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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this winter storm warning at Dec 26, 2015, 3:44 PM CST for 21 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 26, 2015, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 44 hr. 37 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
- Dec 26, 2015, 3:44 PM CST (21:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 2:24 PM CST
- In force
- 44 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
All 21 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, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 8:27 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Moundridge, KS | MULTIPLE CARS IN THE DITCH FROM SLICK ROADS ON I-135. VIA KAKE TV. VERY LIGHT GLAZING FROM SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. |
| Dec 27, 12:01 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Harper, KS | VERY LIGHT GLAZING. VIA TWITTER. |
| Dec 27, 12:06 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Mulvane, KS | PATCHY SLICK SPOTS ON THE KANSAS TURNPIKE FROM MULVANE TO WICHITA. VIA TWITTER. |
| Dec 27, 1:06 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Downtown Wichita, KS | MULTI CAR ACCIDENT AT KELLOGG AND MERIDIAN DUE TO LIGHT GLAZING FROM FREEZING RAIN. |
| Dec 27, 2:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Downtown Wichita, KS | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS DUE TO GLAZING ON THE ELEVATED SURFACES ALONG KELLOGG. SOME MINOR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. FROM KAKE TV. |
| Dec 27, 2:14 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Wichita Eisenhower Natl, KS | VERY LIGHT GLAZE ON ELEVATED SURFACES. GLAZE IS ONLY A FEW MILLIMETERS THICK. |
| Dec 27, 11:15 AM CST | SLEET 0 | Derby, KS | PUBLIC REPORT VIA TWITTER OF SLEET STARTING TO FALL IN DERBY. |
| Dec 27, 11:50 AM CST | SLEET 0 | Wichita Eisenhower Natl, KS | SLEET BEGAN 30 MINUTES AGO AND HAS AMOUNTED TO A TRACE AT THE OFFICE. PAVED AND CONCRETE SURFACES ARE SLICK. |
| Dec 27, 12:00 PM CST | SLEET 0 | West Wichita, KS | SLEET WHICH BEGAN TO MELT AT SURFACE HAS CREATED A GLAZE ON THE SURFACE CAUSING SLIDE OFFS AND ROLL OVERS NEAR I-235 AND WEST STREET VIA WICHITA EAGLE TWEET. |
| Dec 27, 9:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Winfield, KS | SEVERAL ACCIDENTS REPORTED ACROSS THE COUNTY...ALONG WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES. |
| Dec 27, 9:11 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Anthony, KS | FREEZING PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH POWER LINES AND POLES IN HARPER COUNTY. |
| Dec 27, 9:19 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Rose Hill, KS | |
| Dec 27, 9:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Wellington, KS | REPORTS OF A FEW SLIDE OFFS ON THE TURNPIKE ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Dec 27, 9:35 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Eureka, KS | NUMEROUS SLIDE OFFS REPORTED ACROSS THE COUNTY FROM FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE. THEY WERE WORKING A HANDFUL OF INJURY ACCIDENTS. |
| Dec 27, 10:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Downtown Wichita, KS | SEVERAL ACCIDENTS REPORTED ALONG I-135 FROM NEWTON SOUTH INTO WICHITA. |
| Dec 27, 10:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Downtown Wichita, KS | SEVERAL ACCIDENTS REPORTED ALONG INTERSTATE 135 FROM NEWTON SOUTH INTO WICHITA. ALSO...ACCIDENTS REPORTED ON KELLOGG. |
| Dec 27, 10:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Newton, KS | SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS ARE REPORTED FROM NEWTON DOWN INTO WICHITA ALONG I-135. |
| Dec 27, 11:12 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Anthony, KS | ICE CONTINUES TO PRODUCE MORE POWER POLES AND OUTAGES ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Dec 28, 3:29 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Downtown Wichita, KS | OVER 1500 PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER IN DOWNTOWN WICHITA AROUND THE DOUGLAS TO WASHINGTON AREA. |
| Dec 28, 5:21 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 3 Ne Winfield, KS | 1/8TH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREE LIMBS AND ELEVATED OBJECTS. |
| Dec 28, 5:40 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | Wichita Eisenhower Natl, KS | MEASURED 1/8TH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREE LIMBS AT THE NWS OFFICE. |
| Dec 28, 5:52 AM CST | SNOW 0.1 | Wichita Eisenhower Natl, KS | ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF SNOW MEASURED AT THE NWS OFFICE. |
| Dec 28, 6:02 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 5 E Murdock, KS | ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE REPORTED 5 MILES EAST OF MURDOCK. US HIGHWAY 54 AND HIGHWAY 14 ARE ICY AND SLICK IN SPOTS. |
| Dec 28, 7:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.15 | Arkansas City, KS | COOPERATIVE OBSERVER MEASURES 0.15 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON GROUND AND ELEVATED SURFACES. |
| Dec 28, 7:00 AM CST | SLEET 0.25 | Chautauqua, KS | A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND. ADDITIONALLY POWER OUTAGES IN CHAUTAUQUA AS WELL AS SEDAN AND CEDAR VALE. |
| Dec 28, 7:29 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Mcpherson, KS | |
| Dec 28, 7:30 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Howard, KS | COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTS THERE ARE POWER OUTAGES ACROSS ELK COUNTY IN LONGTON AS WELL AS HOWARD AND MOLINE. |
| Dec 28, 7:45 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Arkansas City, KS | POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN ARKANSAS CITY BETWEEN KANSAS AND MADISON AVENUES WEST OF B STREET WITH AN ESTIMATED 3050 CUSTOMERS IMPACTED. |
| Dec 28, 7:45 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Dexter, KS | POWER HAS BEEN OUT IN DEXTER SINCE 415 THIS MORNING WHICH IS FROM A DOWNED POWER LINE AT US 160 AND 131ST ROAD. |
| Dec 28, 7:50 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | 1 N Grenola, KS | COOPERATIVE OBSERVER MEASURED ONE HALF INCH OF ICE WHICH IS A COMBINATION FROM FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. A 4 INCH LIMB WAS REPORTED DOWN. |
