Alert archive / Kansas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this winter storm warning at Mar 19, 2006, 3:44 AM CST for 24 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 20, 2006, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 22 hr. 48 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
- Mar 19, 2006, 3:44 AM CST (09:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 20, 2006, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2006, 10:09 PM CST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 24 counties
Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Healy, KS | |
| Mar 20, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Garden City, KS | |
| Mar 20, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 6 Wnw Schoenchen, KS | |
| Mar 20, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 3.4 | 11 Nw Scott City, KS | |
| Mar 20, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Rolla, KS | |
| Mar 20, 9:10 AM CST | SNOW 4.6 | 12 Nw Meade, KS | |
| Mar 20, 9:45 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Jetmore, KS | |
| Mar 20, 10:37 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 1 N Hays, KS | |
| Mar 20, 10:50 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Richfield, KS | |
| Mar 20, 11:04 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Cimarron, KS | |
| Mar 20, 11:04 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Copeland, KS | |
| Mar 20, 12:38 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | N Syracuse, KS | |
| Mar 20, 1:35 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Scott City, KS | |
| Mar 20, 1:38 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Ne Holcomb, KS | |
| Mar 20, 1:38 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Sublette, KS | |
| Mar 20, 1:45 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Wakeeney, KS | |
| Mar 20, 2:37 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Ingalls, KS | |
| Mar 20, 2:40 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Larned, KS | |
| Mar 20, 2:40 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 W Dodge City, KS | |
| Mar 20, 2:40 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | La Crosse, KS | |
| Mar 20, 2:40 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 9 E Garden City, KS | |
| Mar 20, 3:12 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 10 Ese Garden City, KS | |
| Mar 20, 3:19 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Elkhart, KS | |
| Mar 20, 3:22 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Johnson City, KS | |
| Mar 20, 3:23 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Ulysses, KS | |
| Mar 20, 3:27 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Hugoton, KS | |
| Mar 20, 3:31 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 E Minneola, KS | |
| Mar 20, 3:32 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Liberal, KS | |
| Mar 20, 3:39 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 10 S Montezuma, KS | |
| Mar 20, 3:42 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Ness City, KS | |
| Mar 20, 3:46 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 Nne Kismet, KS | |
| Mar 20, 3:46 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Meade, KS | |
| Mar 20, 3:50 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | Jetmore, KS | |
| Mar 20, 3:55 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Lakin, KS | |
| Mar 20, 3:56 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 4 Sw Antonino, KS | |
| Mar 20, 4:20 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 10 Wnw Antonino, KS | |
| Mar 20, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 8 Wnw Greensburg, KS | |
| Mar 20, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 9 Wnw Greensburg, KS | |
| Mar 20, 7:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 3 Ne Bellefont, KS | |
| Mar 20, 7:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 11 Sw Hays, KS | |
| Mar 20, 7:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 23 W Larned, KS | |
| Mar 20, 7:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 E Bellefont, KS | |
| Mar 20, 7:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 6 Nw Greensburg, KS | |
| Mar 20, 7:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 8 Wsw Kinsley, KS | |
| Mar 20, 7:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 7 Nw Kinsley, KS | |
| Mar 20, 7:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 9 Sw Hays, KS | |
| Mar 20, 7:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 22 W Larned, KS | |
| Mar 20, 7:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 7 Nw Kinsley, KS |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 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 190944 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 344 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER RETURNS TO MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS NEW MEXICO ON SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO START ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS THIS EVENING AND MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE NIGHT AS COLDER AIR FILTERS IN FROM THE NORTHEAST. BY MONDAY MORNING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE FALLING ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-077>079-191745- /O.UPG.KDDC.WS.A.0002.060320T0600Z-060321T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WS.W.0001.060320T0600Z-060321T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON... LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS 344 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW EARLY MONDAY MORNING. NORTHERN KANSAS WILL SEE THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT WITH THE RAIN/SNOW LINE MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. STEADY SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM GARDEN CITY TO DODGE CITY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF A LARNED TO SCOTT CITY LINE. AREAS FURTHER SOUTH INCLUDING GARDEN CITY...DODGE CITY AND ST. JOHN ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. THIS HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH TO CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. 