Extreme Cold in Kansas, January 6, 2014

Name: Extreme Cold in Kansas, January 6, 2014
Start: 2014-01-06T00:00
End: 2014-01-06T06:00
Location: Kansas

January 6, 2014 · NWS TOP · 21 events in 20 counties and zones

Wind Chills of -25 to -31F were recorded during the overnight hours into the early morning of January 6th across much of northeast Kansas.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 21 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 21

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS TOP wrote it up.

Wind Chills of -25 to -31F were recorded during the overnight hours into the early morning of January 6th across much of northeast Kansas.

What forecasters said that day

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 5, 11:16 PM CST, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 11:16 PM CST, 44 minutes before

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Event by event

21 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Jackson

When: January 6, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Jackson forecast zone
Reported by: RAWS
Coordinates: 39.417, -95.794 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A Wind Chill of -31F was recorded.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Washington

When: January 6, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Washington forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 39.784, -97.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A Wind Chill of -30F was recorded.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Brown

When: January 6, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Brown forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 39.827, -95.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A Wind Chill of -30F was recorded.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Shawnee

When: January 6, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Shawnee forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 39.042, -95.756 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A Wind Chill of -30F was recorded.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Shawnee

When: January 6, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Shawnee forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 39.042, -95.756 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A Wind Chill of -30F was recorded.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Lyon

When: January 6, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Lyon forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.456, -96.153 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A Wind Chill of -28F was recorded.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Pottawatomie

When: January 6, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Pottawatomie forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 39.379, -96.342 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A Wind Chill of -28F was recorded.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Franklin

When: January 6, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Franklin forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 38.565, -95.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A Wind Chill of -28F was recorded.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Jefferson

When: January 6, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 39.236, -95.383 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A Wind Chill of -28F was recorded.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Cloud

When: January 6, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Cloud forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 39.480, -97.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A Wind Chill of -28F was recorded.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Geary

When: January 6, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Geary forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 39.002, -96.752 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A Wind Chill of -26F was recorded.