| Dec 28, 8:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | 8 Ne Anthony, KS | ELECTRICAL CREW RELAYED AN INCH OF ICE WAS COATING POWER LINES AND THERE WERE OVER 50 POLES DOWN. TIME IS APPROXIMATED. |
| Dec 28, 10:17 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Fredonia, KS | DISPATCH SAYS THAT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THE ROADS ARE ICE RINKS. THERE ARE TREES OF UNKNOWN SIZE AND POWER LINES REPORTEDLY DOWN. SLIDE OFFS HAVE OCCURRED IN THE COUNTY. SOME POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. |
| Dec 28, 10:20 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Yates Center, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT EVERYTHING IS COVERED IN ICE WITH AN ESTIMATE OF A TENTH OF AN INCH. POWER IS OUT IN YATES CENTER. |
| Dec 28, 11:39 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Harper, KS | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS A QUARTER TO A HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE IN HARPER ON VARIOUS SURFACES. |
| Dec 28, 11:40 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Iola, KS | EMERGENCY MANAGER MEASURED A HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE AND SLEET. |
| Dec 28, 11:40 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Moran, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT ESTIMATES A HALF OF AN INCH OF SNOW AND ICE. |
| Dec 28, 11:40 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Humboldt, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT ESTIMATES AN INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET. |
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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
889 WWUS43 KICT 262144 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 344 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 KSZ067-068-082-083-091-092-271145- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0002.151227T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WS.W.0004.151227T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN... WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON 344 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER FROM ACCUMULATING SNOW AND ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IMPACTS THE REGION. * MAIN IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS AND VERY SLOW TRAVEL ARE LIKELY FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY...THIS IS WHEN THE MOST HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES MAY BE AN ISSUE DUE TO THE ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION. A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET... AND HEAVY SNOW WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THE LOCATION OF THE TRANSITION BETWEEN FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW...AND CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO HAVE AN IMPACT FOR LOCATIONS THAT WITNESS ACCUMULATING ICE...WITH DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES BECOMING MORE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ032-033-047-271145- /O.EXA.KICT.WS.A.0002.151227T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD...GREAT BEND 344 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER FROM ACCUMULATING SNOW AND ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IMPACTS THE REGION. * MAIN IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS AND VERY SLOW TRAVEL ARE LIKELY FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY...THIS IS WHEN THE MOST HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES MAY BE AN ISSUE DUE TO THE ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION. A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET... AND HEAVY SNOW WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW...AND CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO HAVE AN IMPACT FOR LOCATIONS THAT WITNESS ACCUMULATING ICE...WITH DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES BECOMING MORE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. && $$ KSZ048>053-069>071-093>095-098-271145- /O.CON.KICT.WS.A.0002.151227T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD- WOODSON-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS... STERLING...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER... ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON...YATES CENTER...WINFIELD... ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA... FREDONIA...SEDAN...CEDAR VALE 344 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER FROM ACCUMULATING SNOW AND ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IMPACTS THE REGION. * MAIN IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS AND VERY SLOW TRAVEL ARE LIKELY FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY...THIS IS WHEN THE MOST HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES MAY BE AN ISSUE DUE TO THE ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION. A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET... AND HEAVY SNOW WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THE LOCATION OF THE TRANSITION BETWEEN FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW...AND CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO HAVE AN IMPACT FOR LOCATIONS THAT WITNESS ACCUMULATING ICE...WITH DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES BECOMING MORE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. && $$
9 follow-up statements
