Alert archive / Kansas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this winter storm warning at Dec 7, 2009, 3:08 AM CST for 20 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 7, 2009, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 36 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
- Dec 7, 2009, 3:08 AM CST (09:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 7, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2009, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 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 8, 2:30 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Council Grove, KS | |
| Dec 8, 2:30 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Holton, KS | |
| Dec 8, 3:30 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Marysville, KS | |
| Dec 8, 3:30 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Washington, KS | 2 TO 3 INCHES ESTIMATED |
| Dec 8, 4:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | 2 Ne Topeka, KS | |
| Dec 8, 4:17 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Abilene, KS | 2 TO 3 INCHES ESTIMATED. |
| Dec 8, 4:42 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Holton, KS | ESTIMATED 5 TO 6 INCHES. |
| Dec 8, 6:03 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Clay Center, KS | |
| Dec 8, 6:04 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 5 W Manhattan, KS | |
| Dec 8, 6:15 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Delia, KS | |
| Dec 8, 6:15 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Alta Vista, KS | |
| Dec 8, 6:25 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 5 Se Paxico, KS | |
| Dec 8, 6:50 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | Chapman, KS | |
| Dec 8, 6:54 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Hope, KS | 0.32 INCHES OF MELTED WATER |
| Dec 8, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Clay Center, KS | |
| Dec 8, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Courtland, KS | |
| Dec 8, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Milford Lake, KS | |
| Dec 8, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Clifton, KS | |
| Dec 8, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.9 | Mcfarland, KS | |
| Dec 8, 7:04 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Blaine, KS | |
| Dec 8, 7:11 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | White City, KS | |
| Dec 8, 7:13 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Wilsey, KS | |
| Dec 8, 7:21 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Hiawatha, KS | |
| Dec 8, 7:23 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 2 Nnw Beattie, KS | |
| Dec 8, 7:25 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.1 | Manhattan, KS | |
| Dec 8, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Lecompton, KS | |
| Dec 8, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 2.4 | 1 W Concordia, KS | TOTAL DEPTH 4 INCHES |
| Dec 8, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 S Baileyville, KS | |
| Dec 8, 7:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | Enterprise, KS | |
| Dec 8, 7:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.7 | 3 Sw Valley Falls, KS | |
| Dec 8, 7:35 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 4 Wnw Randolph, KS | |
| Dec 8, 7:38 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.8 | 4 W Wamego, KS | |
| Dec 8, 7:39 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 4 W Norway, KS | 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW, TOTAL DEPTH 4 INCHES |
| Dec 8, 7:39 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | 4 Ene Ada, KS | |
| Dec 8, 7:40 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | Onaga, KS | |
| Dec 8, 7:45 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 13 Nne Clay Center, KS | |
| Dec 8, 7:47 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | Minneapolis, KS | |
| Dec 8, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Tescott, KS | |
| Dec 8, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Chapman, KS | |
| Dec 8, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Herington, KS | |
| Dec 8, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Washington, KS | TOTAL SNOW DEPTH 4 INCHES |
| Dec 8, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.8 | Holton, KS | |
| Dec 8, 8:10 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Lillis, KS | |
| Dec 8, 8:12 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Miltonvale, KS | TOTAL DEPTH 4 INCHES |
| Dec 8, 8:14 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Scandia, KS | TOTAL DEPTH 5 INCHES |
| Dec 8, 8:57 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Corning, KS | |
| Dec 8, 9:02 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 3 S Woodbine, KS | |
| Dec 8, 9:10 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 4 Sse Morrowville, KS | |
| Dec 8, 9:22 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Ne Minneapolis, KS | |
| Dec 8, 9:42 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | 3 Ssw Auburn, KS | |
| Dec 8, 9:47 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 2 Ssw Bennington, KS | |
| Dec 8, 10:03 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 2 Se Hoyt, KS | 4 INCHES OF SNOW. FREEZING DRIZZLE AT THIS TIME. |
| Dec 8, 10:03 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Council Grove, KS | 4 INCHES OF SNOW. FREEZING DRIZZLE NOW OCCURRING. SNOW REPORTED AT WHITE CITY. |
| Dec 8, 10:03 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 40 Nnw Manhattan, KS | 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW AT PARALLEL ALONG THE RILEY COUNTY/WASHINGTON COUNTY LINE. |
| Dec 8, 10:03 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Marysville, KS | 6 INCHES IN MARYSVILLE. HEAVY SNOW REPORTED. |
| Dec 8, 10:06 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 6 Ne Talmage, KS | NOW A SLEET SNOW MIX |
| Dec 8, 11:10 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 W Oketo, KS | MODERATE SNOW FALLING |
