Alert archive / Kansas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2010
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this winter storm warning at Feb 7, 2010, 3:28 AM CST for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 7, 2010, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 10 hr. 1 report 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
- Feb 7, 2010, 3:28 AM CST (09:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 7, 2010, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2010, 3:55 AM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Anderson County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Osage County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 2:30 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Garnett, KS |
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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
476 WWUS43 KTOP 070928 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 328 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN KANSAS... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THE TRACK OF THE UPPER LOW WILL BRING THE HEAVIEST SNOW TO AREAS SOUTH OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. KSZ040-054>056-058-059-071730- /O.UPG.KTOP.WS.A.0001.100208T0000Z-100209T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.WS.W.0002.100208T0000Z-100209T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 328 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT... 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 MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. * TIMING...DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. SNOW WILL INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT NIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. THE HEAVY SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY...BEFORE ENDING IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS MONDAY EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 35. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF OVER 30 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW PACKED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVELING CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME ROADS TO BE DRIFTED CLOSED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ034>036-071730- /O.UPG.KTOP.WS.A.0001.100208T0000Z-100209T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.WW.Y.0005.100208T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY 328 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...BEFORE ENDING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF OVER 30 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW PACKED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVELING CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ026-037>039-071730- /O.UPG.KTOP.WS.A.0001.100208T0000Z-100209T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.WW.Y.0005.100208T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TOPEKA 328 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. SNOW WILL INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT AND BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...BEFORE ENDING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 4 TO 7 INCHES FROM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF OVER 30 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW PACKED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVELING CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MAY CAUSE MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ010>012-021>024-071730- /O.NEW.KTOP.WW.Y.0005.100208T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CLAY CENTER... MANHATTAN 328 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...BEFORE ENDING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF OVER 30 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW PACKED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVELING CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
4 follow-up statements
534 WWUS43 KTOP 070948 CCA WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 345 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN KANSAS... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THE TRACK OF THE UPPER LOW WILL BRING THE HEAVIEST SNOW TO AREAS SOUTH OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. KSZ040-054>056-058-059-071800- /O.UPG.KTOP.WS.A.0001.100208T0000Z-100209T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.WS.W.0002.100208T0000Z-100209T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 345 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT... 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 MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. * TIMING...DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. SNOW WILL INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT NIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. THE HEAVY SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY...BEFORE ENDING IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS MONDAY EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 35. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF OVER 30 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW PACKED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVELING CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME ROADS TO BE DRIFTED CLOSED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ034>036-071800- /O.UPG.KTOP.WS.A.0001.100208T0000Z-100209T0600Z/ /O.COR.KTOP.WW.Y.0005.100208T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY 345 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...BEFORE ENDING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF OVER 30 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW PACKED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVELING CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ026-037>039-071800- /O.UPG.KTOP.WS.A.0001.100208T0000Z-100209T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.WW.Y.0005.100208T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...TOPEKA 345 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. SNOW WILL INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT AND BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...BEFORE ENDING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS....SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 4 TO 7 INCHES FROM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF OVER 30 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW PACKED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVELING CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MAY CAUSE MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ010>012-021>024-071800- /O.COR.KTOP.WW.Y.0005.100208T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CLAY CENTER... MANHATTAN 345 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...BEFORE ENDING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF OVER 30 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW PACKED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVELING CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
