Alert archive / Kansas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this winter storm warning at Dec 29, 2006, 4:42 AM CST for 18 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 29, 2006, 12:47 PM CST. It was in force for 41 hr. 20 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 29, 2006, 4:42 AM CST (10:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 29, 2006, 12:47 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2006, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 41 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark 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, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:44 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 29, 2:59 PM CST | ICE STORM | 4 N Syracuse, KS | 160 FOOT TALL RADIO TOWER COLLAPSE FROM SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND WET SNOW |
| Dec 29, 5:17 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 5 Nw Manter, KS | NEW ACCUMULATION SINCE NOON. PRECIPITATION MAINLY RAIN AND SLEET IN THE MORNING. |
| Dec 29, 5:17 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 13 W Richfield, KS | 6 TO 8 INCHES WITH SOME SLEET MIXED IN |
| Dec 30, 1:50 AM CST | SLEET 1 | Garden City, KS | UP TO 1 INCH SLEET ACCUMULATION ON TOP OF THE ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN |
| Dec 30, 7:17 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Garden City, KS | PARTIAL POWER OUTAGE FROM 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 30, 7:19 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Lakin, KS | POWER IN LAKIN BUT NO POWER THE REST OF THE COUNTY FROM AS MUCH AS 1.25 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 30, 7:21 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Syracuse, KS | SLICK ROADS. |
| Dec 30, 7:23 AM CST | ICE STORM | Hugoton, KS | POWER POLES DOWN NORTH OF TOWN FROM OVERNIGHT ICE STORM. |
| Dec 30, 7:27 AM CST | ICE STORM | Ulysses, KS | MANY POWER POLES DOWN FROM ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 30, 7:33 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Dighton, KS | POWER OUTAGE DUE TO 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 30, 7:33 AM CST | ICE STORM | Wakeeney, KS | 30 POWER POLES DOWN ALONG WITH TREE LIMBS FROM OVERNIGHT ICE STORM. |
| Dec 30, 7:43 AM CST | SLEET 0.25 | Jetmore, KS | ROADS ICY. |
| Dec 30, 10:19 AM CST | ICE STORM | Ulysses, KS | AN ESTIMATED 100 POWER POLES DOWN FROM ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 30, 12:00 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Dodge City, KS | TREE DAMAGE ALL ACROSS THE CITY FROM 1/2 TO 1 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. A FEW CITY STREETS IMPASSABLE DURING PEAK OF STORM FROM LARGE DIAMETER TREE LIMBS. |
| Dec 30, 12:00 PM CST | ICE STORM | 2 N Charleston, KS | AROUND 15 TO 20 HIGH TENSION UTILITY TOWERS IN A ROW COLLAPSED DUE TO WEIGHT OF ICE AND STRONG NORTH WINDS OVER ROUGHLY A 5 MILE STRETCH IN NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY. |
| Dec 30, 2:40 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 13 Nw Richfield, KS | AROUND 10 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH 40 TO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS PRODUCING 3 FOOT DRIFTS |
| Dec 30, 2:40 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 20 S Coolidge, KS | 12 INCHES SNOW AND 40 TO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS WITH 4 FOOT DRIFTS |
| Dec 30, 2:53 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 2 Ese Big Bow, KS | NO POWER FROM SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION...2 INCH SNOW ACCUMULATION BEFORE ENDING |
| Dec 30, 3:07 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 7 Wsw Shallow Water, KS | 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION...FOLLOWED BY HEAVY SLEET...FOLLOWED BY 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. STILL SNOWING AS OF THIS TIME. NO POWER. |
| Dec 30, 3:07 PM CST | 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 74 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
- 611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 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 291042 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 442 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...SEVERE WINTER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA... .A POWERFUL STORM CONTINUED OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. COLD AIR WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD FAR WESTERN KANSAS AT THE SAME TIME THAT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN MOVING NORTH. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE FAR WEST WILL CHANGE TO SNOW TONIGHT. THE SNOW AREA WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. AS THE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW... HOWLING NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ON VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS. KSZ043-061-062-074-084-291845- /O.UPG.KDDC.WS.A.0005.061230T0000Z-061231T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WS.W.0004.061230T0000Z-061231T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.ZR.Y.0002.061229T1200Z-061230T0000Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-MORTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN... DEERFIELD...