Alert archive / Kansas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this winter storm warning at Dec 23, 2009, 3:32 PM CST for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 24, 2009, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 20 hr. 25 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 23, 2009, 3:32 PM CST (21:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2009, 7:47 AM CST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Allen County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 1:32 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Dennis, KS | A MIXTURE OF SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WERE REPORTED. LITTLE ACCUMULATION WAS NOTED. |
| Dec 24, 2:27 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Chanute, KS | FREEZING RAIN FALLING WITH SOME ICE ACCULATIONS...NO ESTIMATE. ROADS VERY SLICK. |
| Dec 24, 2:27 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Fredonia, KS | SLEET CURRENTLY FALLING...ROADS VERY SLICK THROUGH OUT THE COUNTY. |
| Dec 24, 2:27 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Iola, KS | SLEET/SNOW MIXTURE FALLING. ROADS VERY SLICK. |
| Dec 24, 2:27 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Yates Center, KS | SLEET STARTING TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADS...WITH A GLAZE OF ICE UNDERNEATH FROM PREVIOUS FREEZING RAIN. |
| Dec 24, 3:27 PM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Toronto, KS | MEASURED HALF INCH OF SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION PRECIPITATION WAS MAINLY SLEET. |
| Dec 24, 4:48 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Toronto, KS | TWO INCHES OF SNOW ON TOP OF ONE-HALF INCH OF SLEET. POOR VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 24, 4:49 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Independence, KS | 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW ON TOP OF 1.5 INCHES OF SLEET. MULTIPLE MINOR ACCIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY. |
| Dec 24, 4:50 PM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Fredonia, KS | HALF INCH OF SLEET COVERING THE GROUND AND VERY SLICK ROADS...SLEET CHANGED OVER TO SNOW AROUND 4PM. |
| Dec 24, 4:51 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Fredonia, KS | CURRENTLY SNOWING HEAVILY ON TOP OF ONE-QUARTER INCH OF SLEET. |
| Dec 24, 4:53 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Neodesha, KS | CURRENTLY SLEETING WITH NO SNOW YET. |
| Dec 24, 4:53 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Parsons, KS | CURRENTLY SLEETING HEAVILY ACROSS THE CITY. STREETS ARE COVERED. |
| Dec 24, 5:20 PM CST | SLEET 0.5 | 8 W Parsons, KS | HALF INCH OF SLEET ON THE GROUND...SLEET WAS HEAVY AT TIMES AND MIXING WITH SNOW. |
| Dec 24, 5:49 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 2 Sse Buffalo, KS | CURRENTLY SNOWING HEAVILY...ESTIMATING 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. POOR VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 24, 7:45 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Toronto, KS | |
| Dec 24, 7:50 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Independence, KS | |
| Dec 24, 8:55 PM CST | SLEET 2 | Oswego, KS | TWO INCHES OF SLEET WITH ONE INCH OF SNOW ON TOP OF THE SLEET...VERY HEAVY SNOW WITH BIG FLAKES COMING DOWN. |
| Dec 24, 9:05 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Fredonia, KS | SEVERAL DRIFTS AROUND TOWN MAKING ROADWAYS VERY DIFFICULT FOR TRAVEL. |
| Dec 24, 9:11 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Iola, KS | |
| Dec 24, 9:15 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Yates Center, KS | NUMEROUS TWO FOOT DRIFTS AROUND TOWN MAKING SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE. |
| Dec 24, 9:23 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Coffeyville, KS | |
| Dec 24, 9:25 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Chanute, KS | |
| Dec 24, 9:37 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 3 W Galesburg, KS | ESTIMATED 4 TO 6 INCHES SNOW ACCUMULATION SO FAR. |
| Dec 24, 11:54 PM CST | SNOW 8 | 2 W Humboldt, KS | 2 FOOT SNOW DRIFTS WERE REPORTED. |
| Dec 25, 7:47 AM CST | SNOW 5 | St. Paul, KS | BLOWING SNOW WITH 3 FOOT SNOW DRIFTS. |
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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 420 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 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 232206 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...COR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 332 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE... KSZ033-048>051-067-240545- /O.CAN.KICT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-091224T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KICT.BZ.A.0002.091224T0600Z-091225T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KICT.WS.W.0004.091224T0600Z-091226T0000Z/ LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS... MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON 332 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA FOR TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT...AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY WITH BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE THEREAFTER. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL KANSAS BY THURSDAY MORNING...AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...A SMALL AMOUNT OF ICE ACCUMULATION CAN CAUSE VERY SLICK ROADWAYS...USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. THE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW MAY CAUSE SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY. IN ADDITION...VERY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS WILL ALSO AFFECT THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-240545- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0006.091224T1800Z-091225T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WS.W.0005.091224T1800Z-091226T0000Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 332 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO A SLEET OR SNOW MIX LATE THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * WINDS...WILL BECOME QUITE STRONG AS THEY INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW MAY CAUSE SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVELING VERY DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ052-068-082-083-091-092-240545- /O.UPG.KICT.BZ.A.0002.091224T0600Z-091225T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KICT.WS.W.0004.091224T0600Z-091226T0000Z/ MARION-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 332 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER 9 AM THURSDAY. