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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Topeka, KS

January 12, 201723 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this winter storm watch at Jan 12, 2017, 4:07 AM CST for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 13, 2017, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 12, 2017, 4:07 AM CST (10:07 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 13, 2017, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 12, 2017, 2:45 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS

All 23 counties

Anderson County, KS, Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Jan 12, 3:46 AM CST, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 3:46 AM CST, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 3:26 PM CST, 12 hours 41 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 12, 2:45 PM CST	Ice Storm Warning	TOP	Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more	4 days

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.