Alert archive / Kansas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this winter storm warning at Feb 19, 2013, 3:37 PM CST for 26 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 20, 2013, 6:00 AM 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
- Feb 19, 2013, 3:37 PM CST (21:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2013, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
All 26 counties
Allen County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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 20, 7:28 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Kingman, KS | THEY REPORTED MOSTLY LIGHT SNOW MIXED WITH SOME SLEET. A FEW ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 54 WEST OF HIGHWAY 14. |
| Feb 20, 10:37 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Kingman, KS | TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURES BETWEEN 3 TO 4 INCHES AROUND THE TOWN OF KINGMAN WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 20, 11:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Arkansas City, KS | |
| Feb 20, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | West Wichita, KS | |
| Feb 20, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Wichita Mid Continent A, KS | |
| Feb 20, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.6 | West Wichita, KS | |
| Feb 20, 1:20 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Anthony, KS | |
| Feb 20, 1:45 PM CST | SNOW 4.8 | Wichita Mid Continent A, KS | |
| Feb 20, 2:57 PM CST | SNOW 5.1 | West Wichita, KS | 5.1 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED AROUND CENTRAL AND 119TH. |
| Feb 20, 3:02 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Norwich, KS | |
| Feb 20, 4:10 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Lincoln, KS | 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ESTIMATED ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Feb 20, 4:10 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Great Bend, KS | |
| Feb 20, 4:10 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Russell, KS | |
| Feb 20, 4:10 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Lyons, KS | |
| Feb 20, 4:54 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Sedgwick, KS | |
| Feb 20, 5:12 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 3 Wsw Park City, KS | |
| Feb 20, 5:29 PM CST | SNOW 3 | S Clearwater, KS | |
| Feb 20, 6:23 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Spivey, KS | HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THUNDERSNOW OVER THE LAST 30 MINUTUES ACROSS HARPER AND KINGMAN COUNTIES. |
| Feb 20, 9:20 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 4 W Brookville, KS | |
| Feb 20, 9:26 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Ellsworth, KS | |
| Feb 20, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Lincoln, KS | A DEPUTY SHERIFF REPORTED MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL OCCURRING. |
| Feb 20, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Kanopolis, KS | |
| Feb 20, 9:32 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Mcpherson, KS | |
| Feb 20, 9:33 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Russell, KS | MODERATE SNOW WAS OCCURRING. |
| Feb 20, 9:35 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Lindsborg, KS | |
| Feb 20, 9:37 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Salina, KS | |
| Feb 20, 9:38 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Great Bend, KS | APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL OCCURRED SINCE 7 PM WEDNESDAY. |
| Feb 20, 9:55 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Benton, KS | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 10 PM. |
| Feb 20, 10:17 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | West Wichita, KS | |
| Feb 20, 10:42 PM CST | SNOW 7 | 6 Sw Mt Vernon, KS | THE SPOTTER REPORTED SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS HIGHWAYS. |
| Feb 21, 3:10 AM CST | SNOW 5 | South Wichita, KS | STORM TOTAL AS OF 3 AM THURSDAY. CURRENTLY SNOWING AND SLEETING WITH SOME THUNDER. COURTESY OF KWCH. |
| Feb 21, 3:43 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | West Wichita, KS | STORM TOTAL AS OF 345 AM THURSDAY NEAR 21ST AND MAIZE. CURRENTLY SNOWING HEAVILY WITH THUNDER AND LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY. |
| Feb 21, 4:05 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Benton, KS | CURRENTLY HEAVY THUNDER SNOW. STORM TOTAL AS OF 4 AM THURSDAY IS 7.5 INCHES. |
| Feb 21, 4:21 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 2 W Rosalia, KS | SPOTTER ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH SLEET AND HEAVY SNOW OCCURRING AT THIS TIME. |
| Feb 21, 4:21 AM CST | SNOW 9.5 | 4 Nw Murdock, KS | ESTIMATE WAS BETWEEN 9 AND 10 INCHES OF SNOW WITH A LOT OF DRIFTING. |
| Feb 21, 4:29 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Sedan, KS | JUST STARTING TO ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED SURFACES. THE ACCUMULATION IS A ROUGH ESTIMATE. |
| Feb 21, 5:24 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Wichita Mid Continent A, KS | AS OF 5 AM...AN ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES FELL SINCE MIDNIGHT...BRINGING THE STORM TOTAL TO ABOUT 9 INCHES AT THE AIRPORT. |
| Feb 21, 5:34 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Mcpherson, KS | |
| Feb 21, 5:45 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Florence, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT DISPATCH ESTIMATES 5 INCHES OR MORE. ADVISES THAT MOST ROADS ARE SNOW PACKED AND IMPASSABLE FOR SMALLER VEHICLES THROUGHOUT MARION COUNTY. |
| Feb 21, 5:45 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | Derby, KS | KWCH BROADCAST MEDIA PARTNER REPORTED A MEASURED 9.5 INCHES OF SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN 1/2 OF A MILE. |
