Alert archive / Kansas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this winter storm warning at Feb 3, 2014, 4:24 AM CST for 24 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 3, 2014, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 30 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 3, 2014, 4:24 AM CST (10:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 3, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2014, 11:54 PM CST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
All 24 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, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson 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), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:21 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 4, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Kingman, KS | 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED SO FAR AT THE KINGMAN COURTHOUSE. |
| Feb 4, 5:30 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Hutchinson, KS | THREE INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN THUS FAR. |
| Feb 4, 6:50 AM CST | SNOW 1.2 | Hillsboro, KS | |
| Feb 4, 6:50 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 2 Nw Goessel, KS | |
| Feb 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.4 | Burns, KS | |
| Feb 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Dexter, KS | |
| Feb 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Newton, KS | |
| Feb 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.6 | Anthony, KS | |
| Feb 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Sterling, KS | |
| Feb 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 3 E Lindsborg, KS | |
| Feb 4, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 4 Nw Arlington, KS | |
| Feb 4, 7:05 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Hutchinson, KS | |
| Feb 4, 7:08 AM CST | SNOW 0.3 | Neodesha, KS | PUBLIC REPORTED 1/4 INCH IN NEODESHA SO FAR THIS MORNING. |
| Feb 4, 7:27 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Mcpherson, KS | |
| Feb 4, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Caldwell, KS | |
| Feb 4, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Potwin, KS | |
| Feb 4, 7:31 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Arkansas City, KS | MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALLING IN ARKANSAS CITY PRESENTLY. |
| Feb 4, 7:34 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Salina, KS | |
| Feb 4, 7:37 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Kingman, KS | |
| Feb 4, 7:39 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Wellington, KS | 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS MANY PORTIONS OF SUMNER COUNTY. ROADS ARE SNOW PACKED WITH EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. |
| Feb 4, 7:44 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Kanopolis State Park, KS | |
| Feb 4, 7:58 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Newton, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN NEWTON. |
| Feb 4, 7:58 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Ssw Mount Hope, KS | VERY HEAVY SNOW FALLING IN MOUNT HOPE WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN A TENTH OF A MILE. |
| Feb 4, 8:08 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Great Bend, KS | |
| Feb 4, 8:20 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Salina, KS | MEASURED 4 INCHES AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER IN SALINA |
| Feb 4, 8:45 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Madison, KS | HEAVY SNOW NOW PRESENTLY FALLING |
| Feb 4, 8:45 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 5 Wnw Clearwater, KS | |
| Feb 4, 8:53 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 5 Se Colwich, KS | |
| Feb 4, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Arkansas City, KS | |
| Feb 4, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Sedan, KS | |
| Feb 4, 9:01 AM CST | SNOW 2.1 | Wichita Mid Continent A, KS | MEASURED 2.1 INCHES AS OF 9AM AT THE NWS OFFICE. |
| Feb 4, 9:08 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | 7 S Windom, KS | |
| Feb 4, 9:22 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 10 Sw Hutchinson, KS | |
| Feb 4, 9:24 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Halstead, KS | SNOW TOTAL THROUGH 9 AM |
| Feb 4, 9:39 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Florence, KS | |
| Feb 4, 9:42 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Kingman, KS | 4.75 INCH SNOWFALL THROUGH 930 AM |
| Feb 4, 9:45 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Madison, KS | 1 1/2 INCH ACCUMULATION IN THE LAST HOUR. |
| Feb 4, 9:46 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Sedan, KS | |
| Feb 4, 9:46 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Hillsboro, KS | |
| Feb 4, 9:49 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Mount Hope, KS | |
| Feb 4, 9:49 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 5 E Roxbury, KS | BRIDGE OPERATOR REPORTED 5.5 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE FAR NORTH WEST PART OF THE COUNTY WITH 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY. |
| Feb 4, 9:50 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | El Dorado, KS | |
| Feb 4, 9:54 AM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Fredonia, KS | |
| Feb 4, 9:56 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 9 Nne Newton, KS | |
