Alert archive / Kansas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this winter storm warning at Mar 26, 2009, 3:47 PM CDT for 16 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 27, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 42 hr. 60 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
- Mar 26, 2009, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 27, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 8:10 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Matfield Green, KS | FREEZING DRIZZLE ON KANSAS TURNPIKE. |
| Mar 27, 8:26 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 2 E El Dorado, KS | FREEZING DRIZZLE MAKING ROADS SLICK. 2 ACCCIDENTS REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 254. |
| Mar 27, 8:50 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 1 W El Dorado, KS | FREEZING DRIZZLE AND POSSIBLE MULTIPLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON 254 JUST WEST OF EL DORADO |
| Mar 27, 8:53 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 4 E Matfield Green, KS | FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT MILE MARKER 108 ON THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN EL DORADO AND EMPORIA. |
| Mar 27, 8:59 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | El Dorado, KS | FREEZING DRIZZLE AND HIGHWAY 254 WEST OUT OF ELDORADO IS IMPASSIBLE DUE TO ICY ROAD CONDITIONS.THERE ARE MULTIPLE CAR WRECKS. |
| Mar 27, 9:34 AM CDT | SNOW 0.5 | Russell, KS | BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO AROUND A 1/2 MILE. |
| Mar 27, 9:38 AM CDT | SNOW 0 | Lincoln, KS | LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF BLOWING SNOW...1/2 TO 1/4 MILE VISIBILITIES. |
| Mar 27, 10:05 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | S Arkansas City, KS | FREEZING RAIN COLLECTING ON CAR WINDOWS. |
| Mar 27, 10:06 AM CDT | SNOW 0 | Ellsworth, KS | THERE IS AROUND AN INCH ON THE GROUND. ROADS ARE STARTING TO GET SLICK, WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO AROUND AROUND 1/8 OF A MILES IN RURAL AREAS |
| Mar 27, 10:06 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | Ellsworth, KS | THERE IS AROUND AN INCH ON THE GROUND. ROADS ARE STARTING TO GET SLICK, WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO AROUND AROUND 1/8 OF A MILES IN RURAL AREAS |
| Mar 27, 10:22 AM CDT | SNOW 0.5 | 1 Sse Ellsworth, KS | 1/2 INCH OF SNOW IN THE LAST HOUR. MODERATE SNOW FALLING. MELTING SNOW IS FREEZING TO ROAD SURFACES. VISIBILITY DOWN TO 1/8 MILE |
| Mar 27, 10:32 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 10 E Arkansas City, KS | ICE IS STARTING TO ACCUMULATE ON POWERLINES AND ELEVATED SURFACES. |
| Mar 27, 10:58 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0 | Arkansas City, KS | ALL TRESS AND POWER LINES ARE COVERED WITH 1/8 TO1/4 OF AN INCH OFICE. |
| Mar 27, 11:12 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 9 Nne Latham, KS | BRIDGE 1 MILE WEST OF BEAUMONT IS ICY AND VERY SLICK. |
| Mar 27, 11:12 AM CDT | SLEET 0 | Elk Falls, KS | SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. JUST A TRACE OF ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AT THIS TIME. |
| Mar 27, 11:21 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | Augusta, KS | 1/8TH INCH ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON HWY 400 NEAR AUGUSTA. ROADWAYS ARE VERY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. PRECIPITATION IS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. |
| Mar 27, 11:21 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 1 | Augusta, KS | 1/8TH INCH ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON HWY 400 NEAR AUGUSTA. ROADWAYS ARE VERY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. PRECIPITATION IS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW. |
| Mar 27, 11:58 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Rose Hill, KS | TREES AND POWERLINES ARE STARTING TO HAVE LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE. SLEET IS COVERING THE GROUND. |
| Mar 27, 12:13 PM CDT | SLEET 0.13 | Augusta, KS | 1/8TH INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION AT THE EOC. |
| Mar 27, 1:03 PM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Ssw Howard, KS | FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATING ON TREE BRANCHES. |
| Mar 27, 1:16 PM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Arkansas City, KS | SEVERAL SMALL LIMBS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER HAVE BROKEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY. |
| Mar 27, 1:28 PM CDT | SLEET 0 | Cottonwood Falls, KS | SLEET FALLING AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE GETTING SLICK ON HWY 50 WEST OUT OF COTTONWOOD FALLS AND SOUTH ON HWY 177 IS ALSO SLICK. |
| Mar 27, 1:30 PM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 5 Se Coyville, KS | FREEZING RAIN BEGAN 1 HOUR AGO. |
| Mar 27, 2:28 PM CDT | SLEET 0.5 | Winfield, KS | ROADS SLICK. A HALF INCH COVERING THE GROUND. |
| Mar 27, 2:38 PM CDT | SLEET 0.5 | 3 Ese Rose Hill, KS | SLEET ACCUMULATION TO 1/2 INCH. |
| Mar 27, 4:08 PM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Se Howard, KS | ICE ON THE TREES AND POWER LINES. ROADS SLUSHY. |
| Mar 27, 4:11 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Ellsworth, KS | 3 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Mar 27, 4:21 PM CDT | SLEET 2 | Arkansas City, KS | 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET ACROSS THE COUNTY REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. ALSO...1000 POWER OUTAGES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN IN ARKANSAS CITY FROM EARLIER FREEZING RAIN. |
| Mar 27, 4:58 PM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Cedar Vale, KS | TREES AND POWER LINES ARE ICED UP FROM EARLIER FREEZING RAIN. |
| Mar 27, 6:04 PM CDT | SLEET 1 | 2 Nw Benton, KS | THREE-QUARTER INCH TO 1 INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION. |
| Mar 27, 6:23 PM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 10 E Arkansas City, KS | MODERATE FREEZING RAIN FALLING. ELEVATED SURFACES ARE ICING UP RAPIDLY. SOME TREE LIMBS BREAKING DUE TO WEIGHT OF ICE AND WIND. |
