Alert archive / Kansas / Blizzard Warnings in 2006
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this blizzard warning at Dec 30, 2006, 3:42 AM MST for Hamilton County, Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 2006, 3:42 AM MST (10:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2006, 9:04 PM MST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Hamilton County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 6:21 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Syracuse, KS | SLICK ROADS. |
| Dec 30, 1:40 PM MST | BLIZZARD | 13 Nw Richfield, KS | AROUND 10 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH 40 TO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS PRODUCING 3 FOOT DRIFTS |
| Dec 30, 1:40 PM MST | BLIZZARD | 20 S Coolidge, KS | 12 INCHES SNOW AND 40 TO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS WITH 4 FOOT DRIFTS |
| Dec 30, 1:53 PM MST | ICE STORM 0 | 2 Ese Big Bow, KS | NO POWER FROM SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION...2 INCH SNOW ACCUMULATION BEFORE ENDING |
| Dec 30, 2:07 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Syracuse, KS | 8 INCH SNOW WITH DRIFTS NEARLY HALFWAY UP ONE STORY BUILDINGS IN TOWN...OPEN AREAS SEVERE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ONGOING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 581 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KDDC 301055 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 455 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING OVER THE REGION... .THE POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION DURING THE PAST 24 TO 36 HOURS WAS MOVING INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE EARLY THIS MORNING. BANDS OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUED TO WRAP IN THE AREA. COLD AIR HAD BECOME WELL ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE REGION. AS A RESULT, A LARGE AREA OF FREEZING RAIN HAS DEVELOPED. CONTINUED FREEZING RAIN DURING THE DAY WILL ALLOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE. STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGE TO POWER LINES, POLES AND TREES THAT HAVE BEEN COATED BY THE ICE. NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER, HEAVY SNOW HAD BEEN FALLING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY AND NIGHT. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THIS AREA. .KSZ061-074-084-301845- /O.CAN.KDDC.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061231T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.061230T1042Z-061231T1200Z/ HAMILTON-STANTON-MORTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART... RICHFIELD 442 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 /342 AM MST SAT DEC 30 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. COMBINED WITH NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH, BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES AND THE BLOWING SNOW WILL ALLOW LARGE DRIFTS TO FORM. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ KSZ030-045-064-078-088-301900- /O.EXB.KDDC.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ TREGO-NESS-HODGEMAN-FORD-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... NESS CITY...JETMORE...HANSTON...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA 455 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TODAY...WITH SOME ROADS BECOMING SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS, THERE MAY BE POWER POLE, POWER LINE AND TREE DAMAGE AS ICE ACCUMULATES TO AROUND 1/2 INCH. MOST OF THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ARE FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE... OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. $$ KSZ043-044-062-063-075>077-085>087-301900- /O.EXT.KDDC.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ SCOTT-LANE-KEARNY-FINNEY-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...LAKIN... DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 455 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CHANGE TO SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL REACH AROUND 1/2 INCH AND WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS THERE MAY BE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO POWER POLES, LINES AND TREES. UNTREATED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. LATER TODAY THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW. A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY EVENING AND UP TO SIX INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM ULYSSES TO GARDEN CITY AND DIGHTON BY SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ARE FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE... OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. $$ KSZ031-046-301900- /O.NEW.KDDC.ZR.Y.0003.061230T1055Z-061231T1200Z/ ELLIS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER 455 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE TO AROUND 1/4 OF AN INCH ON EXPOSED SURFACES. UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDDC 301121 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 521 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING OVER THE REGION... .THE POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION DURING THE PAST 24 TO 36 HOURS WAS MOVING INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE EARLY THIS MORNING. BANDS OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUED TO WRAP IN THE AREA. COLD AIR HAD BECOME WELL ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE REGION. AS A RESULT... A LARGE AREA OF FREEZING RAIN HAS DEVELOPED. CONTINUED FREEZING RAIN DURING THE DAY WILL ALLOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE. STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGE TO POWER LINES... POLES AND TREES THAT HAVE BEEN COATED BY THE ICE. NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER... HEAVY SNOW HAD BEEN FALLING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY AND NIGHT. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THIS AREA. KSZ061-074-084-301930- /O.CAN.KDDC.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061231T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.061230T1121Z-061231T1200Z/ HAMILTON-STANTON-MORTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART... RICHFIELD 521 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 /421 AM MST SAT DEC 30 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. COMBINED WITH NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES AND THE BLOWING SNOW WILL ALLOW LARGE DRIFTS TO FORM. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ KSZ030-043>045-062>064-075>078-085>088-301930- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- FORD-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 521 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CHANGE TO SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL REACH AROUND 1/2 INCH AND WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS THERE MAY BE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO POWER POLES... LINES AND TREES. UNTREATED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. LATER TODAY THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW. A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY EVENING AND UP TO SIX INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM ULYSSES TO GARDEN CITY AND DIGHTON BY SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ARE FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE... OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. $$ KSZ031-046-301930- /O.CON.KDDC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ ELLIS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER 521 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE TO AROUND 1/4 OF AN INCH ON EXPOSED SURFACES. UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KDDC 301833 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1233 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING OVER THE REGION... .THE POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION DURING THE PAST 36 HOURS WAS MOVING INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. BANDS OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUED TO WRAP IN THE AREA WITH COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE. A LARGE AREA OF FREEZING RAIN HAS PERSISTED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO SNOW CLOSER TO THE COLORADO BORDER. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED AND COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS THERE HAS BEEN DAMAGE TO POWER LINES... POLES AND TREES. NUMEROUS LOCATIONS ARE WITHOUT POWER. CURRENT TRENDS INDICATE THE PRECIPITATION WILL LESSEN IN INTENSITY FROM DODGE CITY ON EAST THIS AFTERNOON. NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER... HEAVY SNOW HAD BEEN FALLING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THIS AREA. KSZ061-074-084-310430- /O.EXT.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ HAMILTON-STANTON-MORTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART... RICHFIELD 1233 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 /1133 AM MST SAT DEC 30 2006/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SUNDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. COMBINED WITH NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY LATE TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES AND THE BLOWING SNOW WILL ALLOW LARGE DRIFTS TO FORM. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ KSZ030-043>045-062>064-075>078-085>088-310430- /O.EXT.KDDC.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- FORD-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 1233 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CHANGE TO SNOW LATER BY THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE HAVE ALREADY REACHED AROUND 1/2 INCH AND WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS THERE MAY BE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO POWER POLES... LINES AND TREES. UNTREATED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD DECREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON, THEN CHANGE TO SNOW TONIGHT. UP TO SIX INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM ULYSSES TO GARDEN CITY AND DIGHTON BY SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ARE FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE... OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. $$ KSZ031-046-310430- /O.EXT.KDDC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ ELLIS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER 1233 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE TO AROUND 1/4 OF AN INCH ON EXPOSED SURFACES. UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ EKB