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THURSDAY. THESE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW MAY CAUSE VERY LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW MAY CAUSE SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVELING VERY DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ053-069-070-093-094-098-240545- /O.UPG.KICT.BZ.A.0002.091224T1200Z-091225T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KICT.WS.W.0004.091224T0600Z-091226T0000Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN 332 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A SLEET OR SNOW MIX WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THURSDAY. THESE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW MAY CAUSE VERY LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW MAY CAUSE SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVELING VERY DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ032-047-240545- /O.UPG.KICT.BZ.A.0002.091224T0600Z-091225T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND 332 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA FOR TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A WINTER MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT...AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY WITH BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE THEREAFTER. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL KANSAS BY THURSDAY MORNING...AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS...A SMALL AMOUNT OF ICE ACCUMULATION CAN CAUSE VERY SLICK ROADWAYS...USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. THE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW MAY CAUSE SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY. IN ADDITION...VERY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS WILL ALSO AFFECT THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ JAKUB
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KICT 240209 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 809 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE... KSZ032-047-241200- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND 809 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...A WINTER MIX OF PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT...THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL LIGHT SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE THEREAFTER. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL KANSAS BY THURSDAY MORNING...AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO AROUND ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...A SMALL AMOUNT OF ICE ACCUMULATION CAN CAUSE VERY SLICK ROADWAYS...USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. THE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE LIGHT SNOW MAY CAUSE SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY. IN ADDITION...VERY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS WILL ALSO AFFECT THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ033-048>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-241200- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0004.091224T0600Z-091226T0000Z/ LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK- CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS... MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN 809 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...PATCHY DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW TOWARD DAYBREAK BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AFTER 10 AM THURSDAY. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THURSDAY. THESE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW MAY CAUSE VERY LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...HIGHEST GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM WELLINGTON TO WICHITA TO HILLSBORO. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW MAY CAUSE DRIFTING AND SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVELING VERY DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-241200- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0005.091224T1800Z-091226T0000Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 809 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXTURE BY MID MORNING THURSDAY...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BECOME QUITE STRONG AS THEY INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MAY CAUSE DRIFTING AND SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVELING VERY DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ CDJ/ADK
000 WWUS43 KICT 241006 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 406 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH CHRISTMAS... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-242230- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN 406 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AROUND MID MORNING. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO TONIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TODAY. THESE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW MAY CAUSE VERY LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...HIGHEST GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM WELLINGTON TO WICHITA TO HILLSBORO. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW MAY CAUSE DRIFTING AND SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVELING VERY DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-242230- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0005.091224T1800Z-091226T0000Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 406 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO A SLEET AND SNOW MIXTURE BY MID MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * WINDS...THE WIND WILL BECOME QUITE STRONG AS IT INCREASES TO SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MAY CAUSE DRIFTING AND SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVELING VERY DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ COX
000 WWUS43 KICT 241625 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1025 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH CHRISTMAS... KSZ032-047-250030- /O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WW.Y.0011.091224T1625Z-091226T0000Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND 1025 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED BY TONIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. HOWEVER THE LIGHT SNOWFALL AND WIND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE HIGH WIND SPEEDS AND COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN SUB-ZERO WIND CHILLS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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. && $$ KSZ033-048>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098-250030- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK- CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS... MCPHERSON...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN 1025 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF WICHITA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. THESE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOWFALL LATER TODAY MAY CAUSE VERY LOW VISIBILITIES AT TIMES ACROSS IN THE WARNED AREA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES ALONG AND WEST OF THE TURNPIKE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FLINT HILLS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY CHRISTMAS MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW MAY CAUSE DRIFTING AND SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVELING VERY DANGEROUS BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-250030- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0005.091224T1800Z-091226T0000Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 1025 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH SNOW CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO LOCALLY TWO-TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL BECOME QUITE STRONG AS THEY INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MAY CAUSE DRIFTING AND SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVELING VERY DANGEROUS BY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KED/COX