| Mar 27, 6:35 PM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Arkansas City, KS | 1/4 INCH ICE ACCUMULATIONS. APPROXIMATELY 1,600 WITHOUT POWER. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE. |
| Mar 27, 6:45 PM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Arkansas City, KS | HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES. |
| Mar 27, 6:55 PM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Winfield, KS | |
| Mar 27, 9:18 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Ellsworth, KS | |
| Mar 27, 9:20 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | Salina, KS | 2 TO 3 INCHES ESTIMATED. |
| Mar 27, 9:26 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Russell, KS | 1 TO 2 INCHES ESTIMATED. |
| Mar 27, 9:30 PM CDT | SLEET 1 | Cottonwood Falls, KS | ONE-HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF ACCUMULATION ESTIMATED. |
| Mar 27, 9:30 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Lincoln, KS | ONE-HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ESTIMATED. |
| Mar 27, 9:42 PM CDT | SLEET 1.5 | El Dorado, KS | 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ESTIMATED. CURRENT PRECIPITATION TYPE IS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. |
| Mar 27, 9:45 PM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Eureka, KS | ICE IS ACCUMULATING ON ELEVATED SURFACES. |
| Mar 27, 10:17 PM CDT | ICE STORM | Arkansas City, KS | FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL. POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS ARE DOWN THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 2500 ARE WITHOUT POWER. ROADS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE. |
| Mar 27, 11:08 PM CDT | HEAVY SLEET 3 | Augusta, KS | 3 INCHES OF SLEET ACCUMULATION AT THE AUGUSTA EOC. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS BUTLER COUNTY. |
| Mar 28, 4:25 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0 | Cedar Vale, KS | OBSERVER REPORTED A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. |
| Mar 28, 5:01 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Salina, KS | SNOWFALL ESTIMATES RANGED FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES IN TOWN...TO 6 TO 10 INCHES IN SPOTS AROUND THE COUNTY. |
| Mar 28, 5:05 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Ellsworth, KS | |
| Mar 28, 5:30 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Winfield, KS | |
| Mar 28, 6:00 AM CDT | ICE STORM | Yates Center, KS | SEVERAL TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES DOWN IN YATES CENTER REPORTED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
| Mar 28, 6:30 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0 | Howard, KS | OBSERVER REPORTED HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. |
| Mar 28, 6:37 AM CDT | SNOW 0 | Arkansas City, KS | ABOUT 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW/SLEET ON THE GROUND. 0.5 INCHES OF ICE ON TREES AND POWERLINES. 1.4 LIQUID WATER EQUIVILIENT. HWYS 77 AND 160 ARE WET SLUSHY. 2200 STILL WITHOUT POWER. |
| Mar 28, 6:46 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Ellsworth, KS | SPOTTER REPORTED DRIFTS OF 2 TO 2.5 FEET. |
| Mar 28, 7:19 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | 7 N El Dorado, KS | BESIDES THE FREEZING RAIN...2 INCHES OF SLEET WAS ALSO REPORTED. |
| Mar 28, 7:32 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | Ellsworth, KS | SNOWING AT A RATE OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WITH LESS THAN 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY. 9 INCHS CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND AS OF 730AM. |
| Mar 28, 7:40 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 4 E Winfield, KS | 1/4 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATED ON TREES. |
| Mar 28, 7:40 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | 4 E Winfield, KS | 1/2 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATED ON TREES. |
| Mar 28, 7:43 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Lincoln, KS | VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE...WITH HEAVY SNOW. 6 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND WITH DRIFTS |
| Mar 28, 8:03 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Rosalia, KS | 1/2 INCH OF ICE ON TREE LIMBS...AND CAUSING THEM TO BREAK. |
| Mar 28, 8:50 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0 | Augusta, KS | 1 INCH OF ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES. |
| Mar 28, 8:53 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Howard, KS | ESTIMATED 1 INCH OF PRECIPIATION...WITH 1/2 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES. STARTING TO MELT AS RAIN FALLS. |
| Mar 28, 9:04 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | 5 Sw Howard, KS | 1/2 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES...CURRENTLY RAIN/SLEET MIX. |
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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1382 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 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 262047 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 347 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM LIKELY FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES TONIGHT...AND MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. COLDER AIR WILL POUR SOUTHWARD ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS TONIGHT AND SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS KANSAS ON FRIDAY.THIS WILL CAUSE THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FOR CENTRAL KANSAS LATE TONIGHT...WITH A RAIN SNOW TRANSITION LINE MIGRATING SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES FOR MUCH OF THE AREA... WITH AROUND ONE FOOT OR MORE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT TIMES. KSZ047-271030- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0002.090327T0600Z-090328T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.BZ.W.0001.090327T0600Z-090328T1800Z/ BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GREAT BEND 347 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF BARTON COUNTY BY FRIDAY NIGHT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ZERO...WHICH COULD RESULT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ050>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-271030- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0002.090327T1200Z-090329T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.BZ.W.0001.090327T1200Z-090328T1800Z/ RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... WELLINGTON 347 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW CONTINUING FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE SNOW MAY BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SNOWFALL RATES APPROACHING TWO INCHES PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY PERIODS OF THUNDER SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. THIS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ033-271030- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0002.090327T1200Z-090329T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WS.W.0002.090327T0600Z-090328T1800Z/ LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LINCOLN 347 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING WITH SNOW THEN CONTINUING FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 6 INCHES LIKELY BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ032-271030- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0002.090327T0600Z-090328T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WS.W.0002.090327T0600Z-090328T1800Z/ RUSSELL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RUSSELL 347 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT WITH SNOW THEN CONTINUING FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ048-049-271030- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0002.090327T1200Z-090329T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WS.W.0002.090327T1200Z-090328T1800Z/ ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA 347 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS BY FRIDAY NIGHT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ZERO...WHICH COULD RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ053-069>072-093>096-098>100-271030- /O.EXT.KICT.WS.A.0002.090328T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 347 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FOR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE FALL DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES OR HIGHER ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. THIS COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. && $$ JAKUB
13 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KICT 270919 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 419 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM LIKELY FOR TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY... KSZ053-069-070-093-094-098-272200- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0002.090328T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KICT.WS.W.0002.090328T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN 419 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. THIS COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ047-272200- /O.CON.KICT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GREAT BEND 419 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF BARTON COUNTY BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ZERO...WHICH COULD RESULT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ050>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-272200- /O.CON.KICT.BZ.W.0001.090327T1200Z-090328T1800Z/ RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... WELLINGTON 419 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING AND ESPECIALLY INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SNOW MAY BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH SNOWFALL RATES APPROACHING TWO INCHES PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY PERIODS OF THUNDER SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. THIS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. 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THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ048-049-272200- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0002.090327T1200Z-090328T1800Z/ ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA 419 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ZERO...WHICH COULD RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-272200- /O.CON.KICT.WS.A.0002.090328T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 419 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FOR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE FALL DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. THIS COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. && $$ LAWSON
000 WWUS43 KICT 271620 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1120 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM LIKELY FOR TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY... KSZ047-050>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-280030- /O.CON.KICT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ BARTON-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...LYONS...MCPHERSON... MARION...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON 1120 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH SNOWFALL RATES APPROACHING TWO INCHES PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY PERIODS OF THUNDER SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. THIS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. SOME HEAVY SLEET MAY ALSO MIX WITH THE SNOW AS IT TRANSITIONS TO SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ032-033-048-049-280030- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA 1120 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD CENTRAL KANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ZERO...WHICH COULD RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ053-069-070-093-094-098-280030- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0002.090328T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN 1120 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGEOVER TO HEAVY SNOWFALL BY EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. THIS COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. SOME ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE WINTER WEATHER COMPLETELY TRANSITIONS TO ALL SNOW. MOST OF THE ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ON ELEVATED SURFACES INCLUDING CARS...TREES AND POWER LINES WITH ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-280030- /O.CON.KICT.WS.A.0002.090328T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 1120 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FOR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE FALL DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. THIS COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. && $$ KETCHAM
