Alert archive / Kansas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this winter storm warning at Dec 19, 2011, 4:31 AM CST for 10 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 19, 2011, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr. 15 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 19, 2011, 4:31 AM CST (10:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2011, 11:54 AM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:33 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 20, 5:15 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Minneapolis, KS | 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE COUNTY AND STILL FALLING. |
| Dec 20, 6:19 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 6 N Miltonvale, KS | 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WITH ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING. SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL. |
| Dec 20, 7:14 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Tescott, KS | |
| Dec 20, 7:29 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Blaine, KS | COOP REPORT OF 5 INCHES OF SNOW WITH A LIGHT GLAZE OF FREEZING RAIN. |
| Dec 20, 7:34 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Clay Center, KS | |
| Dec 20, 7:39 AM CST | SLEET 1 | Enterprise, KS | |
| Dec 20, 7:59 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Miltonvale, KS | 0.52 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT |
| Dec 20, 8:40 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 6 Ne Talmage, KS | |
| Dec 20, 8:45 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 4 Ene Ada, KS | |
| Dec 20, 9:15 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Junction City, KS | |
| Dec 20, 9:37 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | 3 Wsw Onaga, KS | |
| Dec 20, 9:37 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 8 Sw Aurora, KS | |
| Dec 20, 9:37 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Idana, KS | |
| Dec 20, 9:37 AM CST | SNOW 5.9 | 8 Ene Barnard, KS | |
| Dec 20, 10:02 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 9 S Barnes, KS | FROM COOP OBSERVER IN PARALLEL, 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
626 WWUS43 KTOP 191031 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 431 AM CST MON DEC 19 2011 KSZ009>011-020>023-034>036-191830- /O.UPG.KTOP.WS.A.0004.111220T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.WS.W.0005.111220T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-OTTAWA- DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY 431 AM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... 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 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY SUNSET TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM HEAVY SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED IN THE HEAVIER SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ008-191830- /O.UPG.KTOP.WS.A.0004.111220T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.WW.Y.0011.111220T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ REPUBLIC- 431 AM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND TRANSITION TO SNOW TONIGHT. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM THE SNOWFALL AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ012-024-026-037>039-191830- /O.UPG.KTOP.WS.A.0004.111220T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.WW.Y.0011.111220T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ BROWN-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIAWATHA...TOPEKA 431 AM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND TRANSITION TO SNOW TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET MAY ALSO OCCUR. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ040-054-055-191830- /O.UPG.KTOP.WS.A.0004.111220T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.WW.Y.0011.111220T0600Z-111221T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA 431 AM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM LATE THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE ALSO LIKELY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
5 follow-up statements
015 WWUS43 KTOP 191823 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1223 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011 KSZ009>011-020>023-034>036-200230- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0005.111220T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-OTTAWA- DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY 1223 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY SUNSET TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM HEAVY SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED IN THE HEAVIER SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ008-200230- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0011.111220T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ REPUBLIC- 1223 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND TRANSITION TO SNOW TONIGHT. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM THE SNOWFALL AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ012-024-026-037>039-200230- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0011.111220T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ BROWN-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIAWATHA...TOPEKA 1223 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND TRANSITION TO SNOW TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET MAY ALSO OCCUR. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ040-054-055-200230- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0011.111220T0600Z-111221T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA 1223 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM LATE THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE ALSO LIKELY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