000 WWUS43 KICT 242140 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 340 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA INTO CHRISTMAS DAY... KSZ033-048-050-067-082-091-250545- /O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...LYONS... HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN...ANTHONY...HARPER 340 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF AROUND ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY TONIGHT. HOWEVER THE COMBINATION OF THE LIGHT SNOWFALL AND WIND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS AND COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN SUB-ZERO WIND CHILLS AS COLD AS 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-250545- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 340 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH SNOW CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY CHRISTMAS MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 75. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...OF AN ADDITIONAL ONE TENTH OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL BECOME QUITE STRONG AS THEY INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW MAY CAUSE DRIFTING AND SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ049-051>053-068>070-083-092>094-098-250545- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ SALINE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-SEDGWICK- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... WICHITA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN 340 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES AND ENDING ON CHRISTMAS DAY. LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES ALONG THE I-135 CORRIDOR FROM SALINA TO WICHITA. HEAVIER SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER EAST ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. THESE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN VERY LOW VISIBILITIES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 99 CORRIDOR. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW MAY CAUSE DRIFTING AND SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY LIKELY ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS TONIGHT...WHERE ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE MAKING TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ032-047-250545- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND 340 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY TONIGHT. HOWEVER THE COMBINATION OF THE LIGHT SNOWFALL AND WIND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS AND COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN SUB-ZERO WIND CHILLS AS COLD AS 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING. 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. && $$ KED/PJH
000 WWUS43 KICT 250140 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 740 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA INTO CHRISTMAS DAY... KSZ032-047-250245- /O.CAN.KICT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ RUSSELL-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...GREAT BEND 740 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW CHANCES HAVE ENDED OVER RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES...THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...BEWARE OF BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH THE NIGHT DUE TO VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. $$ KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-251200- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 740 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MID-EVENING...WITH SNOW CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED AT TIMES. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY CHRISTMAS MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH MID EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL BE QUITE STRONG AS THEY INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ049-051>053-068>070-083-092>094-098-251200- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ SALINE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-SEDGWICK- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... WICHITA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN 740 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES AND ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ALONG THE I- 135 CORRIDOR FROM SALINA TO WICHITA. HEAVIER SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER EAST ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...SLACKENING SOME AFTER MIDNIGHT. THESE HIGH WIND SPEEDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN VERY LOW VISIBILITIES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW WILL CAUSE DRIFTING AND SEVERE REDUCTIONS IN THE VISIBILITY MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY LIKELY ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS TONIGHT...WHERE ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE MAKING TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ033-048-050-067-082-091-251200- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...LYONS... HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN...ANTHONY...HARPER 740 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF AROUND ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING...WITH AMOUNTS POSSIBLY APPROACHING 2 INCHES ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY TONIGHT...PRODUCING REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SOME DRIFTING SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS AND COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN SUB-ZERO WIND CHILLS AS COLD AS 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING. 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. && $$
000 WWUS43 KICT 250319 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 919 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TO WIND DOWN LATER TONIGHT... KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-251200- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 919 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS...AND SHOULD TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY SUNRISE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY SUNRISE CHRISTMAS MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...WITH WINDS SLACKENING SOME LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN SUB-ZERO WIND CHILLS BY EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ049-051>053-068>070-083-092>094-098-251200- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ SALINE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-SEDGWICK- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... WICHITA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...SEDAN 919 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AROUND MIDNIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-135 CORRIDOR...WITH SNOW LINGERING EAST OF I-135 THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES GENERALLY ALONG THE I-135 CORRIDOR FROM SALINA TO WICHITA. HEAVIER SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER EAST ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...SLACKENING SOME THEREAFTER. * OTHER IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS WHERE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE GREATER. ADDITIONALLY...COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN SUB-ZERO WIND CHILLS BY EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ033-048-050-067-082-091-251200- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...LYONS... HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN...ANTHONY...HARPER 919 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING...HIGHEST ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA. * WINDS...