| Dec 8, 11:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Washington, KS | 7-8 INCHES NEW SNOW IN WASHINGTON. |
| Dec 8, 11:37 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Concordia, KS | 7 INCHES NEW SNOW. |
| Dec 8, 11:45 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Minneapolis, KS | 4.5 INCHES NEW SNOW. STILL SNOWING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KTOP 070908 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 308 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND INTO KANSAS BY LATE DAY TUESDAY. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-071715- /O.UPG.KTOP.WS.A.0002.091208T0600Z-091209T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.WS.W.0003.091208T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE 308 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS MONDAY EVENING AND SPREAD EASTWARD. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS: PRELIMINARY ESTIMATED ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES NEAR INTERSTATE 70...AND UP TO 9 TO 12 INCHES FOR COUNTIES ALONG THE NEBRASKA BORDER. * WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH QUICK ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVEL MORE TREACHEROUS. STRONG NORTH WINDS IN SNOW MAY ALSO EXACERBATE TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT...AND WILL BRING WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ010>012-022>024-026-036-038-039-071715- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.A.0002.091208T0600Z-091209T1200Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-GEARY- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN... JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA 308 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND SPREAD EASTWARD. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS: PRELIMINARY ESTIMATED ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES NEAR INTERSTATE 70...AND UP TO 9 TO 12 INCHES FOR COUNTIES ALONG THE NEBRASKA BORDER. * WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL RATES MAY BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH QUICK ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVEL MORE TREACHEROUS. STRONG NORTH WINDS IN SNOW MAY ALSO EXACERBATE TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. && $$
11 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KTOP 071735 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1135 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND INTO KANSAS BY LATE DAY TUESDAY. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-080145- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0003.091208T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE 1135 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING AND SPREAD EASTWARD. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS: PRELIMINARY ESTIMATED ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES NEAR INTERSTATE 70...AND UP TO 9 TO 12 INCHES FOR COUNTIES ALONG THE NEBRASKA BORDER. * WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH QUICK ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVEL MORE TREACHEROUS. STRONG NORTH WINDS IN SNOW MAY ALSO EXACERBATE TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT...AND WILL BRING WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ010>012-022>024-026-036-038-039-080145- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.A.0002.091208T0600Z-091209T1200Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-GEARY- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN... JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA 1135 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND SPREAD EASTWARD. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS: PRELIMINARY ESTIMATED ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES NEAR INTERSTATE 70...AND UP TO 9 TO 12 INCHES FOR COUNTIES ALONG THE NEBRASKA BORDER. * WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL RATES MAY BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH QUICK ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVEL MORE TREACHEROUS. STRONG NORTH WINDS IN SNOW MAY ALSO EXACERBATE TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. && $$
000 WWUS43 KTOP 072101 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 301 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND INTO KANSAS BY LATE DAY TUESDAY. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. KSZ010>012-022>024-026-036-038-039-080515- /O.UPG.KTOP.WS.A.0002.091208T0600Z-091209T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KTOP.WS.W.0003.091208T0600Z-091209T1200Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-GEARY- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN... JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA 301 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND SPREAD EASTWARD. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS: PRELIMINARY ESTIMATED ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES NEAR INTERSTATE 70...AND UP TO 9 TO 13 INCHES FOR COUNTIES ALONG THE NEBRASKA BORDER. * WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL RATES MAY BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH QUICK ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVEL MORE TREACHEROUS. STRONG NORTH WINDS IN SNOW MAY ALSO EXACERBATE TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ037-040-054-055-080515- /O.EXB.KTOP.WS.W.0003.091208T0600Z-091209T1200Z/ MORRIS-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA 301 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING AND SPREAD EASTWARD. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS: PRELIMINARY ESTIMATED ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH ABOUT A QUARTER INCH OR LESS OF SLEET. * WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH QUICK ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVEL MORE TREACHEROUS. STRONG NORTH WINDS IN SNOW MAY ALSO EXACERBATE TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT...AND WILL BRING WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-080515- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0003.091208T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE 301 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING AND SPREAD EASTWARD. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS: PRELIMINARY ESTIMATED ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. * WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH QUICK ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVEL MORE TREACHEROUS. STRONG NORTH WINDS IN SNOW MAY ALSO EXACERBATE TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT...AND WILL BRING WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ056-058-059-080515- /O.NEW.KTOP.WW.Y.0009.091208T0600Z-091209T1200Z/ FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OTTAWA 301 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING AND SPREAD EASTWARD. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER TUESDAY AFTERNOON RAIN AND SNOW WILL MIX DURING THE AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: PRELIMINARY ESTIMATED ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL RATES MAY BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY EVENING...WITH QUICK ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVEL MORE TREACHEROUS. STRONG NORTH WINDS IN SNOW MAY ALSO EXACERBATE TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
000 WWUS43 KTOP 080331 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 931 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND INTO KANSAS BY LATE DAY TUESDAY. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. KSZ010>012-022>024-026-036>040-054-055-081145- /O.EXT.KTOP.WS.W.0003.091208T0322Z-091209T1200Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-GEARY- MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN... JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA 931 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING: SNOW CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS: PRELIMINARY ESTIMATED ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES NEAR INTERSTATE 70...AND UP TO 9 TO 13 INCHES FOR COUNTIES ALONG THE NEBRASKA BORDER. * WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL RATES MAY BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH QUICK ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVEL MORE TREACHEROUS. STRONG NORTH WINDS IN SNOW MAY ALSO EXACERBATE TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ008-009-020-021-034-035-081145- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...ABILENE 931 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING: SNOW CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS: PRELIMINARY ESTIMATED ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. * WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH QUICK ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVEL MORE TREACHEROUS. STRONG NORTH WINDS IN SNOW MAY ALSO EXACERBATE TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT...AND WILL BRING WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ056-058-059-081145- /O.EXT.KTOP.WW.Y.0009.091208T0331Z-091209T1200Z/ FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OTTAWA 931 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT AND SPREAD EASTWARD. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER TUESDAY AFTERNOON RAIN AND SNOW WILL MIX DURING THE AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: PRELIMINARY ESTIMATED ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS: SNOWFALL RATES MAY BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY EVENING... WITH QUICK ACCUMULATIONS MAKING TRAVEL MORE TREACHEROUS. STRONG NORTH WINDS IN SNOW MAY ALSO EXACERBATE TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ BLAIR
000 WWUS43 KTOP 081142 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 542 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...POTENT WINTER STORM CONTINUES TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH VERY COLD AIR IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO PRODUCE WINTER PRECIPITATION IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BE PERSISTENT TODAY AND THIS EVENING IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...WITH A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING DRIZZLE EXPECTED IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054-055-081945- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA 542 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS COMMONLY FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY 15 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HERINGTON TO LAWRENCE...5 TO 9 INCHES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HERINGTON TO LAWRENCE. * WINDS: WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DROPPING WIND CHILL VALUES INTO THE -5 TO -20 DEGREE RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ056-058-059-081945- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OTTAWA 542 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING DRIZZLE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS NEAR INTERSTATE 35. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TONIGHT AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE -5 TO -10 DEGREE RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
000 WWUS43 KTOP 081845 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1245 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...POTENT WINTER STORM CONTINUES TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH VERY COLD AIR IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO PRODUCE WINTER PRECIPITATION IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BE PERSISTENT TODAY AND THIS EVENING IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...WITH A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054-055-090245- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA 1245 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS COMMONLY FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY 15 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HERINGTON TO OSKALOOSA...4 TO 9 INCHES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HERINGTON TO OSKALOOSA. * WINDS: WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LOW VISIBILITIES AND DROPPING WIND CHILL VALUES INTO THE MINUS 5 TO MINUS 20 DEGREE RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ056-058-059-090245- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OTTAWA 1245 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS NEAR INTERSTATE 35. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TONIGHT AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE MINUS 5 TO MINUS 10 DEGREE RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