000 WWUS43 KICT 271816 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 116 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM LIKELY FOR TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY... KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-280230- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0002.090328T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.WS.W.0002.090328T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 116 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND EVENTUALLY TO SNOW OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF OF THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL MAKE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BLOWING SNOW ON SATURDAY WILL LEAD REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR TONIGHT BEFORE THE TRANSITION TO SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ053-069-070-093-094-098-280230- /O.EXT.KICT.WS.W.0002.090327T1816Z-090329T0000Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN 116 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGEOVER TO HEAVY SNOWFALL BY EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. THIS COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. SOME ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE WINTER WEATHER COMPLETELY TRANSITIONS TO ALL SNOW. MOST OF THE ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ON ELEVATED SURFACES INCLUDING CARS...TREES AND POWER LINES WITH ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ032-033-048-049-280000- /O.EXT.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA 116 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD CENTRAL KANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ZERO...WHICH COULD RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ047-050>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-280230- /O.CON.KICT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ BARTON-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...LYONS...MCPHERSON... MARION...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON 116 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH SNOWFALL RATES APPROACHING TWO INCHES PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY PERIODS OF THUNDER SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW... AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. THIS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. SOME HEAVY SLEET MAY ALSO MIX WITH THE SNOW AS IT TRANSITIONS TO SNOW THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KETCHAM
000 WWUS43 KICT 271845 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 145 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM LIKELY FOR TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY... KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-280245- /O.EXT.KICT.WS.W.0002.090327T1845Z-090329T0000Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 145 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND EVENTUALLY TO SNOW OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF OF THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL MAKE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BLOWING SNOW ON SATURDAY WILL LEAD REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR TONIGHT BEFORE THE TRANSITION TO SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ032-033-048-049-280245- /O.EXT.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA 145 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD CENTRAL KANSAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ZERO...WHICH COULD RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ047-050>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-280245- /O.CON.KICT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ BARTON-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...LYONS...MCPHERSON... MARION...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON 145 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH SNOWFALL RATES APPROACHING TWO INCHES PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY PERIODS OF THUNDER SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW... AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. THIS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. SOME HEAVY SLEET MAY ALSO MIX WITH THE SNOW AS IT TRANSITIONS TO SNOW THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ053-069-070-093-094-098-280245- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN 145 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGEOVER TO HEAVY SNOWFALL BY EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. THIS COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. SOME ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE WINTER WEATHER COMPLETELY TRANSITIONS TO ALL SNOW. MOST OF THE ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ON ELEVATED SURFACES INCLUDING CARS...TREES AND POWER LINES WITH ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KETCHAM