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH WINDS SLACKENING SOME THEREAFTER. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS IN CONCERT WITH THE SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ADDITIONALLY...COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN SUB-ZERO WIND CHILLS AS COLD AS 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ADK
000 WWUS43 KICT 250924 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 324 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 KSZ049-051-052-068-069-083-092-093-251030- /O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ SALINE-MCPHERSON-MARION-HARVEY-BUTLER-SEDGWICK-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...MCPHERSON...MARION...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...WICHITA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 324 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW RESULTING IN SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. $$ KSZ033-048-050-067-082-091-251030- /O.CAN.KICT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...ELLSWORTH...LYONS... HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN...ANTHONY...HARPER 324 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-251700- /O.EXT.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091225T1700Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 324 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END BY LATE THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE INTERMITTENTLY REDUCED TO ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO 10 BELOW WILL BE COMMON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ053-070-094-098-251700- /O.EXT.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091225T1700Z/ CHASE-GREENWOOD-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EUREKA...HOWARD... SEDAN 324 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END BY LATE THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE BRINGING TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 5 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE INTERMITTENTLY REDUCED TO ONE- QUARTER MILE OR LESS. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO 10 BELOW WILL BE COMMON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
000 WWUS43 KICT 251347 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 747 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 KSZ053-070-094-098-252200- /O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091225T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WW.Y.0012.091225T1347Z-091226T0000Z/ CHASE-GREENWOOD-ELK-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EUREKA...HOWARD... SEDAN 747 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...CREATING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE INTERMITTENTLY REDUCED TO ONE- QUARTER MILE OR LESS. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO 10 BELOW WILL BE COMMON. 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 EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100-252200- /O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091225T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WW.Y.0012.091225T1347Z-091226T0000Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-WILSON-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...FREDONIA... CHANUTE...ERIE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 747 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...CREATING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE INTERMITTENTLY REDUCED TO ONE- QUARTER MILE OR LESS. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO 10 BELOW WILL BE COMMON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ 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 Dec 23, 2:59 PM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 2:59 PM CST, 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 259 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 .UPDATE... FORECAST CHALLENGES WILL FOCUS ON THE POSSIBLE WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE AREA FOR TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. TONIGHT MESSY AND TOUGH FORECAST. MOISTURE/INSTABILITY KEEPING THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST KS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF NIGHT. SOME MAY GET FRISKY...BUT SHEAR/INSTABILITY APPEARS INSUFFICIENT FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN ROGUE/ISOLD SEVERE. MEANWHILE...PRECIPITATION ALREADY BREAKING OUT AHEAD OF NEXT WAVE. TEMPERATURES WILL FLIRT WITH FREEZING THROUGHOUT THE EVENING IN CENTRAL KS...WITH MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION LIKELY. COLD AIR WILL BE SLOW TO OVERSPREAD AREA WITH FIRST SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE STILL TO THE WEST. WITH WINTRY MIX EARLY IN CENTRAL KS...THEN INCREASING WINDS LIKELY REACHING WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA TOWARD DAYBREAK BLOWING WHAT SNOW DOES OCCUR...WILL HOIST WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MAINLY WESTERN SECTIONS AND EXTEND INTO LATER PERIODS. NOT OPTIMISTIC THAT ANY OF THE AREA WILL REACH WARNING CRITERIA FOR ANY SINGLE WEATHER ELEMENT/CRITERIA. MODELWISE...COMBO OF NORTH AMERICAN MODEL/LOCAL WRF USED FOR GRIDS. -HOWERTON THU-SAT SATELLITE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A VIGOROUS SYSTEM OVER WESTERN NEW MEXICO WITH A SECOND PV ANOMALY DIVING SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...AND A THIRD PIECE OF ENERGY RACING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE ROCKIES. THE SECOND PV ANOMALY WILL BE THE KEY FEATURE FOR EVOLUTION/TRACK OF THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THE THIRD PIECE OF ENERGY DIVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE ROCKIES WILL MERGE WITH THE FIRST WAVE THURSDAY NIGHT...AND KEEP THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM SPINNING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS FOR FRIDAY-SATURDAY. THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO WESTERN TEXAS TONIGHT AND SHOULD CAUSE SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE STRONG PV ANOMALY IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...WITH EXPLOSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SURFACE LOW HEADING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AS IT TRACKS NORTHWARD ACROSS MISSOURI. MODELS HAVE HAD A POOR OUTING WITH TRENDS...MOVING IT NORTH THEN BACK SOUTH LATE IN THE GAME. A MORE SOUTHERN SOLUTION SEEMS LIKELY NOW WHICH WILL AFFECT SNOW AMOUNTS AND LOCATIONS. SNOW COULD AFFECT CENTRAL KANSAS THURSDAY MORNING...WITH A TRANSITION LINE OF RAIN/SLEET/SNOW MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS KANSAS DURING THE DAY. AS A RESULT...