387 WWUS43 KICT 270036 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 636 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM AFFECTING THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... KSZ047-050>053-069-093-271445- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0002.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ BARTON-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-BUTLER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...LYONS...STERLING... MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY...COTTONWOOD FALLS... STRONG CITY...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL... WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 636 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MAY EXCEED ONE-QUARTER INCH SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...MAINLY ALONG THE FLINT HILLS AND TURNPIKE CORRIDORS. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...MAY EXCEED 4 TO 8 INCHES...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF AN ANTHONY TO HUTCHINSON TO SALINA LINE. * IMPACTS...VERY SLICK ROADS...THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...AND STRONG NORTH WINDS CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ067-068-082-083-091-092-271445- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...KINGMAN... WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON 636 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MAY EXCEED ONE-QUARTER INCH SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...MAINLY ALONG THE FLINT HILLS AND TURNPIKE CORRIDORS. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...MAY EXCEED 4 TO 8 INCHES...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF AN ANTHONY TO HUTCHINSON TO SALINA LINE. * IMPACTS...VERY SLICK ROADS...THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...AND STRONG NORTH WINDS CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ032-033-048-049-070-071-094-095-098-271445- /O.CON.KICT.WS.A.0002.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ELK-WILSON- CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...EUREKA...MADISON... YATES CENTER...HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA... FREDONIA...SEDAN...CEDAR VALE 636 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MAY EXCEED ONE-QUARTER INCH SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...MAINLY ALONG THE FLINT HILLS AND TURNPIKE CORRIDORS. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...MAY EXCEED 4 TO 8 INCHES...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF AN ANTHONY TO HUTCHINSON TO SALINA LINE. * IMPACTS...VERY SLICK ROADS...THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...AND STRONG NORTH WINDS CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. && $$
746 WWUS43 KICT 270931 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 331 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 KSZ048-049-272345- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0002.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ ELLSWORTH-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA 331 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MAINLY TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...MAY EXCEED 4 TO 8 INCHES. * IMPACTS...VERY SLICK ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES...AND CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ047-050>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-272345- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ BARTON-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN- SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...LYONS...STERLING... MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY...COTTONWOOD FALLS... STRONG CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER... ATTICA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 331 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FROM FREEZING RAIN MAY EXCEED ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH BY TONIGHT...MAINLY ALONG THE KANSAS TURNPIKE CORRIDORS. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...MAY EXCEED 4 TO 8 INCHES... MAINLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A MCPHERSON TO HUTCHINSON...TO ANTHONY LINE. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 AND 135 CORRIDORS. * IMPACTS...VERY SLICK ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET AT TIMES...AND CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. THE FREEZING RAIN AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES...DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ032-033-070-071-094-095-098-272345- /O.CON.KICT.WS.A.0002.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD...EUREKA...MADISON...YATES CENTER...HOWARD...MOLINE... LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA...SEDAN...CEDAR VALE 331 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MAY EXCEED ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH FOR TONIGHT ALONG THE FLINT HILLS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS RUSSELL AND LINCOLN COUNTIES BY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VERY SLICK ROADS AND DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION. DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...AND STRONG NORTH WINDS CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITY COULD AFFECT RUSSELL AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. && $$ JAKUB
373 WWUS43 KICT 271607 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1007 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 KSZ070-071-094-095-098-280615- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0002.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...MADISON...YATES CENTER... HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA... SEDAN...CEDAR VALE 1007 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MAY EXCEED ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING ACROSS THE FLINT HILLS. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...VERY SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO THE ICE AND SNOWFALL COMBINATION. IN ADDITION...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL LIKELY CAUSE DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ047>053-067>069-082-083-091>093-280615- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON... SALINA...LYONS...STERLING...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION... PEABODY...COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...KINGMAN...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 1007 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FROM FREEZING RAIN MAY EXCEED ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH BY TONIGHT...MAINLY ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE CORRIDOR. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...MAY EXCEED 4 TO 8 INCHES... MAINLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A MCPHERSON TO HUTCHINSON...TO ANTHONY LINE. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 35 AND 135 CORRIDORS. * IMPACTS...VERY SLICK ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET AT TIMES...CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITIES. THE FREEZING RAIN AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS COULD SEVER TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES...DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ032-033-280615- /O.CON.KICT.WS.A.0002.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD 1007 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...LATE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS RUSSELL AND LINCOLN COUNTIES BY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY RESULT IN SEVERE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. && $$
