Category Archives: Weather
Kansas Gas offers tips and tricks to keep house warm and utility costs low through brutal cold spell; Evergy crews ready to respond in the event of outages amid dangerously low temperatures
Local utilities and residents are bracing for the impacts that brutally cold air will likely have on their homes and utility equipment in the coming days. Overnight temperatures Tuesday are expected t...
Feb 18, 2025 Kansas Gas Service Graphic.
Plumbing businesses, city officials and local non-profits all set to respond to various needs as latest winter storm approaches KVOE listening area
While most are, understandably, concerned about the impact that the incoming winter storm will likely have on travel conditions, many are also preparing for weather-related impacts to other areas such...
Feb 17, 2025 KVOE News photo.
Weather alerts upgraded to winter storm, cold weather warnings with up to 9 inches of snow, wind chills near -20 possible
Old Man Winter is set to flex his muscles this week. Moderate to heavy snow Monday night through Tuesday is set to combine with brutally cold air that may not start easing until Friday. Winter storm w...
Feb 17, 2025 National Weather Service graphic.
WARMING SHELTER LOCATIONS
Listed here are warming center locations as announced for Lyon and surrounding counties. Emporia * Emporia Police Department. The entryway is open 24/7 to those in need of shelter from severe cold tem...
Feb 17, 2025 City of Emporia graphic.
WEATHER: Winter storm watch expanded to include entire KVOE listening area with extreme cold warning now in place for much of the coming work week
Heavy snowfall and dangerously cold temperatures are expected to impact the KVOE listening area through much of the upcoming work week. In fact, the National Weather Service is expanding a previously ...
Feb 15, 2025 National Weather Service Graphic.
Emporia city manager pleased with Wednesday snow removal with more wintry weather possible through Tuesday
With a wintry mix of precipitation possible for part of Saturday and snowfall possible Tuesday, City Manager Trey Cocking says the city will do what's needed to handle the situations as they arise. Th...
Feb 14, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
WEATHER: From main streets to highways, area travel near full speed after Wednesday's light snow
It's cold, but at least travel conditions aren't as much of a concern Thursday morning as they were Wednesday. Emporia's main streets and more heavily-used residential streets are either seasonal, or ...
Feb 12, 2025 Main streets in Emporia, including East US Highway 50 outside White Auditorium, are clear to nearly clear after Wednesday's light snowfall. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
City, Lyon County crews ready to tackle snow, wind conditions; between 2-9 inches of snow possible areawide
Moderate snow totals are still likely for the KVOE listening area between Tuesday night and Wednesday evening. Winter storm warnings begin later for area counties: *Lyon, Coffey and Osage counties are...
Feb 11, 2025 City of Emporia map.
Morris, Wabaunsee counties upgraded to winter storm warning
Much of the KVOE listening area remains in a winter storm watch for the prospect of heavy snowfall Tuesday night into Wednesday evening, but two area counties have had their alerts upgraded. The Natio...
Feb 10, 2025 National Weather Service graphic.
Winter storm watch in effect for entire KVOE listening area; Warming shelters activated in Emporia
With snowfall expected to blanket much of the KVOE listening area through the early half of the coming week, a winter storm watch now blankets the entire area through the same time frame. The National...
Feb 09, 2025 National Weather Service Graphic.