000 WWUS43 KICT 272114 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 414 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM LIKELY FOR TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY... KSZ047-050>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-280545- /O.CON.KICT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ BARTON-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...LYONS...MCPHERSON... MARION...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON 414 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...PERIODS OF SLEET COULD AFFECT LOCATIONS NEAR THE KANSAS TURNPIKE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES APPROACHING TWO INCHES PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY PERIODS OF THUNDER SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 16 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ053-069>072-093>096-098>100-280545- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 414 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TRANSITION LINE WILL GRADUALLY SLIDE EASTWARD OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...FOLLOWED BY A TRANSITION TO SNOW THEREAFTER. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCATIONS GENERALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 75 WITNESSING SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS LATE TONIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY EVENING...WITH HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS AFFECTING LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. THE COMBINATION OF OF THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL MAKE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BLOWING SNOW ON SATURDAY WILL LEAD REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ032-033-048-049-280545- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA 414 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AROUND DAYBREAK ON SATURDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ZERO...WHICH COULD RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ JAKUB
000 WWUS43 KICT 280030 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 730 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM LIKELY FOR TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY... KSZ047-050>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-281030- /O.CON.KICT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ BARTON-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...LYONS...MCPHERSON... MARION...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON 730 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...PERIODS OF SLEET COULD AFFECT LOCATIONS NEAR THE KANSAS TURNPIKE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES APPROACHING TWO INCHES PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY PERIODS OF THUNDER SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 16 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ053-069>072-093>096-098>100-281030- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 730 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TRANSITION LINE WILL GRADUALLY SLIDE EASTWARD OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...FOLLOWED BY A TRANSITION TO SNOW THEREAFTER. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCATIONS GENERALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 77 WITNESSING SOME SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH. THIS ICE ACCUMULATION COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY EVENING...WITH HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS AFFECTING LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. THE COMBINATION OF OF THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL MAKE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BLOWING SNOW ON SATURDAY WILL LEAD REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ032-033-048-049-281030- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA 730 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AROUND DAYBREAK ON SATURDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ZERO...WHICH COULD RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COX
000 WWUS43 KICT 280925 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 425 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 KSZ048-049-281800- /O.EXT.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA 425 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS BY THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS AROUND 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ZERO...WHICH COULD RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ047-050>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-281800- /O.CON.KICT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ BARTON-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...LYONS...MCPHERSON... MARION...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON 425 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING WITH PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFFECTING LOCATIONS NEAR THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. THE SNOW MAYBE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES APPROACHING AN INCH PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY PERIODS OF THUNDER SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 16 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG A KINGMAN TO HUTCHINSON TO LYONS LINE. MEANWHILE LOCATIONS ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE CAN EXPECT BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ053-069>072-093>096-098>100-281800- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 425 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TRANSITION LINE WILL GRADUALLY SLIDE EASTWARD THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...FOLLOWED BY A TRANSITION TO SNOW THEREAFTER. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCATIONS GENERALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 77 WITNESSING SOME SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH. THIS ICE ACCUMULATION COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING...WITH HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS AFFECTING LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL MAKE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BLOWING SNOW ON SATURDAY WILL LEAD REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ032-033-281200- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN 425 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS. STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ZERO...WHICH COULD RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ LAWSON
