Category Archives: Weather
Chase County grass fire starts with twine, burns around 150 acres
Chase County firefighters were busy battling a grass fire Tuesday afternoon. Chase County Fire Chief Steve Fillmore says the fire developed at 2147 240th Road, about five miles east of Strong City. So...
Mar 02, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
WEATHER: Emporia's daily record high better than 10 degrees above previous record
Emporia's new daily record high for March 2 is better than 10 degrees above the prior high. The Emporia Municipal Airport reached 86 degrees, well above the 75-degree high set back in 1955. 12:15 pm W...
Mar 02, 2022 National Weather Service graphic.
Kansas Smoke Management Tool to be activated Tuesday
Over the past weekend, KVOE News told you there are free Smoke Tools workshops coming this week for landowners planning controlled burns this upcoming season. This comes as the Kansas Department of He...
Feb 28, 2022 Kanas Flint Hills Smoke Management Plan graphic.
Very high fire danger expected all week
Sunny and mild conditions will transition the KVOE listening area from February to March this week. They also signal a very high fire danger all week. The National Weather Service says temperatures in...
Feb 28, 2022 National Weather Service graphic.
HARVEYVILLE TORNADO: Ten years later, town adapts to 'new normal'
Monday marks the 10th anniversary of a tornado that damaged Harveyville, killed one person and hurt 12 others. Harveyville Mayor Dustin Kuntz is among the people who still vividly remembers that eveni...
Feb 25, 2022 Harveyville Mayor Dustin Kuntz fields a phone call with former Kansas governor Sam Brownback touring the town after the 2012 tornado that hurt 12 people and killed one person. KVOE News file photo.
Storm spotter training session schedules announced
With severe weather season approaching, the National Weather Service Topeka office is planning a blend of in-person and online storm spotter training classes, while the Wichita office is setting up a ...
Feb 25, 2022 Amy Pederson photo.
WEATHER: Light snow to end Thursday afternoon
Snow showers and snow flurries continue Thursday afternoon across the KVOE listening area. Both Emporia and Lyon County crews are out spot-treating, with the county Highway Department also blading roa...
Feb 24, 2022 Bundled against the cold and light snowfall, Emporians move about in downtown on Thursday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
WEATHER: Thin glaze of freezing drizzle could accompany light snow Thursday
Light snow could be joined by isolated to scattered freezing drizzle across the KVOE listening area Thursday. The National Weather Service has been expecting up to an inch of snowfall areawide for sev...
Feb 23, 2022 National Weather Service graphic.
Wind chill advisory announced for Lyon, Morris, Osage and Wabaunsee counties until 11 am Wednesday
Biting cold will blanket the KVOE listening area overnight, but the coldest air will set up just west and north of Emporia. Lyon, Morris, Osage and Wabaunsee counties are part of a wind chill advisory...
Feb 22, 2022 National Weather Service graphic.
Power outage over for central Chase County, cause under investigation
It took close to three hours, but a power outage affecting Strong City and a small part of Cottonwood Falls ended by mid-morning Tuesday. The outage was reported shortly after 5:30 am on the southeast...
Feb 22, 2022 Evergy map.
