Rare Southern U.S. Winter Storm; Dangerous Cold Weather For Much of the Eastern U.S.; Critical Fire Weather for Southern California

A rare winter storm impacting the Southern U.S. will move offshore Wednesday morning. Behind the storm, arctic air will continue encompassing the eastern two-thirds of the Nation with only a slow return to normal temperatures expected by the end of the week. Moderate to strong Santa Ana winds and low humidity will maintain Critical fire weather conditions in southern California into Thursday. Read More >

A tremendous amount of rain fell across portions of East Central Kansas between Wednesday, June 27 and Sunday, July 1.

Preliminary Storm Total Precipitation

Thank you to local Storm Spotters, County Dispatchers and Emergency Management, local media members, and all others that have supplied information to the NWS-Topeka Office the past few days. Your help and dedication is much appreciated.