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART...RICHFIELD 442 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 /342 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SATURDAY... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SATURDAY. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE DAY BUT TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO FREEZING AND NOT IN THE UPPER 20S WILL KEEP SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE FROM FORMING. ROAD SURFACES MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN BY THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. EXACT AMOUNTS ARE STILL UNCERTAIN...BUT WIDESPREAD 6 TO 12 INCHES IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AT AROUND 25 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH CREATING WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. 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. $$ KSZ044-063-075>077-085>087-291845- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.A.0005.061230T0000Z-061231T0000Z/ LANE-FINNEY-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DIGHTON...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 442 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. EXACT AMOUNTS ARE STILL UNCERTAIN...BUT WIDESPREAD 5 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT AROUND 25 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH CREATING WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. $$
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDDC 291847 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1247 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING OVER THE REGION... .A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM HAS CONTINUED TO MOVE EASTWARD FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST INTO THE PLAINS STATES TODAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS BROUGHT A LARGE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS MORNING. MEANWHILE...COLD AIR HAS BEGUN TO FILTER DOWN THE HIGH PLAINS. THIS HAS PRODUCED FREEZING RAIN ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD EASTWARD TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL...WHILE FAR WESTERN KANSAS WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AS THE COLD AIR BECOMES DEEPER. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...MAINLY NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER. KSZ044-063-075>077-085>087-300300- /O.UPG.KDDC.WS.A.0005.061230T0000Z-061231T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.WS.W.0004.061230T0000Z-061231T0000Z/ LANE-FINNEY-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DIGHTON...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 1247 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CREATE PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. 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.. $$ KSZ043-061-062-074-084-300300- /O.UPG.KDDC.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-061230T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KDDC.WS.W.0004.061229T1847Z-061231T0000Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-MORTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN... DEERFIELD...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART...RICHFIELD 1247 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 /1147 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SATURDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE...WITH SOME ROADS BECOMING SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. THE PRECIPITATION HAS ALREADY STARTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER AND WILL MOVE EASTWARD LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW...SOME OF IT HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. VERY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BLOW TONIGHT AT 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL BRING PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH OPEN AREAS EXPERIENCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ARE FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE, OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. $$
000 WWUS43 KDDC 300257 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 857 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING OVER THE REGION... .THE POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVEN THROUGH THIS EVENING WAS STILL LOCATED OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS BROUGHT A LARGE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. MEANWHILE... COLD AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER DOWN THE HIGH PLAINS. THIS HAS PRODUCED FREEZING RAIN ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS TEMPERATURES FALL...WHILE FAR WESTERN KANSAS WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AS THE COLD AIR BECOMES DEEPER. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...MAINLY NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER. KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>087-301100- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061231T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 857 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 /757 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SATURDAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE...WITH SOME ROADS BECOMING SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. THE PRECIPITATION HAS ALREADY STARTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ALONG ROUGHLY AN ELKHART TO JOHNSON TO SCOTT CITY LINE AND WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THE SNOW LINE IS EXPECTED TO MARCH SLOWLY EASTWARD TO ROUGHLY A DIGHTON TO GARDEN CITY TO HUGOTON LINE. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SNOW AREAS. VERY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BLOW TONIGHT AT 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL BRING PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH OPEN AREAS EXPERIENCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE SNOW LINE...WHERE TEMPERATURES HOVER BETWEEN 29 AND 31 DEGREES...A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS ANTICIPATED. 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. $$ UMSCHEID
