Category Archives: Weather

Readiness, regardless of the setting, was an underlying theme for the National Weather Service's annual storm spotter training session in Emporia on Tuesday. Weather Service meteorologist Chad Omitt s...

Thunderstorm activity Thursday morning may be isolated to scattered in nature. Some north of Emporia may be severe, but the chances of that activity are low. The National Weather Service has set up a ...

Severe weather isn't in our immediate forecast picture, but the National Weather Service is coming to Emporia on Tuesday to discuss severe weather readiness. The annual storm spotter training session ...

It's early in the spring burn season, but Lyon and Osage counties currently have the most area acres burned in the latest report from Kansas Flint Hills Smoke Management. The report for the period end...

High to very high fire danger continues areawide Monday and may be ongoing for Tuesday. Air temperatures in the mid-70s will combine with dry grases, low relative humidity levels under 20 percent and ...

Scattered thunderstorms brought rainfall to parts of the KVOE listening area early Sunday, but not much. The KVOE studios reported 0.05 inches of rain after storms moved across the area after midnight...

Ongoing dry conditions have, unfortunatelly, filled in the area map when it comes to abnormally dry conditions. Recent reports from the US Drought Monitor had southern Chase County as drought-free for...

Elevated fire danger returns to the area Friday and Saturday. Very fire danger is in store for Friday as temperatures climb to near 70 degrees, grasses remain dry, relative humidity levels drop and gu...

Wednesday was indeed a windy day, but thankfully concerns about power outages and other related concerns didn't fully manifest themselves. Wind gusts were above 50 mph before sunrise and between 40-50...

Rainy conditions have now transitioned to snowfall across the KVOE listening area. Snowfall began just before 5 pm following light rainfall through much of the day which transitioned to a rain-snow mi...