000 WWUS43 KTOP 082046 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 246 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...POTENT WINTER STORM CONTINUES INTO TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH VERY COLD AIR IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO PRODUCE WINTER PRECIPITATION IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...WITH A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. KSZ040-054-055-090500- /O.CAN.KTOP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KTOP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA 246 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * ACCUMULATIONS: A MIXTURE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. A GLAZING OF ROADS AND ELEVATED SURFACES IS LIKELY. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TONIGHT AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE MINUS 5 TO MINUS 10 DEGREE RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>039-090500- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA 246 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS COMMONLY FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY 15 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HERINGTON TO OSKALOOSA...3 TO 6 INCHES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HERINGTON TO OSKALOOSA. * WINDS: WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...VERY LOW VISIBILITIES AND DROPPING WIND CHILL VALUES INTO THE MINUS 5 TO MINUS 20 DEGREE RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ056-058-059-090500- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OTTAWA 246 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. ALSO SOME FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WHICH WILL LEAD TO GLAZING OF EXPOSED SURFACES. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TONIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE MINUS 5 TO MINUS 10 DEGREE RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
000 WWUS43 KTOP 082140 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 340 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...POTENT WINTER STORM CONTINUES INTO TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH VERY COLD AIR IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO PRODUCE WINTER PRECIPITATION IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...WITH A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. KSZ008>012-020-090545- /O.CAN.KTOP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.BZ.W.0001.091208T2140Z-091209T1500Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA 340 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR AREAS FROM CONCORDIA TO HIAWATHA. * ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR 15 INCHES. THE SNOW IS RATHER DRY AND POWDERY. * WINDS: WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING...CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE MINUS 5 TO MINUS 20 DEGREE RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK. && $$ KSZ021>024-026-034>039-090545- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE... JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA 340 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS COMMONLY FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HERINGTON TO OSKALOOSA...3 TO 6 INCHES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HERINGTON TO OSKALOOSA. * WINDS: WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...VERY LOW VISIBILITIES AND DROPPING WIND CHILL VALUES INTO THE MINUS 5 TO MINUS 20 DEGREE RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ040-054>056-058-059-090545- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 340 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS: A MIXTURE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. A GLAZING OF ROADS AND ELEVATED SURFACES IS LIKELY. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TONIGHT AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE MINUS 5 TO MINUS 10 DEGREE RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
000 WWUS43 KTOP 082205 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 405 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...POTENT WINTER STORM CONTINUES INTO TONIGHT... .RESENT FOR MEDIA PARTNERS...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH VERY COLD AIR IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO PRODUCE WINTER PRECIPITATION IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...WITH A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. KSZ008>012-020-090615- /O.CON.KTOP.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA 405 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR AREAS FROM CONCORDIA TO HIAWATHA. * ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR 15 INCHES. THE SNOW IS RATHER DRY AND POWDERY. * WINDS: WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING...CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE MINUS 5 TO MINUS 20 DEGREE RANGE. * IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE VENTURING OUTDOORS DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK. && $$ KSZ021>024-026-034>039-090615- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE... JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA 405 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS COMMONLY FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HERINGTON TO OSKALOOSA... 