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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Kansas City, MO

January 22, 202619 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this winter storm warning at Jan 22, 2026, 12:21 PM CST for 19 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 24, 2026, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 33 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, 12:21 PM CST (18:21 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 24, 2026, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 25, 2026, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO

All 26 counties

Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Henry County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 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 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 21, 5:27 PM CST, 18 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 5:27 PM CST, 18 hours 54 minutes before

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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, 2:23 AM CST	Extreme Cold Warning	EAX	Adair, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer, Nodaway and 4 more	34 hr
Jan 22, 12:21 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	EAX	Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Chariton and 17 more	69 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Missouri, 2026 Winter Storm Warnings in Kansas, 2026 Every winter storm warning in 2026

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.