Alert archive / Kansas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this winter storm warning at Apr 9, 2013, 9:49 PM CDT for 11 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 9, 2013, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr. 18 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
- Apr 9, 2013, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2013, 10:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2013, 2:43 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 1:50 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Kingman, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED ICE ACCUMULATING ON TREES AND POWERLINES ESTIMATED ICE ACCUMLATION WAS JUST UNDER QUARTER OF AN INCH. |
| Apr 10, 2:05 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Hutchinson, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH ON TREES AND POWER LINES. |
| Apr 10, 2:15 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Mcpherson, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES AND POWERLINES IN TOWN. |
| Apr 10, 3:22 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Anthony, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 0.2 TO 0.3 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES. |
| Apr 10, 3:55 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Hutchinson, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 0.5 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IN THE CITY OF HUTCHINSON ON TREES AND POWER LINES. |
| Apr 10, 4:47 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Wichita Mid Continent A, KS | MEASURED ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREE LIMBS AND BUSHES OUTSIDE THE OFFICE. |
| Apr 10, 5:25 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Salina, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN FROM ICING. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WERE STARTING TO GET SLICK. |
| Apr 10, 5:35 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Lyons, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SOME TREE LIMBS DOWN AND A FEW TREES UPROOTED FROM ICING. |
| Apr 10, 5:43 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Ellsworth, KS | ROADS ARE VERY SLICK AND ICY IN ELLSWORTH. |
| Apr 10, 5:49 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Newton, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A CAR ACCIDENT ON I-135 NEAR MILE MARKER 33 DUE TO SLICK CONDITIONS. ALSO REPORTED TREE LIMBS DOWN AND SOME POWER LINES ARCING FROM ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 0.25 TO 0.50. |
| Apr 10, 7:19 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | West Wichita, KS | REPORTED SEVERE DAMAGE TO A TREE AT HOME NEAR 13TH AND MAIZE FROM HEAVY ICING. |
| Apr 10, 7:19 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Wichita Mid Continent A, KS | ICE CONTINUES TO ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND ELEVATED OBJECTS AT THE OFFICE. |
| Apr 10, 7:52 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Mcpherson, KS | 0.25 TO 0.50 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION WITH SOME DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS. |
| Apr 10, 8:29 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0 | Hutchinson, KS | ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE-QUARTER TO ONE-HALF INCH ACROSS THE COUNTY. THREE POWER POLES WERE DOWNED IN SOUTH HUTCHINSON...WITH MULTIPLE POWER LINES DOWNED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. |
| Apr 10, 8:34 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0 | Inman, KS | ESTIMATE ACCUMULATION ON TREES WAS 1/4 INCH. |
| Apr 10, 9:45 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | 3 Ene Salina, KS | A FEW DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. |
| Apr 10, 11:21 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.15 | 5 Se Colwich, KS | APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 1 TO 2 TENTHS OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES. |
| Apr 10, 1:29 PM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Wellington, KS | MOSTLY LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES. ROADS JUST WET. |
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 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 378 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 508 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
664 WWUS43 KICT 100249 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 949 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...POTENT COLD FRONT TO BRING WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION... KSZ049>051-067-101700- /O.UPG.KICT.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130410T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WS.W.0005.130410T0300Z-130410T1800Z/ SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON 949 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET...WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 POSSIBLE. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE EVENT. * IMPACTS...WITH THE EXTREMELY COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ANY OBJECT THAT IS ELEVATED. FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK AND DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. BE CAREFUL DRIVING TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ052-053-068-069-083-092-093-101700- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0008.130410T0300Z-130411T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-SEDGWICK-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...WICHITA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 949 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET...WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 POSSIBLE. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 2 TENTHS IS POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE EVENT. * IMPACTS...WITH THE EXTREMELY COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ANY OBJECT THAT IS ELEVATED. FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK. BE CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ032-033-047-048-101700- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130410T1800Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH 949 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET...WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 POSSIBLE. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 TO 2 TENTHS IS POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE EVENT. * IMPACTS...WITH THE EXTREMELY COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ANY OBJECT THAT IS ELEVATED. FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK. BE CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING. 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. && $$ KSZ082-091-101700- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0008.130410T0300Z-130410T1800Z/ KINGMAN-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGMAN...ANTHONY...HARPER 949 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET...WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 POSSIBLE. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 TO 2 TENTHS IS POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE EVENT. * IMPACTS...WITH THE EXTREMELY COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ANY OBJECT THAT IS ELEVATED. FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK. BE CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ES