000 WWUS43 KICT 281218 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 718 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 KSZ032-033-281330- /O.EXP.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1200Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN 718 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED AND SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING OF DRIFTING OF SNOW. $$ KSZ047-050>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-281800- /O.CON.KICT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ BARTON-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...LYONS...MCPHERSON... MARION...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON 718 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING WITH PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFFECTING LOCATIONS NEAR THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. THE SNOW MAYBE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES APPROACHING AN INCH PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY PERIODS OF THUNDER SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 16 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG A KINGMAN TO HUTCHINSON TO LYONS LINE. MEANWHILE LOCATIONS ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE CAN EXPECT BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ053-069>072-093>096-098>100-282030- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 718 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TRANSITION LINE WILL GRADUALLY SLIDE EASTWARD THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...FOLLOWED BY A TRANSITION TO SNOW THEREAFTER. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCATIONS GENERALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 77 WITNESSING SOME SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH. THIS ICE ACCUMULATION COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING...WITH HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS AFFECTING LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL MAKE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BLOWING SNOW ON SATURDAY WILL LEAD REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ048-049-281800- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA 718 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS BY THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS AROUND 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ZERO...WHICH COULD RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
000 WWUS43 KICT 281254 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 754 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 KSZ047-050>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-281800- /O.CON.KICT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ BARTON-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...LYONS...MCPHERSON... MARION...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON 754 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING WITH PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFFECTING LOCATIONS NEAR THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. THE SNOW MAYBE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES APPROACHING AN INCH PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY PERIODS OF THUNDER SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 16 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG A KINGMAN TO HUTCHINSON TO LYONS LINE. MEANWHILE LOCATIONS ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE CAN EXPECT BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ053-069>072-093>096-098>100-282100- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 754 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TRANSITION LINE WILL GRADUALLY SLIDE EASTWARD THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...FOLLOWED BY A TRANSITION TO SNOW THEREAFTER. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCATIONS GENERALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 77 WITNESSING SOME SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH. THIS ICE ACCUMULATION COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING...WITH HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS AFFECTING LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL MAKE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BLOWING SNOW ON SATURDAY WILL LEAD REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ048-049-281800- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA 754 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS BY THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS AROUND 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ZERO...WHICH COULD RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ033-281500- /O.NEW.KICT.WW.Y.0003.090328T1254Z-090328T1500Z/ LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LINCOLN 754 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. A BRIEF BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF LINCOLN COUNTY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THE SNOW SHOULD END BY 10 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ HOWERTON
