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Extreme Cold Warning 1, NWS Kansas City, MO

January 22, 202610 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 22, 2026, 2:23 AM CST for 10 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Jan 23, 2026, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 22, 2026, 2:23 AM CST (08:23 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 23, 2026, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 23, 2026, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Adair County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 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 extreme cold warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this extreme cold warning went out at Jan 21, 5:27 PM CST, 8 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 5:27 PM CST, 8 hours 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 21, 5:05 AM CST, 21 hours 18 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
0505 AM CST Wed Jan 21 2026

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-221105-
Atchison KS-Miami-Linn KS-Doniphan-Leavenworth-Wyandotte-Johnson KS-
Atchison MO-Nodaway-Worth-Gentry-Harrison-Mercer-Putnam-Schuyler-
Holt-Andrew-De Kalb-Daviess-Grundy-Sullivan-Adair-Buchanan-Clinton-
Caldwell-Livingston-Linn MO-Macon-Platte-Clay-Ray-Carroll-Chariton-
Randolph-Jackson-Lafayette-Saline-Howard-Cass-Johnson MO-Pettis-
Cooper-Bates-Henry-
0505 AM CST Wed Jan 21 2026

This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and
west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Through tonight.

There is a low probability of widespread hazardous weather.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Please go to https://weather.gov/media/eax/DssPacket.pdf for more information on
potential weather hazards.

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Near Normal Temperatures This Afternoon

- Arctic Air Starts Moving in Late Thursday, Very Cold Weekend with
  Bitter Wind Chills

- Increasing Potential for Snow This Weekend, Timing of Higher
  Snowfall Rates Later Into Saturday Then Previously Advertised

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 22, 2:23 AM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 31 more	58 hr
Jan 22, 12:21 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	EAX	Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton and 13 more	69 hr
Jan 22, 12:21 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Chariton and 17 more	69 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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