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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 18, 200613 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this winter storm watch at Mar 18, 2006, 2:02 PM CST for 13 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 20, 2006, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 18, 2006, 2:02 PM CST (20:02 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 20, 2006, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Mar 19, 2006, 3:44 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Mar 18, 1:48 PM CST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 1:48 PM CST, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 4:27 AM CST, 9 hours 35 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

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.