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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this winter storm watch at Dec 19, 2013, 1:59 PM CST for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 21, 2013, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2013, 1:59 PM CST (19:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2013, 12:57 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Anderson County, KS, Brown County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Dec 19, 12:08 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 12:08 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 1:59 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 19 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.