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. $$ KSZ061-062-191745- /O.NEW.KDDC.WS.W.0001.060320T0600Z-060321T0600Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD 344 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 /244 AM MST SUN MAR 19 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ MONDAY NIGHT. RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW EARLY MONDAY MORNING. NORTHERN KANSAS WILL SEE THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT WITH THE RAIN/SNOW LINE MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. STEADY SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. THIS HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH TO CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR A WEATHER THREAT THAT IS LIFE THREATENING TO THOSE CAUGHT OUTDOORS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ074>076-080-081-084>090-191745- /O.NEW.KDDC.WS.A.0003.060320T1200Z-060321T0600Z/ STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA... SUN CITY 344 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ACROSS THE AREA BY SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. THE SNOW WILL ALSO COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ 28
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDDC 191721 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1121 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER RETURNS TO MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS NEW MEXICO ON SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO START ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS THIS EVENING AND MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE NIGHT AS COLDER AIR FILTERS IN FROM THE NORTHEAST. BY MONDAY MORNING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE FALLING ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. KSZ074>076-080-084>088-200130- /O.UPG.KDDC.WS.A.0003.060320T1200Z-060321T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.WS.W.0001.060320T0600Z-060321T0600Z/ STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-KIOWA-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 1121 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ACROSS THE AREA BY SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA. NORTH OF A LINE THE SNOW WILL ALSO COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR A WEATHER THREAT THAT IS LIFE THREATENING TO THOSE CAUGHT OUTDOORS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-077>079-200130- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.060320T0600Z-060321T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN... KINSLEY...LEWIS 1121 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 /1021 AM MST SUN MAR 19 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ MONDAY NIGHT. RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW EARLY MONDAY MORNING. NORTHERN KANSAS WILL SEE THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT WITH THE RAIN/SNOW LINE MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. STEADY SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM GARDEN CITY TO DODGE CITY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF A LARNED TO SCOTT CITY LINE. AREAS FURTHER SOUTH INCLUDING GARDEN CITY...DODGE CITY AND ST. JOHN ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 8 TO 12 INCHES BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. THIS HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH TO CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. 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. $$ KSZ081-089-090-200130- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.A.0003.060320T1200Z-060321T0600Z/ PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1121 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ACROSS THE AREA BY SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. THE SNOW WILL ALSO COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ 18
000 WWUS43 KDDC 191940 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 140 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER RETURNS TO MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS NEW MEXICO ON SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO START ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS THIS EVENING AND MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE NIGHT AS COLDER AIR FILTERS IN FROM THE NORTHEAST. BY MONDAY MORNING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE FALLING ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>080-084>088-200400- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.060320T0600Z-060321T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 140 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 /1240 PM MST SUN MAR 19 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ MONDAY NIGHT. RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW EARLY MONDAY MORNING. NORTHERN KANSAS WILL SEE THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT WITH THE RAIN AND SNOW LINE MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. STEADY SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM GARDEN CITY TO DODGE CITY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST OF A DODGE CITY TO GARDEN CITY LINE. AREAS FURTHER SOUTH INCLUDING ELKHART...LIBERAL AND ASHLAND ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 6 TO 8 INCHES BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. THIS HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH TO CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. 