| Feb 21, 6:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.1 | Nw Arkansas City, KS | |
| Feb 21, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Arkansas City, KS | SNOFALL THROUGH 6 AM |
| Feb 21, 6:05 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Wichita Mid Continent A, KS | ABOUT 4 INCHES NEW SNOW SINCE MIDNIGHT. STORM TOTAL SINCE YESTERDAY ABOUT 10 INCHES. SNOW DEPTH ABOUT 9 INCHES. |
| Feb 21, 6:05 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Wichita Mid Continent A, KS | ABOUT 4 INCHES NEW SNOW SINCE MIDNIGHT. STORM TOTAL SINCE YESTERDAY ABOUT 10 INCHES. SNOW DEPTH ABOUT 9 INCHES. |
| Feb 21, 6:15 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Lyons, KS | RICE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER ESTIMATES 10 INCHES OF SNOW TO HAVE FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY THUS FAR WITH SNOW STILL COMING DOWN. |
| Feb 21, 6:20 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Salina, KS | |
| Feb 21, 6:25 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | West Wichita, KS | TRAINED SPOTTER AT DOUGLAS AND WEST STREET IN WEST WICHITA MEASURED 8.5 INCHES OF SNOW TO HAVE FALLEN SO FAR. |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 10 Ne Latham, KS | CO-OP OBSERVER MEASURED 6 INCHES OF SNOW WITH A WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.90 INCHES. THERE WAS SOME RAIN BUT MOSTLY SNOW THAT FELL. |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Mcpherson, KS | TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURED A STORM TOTAL OF 8 INCHES WITH A LIQUID WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.92 INCHES THUS FAR. |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Norwich, KS | |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11.6 | 2 E Haysville, KS | KWCH BROADCAST MEDIA PARTNER MEASURED A STORM TOTAL THUS FAR OF 11.6 INCHES OF SNOW. |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11.6 | Derby, KS | KWCH BROADCAST MEDIA PARTNER MEASURED A STORM TOTAL THUS FAR OF 11.6 INCHES OF SNOW. |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Hutchinson, KS | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS A MEASUREMENT OF 12 INCHES OF SNOW AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER. |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Mcpherson, KS | EMERGENCY MANAGER RECEIVED A REPORT OF A 12 INCH REPORT OF SNOW AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER. |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 4 Nnw Clearwater, KS | NWS EMPLOYEE MEASURES 13 INCHES OF SNOW WITH A LIQUID WATER EQUIVALENT OF 1.35 INCHES. |
| Feb 21, 7:15 AM CST | SNOW 14 | 2 Nw Hutchinson, KS | |
| Feb 21, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Wsw Cedar Vale, KS | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS AN APPROXIMATE STORM TOTAL OF 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET WITH SOME ICING FROM FREEZING RAIN AS WELL. |
| Feb 21, 7:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Kingman, KS | EMERGENCY MANAGER IN KINGMAN MEASURED 12 INCHES OF SNOW AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER. |
| Feb 21, 7:40 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Yates Center, KS | EMERGENCY MANAGER ESTIMATED 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. |
| Feb 21, 7:40 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Lindsborg, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
270 WWUS43 KICT 192137 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 337 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL EJECT OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...SPREADING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVIEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE PROJECTED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH SNOW AND SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. KSZ032-033-047-048-050-051-067-068-082-083-091-092-201145- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0001.130220T1200Z-130222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WS.W.0001.130220T1200Z-130222T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO-HARVEY- KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN... WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 337 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. AMOUNTS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXCEEDING ONE-QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES...AND SNOW PACKED AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TREES...POWER LINES AND UNTREATED HIGHWAYS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 54...DEPENDING ON EXACT TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ049-201145- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0001.130221T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WS.W.0001.130220T1200Z-130222T0000Z/ SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SALINA 337 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY LIGHT ON WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM FREEZING DRIZZLE. