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Winter Weather Advisory 4, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 18, 2012, 2:55 PM CST for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 19, 2012, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2012, 2:55 PM CST (20:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Anderson County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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 weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Dec 17, 5:42 PM CST, 21 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 5:42 PM CST, 21 hours 13 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2:55 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | TOP | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson and 10 more | 42 hr |
Nearby
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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.