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. $$ KSZ081-089-090-200400- /O.UPG.KDDC.WS.A.0003.060320T1200Z-060321T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WW.Y.0001.060320T1200Z-060321T0600Z/ PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 140 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW EARLY MONDAY MORNING. ONCE THE RAIN CHANGES OVER TO SNOW...STEADY SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE LATE IN THE DAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WEATHER THREAT IS AN INCONVENIENCE TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS OR CAN PRODUCE DIFFICULTY IN TRAVEL. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 18/06
000 WWUS43 KDDC 200353 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 953 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER WILL RETURN TO SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW... .A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AND INTO THE PLAINS STATES BY TOMORROW MORNING. MOISTURE FLOWING UP AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL ALLOW RAIN TO RETURN TO SOUTHWEST KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. HOWEVER...COLD AIR FILTERING DOWN FROM THE NORTH WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE THE RAIN OVER TO A BIT OF SLEET AND THEN SOME SNOW BY THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY SUNRISE. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>080-084>088-201200- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.060320T0600Z-060321T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 953 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 /853 PM MST SUN MAR 19 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ MONDAY NIGHT. RAIN OVER SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON MONDAY...WITH SOME SNOWFALL RATES BECOMING QUITE HEAVY ON MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BY MONDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH THE 10 TO 15 INCH CATEGORY...MAINLY NORTH OF A JOHNSON TO ST JOHN LINE. AREAS TO THE SOUTH WILL SEE 6 TO 9 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...NORTHEASTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AT TIMES TO 35 MPH WILL BRING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AS THE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCES VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ KSZ081-089-090-201200- /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0001.060320T1200Z-060321T0600Z/ PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 953 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW BEFORE SUNRISE...EVENTUALLY CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY LATER IN THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WEATHER THREAT IS AN INCONVENIENCE TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS OR CAN PRODUCE DIFFICULTY IN TRAVEL. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 26
000 WWUS43 KDDC 200941 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 341 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER RETURNING TO SOUTHWEST KANSAS... .A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW MEXICO AND INTO THE PLAINS STATES TODAY. RAIN WILL BE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS COLD AIR FILTERS DOWN FROM THE NORTH. AS THIS SYSTEM INTENSIFIES AND MOVES OFF SLOWLY TO THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BE SHIFTING AROUND TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>080-084>088-201745- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 341 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 /241 AM MST MON MAR 20 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. RAIN WILL BE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW ACROSS THE AREA BY 8 AM CST. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...WITH SOME SNOWFALL RATES BECOMING QUITE HEAVY LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BY MONDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES NORTH OF A JOHNSON TO ST JOHN LINE WITH LOCALLY 18 INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR I-70. AREAS TO THE SOUTH WILL SEE 6 TO 9 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...NORTHEASTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AS THE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCES VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ KSZ081-089-090-201745- /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0001.060320T1200Z-060321T0600Z/ PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 341 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW THIS MORNING... EVENTUALLY CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY NOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WEATHER THREAT IS AN INCONVENIENCE TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS OR CAN PRODUCE DIFFICULTY IN TRAVEL. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 28
