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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Wichita, KS

December 25, 201522 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this winter storm watch at Dec 25, 2015, 3:31 AM CST for 22 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 26, 2015, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 25, 2015, 3:31 AM CST (09:31 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 26, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 27, 2015, 4:13 PM CST
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

All 22 counties

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, 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), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Dec 24, 11:40 PM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 11:40 PM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 25, 3:47 PM CST	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	59 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Kansas, 2015 Every winter storm watch in 2015

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.