Category Archives: Weather
Chase, Coffey counties announce short-term burn bans
High fire danger is prompting at least two area counties to tell its residents not to burn. Chase County is now into a burn ban into Monday morning. Coffey County announced a burn ban effective Sunday...
Dec 28, 2025 Scott Wiltse/Chase County Emergency Management.
Emporia Fire, Evergy busy in windy conditions Sunday morning
Reported grass fires are out after blustery conditions developed across the KVOE listening area Sunday morning. Emporia Fire responded to a small grass fire at Interstate 35 mile marker 127 shortly be...
Dec 28, 2025
Subzero wind chill possible at times Sunday night
Wind advisories have ended for area counties, but blustery conditions remain as biting cold has replaced four straight days of record late-year warmth. After temperatures near 70 shortly before midnig...
Dec 27, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
Abnormally dry conditions continue for Lyon, most surrounding counties after no measurable rain in December
There has been no measurable rainfall all month, but the US Drought Monitor doesn't currently show any deepening of drought issues -- yet. Wednesday's update has abnormally dry conditions in far north...
Dec 26, 2025 US Drought Monitor map.
Fog done for now; record high temps continue before sharp cooldown
If the current forecast holds, thick fog may finally be a thing of the past for a while. Fog has dissipated following yet another dense fog advisory for Lyon and most surrounding counties during the e...
Dec 26, 2025 Fog-related visibility was below a block for part of early Friday morning in Emporia, including 18th and Industrial, before dissipating. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Foggy Christmas morning expected, cooldown coming soon
The only thing holiday-ish about the weather forecast is the "foggy Christmas Eve" that's in the works tonight. In a forecast right for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, dense fog could make a return Ch...
Dec 24, 2025 Chuck Samples/KVOE News
ESB Financial Holiday Plaza closed for Christmas, New Year's Day
The ESB Financial Holiday Plaza will be closed for Christmas, but it has special holiday hours through the rest of the calendar year. The ice rink at 923 Commercial will be open from 5-8 pm Friday thr...
Dec 24, 2025 Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce photo.
Strong City woman among several people suffering possibly serious injuries after Christmas Eve crashes on Kansas Turnpike
The Kansas Highway Patrol says most of the people hospitalized as part of two Christmas Eve wrecks on the Kansas Turnpike northeast of Emporia suffered potentially serious injuries. The Highway Patrol...
Dec 24, 2025 Law enforcement spent several hours sorting through two injury crashes on the Kansas Turnpike in western Osage County on Wednesday. Marlo Walburn.
Dense fog advisories areawide Wednesday morning
For the second straight morning, dense fog is affecting morning travels. Visibility has been anywhere from half a block to a quarter-mile through the morning hours as dense fog advisories continue are...
Dec 23, 2025 Newman Regional Health's south side is enveloped by thick fog early Wednesday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Dense fog advisory for Lyon, several surrounding counties until 11 am
Thick fog is moving across parts of the KVOE listening area Tuesday morning. The National Weather Service has Lyon, Chase, Coffey, Greenwood and Osage counties in dense fog advisories until 11 am. Vis...
Dec 23, 2025 KVOE News file photo.