| Feb 4, 9:56 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Burden, KS | |
| Feb 4, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | 3 Se Haysville, KS | OBSERVER REPORTED 2.8 INCHES AS OF 10AM |
| Feb 4, 10:02 AM CST | SNOW 3.1 | Wichita Mid Continent A, KS | MEASURED 3.1 INCHES AS OF 10AM AT THE NWS OFFICE. |
| Feb 4, 10:09 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Douglass, KS | |
| Feb 4, 10:10 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Hutchinson, KS | 5 1/2 TO 6 INCHES AT 5TH AND WALNUT IN DOWNTOWN HUTCHINSON |
| Feb 4, 10:25 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 5 Se Colwich, KS | |
| Feb 4, 10:28 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Halstead, KS | 4.5 INCH SNOWFALL THROUGH 10 AM WITH 1 INCH IN THE PAST HOUR |
| Feb 4, 10:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 2 Se Buhler, KS | |
| Feb 4, 10:34 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 4 S Maize, KS | |
| Feb 4, 10:35 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Great Bend, KS | |
| Feb 4, 10:44 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Kingman, KS | |
| Feb 4, 10:45 AM CST | SNOW 3.8 | West Wichita, KS | MEASURED IN NORTHWEST WICHITA. |
| Feb 4, 10:45 AM CST | SNOW 4.3 | 1 W Whitewater, KS | |
| Feb 4, 10:48 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | El Dorado, KS | |
| Feb 4, 10:50 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Russell, KS | |
| Feb 4, 10:50 AM CST | SNOW 3.8 | West Wichita, KS | 3.8 INCHES 3 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF WESTLINK VILLAGE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
545 WWUS43 KICT 031024 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 424 AM CST MON FEB 3 2014 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>070-082-083-091-092-040030- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0001.140204T0000Z-140205T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WS.W.0001.140204T0000Z-140205T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 424 AM CST MON FEB 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... 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 MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY ON TUESDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING AND ENDING LATE TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WILL REACH UPWARDS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING POSSIBLE TUESDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS ALSO EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ071-072-093>096-040030- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0001.140204T0000Z-140205T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WW.Y.0007.140204T0000Z-140205T0600Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE 424 AM CST MON FEB 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY ON TUESDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING AND ENDING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY TUESDAY NIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING POSSIBLE TUESDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS ALSO EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ098>100-040030- /O.NEW.KICT.WW.Y.0007.140204T0000Z-140205T0600Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE... PARSONS 424 AM CST MON FEB 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY ON TUESDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...BEFORE DIMINISHING AND ENDING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY TUESDAY NIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING POSSIBLE TUESDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS ALSO EXPECTED. 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. && $$ BILLINGS WRIGHT
6 follow-up statements
104 WWUS43 KICT 032138 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 338 PM CST MON FEB 3 2014 KSZ071-072-093>096-098-041145- /O.UPG.KICT.WW.Y.0007.140204T0000Z-140205T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.WS.W.0001.140204T0000Z-140205T0600Z/ WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YATES CENTER...IOLA...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN 338 PM CST MON FEB 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY ON TUESDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING AND ENDING TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 6 TO 9 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS ALSO EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ032-033-047>053-067>070-082-083-091-092-041145- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.140204T0000Z-140205T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... EUREKA...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON 338 PM CST MON FEB 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY ON TUESDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING AND ENDING TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 6 TO 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS ALSO EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ099-100-041145- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0007.140204T0000Z-140205T0600Z/ MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 338 PM CST MON FEB 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JMC