3 TO 6 INCHES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HERINGTON TO OSKALOOSA. * WINDS: WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...VERY LOW VISIBILITIES AND DROPPING WIND CHILL VALUES INTO THE MINUS 5 TO MINUS 20 DEGREE RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ040-054>056-058-059-090615- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 405 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * ACCUMULATIONS: A MIXTURE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. A GLAZING OF ROADS AND ELEVATED SURFACES IS LIKELY. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TONIGHT AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE MINUS 5 TO MINUS 10 DEGREE RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS... SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING. PRACTICE YOUR WINTER SAFETY RULES...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
000 WWUS43 KTOP 090332 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 932 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 KSZ038-039-091100- /O.CAN.KTOP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KTOP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TOPEKA 932 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. * WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TONIGHT CAUSING BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A MILE AND WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE MINUS 5 TO MINUS 10 DEGREE RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL OVERNIGHT WILL BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ037-090445- /O.CAN.KTOP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ MORRIS- 932 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPPER OVER THROUGH THE EVENING. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES TO FALL TO AROUND MINUS 10. $$ KSZ054>056-058-059-090445- /O.CAN.KTOP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 932 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPPER OFF THROUGH THE NIGHT. THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES TO FALL TO BETWEEN MINUS 5 AND MINUS 10. $$ KSZ008>012-020-091100- /O.CON.KTOP.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA 932 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW COMES TO AN END. * WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT. * IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF MINUS 15 TO MINUS 20 WILL ALSO OCCUR DUE TO THE WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK. && $$ KSZ021>024-026-034>036-091100- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE... JUNCTION CITY 932 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW COMES TO AN END BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM. * WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES AROUND A HALF MILE. * IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL DROPPING WIND CHILL VALUES INTO THE MINUS 10 TO MINUS 20 DEGREE RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL OVERNIGHT WILL BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ040-091100- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAWRENCE 932 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW COMES TO AN END SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE MINUS 5 TO MINUS 10 DEGREE RANGE. VISIBILITIES COULD ALSO BE REDUCED TO AROUND A MILE WITH THE LIGHT SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL OVERNIGHT WILL BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ WOLTERS
000 WWUS43 KTOP 091036 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 436 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 KSZ008>012-020-091500- /O.CON.KTOP.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA 436 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING FOR NORTHERN NORTHEAST KANSAS... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF MINUS 15 TO MINUS 20 WILL ALSO OCCUR DUE TO THE WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. && $$ KSZ021>024-026-034>036-091200- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE... JUNCTION CITY 436 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES AROUND A HALF MILE. * IMPACTS: THE STRONG WINDS WILL DROPPING WIND CHILL VALUES INTO THE MINUS 10 TO MINUS 20 DEGREE RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL OVERNIGHT WILL BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ038>040-091200- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE 436 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE MINUS 5 TO MINUS 10 DEGREE RANGE. VISIBILITIES COULD ALSO BE REDUCED TO AROUND A MILE WITH THE BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL OVERNIGHT WILL BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
000 WWUS43 KTOP 091149 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 549 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 KSZ008>012-020-091800- /O.CAN.KTOP.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091209T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KTOP.WW.Y.0009.091209T1200Z-091209T1800Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA 549 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CONTINUE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE MINUS 5 TO MINUS 15 DEGREE RANGE. VISIBILITIES COULD ALSO BE REDUCED TO AROUND A MILE WITH THE BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL THIS MORNING WILL BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXPOSED SKIN CAN SUFFER FROM FROSTBITE IN A VERY SHORT TIME...SO DRESS ADEQUATELY. BE SURE TO WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING...A HAT...AND GLOVES TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE DANGERS OF FROSTBITE. && $$ KSZ021>024-034>036-091800- /O.EXP.KTOP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KTOP.WW.Y.0009.091209T1200Z-091209T1800Z/ CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE... JUNCTION CITY 549 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CONTINUE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: THE WINDS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE MINUS 5 TO MINUS 15 DEGREE RANGE. VISIBILITIES COULD ALSO BE REDUCED TO AROUND A MILE WITH THE BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL THIS MORNING WILL BE DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXPOSED SKIN CAN SUFFER FROM FROSTBITE IN A VERY SHORT TIME...SO DRESS ADEQUATELY. BE SURE TO WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING...A HAT...AND GLOVES TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE DANGERS OF FROSTBITE. && $$ KSZ026-091300- /O.EXP.KTOP.