6 follow-up statements
949 WWUS43 KICT 100336 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1036 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...POTENT COLD FRONT TO BRING WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION... KSZ048-101745- /O.UPG.KICT.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130410T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130410T1800Z/ ELLSWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ELLSWORTH 1036 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THE REST OF THE NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 POSSIBLE. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE LIKELY. * IMPACTS...WITH THE EXTREMELY COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ANY OBJECT THAT IS ELEVATED SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BE SLICK AND DANGEROUS...SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ049>051-067-101745- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130410T1800Z/ SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON 1036 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET...WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 POSSIBLE. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE EVENT. * IMPACTS...WITH THE EXTREMELY COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ANY OBJECT THAT IS ELEVATED. FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK AND DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...SO BE CAREFUL DRIVING TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ052-053-068-069-083-092-093-101745- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-SEDGWICK-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...WICHITA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 1036 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET...WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 POSSIBLE. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE EVENT. * IMPACTS...WITH THE EXTREMELY COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ANY OBJECT THAT IS ELEVATED. FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK. BE CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING. 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. && $$ KSZ032-033-047-082-091-101745- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130410T1800Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-KINGMAN-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... KINGMAN...ANTHONY...HARPER 1036 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET...WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 POSSIBLE. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 TO 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE EVENT. * IMPACTS...WITH THE EXTREMELY COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ANY OBJECT THAT IS ELEVATED. FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK. BE CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ES
366 WWUS43 KICT 100709 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 209 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 KSZ082-091-102115- /O.UPG.KICT.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130410T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ KINGMAN-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGMAN...ANTHONY...HARPER 209 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING...WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET OR LIGHT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 POSSIBLE. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 4 TENTHS OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...WITH THE EXTREMELY COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ANY OBJECT THAT IS ELEVATED. SMALLER BRANCHES OF TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BREAK DUE TO THE ICE AND WIND. FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE ROADS TO BECOME SLICK. BE CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ048>051-067-102115- /O.EXT.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS... MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON 209 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING...WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 POSSIBLE. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 4 TENTHS OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...WITH THE EXTREMELY COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ANY OBJECT THAT IS ELEVATED SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BE SLICK AND DANGEROUS...SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ032-033-047-102115- /O.EXT.KICT.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND 209 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...WITH A TRANSITION TO FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 POSSIBLE. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A HALF INCH. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...WITH THE EXTREMELY COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ANY OBJECT THAT IS ELEVATED. FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK. BE CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING. 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. && $$ KSZ052-053-068-069-083-092-093-102115- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-SEDGWICK-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...WICHITA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 209 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST INTO LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A HALF INCH. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...WITH THE EXTREMELY COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ANY OBJECT THAT IS ELEVATED. FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK. BE CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ HOWERTON