000 WWUS43 KDDC 201721 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1121 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER RETURNING WITH A BANG TO SOUTHWEST KANSAS... .A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW MEXICO AND INTO THE PLAINS STATES TODAY. RAIN WILL BE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS COLD AIR FILTERS DOWN FROM THE NORTH. AS THIS SYSTEM INTENSIFIES AND MOVES OFF SLOWLY TO THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BE SHIFTING AROUND TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>080-084>088-210200- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 1121 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 /1021 AM MST MON MAR 20 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM CST...THEN EASE UP SLIGHTLY BUT CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 10 TO 14 INCHES NORTH OF A JOHNSON TO ST JOHN LINE WITH LOCALLY 16 INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR I-70. AREAS TO THE SOUTH WILL SEE 6 TO 9 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1/4-MILE AT TIMES. 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. $$ KSZ081-089-090-210200- /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T0600Z/ PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1121 AM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WEATHER THREAT IS AN INCONVENIENCE TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS OR CAN PRODUCE DIFFICULTY IN TRAVEL. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 12
000 WWUS43 KDDC 202129 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 329 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING... .A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE MAINLY FROM THE MEADE TO DODGE CITY TO LARNED AREAS WITH MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WEST OF THIS LINE THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS THE UPPER STORM SYSTEM WEAKENS AND MOVES INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS...THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH NORTHWEST WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH PRODUCING SOME LIGHT BLOWING AND DRIFTING. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>080-084>088-210600- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 329 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 /229 PM MST MON MAR 20 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. SNOW AND LIGHT BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM CST...THEN EASE UP SLIGHTLY BUT CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 283. 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS IN THE JETMORE...NESS CITY TO WAKEENEY LOCATIONS AND POINTS EAST. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR A WEATHER THREAT THAT IS LIFE THREATENING TO THOSE CAUGHT OUTDOORS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADS AND PARTICULARLY AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT. $$ KSZ081-089-090-210600- /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T0600Z/ PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 329 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW IN THE COLDWATER TO PRATT TO MEDICINE LODGE AREAS BY EARLY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE STILL EXPECTED. FALLING TEMPERATURES THIS EVENING AFTER SUNSET WILL PROMOTE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WEATHER THREAT IS AN INCONVENIENCE TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS OR CAN PRODUCE DIFFICULTY IN TRAVEL. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ UMSCHEID
000 WWUS43 KDDC 210409 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1009 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS... .AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM HAS MADE ITS WAY EAST...SNOWFALL HAS BEGUN TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE REGION. THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF THROUGH LATE EVENING. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>080-084>088-210515- /O.CAN.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 1009 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 /909 PM MST MON MAR 20 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A BIT OF LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL LINGER MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF A GREENSBURG TO DIGHTON LINE. HOWEVER...NO SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. SNOW WILL BLOW A BIT OVER THE ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT...SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. $$ KSZ081-089-090-210515- /O.CAN.KDDC.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060321T0600Z/ PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1009 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SOME LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL LINGER THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS NOT EXPECTED. $$ 26
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 19, 2:32 AM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 2:32 AM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 232 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... FORECAST CHALLENGE IS WHEN THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS CWA AND RESULTING SNOWFALL TOTALS. GFS HAD THE BEST UPPER AIR ANALYSIS AT 00Z WITH A DEEPER SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN U.S. COMPARED TO THE NAM. THE NAM ALSO LOOKS TOO PROGRESSIVE WITH THE WHOLE SYSTEM IN THE 36-60HR TIME FRAME. CANADIAN IS SIMILAR TO THE GFS AS WELL. IN GENERAL WILL BE LEANING TOWARD THE GFS FOR THIS FORECAST. FOR TODAY...CURRENT REGIONAL RADAR SHOWS AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN EXITING OUT OF NORTHERN CWA AT THIS TIME WITH JUST SOME DRIZZLE AND FOG OVER MUCH OF THE CWA. TO THE SOUTH...THERE ARE SOME MORE LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS THAT MAY MAKE IT INTO FAR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES THIS MORNING...BUT OTHERWISE EXPECT THE DRIZZLE AND FOG TO CONTINUE THROUGH 18Z. THIS AFTERNOON...THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL BE ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE UPPER