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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this winter storm watch at Feb 4, 2008, 3:31 AM CST for 15 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 4, 2008, 3:32 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2008, 3:31 AM CST (09:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 4, 2008, 3:32 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2008, 3:42 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Allen County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Feb 4, 3:18 AM CST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 3:18 AM CST, 13 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 9:40 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | Allen, Butler, Chase, Ellsworth, Greenwood, Harvey and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 4, 5:53 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 6 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:32 PM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell | 12 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.