493 WWUS43 KICT 272213 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 413 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 KSZ047>053-067>071-082-083-091>095-098-281215- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON... SALINA...LYONS...STERLING...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION... PEABODY...COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON... YATES CENTER...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...MOLINE... LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA...SEDAN...CEDAR VALE 413 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FROM FREEZING RAIN MAY EXCEED ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH BY TONIGHT...MAINLY ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE CORRIDOR. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...MAY EXCEED 4 TO 8 INCHES... MAINLY FOR AREAS BETWEEN THE I-35 AND I-135 CORRIDORS. LOCALIZED SNOWFALL OF UP TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN FLINT HILLS. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 35. * IMPACTS...VERY SLICK ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET AT TIMES...CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITIES. THE FREEZING RAIN AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS COULD SEVER TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES...DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ032-033-281215- /O.UPG.KICT.WS.A.0002.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.WW.Y.0011.151227T2213Z-151229T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD 413 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LATE TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS RUSSELL AND LINCOLN COUNTIES BY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY RESULT IN SEVERE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
737 WWUS43 KICT 280505 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1105 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION KSZ072-281915- /O.EXA.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ ALLEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IOLA...HUMBOLDT 1105 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FROM FREEZING RAIN MAY EXCEED ONE-QUARTER INCH...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE CORRIDOR. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS. * IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW AND SLEET CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THE FREEZING RAIN AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS COULD SEVER TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ047>053-067>071-082-083-091>095-098-281915- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY- BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON... SALINA...LYONS...STERLING...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO...MARION... PEABODY...COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON... YATES CENTER...KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA... WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY...HOWARD...MOLINE... LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA...SEDAN...CEDAR VALE 1105 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FROM FREEZING RAIN MAY EXCEED ONE-QUARTER INCH...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE CORRIDOR. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE FLINT HILLS. * IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW AND SLEET CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THE FREEZING RAIN AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS COULD SEVER TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ096-099-281915- /O.EXA.KICT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHANUTE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE 1105 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...OF ONE TO TWO-TENTHS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND STRONG NORTH WINDS MAY RESULT IN SPORADIC TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE. 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. && $$ KSZ032-033-281915- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD 1105 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 1 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
323 WWUS43 KICT 280929 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 329 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 KSZ047>051-067-082-091-282330- /O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON... SALINA...LYONS...STERLING...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN... ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA 329 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST 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 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING 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. && $$ KSZ052-053-068>072-083-092>095-098-282330- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-SEDGWICK- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON...YATES CENTER...IOLA... HUMBOLDT...WICHITA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA... SEDAN...CEDAR VALE 329 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FROM FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE GLAZING UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE CORRIDOR. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES...MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF WICHITA ALONG AND KANSAS TURNPIKE. * IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW AND SLEET CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THE FREEZING RAIN AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS COULD SEVER TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ032-033-096-099-282330- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD...CHANUTE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE 329 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FROM FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY CAUSE GLAZING UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE INCH. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING 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. && $$ KETCHAM