265 WWUS43 KICT 100849 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 349 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 KSZ068-083-092-102300- /O.UPG.KICT.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ HARVEY-SEDGWICK-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WICHITA...WELLINGTON 349 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST INTO LATE AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A QUARTER INCH. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...WITH THE COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ANY OBJECT THAT IS ELEVATED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ048>051-067-082-091-102300- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS... MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN...ANTHONY...HARPER 349 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING...WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 POSSIBLE. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A HALF INCH. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A HALF INCH. * IMPACTS...WITH THE COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ANY OBJECT THAT IS ELEVATED SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY. FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE ROADS TO BE SLICK AND DANGEROUS...SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ032-033-047-052-053-069-093-102300- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-MARION-CHASE-BUTLER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... MARION...COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY 349 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST INTO LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A HALF INCH. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...WITH THE EXTREMELY COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ANY OBJECT THAT IS ELEVATED. FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK. BE CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING. 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. && $$ HOWERTON
174 WWUS43 KICT 101000 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 500 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 KSZ052-110000- /O.UPG.KICT.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ MARION- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MARION 500 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST INTO LATE AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A QUARTER INCH. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...WITH THE COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ANY OBJECT THAT IS ELEVATED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ048>051-067-068-082-083-091-092-110000- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS... MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY... HARPER...WELLINGTON 500 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST INTO LATE AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A QUARTER INCH. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...WITH THE COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ANY OBJECT THAT IS ELEVATED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ032-033-047-053-069-093-110000- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-CHASE-BUTLER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 500 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST INTO LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A HALF INCH. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...WITH THE EXTREMELY COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ANY OBJECT THAT IS ELEVATED. FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK. BE CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
682 WWUS43 KICT 101628 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1128 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 KSZ048>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-110000- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN- SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS... MCPHERSON...MARION...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 1128 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST INTO LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...WILL BE LITTLE IF ANY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...OF AN ADDITIONAL ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...WITH THE COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ANY OBJECT THAT IS ELEVATED. THIS WILL LIKELY HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON POWER LINES AND TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ032-033-047-053-069-093-110000- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-CHASE-BUTLER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 1128 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST INTO LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...WILL BE LITTLE IF ANY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...OF AN ADDITIONAL ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * IMPACTS...WITH THE EXTREMELY COLD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...RAIN WILL FREEZE ON THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY ANY OBJECT THAT IS ELEVATED. FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME SLICK. BE CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
866 WWUS43 KICT 101943 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 243 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 KSZ048>052-067-068-082-083-091-092-110000- /O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN- SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS... MCPHERSON...MARION...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 243 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PATCHY AREAS OF LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES GENERALLY EAST OF THE FLINT HILLS SHOULD REMAIN WARM ENOUGH FOR MOSTLY RAIN. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LITTLE IF ANY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN UNDER ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH FOR MOST AREAS. * IMPACTS...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL SLICKEN UP PRIMARILY ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES...POWER LINES AND OVERPASSES. USE CAUTION IF DRIVING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. && $$ KSZ032-033-047-053-069-093-110000- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-CHASE-BUTLER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... COTTONWOOD FALLS...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 243 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...PATCHY AREAS OF LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS INTO THE EVENING HOURS.TEMPERATURES GENERALLY EAST OF THE FLINT HILLS SHOULD REMAIN WARM ENOUGH FOR MOSTLY RAIN. * SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LITTLE IF ANY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN UNDER ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH FOR MOST AREAS. * IMPACTS...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL SLICKEN UP PRIMARILY ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES...POWER LINES AND OVERPASSES. USE CAUTION IF DRIVING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ADK