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES...AND SNOW PACKED AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ052-053-069>072-093>096-201145- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0001.130221T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WS.W.0001.130221T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE 337 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HEAVY WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES OVER MARION AND CHASE COUNTIES TO 1 TO 2 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXCEEDING ONE-QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 54. * WINDS...WILL BE EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES...AND SNOW PACKED AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FLINT HILLS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON TREES...POWER LINES AND UNTREATED ROADS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 54...DEPENDING ON EXACT TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ098>100-201145- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0001.130221T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WW.Y.0004.130221T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 337 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...WILL GENERALLY BE AN INCH OR LESS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TO NEAR ONE-QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WILL BE EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CREATE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KED
8 follow-up statements
110 WWUS43 KICT 200317 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 917 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL EJECT OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...SPREADING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVIEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE PROJECTED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH SNOW AND SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-201730- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.130220T1200Z-130222T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 917 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES OVER CENTRAL KANSAS... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. AMOUNTS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXCEEDING ONE-QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES...AND SNOW PACKED AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TREES...POWER LINES AND UNTREATED HIGHWAYS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 54... DEPENDING ON EXACT TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ052-053-069>072-093>096-201730- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.130221T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE 917 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...HEAVY WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES OVER MARION AND CHASE COUNTIES TO 1 TO 2 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXCEEDING ONE-QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 54. * WINDS...WILL BE EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES...AND SNOW PACKED AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FLINT HILLS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON TREES...POWER LINES AND UNTREATED ROADS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 54... DEPENDING ON EXACT TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ098>100-201730- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0004.130221T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 917 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...WILL GENERALLY BE AN INCH OR LESS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TO NEAR ONE-QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WILL BE EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CREATE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KED/KETCHAM
847 WWUS43 KICT 201009 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 409 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL EJECT OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SPREADING A HEAVY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY GENERALLY WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS...ALONG WITH PERIODIC FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVIEST GENERALLY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND EARLY AFTERNOON THURSDAY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE PROJECTED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...WHERE 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. FURTHER SOUTH OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ROUGHLY ALONG A KINGMAN TO WICHITA TO EUREKA LINE...WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES OVER FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH OR EVEN EXCEED ONE-QUARTER INCH GENERALLY SOUTH OF A WICHITA TO EL DORADO TO IOLA LINE...WHICH WILL ACCUMULATE ON TREES...POWER LINES AND UNTREATED ROADS. KSZ098>100-210015- /O.UPG.KICT.WW.Y.0004.130221T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.WS.W.0001.130221T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 409 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES OVER CENTRAL KANSAS. AMOUNTS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL VARY GREATLY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER...AND 4 TO 8 INCHES FURTHER NORTH...INCLUDING THE WICHITA METRO AREA AND TURNPIKE CORRIDOR. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXCEEDING ONE-QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES...AND SNOW PACKED AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TREES...POWER LINES AND UNTREATED HIGHWAYS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 54... DEPENDING ON EXACT TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-210015- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.130220T1200Z-130222T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 409 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES OVER CENTRAL KANSAS. AMOUNTS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL VARY GREATLY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER...AND 4 TO 8 INCHES FURTHER NORTH...INCLUDING THE WICHITA METRO AREA AND TURNPIKE CORRIDOR. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXCEEDING ONE-QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES...AND SNOW PACKED AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TREES...POWER LINES AND UNTREATED HIGHWAYS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 54... DEPENDING ON EXACT TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ052-053-069>072-093>096-210015- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.130221T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE 409 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES OVER CENTRAL KANSAS. AMOUNTS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL VARY GREATLY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER...AND 4 TO 8 INCHES FURTHER NORTH...INCLUDING THE WICHITA METRO AREA AND TURNPIKE CORRIDOR. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXCEEDING ONE-QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES...AND SNOW PACKED AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TREES...POWER LINES AND UNTREATED HIGHWAYS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 54... DEPENDING ON EXACT TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ADK
128 WWUS43 KICT 202138 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 338 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL EJECT OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...SPREADING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE PROJECTED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...WHERE 12 TO 18 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. FURTHER SOUTH OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES ROUGHLY ALONG A KINGMAN TO WICHITA TO EUREKA LINE...WITH 2 TO 6 INCHES OVER FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH OR EVEN EXCEED ONE-QUARTER INCH GENERALLY SOUTH OF A HARPER TO WINFIELD TO CHANUTE LINE...WHICH WILL ACCUMULATE ON TREES...POWER LINES AND UNTREATED ROADS. KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-211145- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 338 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND EVEN SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL AFFECT THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE CLOSER TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER ON THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION...TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE 12 TO 18 INCH RANGE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS BY THURSDAY EVENING. STORM TOTALS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL VARY GREATLY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA...RANGING FROM 12 TO 15 INCHES IN THE HUTCHINSON AND NEWTON AREAS...TO 6 TO 8 INCHES NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS GREATER WICHITA IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 9 TO 13 INCHES BY THURSDAY EVENING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXCEEDING ONE-QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS FURTHER NORTH. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE NORTH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES...AND SNOW PACKED AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TREES...POWER LINES AND UNTREATED HIGHWAYS GENERALLY FOR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ052-053-069>072-093>096-098>100-211145- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.130221T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON- NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 338 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND EVEN SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL AFFECT THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED CLOSER TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER ON THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION...TOTALS WILL VARY GREATLY ACROSS THE AREA...RANGING FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES ACROSS THE TALL-GRASS PRAIRIE AREA AND FLINT HILLS...TO AS LITTLE AS 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXCEEDING ONE-QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY SOUTH OF A CHANUTE TO HOWARD LINE. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES...AND SNOW PACKED AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TREES...POWER LINES AND UNTREATED HIGHWAYS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A CHANUTE TO HOWARD LINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
735 WWUS43 KICT 210326 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 926 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL EJECT OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY...SPREADING ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE PROJECTED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...WHERE 12 TO 18 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. FURTHER SOUTH OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES ROUGHLY ALONG A HARPER TO WICHITA TO EUREKA LINE...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES OVER FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH OR EVEN EXCEED ONE-QUARTER INCH GENERALLY SOUTH OF A HARPER TO WINFIELD TO CHANUTE LINE...WHICH WILL ACCUMULATE ON TREES...POWER LINES AND UNTREATED ROADS. KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-211730- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 926 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND SLEET WILL AFFECT THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED CLOSER TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER ON THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION...TOTALS WILL VARY GREATLY ACROSS THE AREA...RANGING FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER...TO AROUND 12 INCHES IN THE WICHITA METRO...AND 12 TO 18 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXCEEDING ONE-QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY SOUTH OF A CHANUTE TO HOWARD LINE. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES...AND SNOW PACKED AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TREES...POWER LINES AND UNTREATED HIGHWAYS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A CHANUTE TO HOWARD LINE. LIGHTNING AND THUNDER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS MAINLY THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