257 WWUS43 KTOP 192204 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 404 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011 KSZ009>011-020>023-034>036-200615- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0005.111220T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-OTTAWA- DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY 404 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY SUNSET TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE AREAS OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM HEAVY SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS IN THE HEAVIER SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ008-200615- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0011.111220T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ REPUBLIC- 404 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND TRANSITION TO SNOW TONIGHT. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS OCCURING SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 36. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM THE SNOWFALL AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ012-024-026-037>039-200615- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0011.111220T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ BROWN-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIAWATHA...TOPEKA 404 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND TRANSITION TO SNOW TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET MAY ALSO OCCUR. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ040-054-055-200615- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0011.111220T0600Z-111221T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA 404 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM LATE THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE ALSO LIKELY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
189 WWUS43 KTOP 200307 AAA WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 907 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011 KSZ009>011-020>023-034>036-201115- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-OTTAWA- DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER... MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY 907 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE AGAIN ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT... THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET ARE STILL POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS WELL AS SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE PRIOR TO NOON ON TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE AREAS OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM HEAVY SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS IN THE HEAVIER SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ008-201115- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ REPUBLIC- 907 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW COMING TO AN END TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 36. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM THE SNOWFALL AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ012-024-026-037>039-201115- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ BROWN-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIAWATHA...TOPEKA 907 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET MAY ALSO OCCUR. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ040-054-055-201115- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0011.111220T0600Z-111221T0000Z/ DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA 907 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE ALSO LIKELY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
232 WWUS43 KTOP 201015 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 415 AM CST TUE DEC 20 2011 KSZ009>011-201815- /O.CAN.KTOP.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KTOP.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MARYSVILLE 415 AM CST TUE DEC 20 2011 ...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 AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WITH LIGHT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM SNOWFALL AND ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ026-039-040-054-055-201115- /O.CAN.KTOP.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ JEFFERSON-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA 415 AM CST TUE DEC 20 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW TODAY WITH LITTLE SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH THE DAY...THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ020>023-034>036-201815- /O.CON.KTOP.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN... ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY 415 AM CST TUE DEC 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE AGAIN ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE AREAS OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM HEAVY SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED DUE TO THE WINDS IN THE HEAVIER SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ008-201815- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ REPUBLIC- 415 AM CST TUE DEC 20 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...WITH THE ACCUMULATING SNOW COMING TO AN END THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 36. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO EXPECTED THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM THE SNOWFALL AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ012-024-037-038-201815- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ BROWN-JACKSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HIAWATHA 415 AM CST TUE DEC 20 2011 ...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...SNOW AND SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING WITH THE SNOW ENDING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET MAY ALSO OCCUR. SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
