A mixture of sleet and snow fell across Northeast Kansas beginning late on Saturday March 1st and ending on Sunday March 2nd across the area. Some of the counties received between one half and one inch of sleet and one to four inches of snow through the storm.
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The episode as NWS TOP wrote it up.
A mixture of sleet and snow fell across Northeast Kansas beginning late on Saturday March 1st and ending on Sunday March 2nd across the area. Some of the counties received between one half and one inch of sleet and one to four inches of snow through the storm.
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 Mar 1, 6:02 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 602 PM CST Sat Mar 1 2014 ...Update to aviation forecast discussion... .SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Sunday) Issued at 310 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014 Through this afternoon: Light precipitation across the area today has essentially changed to all very light snow as the low level cold advection continued through the day. Patchy very light freezing drizzle may persist for a few more hours near and south of I-35, before that area also cools enough to change to very light snow. Winter Storm, Saturday Evening Through Sunday: The forecast of this winter storm remains complicated, but the good news is that a good portion of all available model guidance, including many of this morning's high resolution model runs, are coming into fair to good agreement in terms of how this even is going to play out...at least through early Sunday morning. The primary lifting mechanism is a band of strong frontogenesis that will stretch from east to west across the forecast area, and will intensify from OOZ through 12Z. This area of most intense lift will also be coincident with periods of weak instability aloft. In addition, the strongest vertical motion is expected to reside within the -12 to -20C temperature range, favorable for development of heavy snow aloft. This area of most impressive vertical motion will also reside on the northern fringes of an elevated warm nose where air temperatures will initially range from 0C to +5C, but should quickly approach the wet bulb temperatures of -2C to +2C once precip increases in intensity. Over time, the band of most impressive lift is forecast to progress to the south, perhaps with a secondary band of ascent developing to the north of the first after midnight. Despite the expected progression, there is forecast to be a substantial residence time of the heaviest precipitation band extending roughly along Interstate 70. Then, as it progresses south, the vertical motion is expected to weaken a bit by the time the heaviest precip area approaches and moves south of I-35. These areas near and south of I-35 are then likely to see a resurgence of moderate snow during the day on Sunday as the main upper trough axis crosses the Plains and brings additional lift into east central KS, but there is significant model variance in how aggressive the precip will be in those areas and also quite a bit of variability in how far north the upper trough will track. With fair to high confidence in at least the overnight and early morning period of precipitation, and fair confidence in precip on Sunday, the main challenges with the forecast seem to still lie in how much sleet falls...reducing snow accumulation, and how sharp the cut off between heavy and light precipitation is...particularly on the north edge of the system. It currently appears that parts of Republic county for instance, may see only an inch or two of snow, and it could be all but finished by sunrise on Sunday. Meanwhile, areas south of I-35 may see very little precipitation overnight, although this area is much more uncertain in terms of final precip amounts and could range significantly and with sharp gradients. The axis of heaviest precipitation seems likely to be within 30 miles north of I-70 to 50 miles south of I-70. Storm total snow within this band is still going to depend a lot on how much sleet falls, but expect at least some areas to receive 8+ inches of snow while much of the heaviest band is likely to receive 6+ inches. Still could see parts of east central KS approaching a half inch of sleet or so on the southern edge of the heavy precip band. Precipitation for the entire area will come to an end by Sunday evening, and quite a bit earlier for northern Kansas. The other point of concern is in the winds and temperatures from tonight through Monday morning. Winds will be consistently 15 to 25 mph with gusts above 30 mph during the precipitation. This will certainly cause some blowing and drifting especially in the areas that end up with the heavier snow amounts. The wind chills will also be very cold through the entire period. Minimum wind chills tonight will range from -15 to -24, will not rise above -10 through all of Sunday, and will range from -18 to -24 on Monday morning. Will see a slow warming trend through Tuesday, highly dependent on snow depth, but at least headed in the right direction, with dry conditions expected during that time. .LONG TERM...(Sunday Night through Saturday) Issued at 310 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014 By Wednesday a weak shortwave passes through the central and southern plains, and deepening as it continues southeast of the forecast area. The precipitation amounts appear to be light across most of eastern KS while the precipitation type may be regulated by the temperatures and timing of the wave. Have kept rain and snow as the main weather type for now. Later in the week things quiet down with weak northwest flow in the mid levels. The really cold arctic air should stay away from the region with more seasonable temperatures. Another system tracks across a similar area next weekend. Again this system appears to be weak with the bulk of the precipitation south of the forecast area. With low temperatures Saturday morning near freezing snow can not be ruled out although most likely changing to rain with highs in the mid 40s. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFs through 00Z Sunday Evening) Issued at 557 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014 MVFR cigs/vsbys in snow...possibly mixed with some sleet will persist across the terminals until 04z before lowering to lifr in all snow at all sites beyond 04z in moderate snow. Only a slow improvement expected aft 14z as snow rates decrease and cigs rise to mvfr. Cigs expected to increase to vfr in light snow by 19-20z but mvfr visibilities in light snow will linger thru 00z/03. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING until Midnight CST Sunday Night FOR KSZ022>024-026-035>040-054>056-058-059. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY until 6 PM CST Sunday FOR KSZ008>012-020- 021-034. && SHORT TERM...Barjenbruch/Sanders LONG TERM...Barjenbruch/Sanders AVIATION...63
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 328 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-022130- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 328 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. VERY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 35 THROUGH EARLY EVENING...AND MAY CAUSE A FEW SLICK SPOTS. LIGHT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 5 AND 8 PM THIS EVENING AND INTENSIFY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVERNIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA...WHILE SOME SLEET WILL PERSIST IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT IS EXPECTED TO FALL ROUGHLY IN AN AREA FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70...TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE QUITE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SOME DRIFTING. WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO RANGE FROM NEGATIVE 15 TO NEGATIVE 24 DEGREES BY SUNDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY MORNING...AND MAINLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE COMING TO AN END DURING THE EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW REMAIN POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY...WHILE SOME SLEET MAY ALSO CONTINUE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 35. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE WIDELY ACROSS THE AREA. MUCH OF THE AREA WILL HAVE 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WITH A FEW HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR. HOWEVER...NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER MAY ONLY SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WITH A SHARP GRADIENT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS MAY ALSO HAVE A BIT LESS SNOW AND A BIT MORE SLEET...POTENTIALLY AS MUCH AS HALF AN INCH OF SLEET. ADDITIONAL BLOWING SNOW AND SOME DRIFTING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...WITH WINDS TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 17 TO 24 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND SLEET MEASUREMENTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Reports of one inch of sleet along with 2 to 4 inches of snow were received from across the county.
Reports of one half to one inch of sleet along with 2 to 4 inches of snow were received from across the county.
Reports of one inch of sleet along with 2 to 4 inches of snow were received from across the county.
Reports of one inch of sleet along with 2 to 4 inches of snow were received from across the county.
Reports of one inch of sleet along with 2 to 4 inches of snow were received from across the county.
Reports of one inch of sleet along with 1 to 4 inches of snow were received from across the county. The heaviest amounts occurred across the south and eastern portions of the county.
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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: 492332, 492333, 492334, 492335, 492336, 492339.