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ JEFFERSON- 549 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. $$ KSZ038>040-091300- /O.EXP.KTOP.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE 549 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR WABAUNSEE SHAWNEE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 7, 3:01 AM CST, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 3:01 AM CST, 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 301 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 .DISCUSSION... ...DEVELOPING WINTER STORM STILL ON TRACK FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT... UPPER SHORTWAVE TROF HAS LIFTED INTO MISSOURI...WITH PRECIP ENDING ACROSS THE AREA. COLD AIR SPILLING IN BEHIND...WITH CLOUDS OVER OUR AREA TEMPORARILY SLOWING THE FALL. REPORTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN WASHINGTON AND REPUBLIC COUNTY WITH DIMINISHING AMTS ELSEWHERE. EXPECT TEMPS TO CLIMB VERY LITTLE TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES INTO THE STATE. HIGHS AROUND 20 OVER THE SNOW TO THE MID 30S SOUTHEAST. MAIN STORM SYSTEM STILL ON A SIMILAR TRACK FROM PREVIOUS FORECASTS. ISENTROPIC LIFT SHOULD START TO PRODUCE LIGHT SNOW IN FAR WESTERN COUNTIES IN THE EVENING HOURS...AND WILL THEREFORE GO AHEAD AND START THE WARNING WITH THIS ISSUANCE FOR THIS AREA AT THAT TIME. MAY GET A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST COUNTIES...BUT EXPECT TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW QUICKLY AS COLUMN IS FAST TO SATURATE. AS STRONG UPPER JET PUNCHES ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS AREA...EXPECT THIS TO ENHANCE SNOWFALL AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE AREA AND COULD SEE A QUICK FEW INCHES CENTERED AROUND THE I70 CORRIDOR THEN. PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIFT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA CONTINUES THROUGH 18Z...AND THEN THE FORECAST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 BECOMES COMPLICATED BY INCREASING WARM AIR IN THE LOW LEVELS FOR THE AFTERNOON. SO AFTER AN OVERNIGHT PERIOD OF A FEW INCHES OF SNOW...EXPECT AREAS ALONG I70 AND I35 CORRIDOR TO CHANGE BACK OVER TO A RAIN SNOW MIX...OR EVEN A RAIN SNOW SLEET MIX...FOR A TIME IN THE AFTERNOON AFTER WHICH THE COLD AIR PLUNGES SOUTH AND SWITCHES BACK OVER TO SNOW AGAIN. THINKING THIS WILL LIMIT AMOUNTS TO ADVISORY NUMBERS OR LESS FOR THIS AREA. AS FOR AREAS TO THE NORTH...MANY HOURS OF UPGLIDE SHOULD RESULT IN A STEADY INCREASE IN SNOW AMOUNTS...WITH AFOREMENTIONED BURST IN THE 6-12Z TUESDAY TIME FRAME...AND THEN EXPECTING FURTHER ENHANCEMENT AROUND THE 0Z WED HOUR. SEE MANY LIFTING MECHANISMS COMING TOGETHER INCLUDING BAND OF FRONTOGENESIS AND ISENTROPIC LIFT...AS WELL AS ENERGY FROM THE PVA FROM THE SHORTWAVE TROF ITSELF...AND ASSOCIATED DEFORMATION ZONE IN THE WIND FIELD. LOOKS LIKE A REAL MESS ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AROUND 0Z WED /6PM TUESDAY/ WHICH WILL BODE VERY POORLY FOR ANYONE OUT ON THE ROADWAYS AROUND THIS TIME...PARTICULARLY FOR AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY THE WATCH FOR THE EASTERN COUNTIES AND LET DAY SHIFT UPGRADE...AS DO NOT SEE SNOW STARTING UNTIL AROUND THE MIDNIGHT HOUR FOR THOSE AREAS. ALSO WILL LET DAY SHIFT EVALUATE SOUTHERN COUNTIES FOR POSSIBLE ADVISORIES FOR TUESDAY MORNING. MODELS ALSO STILL DEPICT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-30 MPH ACROSS THE AREA INTO 12Z WEDNESDAY...AND EXPECT THIS TO CAUSE BLOWING OF FALLING SNOW AND DRIFTING OF FALLEN SNOW BECOMING MORE SIGNIFICANT FARTHER NORTH WHERE PRECIP FALLS AS ALL SNOW. MADE VERY FEW CHANGES TO WEDNESDAY GRIDS EXCEPT TO SAY ITS COLD. SINGLE DIGIT LOWS AND HIGHS IN THE TEENS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. 67 && .AVIATION... MVFR CEILINGS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE TAF FORECAST PERIOD. NEXT CONCERN WILL BE MONDAY NIGHT AS NEXT STORM SYSTEM ENTERS THE PICTURE. COULD SEE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE FIRST AT MHK THEN TOP/FOE BETWEEN 03-05Z. OPTED TO INCLUDE MENTION OF THIS AT THE END OF TAF FORECAST...WHICH WILL BEGIN A SNOWY PERIOD WITH MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS LIKELY. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO 6 AM WEDNESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... KSZ008-KSZ009-KSZ020-KSZ021-KSZ034-KSZ035. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT TUESDAY TO 6 AM WEDNESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... KSZ010-KSZ011-KSZ012-KSZ022-KSZ023-KSZ024-KSZ026-KSZ036-KSZ038- KSZ039. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 6, 11:42 PM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1142 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-071200- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 1142 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT EXPECT SLICK ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING...AND LIGHT SNOW OR DRIZZLE HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION REMAINS A POSSIBILITY TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST INFORMATION FOR ANY UPDATES TO THE STRENGTH AND TRACK OF THIS STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 3:01 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 15 more | 45 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.