000 WWUS43 KDDC 302116 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 316 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM CONTINUING ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS... .A WIDE VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY. KSZ064-076>078-085>088-310530- /O.CAN.KDDC.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WW.Y.0005.061230T2116Z-061231T1800Z/ HODGEMAN-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 316 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PATCHY FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WEATHER THREAT IS AN INCONVENIENCE TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS OR CAN PRODUCE DIFFICULTY IN TRAVEL. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KSZ061-074-084-310530- /O.EXT.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-061231T1800Z/ HAMILTON-STANTON-MORTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART... RICHFIELD 316 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 /216 PM MST SAT DEC 30 2006/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ SUNDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. COMBINED WITH NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. TOTAL SNOWFALL BY SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES AND THE BLOWING SNOW WILL ALLOW LARGE DRIFTS TO CONTINUE. THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE ALONG THE COLORADO BORDER IN WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY WHERE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW AND LARGE SNOW DRIFTS CAN BE EXPECTED. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ KSZ030-043>045-062-063-075-310530- /O.EXT.KDDC.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061231T1800Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-KEARNY-FINNEY-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...ULYSSES 316 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE HAVE ALREADY REACHED AROUND 1/2 INCH AND WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS THERE MAY BE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO POWER POLES... LINES AND TREES. UNTREATED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE GARDEN CITY AND ULYSSES AREAS AND 4 TO 8 INCHES IN SCOTT CITY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ARE FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE... OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. $$ KSZ031-046-310530- /O.EXT.KDDC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T1800Z/ ELLIS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER 316 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE TO AROUND 1/4 OF AN INCH ON EXPOSED SURFACES. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS AS TEMPERATURES FALL THIS EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KDDC 310404 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1004 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER WILL BE WINDING DOWN OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS THIS EVENING WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY SUNDAY MORNING AND INTO MISSOURI BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A BAND OF SNOW WRAPPING AROUND THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW ACROSS NORTHWEST AND EXTREME WESTERN KANSAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND BEGIN MOVING EAST TOWARD SUNDAY MORNING. KSZ061-074-084-311200- /O.CAN.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-061231T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KDDC.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ HAMILTON-STANTON-MORTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART... RICHFIELD 1004 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 /904 PM MST SAT DEC 30 2006/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BUT SHOULD BE DIMINISHING AND MOVING OUT OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE AS MUCH AS 18 INCHES BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WITH THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE ALONG THE COLORADO BORDER IN WESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR A WEATHER THREAT THAT IS LIFE THREATENING TO THOSE CAUGHT OUTDOORS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ030-043>045-062-063-075-311200- /O.EXT.KDDC.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-KEARNY-FINNEY-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...ULYSSES 1004 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. AREAS OF SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE HAVE ALREADY REACHED AROUND 1/2 TO 1 INCH AND WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO POWER POLES...LINES AND TREES. UNTREATED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ARE FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE... OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. $$ KSZ031-046-311200- /O.EXT.KDDC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ ELLIS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER 1004 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE TO AROUND 1/4 OF AN INCH ON EXPOSED SURFACES. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS AS TEMPERATURES FALL THIS EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KSZ064-076>078-085>088-311200- /O.EXT.KDDC.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ HODGEMAN-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 1004 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. PATCHY FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE TAPERING OFF AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. IN ADDITION TO THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION...NORTHERLY WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO POWER POLES...LINES AND TREES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WEATHER THREAT IS AN INCONVENIENCE TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS OR CAN PRODUCE DIFFICULTY IN TRAVEL. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MLG