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. $$
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. $$ MLG
000 WWUS43 KDDC 311021 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 421 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER WILL BE WINDING DOWN OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS LATER THIS MORNING... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN KANSAS THIS MORNING BEFORE HEADING INTO MISSOURI BY AFTERNOON. A BAND OF SNOW WRAPPING AROUND THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. KSZ031-046-311830- /O.CAN.KDDC.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KDDC.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-061231T1900Z/ ELLIS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER 421 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. FREEZING RAIN HAS TURNED TO SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WEATHER THREAT IS AN INCONVENIENCE TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS OR CAN PRODUCE DIFFICULTY IN TRAVEL. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KSZ030-043>045-061>063-074-075-084-311200- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...ELKHART... RICHFIELD 421 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 /321 AM MST SUN DEC 31 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ EARLY THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN HAS TURNED TO SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE HAVE 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. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD SEE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW BEFORE THE SNOW BAND MOVES EAST. 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. $$ KSZ065-311830- /O.EXB.KDDC.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-061231T1900Z/ PAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LARNED...BURDETT 421 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. ANY SNOW WILL BE TAPERING OFF AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. IN ADDITION TO THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION...NORTHERLY WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO POWER POLES...LINES AND TREES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WEATHER THREAT IS AN INCONVENIENCE TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS OR CAN PRODUCE DIFFICULTY IN TRAVEL. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KSZ064-076>078-085>088-311200- /O.CON.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 421 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. 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. $$
000 WWUS43 KDDC 311201 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 601 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER WILL BE WINDING DOWN OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS LATER THIS MORNING... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN KANSAS THIS MORNING BEFORE HEADING INTO MISSOURI BY AFTERNOON. A BAND OF SNOW WRAPPING AROUND THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. KSZ030-043>045-061>063-074-075-084-311315- /O.EXP.KDDC.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...ELKHART... RICHFIELD 601 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 /501 AM MST SUN DEC 31 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ EARLY THIS MORNING... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BUT LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$ KSZ064-076>078-085>088-311315- /O.EXP.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 601 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... EVEN THOUGH SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. $$ KSZ031-046-065-311315- /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-061231T1900Z/ ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT 601 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... FREEZING RAIN HAS TURNED TO SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WEATHER THREAT IS AN INCONVENIENCE TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS OR CAN PRODUCE DIFFICULTY IN TRAVEL. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
