Category Archives: Weather

Much-needed rainfall and no severe weather reports. Those were the general takeaways from Thursday's weather. Showers and occasional storms Thursday led to some impressive rain totals across the KVOE ...

Areas south of Emporia are in a severe thunderstorm watch. This includes Greenwood County in the KVOE listening area. The watch lasts until 9 pm and reflects the risk of tennis ball-sized hail and 70 ...

Rain has been in short supply for over a month, but Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has adjusted the state's drought emergency map issued last summer. All area counties are now in a drought watch. As part...

Emporia Fire is restricting access to Jones Park on Tuesday afternoon as it conducts a six-acre prescribed burn. EFD says the restricted access will include the playground and disc golf courses, weath...

After spending much of the afternoon in Jones Park Tuesday, the Emporia Fire Department will be returning Wednesday. EFD began a prescribed burn in the park around 1 pm with work wrapping up before 3:...

Severe Weather Awareness Week officially begins Monday, and National Weather Service meteorologist Chad Omitt is urging residents to have a plan in place. Omitt, the warning coordination meteorologist...

For the third time in less than a week, outdoor burning is banned for at least part of the KVOE listening area. In Sunday's case, all area counties -- and the eastern half of Kansas -- is in a red fla...

The area fire danger will be elevated Friday and Saturday, but it may well be critical to extreme Sunday. The National Weather Service has already announced a fire weather watch for Sunday involving C...

The fire danger for Thursday and again Sunday, where extreme conditions are already in the forecast, comes as the Kansas Department of Health and Environment is set to activate the Kansas Smoke Modeli...

Wind speeds and temperatures will be lower than they were Tuesday, but the National Weather Service says critical fire danger has returned for Lyon County and much of the KVOE listening area Thursday....