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Dec 30, 2:49 AM MST, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 2:49 AM MST, 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 349 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 .DAYS 1-2... SIGNIFICANT STORM CONTINUED TO IMPACT MY CWA EARLY THIS MORNING. UPPER LOW WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN TX PANHANDLE. DRY AIR HAD FINALLY ENTRAINED INTO THE SYSTEM DURING THE PAST SIX HOURS. MUCH OF THE PCPN HAD DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE. HOWEVER, ANOTHER LOBE OF PCPN WAS WRAPPING INTO THE SYSTEM FROM CENTRAL TX. HAVE NOTED A MORE CELLULAR LOOK ON RADAR WITH THIS BAND OF PCPN ROTATING TO MY SOUTHERN CWA. THE UPPER LOW WILL GRADUALLY MOVE NORTHEAST DURING THE NEXT 36 HOURS WITH BANDS OF PCPN INTERMIXED WITH DRYING. AT THE SFC, THE COLD AIR HAD SURGED WELL SOUTH. SFC TEMPS HAVE DROPPED TO 32 OR BELOW ACROSS MUCH THE WESTERN 1/2 OF THE CWA WITH A LARGE AREA OF FREEZING RAIN. HEAVY SNOW WAS CONFINED TO THE WESTERN TIER OF COUNTIES. WILL UPGRADE THE WSW TO A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THOSE WESTERN COUNTIES AS CONTINUED SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. ALL ROADS/HIGHWAYS IN MY CWA LEADING INTO COLORADO WERE CLOSED, ROUGHLY ANYTHING WEST OF A LIBERAL TO WAKEENEY LINE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL MAY BE 1 1/2 FEET IN THIS AREA WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. WITH A WARM LAYER ALOFT WORKING BACK TO THE WEST, THERE SHOULD BE A LARGE AREA OF FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY FARTHER TO THE EAST. AM CONCERNED THAT WITH THE CONTINUED 30 TO 40 MPH WIND THAT THERE MAY END UP BEING SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE (POWER LINES/POLES AND TREES), EVEN WITH JUST MODEST ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE. SO WILL EXPAND THE WINTER STORM WARNING EAST A ROW OF COUNTIES. I WILL ALSO INCLUDE RUSH AND ELLIS COUNTY IN A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. I DONT THINK THAT THERE WILL BE AS MUCH ICE ACCUMULATION IN THOSE TWO COUNTIES BUT THE NEXT FCST SHIFT WILL WANT TO EVALUATE THIS. MUCH OF THE PCPN WILL BE COMING TO AN END LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE SYSTEM FINALLY PULLS OUT OF THE AREA. .DAYS 3-7... ONCE THIS WEEKEND SYSTEM EXITS WESTERN KANSAS, THE WEATHER SHOULD SETTLE A BIT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS CWA. MODELS ARE HINTING AT ANOTHER UPPER LOW WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY BUT CURRENT TRENDS KEEP SYSTEM SOUTH OF FA. UKMET CONTINUES TO DIG SYSTEM SOUTH INTO MEXICO WHILE GFS CENTERED SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN AZ/NM. ECMWF IS THE FURTHEST NORTH WITH LOW INTO SOUTHEASTERN CO BY 12Z WED. ALL IN ALL, MODELS CONTINUE TO BE ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH SYSTEM. WILL KEEP PRESENT FORECAST DRY PER SUCH UNCERTAINTY. YET ANOTHER UPPER TROF IS FORECAST TO MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS CENTRAL PLAINS NEXT WEEKEND. ONCE AGAIN, UNCERTAINTY EXISTS ON AMOUNT OF MOISTURE ACROSS AREA AS WELL AS TIMING. WILL GO AHEAD WITH NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES FOR DAYS 8 TO 10. NOT MUCH CHANGE EXPECTED TO TEMPERATURE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. SNOWPACK WILL HAVE AN AFFECT ON TEMPERATURES ACROSS WESTERN CWA AND PRESENT FORECAST REFLECTS THIS. WILL HAVE TO TWEAK AS CURRENT STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST AND EXTENT OF SNOW COVERED GROUND IS REVEALED && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 32 27 32 18 / 80 70 60 10 GCK 31 24 31 14 / 90 70 60 10 EHA 27 20 28 10 / 90 90 60 0 LBL 31 24 31 16 / 80 70 60 0 HYS 33 27 33 18 / 90 70 60 10 P28 50 31 37 20 / 80 60 50 10 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR KSZ030-043>045- 062>064-075>078-085>088. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR KSZ031-046. BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY FOR KSZ061-074- 084. && FN07/30
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 29, 4:00 AM MST, 23 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 500 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-088>090-301100- TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 500 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH RAINFALL OF BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. PONDING OF WATER WILL OCCUR IN LOW AREAS. THERE WILL BE OCCASIONAL RUMBLES OF THUNDER BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE DODGE CITY, NESS CITY AND WAKEENEY AREAS. THERE COULD BE ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EXCESSIVE RAINFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. HOWEVER, SPOTTER CALL OUT IS NOT EXPECTED. KSZ043-061-062-074-084-301100- SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-MORTON- 500 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 /400 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP BY SATURDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END BY SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE NEEDED EXCEPT FOR RAIN AND SNOW REPORTS. KSZ044-063-075>077-085>087-301100- LANE-FINNEY-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- 500 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FREEZING RAIN COULD DEVELOP TONIGHT AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW BY SATURDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HEAVY SNOW COULD DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE NOT EXPECTED UNLESS TO REPORT RAIN AND SNOW.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 3:55 AM MST | Freezing Rain Advisory | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 23 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:16 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | Clark, Ellis, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman and 5 more | 22 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.