An area of low pressure brought a narrow band of snow to parts of central Kansas. The heaviest snow occurred from northwest Barton County through Russell County and extreme northwest Ellsworth County into western Lincoln County.
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The episode as NWS ICT wrote it up.
An area of low pressure brought a narrow band of snow to parts of central Kansas. The heaviest snow occurred from northwest Barton County through Russell County and extreme northwest Ellsworth County into western Lincoln County. The heaviest amount of snow reported was 7 inches in Ellsworth County with amounts up to 6 inches in Russell, Barton and Lincoln counties. Snow amounts ranged from 2 to 5 inches across southern portions of Barton County, central portions of Ellsworth County and eastern portions of Lincoln County. Light snow amounts of around 1 inch were reported in Rice, McPherson and Saline Counties. A second area of snow dropped between 2 and 3 inches across Reno County.
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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 12, 3:17 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 317 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 .DISCUSSION... TONIGHT: WINTER PRECIPITATION OBVIOUSLY THE MAIN CONCERN. GOOD LAPSE RATES ARE FORECAST BY GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM MODEL OVERNIGHT..WHICH APPEARS WILL VERIFY GIVEN SEVERAL LIGHTNING STRIKES JUST WEST OF FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. FOR MOST OF CENTRAL KS ANTICIPATE MIX POSSIBLE NEAR 0000 UTC...BUT MAINLY SNOW THEREAFTER WITH MODERATE/HEAVY SNOW PEAKING AROUND 9PM. IN THE VICINITY OF ICT...RAIN AT 0000 UTC...MIX AROUND 0300 UTC AND THEN MODERATE SNOW STARTING 04-05 UTC UNTIL ABOUT 0900 UTC. FOR WLD AND SOUTHEAST KS...RAIN EARLY...WITH MIX DEVELOPING BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND THEN MODERATE OR HEAVY SNOW PEAKING CLOSER TO 0900 UTC. AVERAGE AMOUNTS AROUND 4 IN ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL KS...SHADING TO AROUND 1.5-2.0 INCH ALONG OK BORDER. IF A VERY NARROW HEAVY BAND OF SNOW OCCURS /6+ INCHES WOULD LIKELY RESULT/...HUT-LINDSBORG MIGHT BE BEST GUESS...BUT GIVEN PERSISTENCE OF SNOW AND COLDER TEMPERATURES ACTUAL FORECAST WILL HAVE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF I-70 WITH JUST OVER 4 INCHES. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ON THE WANE TOWARDS DAYBREAK EXCEPT IN FAR SOUTHEAST KS. WILL LET MIDSHIFT DECIDE WHETHER TO EXTEND ADVISORY IN FAR SOUTHEAST KS AFTER 1200 UTC...WHICH WILL LIKELY BE A CLOSE CALL. WILL ALSO NIX FOG ADVISORY WITH PACKAGE ISSUANCE. TUE-THU: MAIN STORY HERE WILL BE THE RETURN OF ARCTIC AIR. MUCH COLDER AIR ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO SPILL INTO THE AREA. DESPITE LOW CLOUDS...BOTH NORTH AMERICAN MODEL/GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM MODEL SUGGEST TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET INTO THE LOW SINGLE DIGITS BY WED MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL KS. TEMPERATURES COULD END UP COOLER IF CLOUDS BREAK WITH DECENT SNOW COVER. TRENDED TEMPERATURES DOWN A FEW DEGREE ACROSS THE BOARD. VERY CONFIDENT THERE WILL BE A SMALL DIURNAL RANGE GIVEN CLOUDS/COLD AIR ADVECTION BUT GIVEN UNCERTAINTY ON TIMING OF COLD AIR ARRIVAL...LATER ADJUSTMENTS WILL PROBABLY BE NEEDED. FRI-MON: NO BIG CHANGES TO GOING FORECAST. LATEST MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN SURPRISINGLY GOOD AGREEMENT THIS PERIOD. STILL APPEARS FRONT WILL COME THROUGH DRY EITHER FRI AFTERNOON/FRI EVENING. TIMING WITH DOWNSLOPE FLOW AHEAD OF FRONT WILL MAKE MAXES RATHER TRICKY WITH HIGH BUST POTENTIAL. RAPID UPPER FLOW WILL LIMIT COOLING FOR SAT...WITH DOWNSLOPE FLOW DEVELOPING ON SUN-MON. DID INCREASE TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY FOR SUN AND EVEN WARMER ON MON. MON COULD END UP SIGNIFICANTLY WARMER IF RELATIVELY DRY AIRMASS AND DOWNSLOPE FLOW VERIFIES. -HOWERTON && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 23 25 11 21 / 100 20 10 20 HUTCHINSON 21 23 8 19 / 100 10 10 10 NEWTON 22 24 9 20 / 100 20 10 10 ELDORADO 24 26 11 21 / 100 20 10 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 26 27 13 23 / 100 20 10 20 RUSSELL 16 19 3 15 / 100 10 10 10 GREAT BEND 18 19 5 17 / 100 10 10 10 SALINA 20 23 6 17 / 100 10 10 10 MCPHERSON 21 23 7 18 / 100 10 10 10 COFFEYVILLE 27 30 15 25 / 100 30 10 10 CHANUTE 25 28 13 23 / 100 30 10 10 IOLA 25 27 12 22 / 100 30 10 10 PARSONS-KPPF 26 29 14 23 / 100 30 10 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY FOR KSZ032-033- 047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 357 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-132300- RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE- RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 357 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED AREAWIDE OVERNIGHT. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW LINGERING IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS TUESDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...BUT NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. WIND CHILLS WILL BE NEAR ZERO AROUND DAYBREAK ACROSS RUSSELL AND LINCOLN COUNTIES ON TUESDAY. WIND CHILLS WILL BE WELL BELOW ZERO AROUND DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...WITH DOUBLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO POSSIBLE OVER RUSSELL...BARTON...ELLSWORTH AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER SNOW AND SLEET REPORTS ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP HOWERTON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 winter weather, 4 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Six inches of snow was reported 3 miles SE of Lucas.
Six inches of snow was reported 4 miles NW of Galatia.
Six inches of snow was reported at Sylvan Grove.
Seven inches of snow was reported in Wilson.
Four inches of snow was reported in Lincoln.
Four inches of snow was reported 2 miles E of Russell.
One inch of snow was reported in McPherson.
One inch of snow was reported in Lyons.
One inch of snow was reported in Salina.
Two inches of snow was reported in Hutchinson.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, February 2007
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: 17844, 17845, 17846, 17847, 17853, 17854, 17855, 17856, 17857, 17858.