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 Apr 9, 7:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 7:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 747 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 745 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 SVR TSRA CONTINUE TO LINE UP ALONG NNE-SSW ORIENTED 850-MB COLD FRONT THAT IS MOVG VERY SLOWLY E THIS EVENING WHICH WOULD BE EXPECTED GIVEN THAT THE MID-UPR CYCLONE IS LIKEWISE MAKING VERY SLOW EWD PROGRESS. PER THESE REASONS HAVE FINE-TUNED POPS/WX/QPF TO SHIFT HIGHEST POPS FURTHER W THRU ~10PM...THUS LOWERING POPS CONSIDERABLY ACROSS SE KS DURING THIS PERIOD. PRECIP MODE ALONG NW CORRIDOR CHALLENGING TO SAY THE LEAST WITH -SN -FZRA & IP ALL BEING REPORTED SINCE ~630PM. WX GRIDS HAVE LIKEWISE FINE-TUNED WX GRIDS TO NO DOUBT REFLECT THESE MOST RECENT TRENDS. UPDATE ISSUED AT 551 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 SURFACE-BASED CONVECTION HAS BEEN SLOW TO DEVELOP ALONG THE SURFACE COLD FRONT ALONG/EAST OF THE TURNPIKE CORRIDOR SO FAR...LIKELY DUE TO THE VERY SHALLOW NATURE OF THE COLD AIR NOT ABLE TO DIMINISH THE SOMEWHAT DEEPER CONVECTIVE INHIBITION...AND ACTIVITY RUNNING OUT AHEAD OF DEEPER FRONTAL AND UPPER FORCING. HOWEVER...STILL CANNOT RULE OUT SURFACE-BASED DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING...SO WILL CONTINUE THAT THREAT OVER SOUTHEAST KS. IT NOW APPEARS THAT ELEVATED STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT...CLOSER TO THE 850-700MB FRONTAL ZONE AND UPPER FORCING. GIVEN MUCAPES AROUND 1000 J/KG AND DEEP-LAYER EFFECTIVE SHEAR AROUND 50-60 KTS...THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WILL BE CAPABLE OF DIME TO HALF-DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. THEREFORE...AFTER COORDINATION WITH SPC AND SURROUNDING WFOS...HAVE ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH GENERALLY ALONG/WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS THROUGH 1 AM. VERY ODD SETUP...AS THIS CONVECTION WILL BE OCCURRING WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING...SO BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY CONVECTIVE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. ADK && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 330 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 FORECAST CONCERNS FOCUS AROUND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...WITH AN INCREASING THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS WINTERY PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS OF 230 PM...A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM NORTHEAST KS SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL KS AND SOUTH INTO WESTERN OK CONTINUED TO PROGRESS EAST/SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. A RELATIVELY WARM AND MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN THE 70S EXISTED AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH TEMPERATURES PLUMMETING INTO THE 30S AND 40S IMMEDIATELY IN ITS WAKE. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...AN EXPANSIVE AND DEEP MID/UPPER TROUGH SPUN OVER THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ROCKIES. SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES...ANTICIPATING SFC-BASED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE FORMING ALONG THE ADVANCING COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GENERALLY ALONG/SOUTHEAST OF THE KS TURNPIKE CORRIDOR. SINCE SURFACE COLD FRONT IS OUTRUNNING THE DEEPER FRONTAL AND UPPER FORCING...UNSURE ON JUST HOW WIDESPREAD/SEVERE THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE. HOWEVER...THINKING THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR QUARTER-GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND 60-70 MPH WINDS WITH THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY...ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO. GIVEN THE STRONG LINEAR FRONTAL FORCING IN CONCERT WITH STOUT EFFECTIVE SHEAR...MAIN STORM MODE WILL BE BROKEN LINES WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELL STRUCTURES. GENERALLY WEST OF THE TURNPIKE...SCATTERED ELEVATED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH AN ATTENDANT THREAT OF MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL GIVEN MODEST ELEVATED INSTABILITY AND STRONG EFFECTIVE SHEAR. AS THE SHALLOW COLD AIR CONTINUES ADVANCING EAST THIS EVENING/TONIGHT...THE MID/UPPER TROUGH HANGING BACK OVER THE ROCKIES WILL PREVENT DEEP COLD AIR FROM ADVANCING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA...ALLOWING FOR A VERY STOUT WARM/MOIST LAYER AROUND 800 MB TO PERSIST WELL TO THE WEST OF THE EFFECTIVE SURFACE COLD FRONT. WITH ENERGY CONTINUING TO APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST...TIGHTENING THE MID-LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE ACROSS THE REGION...ANTICIPATING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO BUST OUT WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS THIS EVENING/TONIGHT. GIVEN THE EXPECTED SUB-FREEZING SURFACE TEMPERATURES FROM WEST TO EAST...ANTICIPATING THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN/SLEET...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE CONVECTIVE/HEAVY IN NATURE...WHICH COULD ALLOW FOR RAPID ICE/SLEET ACCUMULATIONS IN SPOTS. ANTICIPATING THIS ACTIVITY TO GRADUALLY PUSH INTO EASTERN KS WEDNESDAY...ALTHOUGH WARMING TEMPERATURES THROUGH DAY MAY ALLOW MOSTLY LIQUID PRECIPITATION BY LATE MORNING. CONSEQUENTLY...ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY GENERALLY ALONG/WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS...INCLUDING THE WICHITA METRO. LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO EXPAND IT EAST ANOTHER ROW OF COUNTIES. ADDITIONALLY...IF CONVECTIVE FREEZING RAIN/SLEET MATERIALIZES...LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO UPGRADE TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH LATE WEEK...AS THE DEEP MID/UPPER TROUGH SLOWLY ADVANCES EAST ACROSS MID-AMERICA. ADK .