680 WWUS43 KICT 040326 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 926 PM CST MON FEB 3 2014 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098-041730- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140205T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA- 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 926 PM CST MON FEB 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY ON TUESDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING AND ENDING TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 6 TO 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS ALSO EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ099-100-041730- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140205T0600Z/ MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 926 PM CST MON FEB 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JMC/KETCHAM
641 WWUS43 KICT 040932 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 332 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098-042345- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140205T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA- 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 332 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS TODAY. SNOW WILL THE HEAVIEST ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING AND TRANSITION ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND THE TURNPIKE CORRIDOR THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DIMINISH AND END LATE THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 6 TO 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS ALSO EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ099-100-042345- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140205T0600Z/ MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 332 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW IS FALLING THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AND INTO THE LATE EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO THE LATE EVENING. THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BILLINGS WRIGHT
325 WWUS43 KICT 042129 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 329 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098-050600- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140205T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA- 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 329 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS...WITH THE HEAVIEST IN A BAND ALONG A HUTCHINSON TO MCPHERSON TO MARION LINE. SNOW WILL DIMINISH AND END LATE THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED AREA WIDE WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE 25 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM HUTCHINSON TO MCPHERSON TO MARION. * WIND CHILLS...NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FRIGID TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE 15 TO 20 DEGREE BELOW ZERO RANGE. THESE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE- QUARTER MILE OR LESS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS ALSO EXPECTED THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ099-100-050600- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140205T0600Z/ MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 329 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY LATE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY LATER THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED INTO THE LATE EVENING. THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ LAWSON
702 WWUS43 KICT 050335 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 935 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098-050600- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140205T0600Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA- 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 935 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES LATE THIS EVENING...BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. * WIND CHILLS...NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FRIGID TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE 15 TO 20 DEGREE BELOW ZERO RANGE. THESE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ099-100-050600- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140205T0600Z/ MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 935 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS IS EXPECTED. BUT SOME VERY LIGHT ICE GLAZING IS POSSIBLE. * WINDS...WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY BY LATER THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED INTO THE LATE EVENING. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KETCHAM