000 WWUS43 KICT 281454 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 954 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 KSZ033-281600- /O.CAN.KICT.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090328T1500Z/ LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LINCOLN 954 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THE NORTH WILL STILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. BUT ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE AREA. $$ KSZ047-050>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-281800- /O.CON.KICT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ BARTON-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...LYONS...MCPHERSON... MARION...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON 954 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS MORNING WITH PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFFECTING LOCATIONS NEAR THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. THE SNOW MAYBE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES APPROACHING AN INCH PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY PERIODS OF THUNDER SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 16 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG A KINGMAN TO HUTCHINSON TO LYONS LINE. MEANWHILE LOCATIONS ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE CAN EXPECT BETWEEN 4 AND 7 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ053-069>072-093>096-098>100-282300- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 954 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TRANSITION LINE WILL GRADUALLY SLIDE EASTWARD LATE THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...FOLLOWED BY A TRANSITION TO SNOW THEREAFTER. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCATIONS GENERALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 77 WITNESSING SOME SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH. THIS ICE ACCUMULATION COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING...WITH HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS AFFECTING LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL MAKE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BLOWING SNOW ON SATURDAY WILL LEAD REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ048-049-281800- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA 954 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS BY THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS AROUND 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ZERO...WHICH COULD RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KETCHAM
000 WWUS43 KICT 281801 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 101 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 KSZ047-050-051-067-082-091-281915- /O.CAN.KICT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ BARTON-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...LYONS...MCPHERSON... HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN...ANTHONY...HARPER 101 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW...BUT CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE AS THE AFTERNOON CONTINUES. SO THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ KSZ048-049-281915- /O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090328T1800Z/ ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA 101 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW...BUT CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE AS THE AFTERNOON CONTINUES. SO THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ052-068-083-092-282100- /O.EXT.KICT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090328T2100Z/ MARION-HARVEY-SEDGWICK-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...NEWTON...WICHITA...WELLINGTON 101 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SOME LINGERING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...AFFECTING LOCATIONS NEAR THE KANSAS TURNPIKE...INCLUDING WICHITA AND NEWTON. THE GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE. LESS THAN ADDITIONAL INCH OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ053-069>072-093>096-098>100-290000- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 101 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TRANSITION LINE WILL GRADUALLY SLIDE EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS...FOLLOWED BY A TRANSITION TO SNOW THEREAFTER. SOME SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS ICE ACCUMULATION COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING...WITH HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS AFFECTING LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL MAKE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KETCHAM
000 WWUS43 KICT 282006 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 306 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 KSZ052-068-083-092-282115- /O.CAN.KICT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090328T2100Z/ MARION-HARVEY-SEDGWICK-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...NEWTON...WICHITA...WELLINGTON 306 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE SNOW HAS ENDED OVER THE AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE CANCELLED...HOWEVER GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL STILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE WINDS DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. $$ KSZ053-069-093-282115- /O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 306 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE SNOW HAS ENDED OVER THE AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE CANCELLED...HOWEVER GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL STILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE WINDS DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. $$ KSZ070>072-094>096-098>100-290000- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 306 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHEAST KANSAS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE HOWEVER SOME AREAS COULD SEE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. THIS WILL ALSO CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ JAKUB
000 WWUS43 KICT 282359 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 659 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 KSZ070>072-094>096-098>100-290100- /O.EXP.KICT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090329T0000Z/ GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 659 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE CENTER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW THAT OCCURRED OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON HAS MOVED EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. WITH THE LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED TO TAPER TO FLURRIES EARLY THIS EVENING...LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE. $$ ES