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 330 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 MODEL CONSENSUS SUGGESTS WARMING TEMPERATURES BY THE WEEKEND...WITH POTENTIALLY ANOTHER STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVING FOR EARLY-MID NEXT WEEK...AS ANOTHER TROUGH DIGS ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS. THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF SUPPORT FROM THE ECMWF AND GFS (ALONG WITH GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS)...SO CONFIDENCE IS BEGINNING TO INCREASE IN THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE PRECIPITATION EARLY-MID NEXT WEEK. ADK && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 745 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 A MESSY SITUATION HAS COMMENCED OVER CNTRL KS WHERE WINTRY MIX IS IN PROGRESS OVER KRSL & KSLN 30-50NM WNW OF SHARP COLD FRONT THAT HAS FINALLY CROSSED KS TURNPIKE. IFR CIGS & VSBYS LIKELY OVER ALL OF CNTRL KS FOR MOST OF 10/12Z EDITION. STG-SVR TSRAGR CONTINUE TO LINE UP ALONG NNE-SSW ORIENTED 850-MB COLD FRONT THAT CONTINUES TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY E TOWARD CNTRL & SC KS. GOLFBALL-SIZED HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THE STRONGEST TSRA. AS SFC COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PROGRESS SLOWLY SE NW WINDS ~22KTS /25MPH WITH ~30KT/35MPH GUSTS ARE TO BE EXPECTED FOR REST OF THE NIGHT. KCNU TO MAINTAIN VFR STATUS TIL ~05Z WHEN STRONG COLD FRONT SHOULD ARRIVE. AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE CIGS & VSBYS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY TO IFR. MANY UPDATES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. && .FIRE WEATHER... ISSUED AT 330 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL AFFECT THE REGION THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...ALONG WITH MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES THROUGH LATE WEEK. FIRE DANGER MAY BECOME MORE ELEVATED BY THE WEEKEND...DUE TO WARMING TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS. HOWEVER...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER IS NOT ANTICIPATED BY ANY MEANS. ADK && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 28 37 27 48 / 80 80 10 10 HUTCHINSON 26 36 26 47 / 80 60 10 10 NEWTON 27 37 26 45 / 80 80 10 10 ELDORADO 29 38 27 47 / 80 80 10 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 30 39 26 50 / 80 80 10 10 RUSSELL 23 35 25 45 / 60 50 10 0 GREAT BEND 23 36 25 46 / 60 50 10 0 SALINA 26 37 26 45 / 80 60 10 10 MCPHERSON 25 36 26 46 / 80 60 10 10 COFFEYVILLE 37 43 29 50 / 70 80 10 10 CHANUTE 37 42 30 49 / 70 80 10 10 IOLA 37 42 30 48 / 70 80 10 10 PARSONS-KPPF 37 42 30 49 / 70 80 10 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR KSZ052-053- 068-069-083-092-093. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR KSZ032-033- 047>051-067. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR KSZ082-091. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 4:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 421 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-102130- 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- 421 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE GENERALLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREATS EAST OF THE TURNPIKE WILL BE QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL...60 TO 70 MPH WINDS AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO. THE MAIN THREATS WEST OF THE TURNPIKE WILL BE DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FILTER SOUTHEAST IN WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. WITH PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS LIKELY GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS. ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD PERSIST UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MORE INFORMATION. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SHOULD INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MID NEXT WEEK. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS AT LEAST STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP JMB/ADK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 9, 8:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
830 PM CDT TUE APR 09 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM HAIL STERLING 38.21N 98.21W
04/09/2013 E0.50 INCH RICE KS PUBLIC
&&
CWHLocal storm report, Apr 9, 8:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
843 PM CDT TUE APR 09 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0843 PM HAIL HUTCHINSON 38.07N 97.91W
04/09/2013 E0.25 INCH RENO KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CWHLocal storm report, Apr 9, 8:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
848 PM CDT TUE APR 09 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0838 PM TSTM WND GST 4 E GLENDALE 38.90N 97.80W
04/09/2013 M60 MPH SALINE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
COURTESY OF SPOTTER NETWORK
&&
SGSLocal storm report, Apr 9, 8:50 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
850 PM CDT TUE APR 09 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0843 PM HAIL 2 W HUTCHINSON 38.07N 97.95W
04/09/2013 E0.50 INCH RENO KS PUBLIC
COURTESY MPING APP.
&&
CWHSpecial weather statement, Apr 9, 9:04 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 904 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 KSZ067-082-100230- KINGMAN-RENO- 904 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KINGMAN AND RENO COUNTIES... AT 902 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINGMAN...AND MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH. PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3751 9847 3812 9847 3797 9773 3740 9796 TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 195DEG 47KT 3760 9821 CARUSO
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 9:29 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
929 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
KSZ082-091-100300-
HARPER-KINGMAN-
929 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARPER AND KINGMAN COUNTIES...
AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SHARON...OR 11 MILES EAST OF MEDICINE
LODGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3717 9832 3738 9834 3738 9847 3773 9845
3773 9796 3756 9781 3752 9781
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 221DEG 52KT 3737 9833
CARUSOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Rice | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Reno, Rice | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Ellsworth | 37 min |
| Apr 9, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Saline | 55 min |
| Apr 9, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 23 min |
| Apr 9, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Reno, Rice | 58 min |
| Apr 9, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 26 min |
| Apr 9, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 10:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Marion | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Sumner | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 11:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Butler | 25 min |
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