115 WWUS43 KICT 211012 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 412 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH TODAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...SPREADING A WIDE VARIETY OF HEAVY WINTRY PRECIPITATION NORTHEAST. PREDOMINATELY SNOW IS ANTICIPATED...ALTHOUGH A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY OVER SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST KS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...BRINGING STORM TOTALS TO 14 TO 18 INCHES. SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD SEE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES...BRINGING STORM TOTALS TO 6 TO 12 INCHES. SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL LIKELY SEE A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLY EXCEEDING ONE-QUARTER INCH. THE STORM WILL BEGIN TO WIND DOWN THIS AFTERNOON FROM SOUTH TO NORTH...WITH ALL SNOW LIKELY ENDING BY MIDNIGHT.. KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-220000- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 412 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...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...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVER FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE HEAVIEST OF THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY END OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW LINGERING OVER CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION...TOTALS SINCE YESTERDAY WILL VARY GREATLY ACROSS THE AREA...RANGING FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...TO 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...TO 14 TO 18 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXCEEDING ONE-QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM WINFIELD TO MOLINE TO PARSONS. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM AN EAST TO NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES...AND SNOW PACKED AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TREES...POWER LINES AND UNTREATED HIGHWAYS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A WINFIELD TO MOLINE TO PARSONS LINE. LIGHTNING AND THUNDER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS MAINLY THIS MORNING...PRODUCING VERY PRECIPITATION RATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ADK
057 WWUS43 KICT 211641 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1041 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH TODAY... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-220000- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 1041 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...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...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVER FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION...WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...TO 9 TO 14 INCHES OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...TO 14 TO 18 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...EXCEEDING ONE-QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM WINFIELD TO MOLINE...TO CHANUTE. * WINDS...WILL BE FROM AN EAST TO NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...AND CAUSE SNOW PACKED AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TREES...POWER LINES AND UNTREATED HIGHWAYS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A WINFIELD TO MOLINE TO CHANUTE LINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ JAKUB
844 WWUS43 KICT 212138 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 338 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...THE MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL LOOSEN ITS GRIP THIS EVENING... KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-220000- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 338 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...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...ONE LAST BURST OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE DIMINISHING AND ENDING DURING THE EVENING. SOME LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS BEFORE ENDING LATER THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 14 TO 18 INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SNOW TOTALS WILL VARY FROM 5 TO 15 INCHES...WITH THE GREATEST TOTALS MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL VARY FROM LITTLE MORE THAN A TRACE ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER TO 3 TO 5 INCHES CLOSER TO HIGHWAY 54. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...OF ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS WILL BE LITTLE IF ANY. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...AND CAUSE SNOW PACKED AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
716 WWUS43 KICT 220002 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 602 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-220115- /O.EXP.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD... FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 602 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED TO END EARLY THIS EVENING. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED...SNOWPACKED... ICY...AND TREACHEROUS FOR MOTORISTS TONIGHT. $$