755 WWUS43 KTOP 201754 WSWTOP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1154 AM CST TUE DEC 20 2011 KSZ022-023-035-036-210000- /O.CAN.KTOP.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KTOP.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-DICKINSON-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY 1154 AM CST TUE DEC 20 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXPECT ANY ACCUMULATION FROM THIS PRECIPITATION TO BE MINOR. FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS MORNING WITH POSSIBLY A GLAZING OF ICE ON ELEVATED SURFACES. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 7 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 15 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST WHERE ROADS SEE ANY OF THE MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ020-021-034-201900- /O.CAN.KTOP.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ CLOUD-CLAY-OTTAWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONCORDIA...CLAY CENTER 1154 AM CST TUE DEC 20 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS CEASED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST. THERE WILL STILL BE A POSSIBILITY OF SOME LIGHT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER EXPECT ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TO REMAIN UNDER ONE INCH. ASIDE FROM LIGHT SNOW AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD MAKE ELEVATED SURFACES SLICK. $$ KSZ008>012-024-201900- /O.CAN.KTOP.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA 1154 AM CST TUE DEC 20 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS CEASED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST. THERE WILL STILL BE A POSSIBILITY OF SOME LIGHT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER EXPECT ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS TO REMAIN UNDER ONE INCH. ASIDE FROM LIGHT SNOW AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD MAKE ELEVATED SURFACES SLICK. . $$ KSZ037-038-210000- /O.CON.KTOP.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-111221T0000Z/ MORRIS-WABAUNSEE- 1154 AM CST TUE DEC 20 2011 ...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... AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...SNOW OR SLEET ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 7 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 15 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST WHERE ROADS SEE ANY OF THE MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS...AND 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 Dec 18, 11:38 PM CST, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 11:38 PM CST, 4 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1138 PM CST SUN DEC 18 2011 ...UPDATE TO AVIATION... .UPDATE... NEW 00Z NAM MODEL HAS TAKEN A SLIGHTLY FURTHER NORTHWESTWARD TRACK...WHICH ALLOWS WARMER AIR AND DRY SLOT TO ADVECT EVEN FURTHER NORTHWEST ACROSS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. TOO EARLY TO SEE NEW OUTPUT FROM OTHER MODELS...BUT CONFIDENCE AT THIS TIME HAS NOT INCREASED SUFFICIENTLY TO UPGRADE ANY OF THE WESTERN COUNTIES FROM THE CURRENT WATCH TO A WARNING. WILL THEREFORE LET THE NEXT COUPLE OF SHIFTS..WITH ADDITIONAL MODEL DATA...MAKE DECISIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT TO UPGRADE WATCH AND/OR ADJUST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AS WELL AS ANY NEED TO TRANSITION THE REMAINDER OF THE WINTER STORM WATCH INTO ANY OTHER WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES. && .DISCUSSION... FCST FOCUS REMAINS ON APPROACHING WINTER STORM. WATER VAPOR SAT LOOP SHOWS THE UPPER LOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN BAJA NOW BEGINNING TO MOVE EAST IN RESPONSE TO THE UPSTREAM WAVE MOVING INTO THE PAC NW. GFS/NAM BOTH HAD THE UPPER LOW INITIALIZED REASONABLY WELL AT 12Z. MEANWHILE...ACROSS THE PLAINS A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SOUTH THROUGH ND/MT WITH A MODIFIED MARITIME POLAR AIRMASS BEHIND IT. EXTREMELY WARM TEMPS PERSIST ACROSS THE PLAINS AHEAD OF THE FRONT AGAIN TODAY WITH HIGHS AROUND 20 DEGREES ABOVE AVG. MODEST PRESSURE FALLS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS AS THE UPPER LOW BEGINS A SLOW TREK EASTWARD. GULF MOISTURE WAS BEGINNING TO RETURN ACROSS S TX WHERE DEWPOINTS WERE IN THE 50S. 12Z 850MB UA ALSO SHOWED RIBBON OF MOISTURE RETURN ACROSS WEST TX. 12Z NAM AND GFS ARE NEARLY IDENTICAL IN THE SPEED AND TRACK OF THE 500MB LOW THROUGH 00Z WEDS. THIS FCST WILL BE BASED ON A BLEND OF THE TWO. 500MB LOW TRACK FROM 12Z MODELS WAS FROM ICT TOWARD TOP ON TUES WHICH WAS A BIT FURTHER NW THAN PREVIOUS RUNS. FOR MON...LOOK FOR PRECIP TO BREAK OUT AS ISENTROPIC LIFT INCREASES ALONG WITH FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING TOWARD 00Z. THERMAL PROFILES SUGGEST MAINLY RAIN WITH SOME MIX POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAR NW THROUGH 00Z. HIGHS WILL BE DEPENDENT ON SPEED OF COLD FRONT AND HAVE OPTED TO STAY CLOSER ON THE COOLER