118 WWUS43 KICT 281313 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 713 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 KSZ052-053-068>072-083-092>095-098-290000- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ MARION-CHASE-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-SEDGWICK- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY... COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA... ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON...YATES CENTER...IOLA... HUMBOLDT...WICHITA...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA... SEDAN...CEDAR VALE 713 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FROM FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE GLAZING UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE CORRIDOR. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. * IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW AND SLEET CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THE FREEZING RAIN AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ100-290000- /O.EXA.KICT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PARSONS 713 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE FREEZING RAIN AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ KSZ032-033-047>051-067-082-091-096-099-290000- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-RENO- KINGMAN-HARPER-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...SALINA...LYONS... STERLING...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN...ANTHONY...HARPER... ATTICA...CHANUTE...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE 713 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JAKUB
102 WWUS43 KICT 281508 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 908 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 KSZ052-068-083-092-290000- /O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ MARION-HARVEY-SEDGWICK-SUMNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSBORO...MARION...PEABODY...NEWTON... WICHITA...WELLINGTON 908 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST 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 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ADDITIONAL IS POSSIBLE FROM FREEZING DRIZZLE. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...OF UP TO 1 INCH. * IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE ICE AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS COULD RESULT IN SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ KSZ032-033-047-048-050-281615- /O.CAN.KICT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY... BARNARD...GREAT BEND...ELLSWORTH...WILSON...LYONS...STERLING 908 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ053-069>072-093>095-098-290000- /O.CON.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON... YATES CENTER...IOLA...HUMBOLDT...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA... SEDAN...CEDAR VALE 908 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FROM FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE GLAZING UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE CORRIDOR. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. * IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW AND ICE POSSIBLY RESULTING IN SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ KSZ049-051-067-082-091-096-099-100-290000- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ SALINE-MCPHERSON-RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...MCPHERSON...HUTCHINSON... KINGMAN...ANTHONY...HARPER...ATTICA...CHANUTE...COFFEYVILLE... INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 908 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS OF ADDITIONAL ICING IS POSSIBLE FROM LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...OF UP TO 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
884 WWUS43 KICT 282024 WSWICT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 224 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION KSZ053-069>072-093>095-098-290000- /O.CAN.KICT.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KICT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ CHASE-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY... EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...ANDOVER...ROSE HILL...EUREKA...MADISON... YATES CENTER...IOLA...HUMBOLDT...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY... HOWARD...MOLINE...LONGTON...GRENOLA...NEODESHA...FREDONIA... SEDAN...CEDAR VALE 224 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST 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 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH DUE TO PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE INCH. * IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. THE ICE AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ KSZ067-082-091-282130- /O.CAN.KICT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ RENO-KINGMAN-HARPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...KINGMAN...ANTHONY... HARPER...ATTICA 224 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE THREAT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED. ROADS REMAIN SLICK IN SPOTS...THUS CAUTION IN DRIVING IS ADVISED. GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL BREAKAGE OF LIMBS AND DOWNING OF TREES DUE TO ICING ON LIMBS...IN ADDITION THE ICE MAY CAUSE POWER LINES BE DOWNED CAUSING POWER INTERRUPTIONS. $$ KSZ049-051-052-068-083-092-096-099-100-290000- /O.CON.KICT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-151229T0000Z/ SALINE-MCPHERSON-MARION-HARVEY-SEDGWICK-SUMNER-NEOSHO-MONTGOMERY- LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...MCPHERSON...HILLSBORO... MARION...PEABODY...NEWTON...WICHITA...WELLINGTON...CHANUTE... COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 224 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MINIMAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE FROM EPISODES OF FREEZING DRIZZLE. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN 1 INCH. * IMPACTS...SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. THE ICE AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS COULD RESULT IN SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ SF