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 Dec 29, 4:25 AM CST, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 4:25 AM CST, 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 425 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 .DAYS 1-2... A VERY COMPLICATED FORECAST WITH A PATCHWORK OF GRIDS CONTAINING RAIN, FREEZING RAIN, THUNDERSTORMS AND SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. A POWERFUL STORM CENTERED OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST NOW. A JET STREAK EJECTING OUT TO ITS EAST SIDE WAS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDER FROM THE TX PANHANDLE AND UP INTO MY CWA EARLY THIS MORNING. ANOTHER STRONGER JET MAX WAS STILL ON THE WEST/SOUTHWEST SIDE. WHAT REALLY MAKES THIS FORECAST TRICKY IS THE COLD SURGE THAT HAS MOVED INTO THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE CWA. TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR THE FREEZING MARK FROM SCOTT CITY TO ELKHART. ALOFT THE TEMP PROFILE WOULD SUPPORT FREEZING RAIN. I WILL HOIST A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR THE FAR WEST FOR TODAY...IN CONTRAST TO A WINTER STORM WARNING AS I THINK SFC TEMPS MAY HOVER AROUND 32 AND NOT FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S. IF THE LATTER DOES INDEED HAPPEN, THEN THE ADVISORY WOULD NEED TO BE UPGRADED TO WARNING. BUT, TONIGHT THINGS GET EVEN MORE COMPLICATED. IT APPEARS THE COLD AIR WILL GET DEEPER AND THE PCPN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IN THE FAR WEST. QPF FORECASTS WOULD SUPPORT HEAVY SNOW AND WINDS WILL BE STOUT SO THERE SHOULD BE A FAIR AMOUNT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING TOO. WILL UPGRADE THE PREVIOUS WATCH TO A WARNING FOR THIS AREA. EVENING SHIFT MOVED THE PREVIOUS WATCH EAST TO COVER COUNTIES FROM LANE THROUGH MEADE. I KEPT THIS AREA AS RAIN SHOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME FREEZING RAIN AS SFC TEMPS COOL FURTHER...AND EVENTUALLY TO SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. QPF AMOUNTS FORECAST BY THE VARIOUS DETERMINISTIC MODEL RUNS CONTINUE TO INDICATE COPIOUS AMOUNTS AND HPC IS ALSO ON BOARD WITH THIS. DECEMBER 2006 WILL LIKELY END UP AS A TOP FIVE (AT LEAST) WETTEST ON RECORD. .DAYS 3-7... CONTINUE TO SEE MODELS DIFFER IN PLACEMENT OF UPPER LOW BY SUNDAY. NAM/GFS INDICATE SIMILAR STRENGTH AND LOCATION AT 12Z SUNDAY WITH LOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KS. ECMWF IS A BIT WEAKER WITH THE LOW CENTERED OVER CENTRAL OK. UKMET IS EVEN WEAKER WITH UPPER LOW OVER EASTERN TX/OK PANHANDLE. BY 00Z MON, BOTH GFS AND ECMWF MOVE LOW INTO MO WHILE NAM/UKMET ARE SLOWER AND KEEP SYSTEM BACK INTO EASTERN KS. AT THIS POINT, PINPOINTING THE EXACT TIME THIS POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE REGION IS RATHER DIFFICULT. WILL LEAN TOWARD A MODEL BLEND FOR TIMING. LOCATION OF THE SYSTEM SUNDAY WILL ALLOW WRAP AROUND SNOW TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA. THE ONLY LOCATION WHERE TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE WARM ENOUGH FOR A MIX IS EXTREME EASTERN FA DURING THIS TIME. WILL MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS IN THE GRIDS TO REFLECT A MIX. H85 TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 0C EAST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE FALLING. ANY LINGERING SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF AS SYSTEM PULLS NORTHEAST OF WESTERN KS SUNDAY NIGHT. BY MONDAY, THE WEATHER SETTLES DOWN A BIT AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILD ACROSS FA. REMAINDER OF WEEK SHOULD BE A QUITE ONE. WITH SUBSTANTIAL SNOWPACK ANTICIPATED ACROSS WESTERN FA INTO CO, TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN A BIT COOLER. CURRENT GRIDS REFLECT THIS AND LITTLE IN THE WAY OF CHANGES ARE NEEDED. MODELS DO TRY TO BRING IN MORE MOISTURE BY WEEKS END AS ANOTHER UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER AND MOVE ACROSS MEXICO. TRACK OF THIS LOW IS STILL UNCERTAIN THUS WILL NOT ADD MENTION OF PRECIPITATION AT THIS TIME. WILL CONTINUE WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION DURING THE 8 TO 10 DAY TIME PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 44 33 34 28 / 100 100 90 70 GCK 38 30 32 25 / 100 100 90 70 EHA 36 26 30 23 / 90 90 90 80 LBL 42 30 31 25 / 100 100 90 70 HYS 42 33 36 28 / 100 100 100 70 P28 55 48 48 33 / 100 100 80 50 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR KSZ043-061-062-074-084. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ SATURDAY FOR KSZ043-061-062-074-084. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR KSZ044-063-075>077-085>087. && FN07/30
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 5:01 AM CST, 23 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 501 AM CST THU DEC 28 2006 KSZ030-031-044>046-063>066-075>081-085>090-291115- TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- 501 AM CST THU DEC 28 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 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. IT IS TOO SOON TO SAY HOW FAR EAST THE SNOW WILL MAKE IT DUE TO AN ABUNDANCE OF WARM AIR MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH. RAINFALL HOWEVER, WILL BE VERY GENEROUS AND WIDESPREAD WITH MANY AREAS POTENTIALLY RECEIVING UP TO 2 1/2 INCHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. KSZ043-061-062-074-084-291115- SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-MORTON- 501 AM CST THU DEC 28 2006 /401 AM MST THU DEC 28 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE LOCAL AREA BRINGING WIDESPREAD SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGES AT WEATHER.GOV/DDC/. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 4:42 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Scott, Stanton | 8 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.