SIDE OF GUIDANCE. MON NIGHT...DYNAMIC LIFT AND FRONTOGENTICAL FORCING WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE A LARGE SHIELD OF PRECIP ACROSS THE AREA. PRECIP TYPE BASED OFF OF TOP DOWN METHOD AND BUFKIT ENERGY/THICKNESS SUGGEST MAINLY SNOW AFTER 03Z NORTHWEST OF A COUNCIL GROVE TO HIAWATHA LINE AS COOLING OF THE COLUMN PERSISTS. FURTHER EAST IN THE AREA DEFINED BY THE TURNPIKE FROM EMPORIA TO TOPEKA THE PRECIP TYPE REMAINS A LOW CONFIDENCE FCST. ALL METHODS OF PRECIP TYPE DIAGNOSES SUGGEST THAT A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL OCCUR WITH BOTH MODELS SUGGESTING THAT A WARM LAYER OF 1-1.5C AROUND 850MB WILL DEVELOP IN RESPONSE TO THE VERY STRONG ESE WINDS IN THE 800-900 MB LAYER. THIS WARM NOSE COULD CAUSE A MIXTURE TO PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. AIR TEMPS WILL ALSO NEED TO BE FINE TUNED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE DEWPOINTS BETWEEN THE GFS (DRIER) AND NAM (HIGHER TDS) WHICH WILL HAVE IMPLICATIONS ON THE WET BULB AND ULTIMATELY ON LOWS MON NIGHT/TUES AM. FOR NOW KEPT LOWS IN THE 30 TO 32 RANGE FROM EMP TO TOP WHICH WOULD MITIGATE ANY ICE ACCUM POTENTIAL. FROM 00Z TO 12Z TUES LIFT IS FOCUSED WITHIN THE SNOW GROWTH ZONE SO EXPECT A DECENT ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WHERE PRECIP FALLS AS SNOW. HOWEVER AFTER 12Z TUES A DRY SLOT WILL SURGE NORTH AS THE UPPER LOW APPROACHES AND THIS SHOULD CAUSE THE PRECIP TO BECOME MORE DRIZZLE/FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ON AND OFF THROUGH THE DAY TUES. ALL IN ALL ONLY CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS FCST WERE TO SHIFT THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOWS A BIT FURTHER NW PER TROWEL LOCATION AND DRY SLOT TUES. STAY TUNED SINCE THE TEMP PROFILE MON NIGHT WILL BE EXTREMELY CRITICAL FOR PRECIP TYPE/AMOUNT AND IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM. EXTENDED... SEVERAL FEATURES MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER FLOW IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD. TUES NIGHT AND WED WILL BE THE FIRST DAYS TO FEEL AFFECTS OF SNOWFALL ON LOW AND HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HAVE GONE SLIGHTLY COOLER AS A RESULT. TRACK OF THE NEXT LOW TO LIFT OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST INFLUENCED BY LARGER SHORTWAVE TROF DROPPING INTO THE GREAT BASIN. COLD FRONT DROPS ACROSS THE PLAINS ON THURSDAY...WITH GFS DEPICTING SOUTHWESTERN WAVE LIFTING OUT OVER THE FRONT IN OUR AREA WHILE EC KEEPS IT SOUTH. HAVE ADDED SOME FLURRIES FOR FRIDAY MORNING AS WAVE MOVES SLOWLY ACROSS THE STATE. NEXT MAX IN THE UPPER JET NOSES INTO THE PAC NW ON FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY AND ACTS TO MOVE THE REMNANTS OF THE BASIN LOW OVER THE CENTRAL STATES. HAVE KEPT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW FOR THIS SYSTEM AND IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE PREVIOUS EC WAS STRONGER WITH THIS WAVE. PATTERN BECOMES HIGHLY AMPLIFIED WITH LONGWAVE TROF ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CENTRAL US...WHICH PUTS COLD NORTHERLY FLOW IN PLACE FOR SUNDAY. CURRENTLY HAVE MID TO UPPER 30S FORECAST BUT COULD BE COOLER. OVERNIGHT LOWS THROUGH THE PERIOD GENERALLY IN THE TEENS WITH HIGHS IN THE 30S. 67 && .AVIATION... STRATUS DECK OVER OKLAHOMA WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD BACK NORTH THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH MVFR CONDITIONS AROUND 2500 FT ARRIVING IN THE TERMINALS IN THE 13-14Z TIME FRAME AND PERSISTING THROUGH 18Z. SOME -RA POSSIBLE NEAR TAF SITES PRIOR TO 20Z...THEN A MORE PREDOMINANT RAIN EVENT AFT 20Z ALL TERMINALS ALONG WITH LOWERING CIGS TO 1200-1500 WEST TO EAST AND MVFR VSBYS IN -RA/BR. WILL BEGIN TO MIX SNOW WITH THE RAIN IN THE KMHK TAF BY 03Z/20 WITH COLDER AIR ALOFT... BUT REMAINS WARMER WITH RAIN TO THE EAST AT KTOP/KFOE. SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH/NORTHWEST AFT 12Z THEN MORE NORTHEAST AFT 18Z WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN SPEED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF AS THE GRADIENT INCREASES. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054-055. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 3:42 PM CST, 12 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 342 PM CST SUN DEC 18 2011 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-192145- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 342 PM CST SUN DEC 18 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A MIXTURE OF SNOW...RAIN AND PERHAPS FREEZING RAIN TO THE AREA BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A COUNCIL GROVE TO HIAWATHA LINE WHERE AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY BY TUESDAY EVENING. THIS STORM MAY ALSO BRING A RISK FOR FREEZING PRECIPITATION AND SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ESPECIALLY ALONG THE TURNPIKE CORRIDOR FROM EMPORIA TO TOPEKA MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS WOULD ALSO LIMIT THE SNOW POTENTIAL FROM EMPORIA TO TOPEKA AND EASTWARD WHERE AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ALL WINTRY PRECIPITATION SHOULD DIMINISH TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. WE URGE EVERYONE TO STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM AND THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 4:31 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | Brown, Dickinson, Douglas, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson and 11 more | 35 hr |
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Sources
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