Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
Issued by NWS Topeka, KS
612 FLUS43 KTOP 232056 HWOTOP Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Topeka KS 256 PM CST Fri Jan 23 2026 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-242100- Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley- Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris- Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson- 256 PM CST Fri Jan 23 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Kansas, east central Kansas, north central Kansas, and northeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Very cold temperatures and wind chills arrive today. Locations north of Interstate 70 are expected to see wind chills as low as 20 degrees below zero this morning. These wind chills spread south of Interstate 70 late tonight into early Saturday. A winter storm is forecast to begin this evening with snowfall becoming widespread across the area overnight. 2 to 4 inches could fall by sunrise Saturday morning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Snowfall will continue through Saturday morning with a possible lull Saturday afternoon and evening before another round of snowfall Saturday night into Sunday morning. Total snowfall of 5 to 7 inches is expected along and south of Interstate 70, where a Winter Storm Warning has been issued. Slightly lower amounts of 2 to 4 inches are expected towards the Nebraska border, where a Winter Weather Advisory has been issued. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encourage to report snowfall amounts. $$