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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 19, 3:14 PM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 3:14 PM CST, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 314 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST CONCERN...IMPACT/TIMING OF WINTER STORM WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. TONIGHT-WEDNESDAY THE CALM BEFORE THE IMPENDING WINTER STORM TONIGHT WITH THE COLD/DRY SURFACE RIDGE GRADUALLY SLIDING EAST OF THE AREA. A LEAD UPPER SHORTWAVE TROF WILL EJECT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE PLAINS DURING WEDNESDAY WITH THE ASSOCIATED ISENTROPIC LIFT SUPPORTING AN INITIAL SHOT OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND PERHAPS SOME SLEET. REGARDING HEADLINES...PLAN TO UPGRADE LOCATIONS ALONG/WEST OF I-135 CORRIDOR ON WEDNESDAY TO A WARNING. WILL FOLLOW SUITE WITH WARNING/ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA AFTER DARK ON WEDNESDAY. WEDNESDAY NIGHT-THURSDAY GREATEST IMPACT FROM THE WINTER STORM EXPECTED DURING THESE PERIODS. THE SHORT TERM MODELS CONTINUE TO TREND A BIT SLOWER/FURTHER SOUTH WITH MASS FIELDS WHICH IS PLACING HIGHER CONFIDENCE ON HEAVY SNOW A BIT FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL AND PERHAPS INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE PRESENCE OF STRONG LIFT AND NEGATIVE EQUIVALENT POTENTIAL VORTICITY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING SUPPORT A PERIOD OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION WITH CONVECTION POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET AND PERHAPS SOME FREEZING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. SNOW TOTALS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT SEEM MORE LIKELY NOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS WITH PERHAPS AS MUCH AS 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET AS FAR SOUTH AS HIGHWAY 54. WHILE SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IS STILL EXPECTED...THE RISK OF FREEZING RAIN HAS TRENDED DOWN/FURTHER SOUTH A BIT WITH RECENT MODEL RUNS. DARMOFAL FRIDAY-MONDAY A FRIGID DAY IN THE WAKE OF THE WINTER STORM AND EXPECTED SNOW COVER ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS...BY FAR...ARE TEMPS. DEEP WIDESPREAD SNOW COVER IS SURE TO INHIBIT WARMUP...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CNTRL KS. AS SUCH TEMPS (MORE SO THE MAXES) HAVE BEEN LOWERED 3-5F. THE LOWERING OF SUN'S MAXES IS REINFORCED BY ONSET OF -RASN OVER CNTRL KS AS AN UPR DECK WAVE...SCHEDULED TO APPROACH THE PACIFIC NW FRI...WILL SURGE SE TOWARD THE NRN & CNTRL ROCKIES ON SAT. IN RESPONSE SFC CYCLONGENESIS WOULD BE INDUCED OVER ERN CO SAT AFTERNOON. AS THE SFC LOW MOVES SE & THEN E TOWARD...THEN ALONG...THE KS/OK BORDER...WARM FRONTOGENESIS WOULD COMMENCE OVER ERN KS ON SUN WHILE A COLD FRONT WILL SURGE SE ACROSS CNTRL & SC KS. SCT -SHRA WOULD THEN SPREAD SE ACROSS SC & SE KS SUN EVENING WITH CNTRL & SC KS EXPERIENCING A CHANGEOVER TO -SN LATE SUN NGT. THERE ARE TIMING ISSUES BETWEEN THE GFS & ECMWF IN ALL RESPECTS AS TO HOW THE PATTERN WILL EVOLVE FROM SUN NGT ONWARD WITH THE ECMWF DEPICTING THE STRENGTHENING CYCLONE DIGGING TOWARD...THEN OVER...THE OK & TX PANHANDLES SUN & SUN NGT. AS SUCH HAVE KEPT POPS FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE FOR SUN NGT & MON. MON NGT-TUE: THE BEHAVIOR/POSITIONING OF THE DEEP...OCCLUDING CYCLONE WILL DRAW INCREASING ATTENTION NEXT WEEKEND AS ALL FACETS OF FORECAST WOULD HINGE ON HOW IT EVOLVES. ES && .AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU THERE'LL BE EXCELLENT WEATHER OVER ALL 5 TERMINALS TIL WED MORNING WHEN...BETWEEN 12Z & 15Z...CIGS & VSBYS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE INTO IFR STATUS OVER KICT & KHUT. AT 18Z DEEP/INTENSE CYCLONE WAS SITUATED OVER SW OR/EXTREME NRN CA COAST. THE CYCLONE WILL MOVE SE OVER CA THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON & TONIGHT...THEN REACH THE CA/AZ BORDER ~15Z. THIS WOULD INDUCE LWR-DECK FLOW TO BACK TO THE E/SE ENABLING VERY RICH LWR-DECK MOISTURE TO SPREAD RAPIDLY OVER SC KS. PRECIPITATION MODE TO BE -SN OVER BOTH TERMINALS WITH 3SM VSBYS LIKELY. PLANNING FURTHER...THE SITUATION WILL WORSEN QUICKLY OVER CNTRL KS TOWARD THE END OF THE 18Z TAF CYCLE...MUCH MORE SO KRSL. THE 20/00Z EDITION WILL COVER THE PERIODS FROM 15Z ONWARD IN GREATER DETAIL. ES && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 25 31 29 35 / 10 70 100 90 HUTCHINSON 22 30 28 31 / 10 70 100 100 NEWTON 21 30 27 32 / 0 60 100 100 ELDORADO 22 32 28 34 / 0 60 100 100 WINFIELD-KWLD 24 34 31 38 / 10 70 100 90 RUSSELL 20 28 23 24 / 10 80 100 100 GREAT BEND 21 29 26 27 / 10 80 100 100 SALINA 18 29 25 27 / 0 70 100 100 MCPHERSON 20 30 27 30 / 0 70 100 100 COFFEYVILLE 22 37 32 39 / 0 40 100 100 CHANUTE 20 36 29 35 / 0 30 100 100 IOLA 19 36 28 34 / 0 20 100 100 PARSONS-KPPF 21 37 31 38 / 0 30 100 100 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY FOR KSZ098>100. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY FOR KSZ032-033-047>051-067-068-082-083-091-092. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY FOR KSZ052-053-069>072-093>096. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 19, 4:39 AM CST, 10 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 439 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-201045- RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE- RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 439 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION LIKELY OCCURRING WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER STORM WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS. SUB-ZERO WIND CHILLS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP ADK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 3:37 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | Chautauqua, Labette, Montgomery | 13 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.