772 WWUS43 KTOP 071740 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1140 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN KANSAS... .AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THIS WILL INTERACT WITH ANOTHER SYSTEM DROPPING SOUTHWARD INTO THE PLAINS...AND BRING SNOW TO EASTERN KANSAS...WITH HEAVIER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 35. KSZ040-055-080145- /O.CAN.KTOP.WS.W.0002.100208T0000Z-100209T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KTOP.WW.Y.0005.100208T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-OSAGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAWRENCE 1140 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES...BEFORE ENDING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE GENERALLY FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 5 INCHES SOUTHWARD IN THE ADVISORY AREA. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF OVER 30 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW PACKED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVELING CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ010-011-021-034-071845- /O.CAN.KTOP.WW.Y.0005.100208T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ MARSHALL-NEMAHA-CLAY-OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CLAY CENTER 1140 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY 2 INCHES OR LESS...THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. $$ KSZ054-056-058-059-080145- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0002.100208T0000Z-100209T0600Z/ LYON-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 1140 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL INTENSIFY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT NIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. THE HEAVY SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY...BEFORE ENDING IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS LATER MONDAY EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 35. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF OVER 30 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW PACKED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVELING CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME ROADS TO BE DRIFTED CLOSED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ012-022>024-026-035>039-080145- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0005.100208T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN...ABILENE... JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA 1140 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES...BEFORE ENDING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE GENERALLY FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 5 INCHES SOUTHWARD IN THE ADVISORY AREA. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF OVER 30 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW PACKED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVELING CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
235 WWUS43 KTOP 080144 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 744 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN KANSAS... .AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THIS WILL INTERACT WITH ANOTHER SYSTEM DROPPING SOUTHWARD INTO THE PLAINS... AND BRING SNOW TO EASTERN KANSAS...WITH HEAVIER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 35. KSZ054-056-058-059-080945- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100209T0600Z/ LYON-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 744 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INTENSIFY LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT NIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. THE HEAVY SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY...BEFORE ENDING IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS LATER MONDAY EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 35. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF OVER 30 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW PACKED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVELING CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME ROADS TO BE DRIFTED CLOSED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ012-022>024-026-035>040-055-080945- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-OSAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN...ABILENE... JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE 744 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES...BEFORE ENDING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS MONDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE GENERALLY FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 5 INCHES SOUTHWARD IN THE ADVISORY AREA. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF OVER 30 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW PACKED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVELING CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
481 WWUS43 KTOP 080955 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 355 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT EASTERN KANSAS... .AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST FROM NEW MEXICO INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY. THIS WILL INTERACT WITH ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM DROPPING SOUTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS...AND WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LIGHT SNOW TO EASTERN KANSAS THROUGH THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. KSZ054-081800- /O.CAN.KTOP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100209T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KTOP.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ LYON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...EMPORIA 355 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...BEFORE ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE LIGHT SNOW MAY CAUSE SOME SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ056-058-059-081800- /O.CAN.KTOP.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100209T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KTOP.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OTTAWA 355 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...LIGHT TO AT TIMES MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...BEFORE ENDING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF OVER 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...SNOW PACKED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVELING CONDITIONS TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ012-022-023-035-036-081100- /O.CAN.KTOP.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIAWATHA...MANHATTAN...ABILENE... JUNCTION CITY 355 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL END DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH TODAY. $$ KSZ024-026-037>040-055-081800- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-100209T0000Z/ JACKSON-JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-OSAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE 355 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...BEFORE ENDING DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND ONE INCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER NORTH WINDS MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE LIGHT SNOW MAY CAUSE SOME SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
