A large shield of snow, sleet and some freezing rain impacted central and northeast Kansas during the afternoon and evening of March 6th. Thunderstorms occurred which produced a combination of small hail and graupel along with sleet.
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The episode as NWS TOP wrote it up.
A large shield of snow, sleet and some freezing rain impacted central and northeast Kansas during the afternoon and evening of March 6th. Thunderstorms occurred which produced a combination of small hail and graupel along with sleet. A small band of heavy snow also occurred and produced local areas of 6 inches of snow over about a 4 hour period.
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 6, 11:50 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Topeka KS 1150 AM CST Sun Mar 6 2022 ...Update to aviation forecast discussion... .DISCUSSION... Issued at 303 AM CST Sun Mar 6 2022 Key Points: - Rain this afternoon with a transition to snow later in the evening hours. - Dry weather and mild temperatures through Wednesday. - Next chance for precipitation will come near the end of the work week. As of 3 AM, water vapor imagery shows a few upper lows across the contiguous US, one situated near the 4-corners region of the Desert Southwest, and the other near the Great Lakes after moving through the Central Plains earlier today. Northwesterly winds continue to advect cooler air into the region after this afternoon's cold front passage with much of the area sitting in the upper 20s and low 30s. Infrared satellite imagery shows some scattered stratus beginning to make its way into northeastern Kansas from Nebraska, but efficient radiational cooling and CAA will continue for much of the area with low temps bottoming out in the low to upper 20s from northcentral KS to eastcentral KS respectively. For today, the aforementioned upper low in the Desert Southwest will propagate eastward and help to induce lee cyclogenesis in the Texas panhandle. Gulf moisture will stream northward ahead of the approaching lee cyclone, but will only be able to make it as far north as northeast Oklahoma as the stationary front stalls ahead of the system. The cyclone will move southeast of the CWA, but wrap around moisture and sufficient lift should yield precipitation for most of northeast Kansas this afternoon and evening. Model soundings show this precip beginning as rain, but will slowly transition to a wet snow throughout the evening hours. With SLRs quite low (most likely less than 10:1), snow amounts should remain less than 1 inch across northeastern Kansas. A few higher totals are possible if rain changes over sooner, but with warm soil temperatures, snow will not accumulate on surfaces very efficiently. Lingering snow showers will taper off in the early morning hours of Monday with clearing skies throughout the day. Temperatures will remain cooler compared the last few days with highs in the upper 40s and 50s through Wednesday. The next chance for precip looks to come overnight Wednesday and through the day Thursday as the next trough axis makes its way across the plains. With temperatures cooling following a frontal passage, models are hinting at precip falling as snow. Confidence this far out still remains low as timing, QPF amounts and positioning still vary between models. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Monday afternoon) Issued at 1150 AM CST Sun Mar 6 2022 VFR conditions expected for a few more hours before conditions deteriorate later this afternoon through early Monday. Precipitation builds in around 21z as rain and snow, then rain transitions to mainly snow around 00z. Sleet is likely to mix with snow during the overnight hours before precipitation ends between 08z-10z. MVFR and some IFR cigs/visibility are expected before VFR conditions return near sunrise Monday. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && DISCUSSION...Griesemer AVIATION...Flanagan
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Topeka KS 314 AM CST Sun Mar 6 2022 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-070915- Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley- Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris- Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- 314 AM CST Sun Mar 6 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for east central...north central and northeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Rain changing to snow this evening could accumulate on elevated surfaces and could create some slick spots on roads and sidewalks. Snow totals should amount to less than 1 inch across the area. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. && More detailed information can be accessed at... http://www.weather.gov/media/top/DssPacket.pdf
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter measured 6 inches of snow approximately 1 mile west of Abilene, Kansas from a band of heavy snow and fell across much of Dickinson County. Anywhere from 4 to 7 inches of snow fell across the county between 2pm and 6pm.
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