1 ice storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jan 25, 3:15 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KANSAS 315 PM CST SUN JAN 25 2004 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERN THIS FORECAST IS SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. FIRST STORM BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN AND PRECIP FOCUSES CLOSE TO THE KS-NE BORDER DURING THE AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR BECAME MORE SLEET NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER. MOST AREAS REPORTED 1/4-1/2 INCH OF ICE WITH AREAS AROUND BELLEVILLE AND CONCORDIA RECEIVING SNOW WITH ABOUT 1/2 INCH ON THE GROUND. NEXT H500 WAVE MOVING INTO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY WILL SWEEP INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT. EXPECT SNOW TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT WITH AROUND 3 INCHES EXPECTED BY SUNRISE. AREAS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS FROM ABILENE TO HIAWATHA SHOULD TOTAL BETWEEN 1-2 INCHES TONIGHT WITH ABOUT THE SAME ON MONDAY WITH THE SNOW SPREADING TO THE EASTCENTRAL COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THE NORTHERN COUNTIES SHOULD SEE SNOW EASING DURING THE AFTERNOON...THE EASTCENTRAL COUNTIES WILL HAVE AN INCREASE AS THE BASE OF THE H500 TROF SWINGS ACROSS AND ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE HELP INCREASE SNOWFALL FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE SURFACE LOW THAT HELPED CREATE THE FREEZING RAIN TODAY WILL BE OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY 12Z MONDAY AND CONTINUE MOVING TO THE EAST. THIS WILL ALLOW NORTH WINDS TO INCREASE AND CREATE BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I-70. SNOW WILL END RAPIDLY MONDAY EVENING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE MAIN H500 TROF. DRY WEATHER IN THE NORTHWEST H500 FLOW IS EXPECTED TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...ECMWF IS ABOUT 12 HOURS SLOWER THAN THE GFS AT MID-WEEK. ALTHOUGH ECMWF IS HINTING AT ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR PRECIP WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY...GFS PRODUCES ONLY CLOUDS AND NO PRECIP UNTIL THE SYSTEM IS OFF TO THE EAST. BELIEVE ENOUGH DOUBTS EXIST TO HAVE A DRY FORECAST IN LIEU OF A SLIGHT CHANCE AT THIS TIME. INCREASED MAX/MIN TEMPERATURES FOR MOST PERIODS THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED SECTION BASED ON REDUCED CLOUD COVER WITH MAIN FLOW TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. && .TOP...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT AND MONDAY NORTHWEST OF A COUNCIL GROVE TO HOLTON TO HIAWATHA LINE. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MONDAY GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 406 AM CST SUN JAN 25 2004 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-261100- ANDERSON-BROWN-CLAY-CLOUD-COFFEY-DICKINSON-DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN-GEARY- JACKSON-JEFFERSON-LYON-MARSHALL-MORRIS-NEMAHA-OSAGE-OTTAWA- POTTAWATOMIE-REPUBLIC-RILEY-SHAWNEE-WABAUNSEE-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...CLAY CENTER...CONCORDIA... EMPORIA...HIAWATHA...JUNCTION CITY...LAWRENCE...MANHATTAN... MARYSVILLE...OTTAWA AND TOPEKA 406 AM CST SUN JAN 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN, SLEET, AND SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES, ROADS, SIDEWALKS, AND POWERLINES CAN BE EXPECTED. AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND A QUARTER INCH IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER TO AROUND 4 TENTHS OF AN INCH IN THE EAST CENTRAL COUNTIES. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING TONIGHT. AMOUNTS WILL BE GREATEST NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER WHERE 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...TAPERING OFF TO LESS THAN AN INCH IN THE EAST CENTRAL COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY LIGHT SNOW WILL END DURING THE DAY MONDAY WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT THE TYPE OF PRECIPITATION AND ANY ACCUMULATIONS THEY ARE RECEIVING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP (ALL LOWER CASE)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1240 PM CST SUN JAN 25 2004 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-252100- REPUBLIC-CLOUD-OTTAWA-WASHINGTON-CLAY-DICKINSON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA- BROWN-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE- JEFFERSON-LYON-OSAGE-COFFEY-DOUGLAS-FRANKLIN-ANDERSON- 1240 PM CST SUN JAN 25 2004 FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET HAVE CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING. THE LARGER ICE ACCUMULATIONS REPORTED OCCURRED GENERALLY ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR. SLEET WAS MORE COMMON ACROSS THE NORTHERN TEAR OF COUNTIES NEAR THE KANSAS AND NEBRASKA STATE LINE. ONLY A LIGHT GLAZE WAS REPORTED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 35. THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME REPORTS RECEIVED THROUGH 11 AM. ANDERSON......LESS THAN 1/8 OF AN INCH. LIGHT ACCUMULATION ON TREES BROWN.........1/8-1/4 OF AN INCH ICE WITH 1/4 INCH OF SLEET CLAY..........1/8-1/4 OF AN INCH ICE AND SLEET CLOUD.........LESS THAN 1/4 OF AN INCH COFFEY........A LIGHT GLAZE DICKINSON.....A LIGHT GLAZE DOUGLAS.......1/4 INCH OF ICE FRANKLIN......1/4 INCH OF ICE GEARY.........1/4-1/2 INCH OF ICE JACKSON.......1/4 INCH OF ICE AND SLEET JEFFERSON.....1/4 INCH OF ICE LYON..........1/4-1/2 INCH OF ICE MARSHALL......1/4-1/2 INCH OF SLEET WITH SOME ICE UNDERNEATH MORRIS........A LIGHT GLAZE NEMAHA........1/4-1/2 INCH OF SLEET WITH SOME ICE UNDERNEATH OSAGE.........1/4-1/2 INCH OF ICE OTTAWA........LIGHT ACCUMULATION POTTAWATOMIE...1/4-1/2 INCH OF ICE REPUBLIC......LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WITH 1/4 OF SLEET ON TOP RILEY.........1/4-1/2 INCH OF ICE SHAWNEE.......1/4-1/2 INCH OF ICE WABAUNSEE.....1/4-1/2 INCH OF ICE WASHINGTON....1/4 INCH OF SLEET ON TOP OF THIN GLAZE OF ICE. WOLTERS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Icy conditions on Interstate 70 near the Paxico exit caused a pickup to slide into a stopped vehicle. The pickup flipped over and seriously injured the 48 year old female driver.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, January 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5381525.