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS COULD MISS OUT ON THE GOOD ACCUMULATING SNOW WITH BETTER CHANCES FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS. AFTER LOTS OF COORDINATION EFFORTS WE WILL HOIST A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL COME UP SHORT ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA...BUT ANY SNOW WITH THE WIND COULD STILL CREATE PROBLEMS. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FOR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...BUT THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE FOR COLD WIND CHILL READINGS THROUGH SATURDAY. EXTENDED: SUN-WED THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM THAT WILL AFFECT THE REGION FOR THE THURSDAY-SATURDAY PERIOD WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES REGION ON SUNDAY...WITH THE COLD AIRMASS ACROSS KANSAS SLOWLY MODIFYING FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. MEANWHILE...ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DIVE SOUTHWARD INTO THE WEST COAST REGION ON SUNDAY NIGHT THEN SHIFT EASTWARD TOWARDS THE AREA BY MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THIS COULD BRING OUR NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO KANSAS. JAKUB .AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU THE MAIN WEATHER CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE THE VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING TOWARD THE CENTRAL PLAINS. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VLIFR TO LIFR FOR A MAJORITY OF THE TAF PERIOD WITH LOW CEILINGS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TOWARD 00Z AND INCREASE AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON...AND BE SUSTAINED THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. THE STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS MIXING WITH THE SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO VLIFR. WIND SPEEDS COULD APPROACH 25 TO 30 KTS WITH GUSTS CLOSE TO 35 TO 40 KTS. FREEZING DRIZZLE/RAIN AT KRSL AND KSLN WILL SWITCH OVER TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AFTER 06Z. AT KICT AND KHUT RA AND DZ WILL PLAGUE THE FORECAST THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT BEFORE SWITCHING TO A WINTRY MIX AND FINALLY TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AROUND 11-12Z. KCNU SHOULD REMAIN IN THE WARM SECTOR AND WITH RAIN THROUGH THIS TAF PERIOD. BILLINGS && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 29 29 13 23 / 90 90 60 30 HUTCHINSON 25 25 12 21 / 70 70 50 30 NEWTON 28 28 13 22 / 90 90 60 30 ELDORADO 31 32 13 23 / 90 90 70 30 WINFIELD-KWLD 32 32 14 25 / 90 90 60 20 RUSSELL 22 22 9 19 / 20 60 40 40 GREAT BEND 22 23 10 20 / 20 50 40 30 SALINA 25 25 11 19 / 50 80 70 40 MCPHERSON 25 26 12 20 / 70 80 60 30 COFFEYVILLE 40 41 17 25 / 100 100 90 20 CHANUTE 37 38 17 24 / 100 100 90 30 IOLA 36 37 16 23 / 100 100 90 30 PARSONS-KPPF 39 40 17 24 / 100 100 90 30 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR KSZ071-072-095-096-099-100. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR KSZ033-048>053-067>070-082-083-091>094-098. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR KSZ032-047. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 5:58 AM CST, 9 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 558 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-241200- 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- 558 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF FOG WILL FREQUENTLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES IN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING. SEE THE LATEST DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR FURTHER DETAILS. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING. THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON IN CENTRAL KANSAS. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FURTHER DETAILS. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP AT SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT. SEE THE LATEST BLIZZARD WATCH FOR FURTHER DETAILS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER PRIMARILY SOUTHEAST KANSAS TODAY. HOWEVER...THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE NEITHER STRONG NOR SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH HIGH WIND SPEEDS MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SEE THE LATEST BLIZZARD WATCH FOR FURTHER DETAILS. THESE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO DROP BELOW ZERO THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT NECESSARY TODAY OR TONIGHT BUT FOG REPORTS AND SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP COX
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 23, 1:35 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 135 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 KSZ099-232015- MONTGOMERY- 135 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY... AT 134 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DEARING...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF COFFEYVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KRC
Special weather statement, Dec 23, 1:45 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 145 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 KSZ100-232015- LABETTE- 145 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHWEST LABETTE COUNTY... AT 141 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LIBERTY...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF COFFEYVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KRC
Special weather statement, Dec 23, 2:29 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 229 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 KSZ096-100-232115- LABETTE-NEOSHO- 229 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LABETTE AND NEOSHO COUNTIES... AT 228 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PARSONS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KRC
Special weather statement, Dec 23, 3:32 PM CST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 332 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 KSZ100-232215- LABETTE- 332 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LABETTE COUNTY... AT 332 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF EDNA...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COFFEYVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KRC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 4:50 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 14 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:50 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ICT | Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 11 hr |
| Dec 23, 5:25 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | Butler, Chase, Cowley, Greenwood, Harper, Harvey and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 23, 10:03 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ICT | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 14 more | 46 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 40 min |
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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.