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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Topeka, KS

December 18, 201120 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this winter storm watch at Dec 18, 2011, 3:59 AM CST for 20 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 19, 2011, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 18, 2011, 3:59 AM CST (09:59 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 19, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 19, 2011, 4:31 AM CST
In force
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 10:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Dec 17, 11:25 PM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 11:25 PM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.