452 WWUS43 KICT 050554 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1154 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS POSSIBLE UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY... KSZ032-033-047>053-067-068-082-083-091-051800- /O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140205T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WC.Y.0004.140205T0600Z-140205T1800Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION... COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER 1154 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...DANGEROUS WILL CHILLS WILL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AT NOON. * WIND CHILLS...NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH FRIGID TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE 15 TO 20 DEGREE BELOW ZERO RANGE. * IMPACTS...ANYONE OUTSIDE SHOULD DRESS IN WARM...LAYERS OF CLOTHING. THE POSSIBILITY OF FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL INCREASE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. * OTHER IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED OVERNIGHT DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. KETCHAM PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ KSZ069>072-092>096-098-050700- /O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140205T0600Z/ BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO- CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...EUREKA... YATES CENTER...IOLA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE...SEDAN 1154 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO TRAVEL ISSUES OVERNIGHT. VISIBILITIES IN THE BLOWING SNOW MAY BE REDUCED BELOW ONE MILE. EAST WEST ROADWAYS WILL BE PRONE TO DRIFTING. $$ KSZ099-100-050700- /O.CAN.KICT.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140205T0600Z/ MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 1154 PM CST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ KETCHAM
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 3, 4:03 AM CST, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 4:03 AM CST, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 403 AM CST MON FEB 3 2014 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 403 AM CST MON FEB 3 2014 A BROAD TROUGH IS SITUATED ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTRY...WITH A DEEP WAVE DIGGING OFF OF BAJA. THIS WAVE IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHWEST AND CAUSE THE WEATHER FOR TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. CURRENTLY WE ARE IN THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM WITH MORNING LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS AND SKIES MOSTLY CLEAR. WINDS ARE LIGHT AS THE SURFACE HIGH MOVES ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE BECOMING SOUTHERLY THIS MORNING. BILLINGS WRIGHT && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 403 AM CST MON FEB 3 2014 THIS PERIOD IS THE ONE OF CONCERN WITH A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE EXITING THE AREA WEDNESDAY. THE GFS AND THE NAM CONTINUE TO SHOW A PERIOD OF ENHANCED FRONTOGENESIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL KANSAS BEFORE THE LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAIN WAVE IMPACTS THE AREA TONIGHT. HAVE REMOVED CHANCES BEFORE 00Z...BUT HAVE KEPT CHANCES IN CENTRAL KANSAS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SNOW BEGINNING EARLIER IN THAT REGION. ALL OF THE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING THE MAIN WAVE APPROACHING AND PRECIPITATION BREAKING OUT BETWEEN 00Z-06Z FROM WEST TO EAST. WHILE THERE IS A CONCERN FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO BEGIN AS LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...THE SOUNDINGS MOISTEN VERY QUICKLY AND HAVE ONLY SNOW FROM THE ONSET THROUGH THE EVENT. BY 06Z TUESDAY THE LIFT IN THE DENDRITIC IS MAXIMIZED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...THIS CONTINUES THROUGH THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. EXPECTING SNOW TO BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. EVENTUALLY THIS SHIFTS NORTH AND EASTWARD...BUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THIS PERSISTS...FURTHER ENFORCES THE HIGHER SNOWFALL TOTALS. THE SNOWFALL FORECAST IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE AFTERNOON FORECAST WITH TOTALS OVER 6 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE CONSISTENCY IN THE FORECAST FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS AND MOST RECENT GUIDANCE HAS GIVEN ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO UPGRADE THE WATCH TO A WARNING FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. CONFIDENCE WITH OVER 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS IS LOWER...ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME PERIODS OF TIME WHERE LIFT IS MAXIMIZED OVER THAT REGION AND HIGHER SNOWFALL TOTALS COULD BE SEEN. BECAUSE OF THE LOWER CONFIDENCE IN THE 6 PLUS INCH WARNING CRITERIA...BUT THE CONFIDENCE IN 3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE GONE WITH AN ADVISORY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THIS WILL ALLOW LATER SHIFTS TO UPGRADE IF NEEDED. WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE EVENT...WHICH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING TO BE A CONCERN LATE TUESDAY AND OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL COME TO AN END OVERNIGHT TUESDAY/EARLY WEDNESDAY FROM WEST TO EAST. TEMPS WILL NOT MAKE MUCH OF AN UPWARD TICK...AND THE COMBINATION OF THE FRESH SNOW COVER...THE COLD AIR INFILTRATING IN TO THE AREA AND THE STOUT NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES TO BE WELL BELOW ZERO WITH MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS SEEING VALUES BETWEEN 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. BILLINGS WRIGHT .