LOW AND BRING A BETTER CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN TO THE CWA WITH BEST LIFT OCCURRING OVER THE EASTERN ZONES. TO THE NORTH...THERE MAY BE ENOUGH COLD AIR FILTERING IN AFTER 21Z TO PRODUCE SOME SLEET NEAR I-70. THIS AREA OF SLEET WILL GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTH OVERNIGHT WITH MOST AREAS ONLY EXPECTED TO SEE AN HOUR OR TWO OF IT BEFORE A COMPLETE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW. BASED ON H85 TEMPS AND THICKNESS VALUES...THINK TWO NORTHERN ROWS OF COUNTIES WILL SEE ALL SNOW BY 06Z...THEN ALL COUNTIES BY 12Z. WINDS WILL BE INCREASING OVERNIGHT OUT OF THE NORTHEAST TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO START CREATING SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS. H70 LOW WILL BE CLOSING OFF OVERNIGHT IN NORTHERN NM AND MOVING ENE THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. THIS TRACK PUTS IT INTO CENTRAL KS BY 00Z TUE. GIVEN THIS...EXPECT HEAVY SNOW TO BE FALLING ACROSS NORTHERN HALF OF CWA THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY MONDAY. FURTHER TO THE SOUTH...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LESS BASED ON THIS TRACK AND THE FACT THE CHANGEOVER WILL NOT BE UNTIL MORNING. QPF OFF OF GFS AND EVEN THE NAM IS SHOWING 1.25+ INCHES BETWEEN 06Z MON AND 06Z TUE ACROSS FAR NORTHERN CWA. SEE NO REASON TO DOUBT THIS...AND LOOKING AT CROSS SECTIONS...COULD SEE SOME BANDING NORTH OF A LARNED TO NESS CITY LINE. FOR NOW WILL UPGRADE ALL AREAS IN A WATCH TO A WINTER STORM WARNING PLUS HAMILTON AND KEARNY COUNTIES. ALL OTHER AREAS I WILL ISSUE A WATCH SINCE NOT SURE ABOUT WARNING CRITERIA...BUT ADVISORY CRITERIA SNOWS WILL LIKELY OCCUR AND COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. I WILL GO WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 10-14 INCHES FAR NORTHERN ZONES WITH 8-12 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL CWA AND THEN 4-8 ELSEWHERE EXCEPT FAR SOUTHWEST WHERE ONLY 2-5 IS EXPECTED. SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING OUT MONDAY NIGHT...BUT AM A LITTLE CONCERNED MODELS ARE CUTTING OFF PRECIP TOO FAST GIVEN PLACEMENT OF UPPER LOW AT 00Z AND THAT THESE CUTOFF SYSTEMS TYPICALLY MOVE SLOWER THAN IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY WITH SOME BLOCKING OCCURRING OVER THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. KEPT IN LIKELY POPS ACROSS EASTERN CWA THROUGH 06Z THEN TAPER THEM OFF TO ZERO BY TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 10-20 MPH THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AND MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL LINGER...SO DO NOT THINK TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET WITH THE FRESH SNOW ON THE GROUND...BUT THEY WILL LIKELY GET INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO AROUND 20. DAYS 3-7... UPPER SYSTEM THAT IS EXPECTED TO BRING THE MOST SNOW SOUTHWEST KANSAS HAS SEEN ALL SEASON WILL BE DEPARTING ON TUESDAY WITH MAYBE A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS LINGERING IN THE EAST EARLY ON. ANOTHER SYSTEM FOLLOWS ON ITS HEALS...MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. BASED ON MODEL FORECASTS FROM THE ECMWF/GFS THE BEST CHANCE OF PRECIP WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA SO RAISED POPS TO CHC CATEGORY THERE. THE 850MB ZERO LINE WOBBLES BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE CWA DURING THIS TIME SO WILL GO WITH RAIN OR SNOW FOR PRECIP TYPE...TRYING NOT TO GET TOO FANCY. THE WEATHER QUIETS DOWN AFTER THIS SYSTEM WITH NW FLOW ALOFT AND SLOWLY WARMING TEMPERATURES BY THE WEEKEND. HIGHS EARLY ON WILL BE AFFECTED BY SNOW COVER ON THE GROUND FROM THE MONDAY SYSTEM SO ELECTED NOT TO CHANGE MUCH AT ALL AT THIS TIME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 43 30 31 20 / 50 100 100 60 GCK 42 30 31 18 / 20 100 100 40 EHA 49 29 30 16 / 20 100 80 30 LBL 43 31 32 18 / 20 100 90 30 HYS 39 28 29 20 / 50 100 100 60 P28 44 33 34 23 / 50 100 100 40 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ MONDAY NIGHT FOR KSZ030-KSZ031-KSZ043- KSZ044-KSZ045-KSZ046-KSZ061-KSZ062-KSZ063-KSZ064-KSZ065-KSZ066- KSZ077-KSZ078-KSZ079. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR KSZ074-KSZ075-KSZ076-KSZ080-KSZ081-KSZ084-KSZ085-KSZ086- KSZ087-KSZ088-KSZ089-KSZ090. && FN28/27
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 4:27 AM CST, 23 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 427 AM CST SAT MAR 18 2006 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-191030- TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 427 AM CST SAT MAR 18 2006 /327 AM MST SAT MAR 18 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 ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. NONE OF THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS WEST OF A LAKIN TO MEADE LINE COULD BECOME SEVERE AND WOULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS ON MONDAY AS COLD AIR WRAPS INTO A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. IN ADDITION, STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS MAY CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS WHICH COULD AFFECT TRAVEL. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST UPDATES AND BE ALERT IN CASE A WINTER STORM WATCH OR WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS. DETAILS REGARDING THIS SYSTEM ARE UNCLEAR AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. LACY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 3:44 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Grant, Haskell, Kiowa and 6 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 19, 1:40 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Pratt | 32 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.