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 Mar 26, 3:18 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 3:18 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 318 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST CONCERN...MAJOR LATE SEASON WINTER STORM AND POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. EXCEPT THE NAM BEING A BIT SLOWER...THE GFS AND NAM ARE STRIKINGLY SIMILAR WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THE CLOSED UPPER LOW AND DEVELOPMENT AND TRACK OF THE SYNOPTIC FEATURES WITH THE LATE SEASON WINTER STORM. THIS HAS YIELDED RATHER HIGH CONFIDENCE IN SIGNIFICANT HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALS WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AFFECTING MUCH OF THE AREA. THE INITIAL CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL KANSAS NEAR RUSSELL AND GREAT BEND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...WHERE A MID LEVEL FRONTOGENETIC AREA OF LIFT/CONVERGENCE SETS UP INTO MID-MORNING. THIS TRANSITION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO THE AFTERNOON...AS THE STRONGER VERTICAL MOTION FIELDS RESULT IN SUFFICIENT SATURATION AND COOLING OF THE LOW LEVEL AIRMASS. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TO THE WEST OF WICHITA BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE BULK OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW AND WIND LOOK TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA FROM FRIDAY EVENING INTO MIDDAY SATURDAY. THE INTENSE CLOSED LOW WILL TRACK ACROSS OKLAHOMA DURING THIS TIME FRAME...WITH IMPRESSIVE ISENTROPIC AND DYNAMIC LIFT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. A WELL DEVELOPED TROWAL AND SOME FRONTOGENETIC BANDING LOOK TO TRANSITION EAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...CENTERED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR. THEREFORE HAVE PLACED THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS IN THE GENERAL AREA...WITH AMOUNTS IN THE 8 TO 14 INCH RANGE. WILL LIKELY REALIZE THE HIGHER END OF THIS RANGE IN AREAS OF CONVECTION/THUNDERSNOW WHICH IS EXPECTED AS WELL. THE HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DUE TO THE LATE SEASON NATURE OF THIS EVENT...WITH SOME TREES IN BLOOM AND WET NATURE OF THE HEAVY SNOW...HAVE DECIDED TO GO WITH A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. WILL KEEP THE WATCH GOING FOR AREAS EAST OF THE TURNPIKE INTO SATURDAY...WITH A LATER ONSET GIVING TIME FOR ASSESSMENT OF ANOTHER MODEL RUN OR TWO BEFORE ISSUING ANY WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES. THAT SAID...THE MODELS ARE SUPPORTIVE OF HEAVY SNOW AFFECTING AT LEAST NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FLINT HILLS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. IN THE WAKE OF THIS MAJOR SYSTEM...HAVE CONTINUED TO KEEP TEMPERATURES RATHER CHILLY WITH THE EXPECTED SNOW COVER. ANOTHER UPPER TROF WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON MONDAY...THOUGH MAINLY SOME WIND WITH ONLY SLIGHT CHANCES FOR LIGHT PRECIP. LITTLE CHANGE TO THE OUTER PERIODS WITH LEAN TOWARD THE HPC GUIDANCE...WITH FOCUS MORE ON THE HIGH IMPACT WEATHER IN THE SHORT TERM TODAY. DARMOFAL && .AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OVER THE ROCKIES FOR TONIGHT...AND GRADUALLY PUSH OUT INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AFFECTING MAINLY EASTERN KANSAS AND CNU TAF SITE. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS COULD AFFECT THE AREA LATE TONIGHT WITH RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS AFTER 06Z. RSL/SLN/HUT TAF SITES COULD WITNESS REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM SNOWFALL FRIDAY MORNING...WITH LOWER CIGS ACCOMPANYING THE PRECIPITATION. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE ACROSS THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON. JAKUB && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 34 36 29 34 / 60 100 100 60 HUTCHINSON 31 33 27 35 / 60 100 100 50 NEWTON 32 34 29 34 / 60 100 100 60 ELDORADO 35 37 30 34 / 60 90 100 70 WINFIELD-KWLD 38 40 30 35 / 60 100 100 70 RUSSELL 26 30 23 37 / 70 100 80 20 GREAT BEND 26 30 24 36 / 70 100 90 30 SALINA 30 33 27 36 / 70 100 90 50 MCPHERSON 31 33 27 35 / 70 100 100 50 COFFEYVILLE 42 44 33 35 / 70 80 100 80 CHANUTE 39 41 32 33 / 70 80 100 80 IOLA 38 40 32 33 / 70 80 100 80 PARSONS-KPPF 41 43 33 34 / 70 80 100 80 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR KSZ053-069>072-093>096-098>100. BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR KSZ050>052-067-068-082-083-091-092. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR KSZ048-049. BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 1 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR KSZ047. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 1 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR KSZ032-033. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 5:02 AM CDT, 10 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 502 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-271015- 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- 502 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THURSDAY NIGHT. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FLINT HILLS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT WITH SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A SIGNIFICANT LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR FURTHER DETAILS. PLEASE CHECK LATER FORECASTS...OUTLOOKS AND STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS WINTER STORM. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO STRONG OR SEVERE. THERE IS A CONDITIONAL CHANCE FOR HIGH TO VERY HIGH DANGER ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER...ANY SNOW COVER WOULD MITIGATE THE FIRE DANGER EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP SCHRECK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 3:47 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ICT | Barton, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, McPherson, Marion and 4 more | 47 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Kansas, 2009Every winter storm warning in 2009
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.