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 403 AM CST MON FEB 3 2014 AFTER A BRIEF REPRIEVE OF SNOW ON WEDNESDAY...ANOTHER BRIEF AND LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW EVENT IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. A WEAK PULSE IS MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL RESULT IN A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE WITH AN INCH OR TWO EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A SIGNIFICANT EVENT. THE NEXT WAVE HOWEVER...IS A DIFFERENT STORY. THE MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE HAS VEERED SOME WITH SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TIMING AND SOLUTIONS. THE ECMWF HAS A TWO PRONGED EFFECT WITH A PIECE OF ENERGY LIFTING OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN TROUGH CAUSING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING WITH THE MAIN WAVE EJECTING SATURDAY AND SNOW AGAIN RAMPING UP DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. THE GFS DOES NOT HAVE THE FIRST FEATURE...BUT THE TIMING OF THE SECOND MAIN WAVE IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ECMWF. THE TRACKS CONTINUE TO DROP A BIT TO THE SOUTH...BUT SOUTHERN KANSAS COULD AGAIN HAVE A GOOD CHANCE AT MODERATE SNOW TOTALS BEGINNING SATURDAY AND ENDING SATURDAY NIGHT. WITH THE SLIGHT CHANGES TO THE TRACK AND TIMING...WILL NEED TO WATCH TO SEE HOW THIS EVENTUALLY PANS OUT. THE OTHER MAIN CONCERN OF THE EXTENDED IS THE EXTREME COLD. HIGHS WILL STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF THE TEENS TO LOW 20S FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED AND EVEN THE SINGLE DIGITS ON THURSDAY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CONCERN IS THE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES THOUGH...AS WIND CHILL VALUES FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY WILL BE BELOW ZERO WITH SOME AREAS APPROACHING 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. RECORD COOL HIGHS MAY BE SET THURSDAY DUE TO THE 30 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL HIGHS EXPECTED. BILLINGS WRIGHT && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1130 PM CST SUN FEB 2 2014 VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST THE FIRST 12 TO 18 HOURS....AS WINDS GRADUALLY RETURN TO THE S-SE. WILL SEE A GENERAL DECREASE IN CEILING HEIGHTS ON MON EVENING...AS A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM BEGINS TO AFFECT THE PLAINS. WILL SEE THE FIRST SIGNS OF THE WINTER STORM MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KS...FOR MON EVENING...WITH MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS DEVELOPING WITH LIGHT SNOW BY AROUND 04-05Z/TUE. THIS LIGHT SNOW WILL AFFECT THE KICT/KHUT TAF SITES FIRST...BUT EXPECT THE SNOW TO OVERSPREAD THE KRSL/KSLN TAF AS WELL BY AROUND 06Z/TUE. KETCHAM && .CLIMATE... ISSUED AT 403 AM CST MON FEB 3 2014 WHILE RECORD LOWS ARE NOT FORECAST...THE COLD DAYTIME TEMPERATURES MAY CAUSE RECORD COOLEST HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. FORECAST WILL BE CLOSE FOR WEDNESDAY...BUT SOME RECORD COOLEST HIGHS ARE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 5TH, 2014 RECORD COOLEST HIGH WICHITA....3 DEGREES IN 1982 RUSSELL....5 DEGREES IN 1989 SALINA.....8 DEGREES IN 1989 CHANUTE....10 DEGREES IN 1982 THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6TH, 2014 RECORD COOLEST HIGH WICHITA....11 DEGREES IN 1893 RUSSELL....18 DEGREES IN 1971 SALINA.....15 DEGREES IN 1971 CHANUTE....14 DEGREES IN 1899 BILLINGS WRIGHT && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 39 25 27 6 / 10 90 100 60 HUTCHINSON 38 23 26 4 / 10 90 100 60 NEWTON 38 24 25 3 / 10 90 100 70 ELDORADO 39 25 27 5 / 0 90 100 60 WINFIELD-KWLD 41 26 28 8 / 0 90 100 50 RUSSELL 37 21 24 2 / 10 90 100 60 GREAT BEND 37 22 26 3 / 10 90 100 60 SALINA 38 23 25 3 / 10 100 100 70 MCPHERSON 38 23 26 3 / 10 100 100 70 COFFEYVILLE 41 27 31 12 / 0 60 100 60 CHANUTE 40 25 29 10 / 0 60 100 70 IOLA 39 25 28 9 / 0 60 100 70 PARSONS-KPPF 40 25 31 11 / 0 60 100 60 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT FOR KSZ071-072-093>096-098>100. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT FOR KSZ032-033-047>053-067>070-082-083-091-092. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 2, 3:44 PM CST, 12 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 344 PM CST SUN FEB 2 2014 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-032145- 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- 344 PM CST SUN FEB 2 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WIND CHILLS FROM ZERO TO 5 BELOW ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A STRONG WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA STARTING MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...FOR THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY SNOW WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF COLD WEATHER IS LIKELY FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. FORECAST WIND CHILLS DURING THIS PERIOD WILL RANGE FROM ZERO TO AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO. ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER...MAINLY SNOW...COULD ARRIVE AS EARLY AS THURSDAY BUT IS MORE LIKELY ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM WHICH COULD ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL EARLY NEXT WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP KED
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 4:24 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | Allen, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Labette, Montgomery and 3 more | 44 hr |
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Winter Storm Warnings in Kansas, 2014Every winter storm warning in 2014
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.