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 Feb 6, 11:33 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 11:33 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1133 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 .UPDATE... UPDATED FOR 06 UTC AVIATION. && .DISCUSSION... SEE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION. && .AVIATION... MVFR CIGS CONTINUE ACROSS THE TAF SITES. CIGS HAVE BEEN SLOWLY LOWERING BUT NOT AS QUICKLY AS FORECAST SOUNDINGS HAD SUGGESTED. SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING ACROSS NEBRASKA WILL SPREAD SOME LIGHT SNOW INTO THE TAF SITES AROUND 12Z AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. BY EVENING LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING AHEAD OF APPROACHING WAVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PLAINS LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL OCCUR. HAVE LOWERED CIGS LATER TONIGHT INTO THE IFR RANGE AND CONTINUED THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. MVFR VSBYS WILL DECREASE TO IFR SUNDAY EVENING WITH LIFR LIKELY TOWARD 06Z. 53 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 311 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010/ DISCUSSION... WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN PLACE OVER ERN KS OVERNIGHT WITH WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT AND LIGHT WINDS. SUBTLE TROUGH IN NWLY FLOW ALOFT SEEN IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY OVER WY EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY SEWD TONIGHT. LOW-LEVEL WARM ADVECTION DEVELOPS TO THE EAST OF THIS TROUGH PROVIDING SOME LIFT ACROSS NEBRASKA...THAT MAKES IT INTO NORTHEAST KS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THUS...HAVE ADDED SMALL CHANCE LIGHT SNOW LATER TONIGHT IN THAT AREA. WITH EXPECTED CLOUD COVER OVERNIGHT...HAVE KEPT LOW TEMPERATURES NEAR GFS MOS GUIDANCE...WELL ABOVE NAM STATISTICAL GUIDANCE WHICH APPEARS TOO COLD. ON SUNDAY...WEAK LIFT DUE TO WARM ADVECTION CONTINUES ACROSS NORTHEAST KS WHILE MID-LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS AHEAD OF SRN STREAM SYSTEM BEGINS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL KS SUN AFTERNOON. STRONGEST LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WILL WAIT FOR SUNDAY NIGHT TO AFFECT OUR AREA. SOME QUESTION OF HOW SATURATED ICE CRYSTAL GROWTH ZONE WILL BE ON SUNDAY...SO HAVE ADDED A POSSIBLE MIX OF DRIZZLE AND SNOW IN EC KS. TEMPERATURES SUNDAY SHOULD BE CLOSE TO THOSE OF TODAY...ALTHOUGH WARMEST READINGS TODAY WERE WHERE THERE WERE BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS...WHICH IS NOT EXPECTED FOR TOMORROW. GDP FOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...UPPER LEVEL STORMS CONTINUE TO MARCH TOWARD THE CENTRAL PLAINS FROM THE NORTH AND ALSO THE WEST SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. BY 0Z MON...SOUTHERN STREAM LOW HAS MOVED INTO THE FOUR CORNERS...AND ENHANCES SOUTHERLY FLOW AND ISENTROPIC LIFT OVER THE MID LEVEL FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS. THIS CREEPS NORTHWARD THROUGH MIDNIGHT BUT IS QUICKLY DEFLECTED NORTHEAST AS NORTHERN LOW DROPS QUICKLY SOUTH. FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING FROM THE NORTHERN SYSTEM PUSHING THROUGH THEN BECOMES A MAIN PLAYER IN FORCING FOR SNOWFALL. WHERE BEST MOISTURE AND LIFT COMES TOGETHER REMAINS BEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CWA IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS EARLY MONDAY MORNING. BETWEEN 12-18Z MONDAY...FN BAND PIVOTS SW TO NE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FA AND THE SURFACE COLD FRONT SURGES IN THROUGH THE NOON HOUR. BY 0Z...STRONG SYNOPTIC SUBSIDANCE HAS MOVED THROUGH ALL BUT THE FAR EAST CENTRAL COUNTIES. A LOOK AT INGREDIENTS FOR HEAVY SNOW NOT REVEALING A SINGLE LOCATION FOR BANDING...AND COLUMN IS NOT PARTICULARLY COLD THROUGH THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. BUT STRONG DEEP LIFT THAT PEAKS AROUND 650 MB CONTINUES FROM THE EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND WOULD EXPECT SEVERAL INCHES TO ACCUMULATE...WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH BEST LIFT SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. DESPITE LACK OF AN UNSTABLE LAYER...THESE SEVERAL HOURS OF PROLONGED LIFT SHOULD BRING SOUTHERN COUNTIES TO WARNING CRITERIA BY END OF THE DAY MONDAY. NORTH CENTRAL AREAS STILL ON TRACK TO GET ONLY UP TO A FEW INCHES AS NORTHERN SYSTEM HAS SPED UP AND BRINGS IN COLD AND DRY AIR MORE QUICKLY FROM THE NORTH THAN PREVIOUS FORECASTS. AREA ALONG I70 IS MORE QUESTIONABLE AS TO WARNING OR ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED...BUT CONSIDERING MAY GET SEVERAL INCHES IN A FEW HOURS BEFORE AND POSSIBLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE...THINK IT IS PRUDENT TO KEEP THE WATCH IN PLACE THIS FAR NORTH. SOUTHERN AREAS WILL BE ON TRACK FOR AN UPGRADE IF STORM KEEPS A SIMILAR TRACK AND STRENGTH TO CURRENT FORECAST. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE SYSTEM LATE MONDAY AND THROUGH TUESDAY WILL NOT ONLY BRING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...BUT WILL ALSO MAKE TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS AND TWENTIES FEEL MUCH LOWER. COULD GET SOME FLURRIES WITH ANY RESIDUAL RIPPLES IN THE FLO OVER THE STRATUS...AS UPPER LOW SLOWLY SLIDES INTO INDIANA TUESDAY. BIT OF A REPRIEVE AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES ACROSS THE STATE WEDNESDAY...AND SHORTWAVE TROFS ON BOTH THURSDAY AND AGAIN SATURDAY LOOK TO KEEP A MAIN TRACK SOUTH OF THE AREA. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT TUESDAY FOR KSZ026-KSZ034-KSZ035-KSZ036-KSZ037-KSZ038-KSZ039-KSZ040-KSZ054- KSZ055-KSZ056-KSZ058-KSZ059. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 5:40 AM CST, 21 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 540 AM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-071145- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 540 AM CST SAT FEB 6 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE OUTLOOK AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW EARLY SUNDAY WILL SWITCH TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE ENDING BY LATE EVENING. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARD TO THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM. BUT CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR...WHERE WINTER STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN POSTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF A MINNEAPOLIS TO HOLTON LINE. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST FOR MORE INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 3:28 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas and 14 more | 36 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Kansas, 2010Every winter storm warning in 2010
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.