH FOCUS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER STORM. CAVANAUGH && .AVIATION... EXTENSIVE STRATUS WITH CIGS IN MVFR RANGE COVER EASTERN KS THIS AFTERNOON ON EAST SIDE OF SURFACE RIDGE AXIS. RIDGE FORECAST TO MOVE EAST TONIGHT WITH GRADUAL CLEARING AFTER MIDNIGHT NORTH OF I70. WHETHER CLEARING WILL MAKE IT AS FAR SOUTH AS TAF SITES TONIGHT IS PROBLEMATIC. HAVE OPTED TO ADD TEMPO GROUP FOR 4SM FOR 10 TO 14Z TONIGHT...BUT IF SKIES CLEAR OUT COMPLETELY...FOG WILL LIKELY BE MORE DENSE. AFTER THAT...PRECIP CHANCES SHOULD NOT MAKE IT UP TO MHK...FOE OR TOP UNTIL AFTER 18Z. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER STORM WATCH NOON MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 3:45 PM CST, 12 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 345 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-101145- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 345 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FEW PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE POSSIBLE FOR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH OR MORE ARE LIKELY ACROSS PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. THIS AMOUNT OF ICE CAN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES. ADDITIONALLY SNOW AND SLEET MAY ACCUMULATE IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ON TOP OF THE FREEZING RAIN. WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...AND FOR THE REST OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT THE TYPE OF WINTER PRECIPITATION FALLING AND ANY ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA.
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Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 4:06 AM CST | Ice Storm Warning | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin and 11 more | 35 hr |
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