Category Archives: Weather
WEATHER: Advisories up across listening area with more dense fog expected Tuesday night into Wednesday morning
More rainfall and dense fog are possible Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. As such, the National Weather Service has issued a dense fog advisory for Lyon and all surrounding counties from 6 pm Tue...
Jan 23, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
WEATHER: Winter weather advisories return areawide Monday night with more freezing precipitation expected into Tuesday morning
After a day's worth of rough travel conditions and schedule adjustments due to wintry precipitation, a repeat performance may be coming, across the listening area Monday night into midday Tuesday. Win...
Jan 22, 2024 Typically bustling with traffic, downtown Emporia was much quieter Monday morning as a result of icy travel conditions early in the day. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Reading boil water order lifted shortly after it was announced
Less than an hour after Reading announced a boil water order for its residents, the statement has been lifted. Reading Benefit Fire Chief Scott Wilkerson told KVOE News about the boil order after a wa...
Jan 21, 2024 Google Maps image.
No adjustments to production reported after sprinkler line break at Hostess plant
No production adjustments have been announced after a sprinkler line broke at Emporia's Hostess plant Sunday afternoon. Emporia Fire was called out to respond shortly after 2 pm, finding some water ne...
Jan 21, 2024 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Chase County water watches all lifted
While water issues have been in place since Thursday for portions of Lyon and Coffey counties, longer-standing water issues for Chase County are, at least from a government standpoint, at an end. A wa...
Jan 21, 2024 Public Wholesale Water Supply District 26 screenshot.
Mandatory water restrictions continue for Burlington, New Strawn, Coffey County RWD 2
Mandatory water conservation continues for significant portions of Lyon and Coffey counties. The towns of Burlington and New Strawn, along with Coffey County Rural Water District 2 -- covering much of...
Jan 21, 2024 KVOE News photo.
NWS Wichita office announces spotter training class schedule
Winter is making another appearance to start the week, but the National Weather Service Wichita forecast office is turning part of its attention to the traditional spring severe weather season. The Wi...
Jan 21, 2024 Saint Anthony Cemetery was among numerous places to receive damage from one of eight tornadoes hitting Chase County due to a supercell thunderstorm in April 2023. City of Strong City photo.
SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENTS through Friday, Jan. 26, 2024
The following schedule and operations adjustments have been announced: Schools *USD 251 North Lyon County bus availability limited all week. *USD 417 Morris County bus availability limited all week. G...
Jan 21, 2024 KVOE graphic
WEATHER: Numbing cold back for area; mandatory water conservation continues in Burlington, New Strawn and Coffey County RWD 2
Thankfully, our current stretch of numbing cold won't last very long -- but it's still causing issues while it's on top of us. After highs in the 30s both Wednesday and Thursday, air temperatures are ...
Jan 19, 2024 National Weather Service graphic.
WARMING SHELTERS through Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024
Due to poor weather conditions, several warming shelters are available for residents in need. Warming shelters-Emporia *Emporia Police Department lobby, 518 Mechanic. Pets welcome if owners keep them ...
Jan 19, 2024 KVOE News file photo.