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 Dec 26, 3:35 PM CST, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 3:35 PM CST, 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 335 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 333 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 THE MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM WILL ONCE AGAIN WILL BE THE PRECIPITATION TYPE AND HOW MUCH ACCUMULATES. ALL THREE OF THE MAIN MODELS HAVE THE SAME TRACK FOR THE UPPER LOW. THE ISSUE IS TIMING...AS THE GFS IS THE FASTEST AND THE NAM IS THE SLOWEST. I WILL KEEP USING MORE OF A NAM SOLUTION FOR THIS RUN. AS IN PREVIOUS COUPLE OF FORECASTS...A WARM POCKET OF MID LEVEL WARM AIR WILL EXIST ALONG THE TURNPIKE CORRIDOR TONIGHT AND MOST OF SUNDAY BEFORE BECOMING MORE SNOW CONDUCIVE ON MONDAY. THIS SCENARIO CONTINUES TO PLACE THIS AREA IN THE TRANSITION ZONE BETWEEN RAIN FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. THE WINTRY MIX WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW MONDAY MORNING. ICE AMOUNTS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS REGION WITH SNOW ACCUMULATING ON TOP. POSSIBLY IN A 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE. THE PREVIOUS FORECAST HINTED AT THE LOWER AMOUNTS. IN NC KANSAS...THE COLD AIR LOOKS TO BE IN PLACE FOR MAINLY A SNOW EVENT. THOUGH THE MAIN MOISTURE WILL RESIDE FURTHER SE...AMOUNTS MAY BE LIMITED FROM PREVIOUS FORECASTS. THE MAIN ISSUE WILL BE THE PLACEMENT OF THE TROWAL AND HOW FAST IT EXITS THE REGION. WE WILL LOOK CLOSELY AT THIS. IN SE SECTIONS...COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE EXISTS THROUGHOUT THE EARLY PORTIONS OF THIS FORECAST. WARM AIR ALOFT IS PRESENT FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE EARLY FORECAST ALONG WITH ABOVE FREEZING SURFACE TEMPERATURES. THIS ALONG WITH RAPID AND STRONG ASCENT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL LEAD TO A HEAVY RAIN EVENT. A TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX AND THEN SNOW WILL OCCUR ON MONDAY MORNING. THEREFORE...THE ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO THE LACK OF MOISTURE AVAILABILITY DURING PEAK LIFTING FROM THE UPPER SYSTEM. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 333 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY: A LONGWAVE UPPER TROUGH WILL TRANSLATE SLOWLY EASTWARD FROM THE CENTRAL CONUS TO THE EASTERN CONUS DURING THIS EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD...AS UPPER RIDGING BUILDS NORTHWARD INTO FAR WESTERN CANADA AND EASTERN ALASKA. THIS WILL PROMOTE FLOW COMING SOUTHWARD OUT OF CANADA...STRONGLY SUGGESTING BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD. A FAST MOVING SHORTWAVE AT THE BASE OF THE UPPER TROUGH...WILL MOVE EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS KANSAS/OKLAHOMA TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WAVE MAY HAVE ENOUGH LIFT/MOISTURE FOR A DUSTING UP TO 1 INCH OF ACCUMULATION AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. JMC && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1145 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 EXPECTING GENERALLY POOR FLYING CONDITIONS FOR AT LEAST GENERAL AVIATION PILOTS FOR THE DURATION OF THIS FORECAST. WIDESPREAD STRATUS WITH IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST...WITH THE LOWEST CONDITIONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST KS. AREAS OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON WHERE 850 MOISTURE TRANSPORT IS TARGETED. MID-LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS AND ENRICHENED MID-LEVEL THETA-E AIR WILL DEVELOP IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING AHEAD OF A STRENGTHENING STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN MEXICO/FAR WEST TEXAS. EXPECTING RAIN TO CONTINUE AT THE CNU TERMINAL...AND A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AFFECTING SLN...HUT...ICT TERMINALS. JMC && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 30 31 25 29 / 70 80 90 80 HUTCHINSON 26 29 22 26 / 50 60 80 80 NEWTON 27 31 24 27 / 60 60 80 80 ELDORADO 30 32 27 30 / 80 80 90 80 WINFIELD-KWLD 32 34 29 33 / 80 90 100 70 RUSSELL 21 27 18 24 / 30 20 60 70 GREAT BEND 21 27 19 24 / 30 30 60 70 SALINA 25 29 21 26 / 40 30 70 80 MCPHERSON 26 29 21 26 / 50 50 80 80 COFFEYVILLE 36 39 34 37 / 100 100 100 70 CHANUTE 34 37 33 36 / 100 90 90 70 IOLA 33 36 33 36 / 100 90 90 80 PARSONS-KPPF 35 38 34 37 / 100 90 100 70 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR KSZ071-072-095- 096-098>100. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR KSZ067-068-082- 083-091-092. WINTER STORM WATCH THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR KSZ032-033- 047>053-069>071-093>095-098. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 5:25 AM CST, 10 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 525 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-271130- 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- 525 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST KANSAS FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT...WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS WITH LOCAL RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS POSSIBLE. SEE LATEST FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO A WINTER MIX ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT...WITH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. STRONG OR SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE MORE HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY...WITH PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LIKELY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE...PLEASE SEE LATEST WINTER STORM WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS THIS WEEKEND INTO MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/ CJ
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