Alert archive / Kansas / Blizzard Warnings in 2006
Blizzard Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this blizzard warning at Dec 29, 2006, 4:16 PM CST for Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Wallace County, Kansas; Dundy County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 26 hr. 16 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, 4:16 PM CST (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Dundy County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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, 4:40 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12.5 | 12 Nne Goodland, KS | 12.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH 6 FOOT DRIFTS |
| Dec 29, 4:55 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 13.8 | Goodland, KS | 13.8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH 5 FOOT DRIFTS. CITY OF GOODLAND HAS CLOSED ALL CITY STREETS TO ALL VEHICLES EXCEPT THOSE WITH FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE. |
| Dec 29, 5:28 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 8 Ne Edson, KS | FOUR FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Dec 29, 6:52 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 14.5 | 12 Nne Goodland, KS | |
| Dec 29, 6:59 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 14.8 | Goodland, KS | |
| Dec 29, 7:15 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | Sharon Springs, KS | |
| Dec 29, 7:45 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | Wallace, KS | 14 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH FOUR FOOT DRIFTS |
| Dec 29, 8:35 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Burlington, CO | 10 INCH SNOWFALL WITH 5 FOOT DRIFTS |
| Dec 29, 10:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 15.5 | 12 Nne Goodland, KS | 15.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH 7 FOOT DRIFTS |
| Dec 29, 10:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 16.4 | Goodland, KS | 16.4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH 5 FOOT DRIFTS |
| Dec 30, 7:55 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Wray, CO | |
| Dec 30, 8:04 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 16 N Flagler, CO | |
| Dec 30, 8:15 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 9 Nne Kit Carson, CO | 8 FOOT DRIFTS WITH 49 MPH WINDS MEASURED |
| Dec 30, 8:45 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 16.8 | Wallace, KS | |
| Dec 30, 9:20 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 4 E Vernon, CO | 15 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH 3 FOOT DRIFTS |
| Dec 30, 6:07 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Sharon Springs, KS | 24 INCHES OF SNOW WITH DRIFTS OF 12 TO 13 FEET |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 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 KGLD 292216 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 316 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-NEZ079-300630- /O.CAN.KGLD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.BZ.W.0003.061229T2216Z-061231T1200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... BENKELMAN 316 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 /416 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES FREQUENTLY REDUCED BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY OF 15 TO 25 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. SNOW DRIFTS OF SEVERAL FEET WILL BE COMMON. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS AND FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...WITH TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. MONITOR LOCAL FORECASTS BEFORE DECIDING TO VENTURE OUTSIDE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AND YOU BECOME STRANDED... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ KSZ002>004-014>016-028-029-041-042-NEZ080-081-300630- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY- WICHITA-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI... TRENTON...MCCOOK 316 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 /416 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY. THE RAIN AND SNOW LINE WILL LIE ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE FROM NORTON TO OAKLEY KANSAS. NEAR THIS LINE...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE PHASE COULD BRIEFLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW...AND THEN BACK TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT ANY TIME. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE SATURDAY AFTERN0ON OR SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...CONTINUING INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE QUITE VARIABLE...BUT IN GENERAL 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE. EAST OF THE RAIN AND SNOW LINE...PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN...THOUGH IT MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW AT TIMES. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SOMETIME SATURDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY WILL DEPEND ON EXACTLY WHEN THE CHANGE OVER OCCURS...BUT IN GENERAL 4 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...AND TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ JDK
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KGLD 300243 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 743 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-NEZ079-300845- /O.CON.KGLD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... BENKELMAN 743 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 /843 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 27 WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGING 30 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES. CONSIDERABLY BLOWING AND DRIFTING CONTINUES WITH REPORTS OF 6 FOOT SNOW DRIFTS IN RURAL SHERMAN COUNTY. THROUGH 9 PM MST (10 PM CST)...A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL EXPAND NORTH AND WEST WITH HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES PER HOUR EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL FALL TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY OF 20 TO 25 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. SNOW DRIFTS MAY EXCEED 10 FEET. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS AND FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU YOU BECOME STRANDED... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ KSZ002>004-014>016-028-029-041-042-NEZ080-081-300845- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY- WICHITA-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI... TRENTON...MCCOOK 743 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 /843 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY. THROUGH 10 PM CST (9 PM MST)...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND WEST OF A NORTON TO GOVE LINE. EAST OF THIS LINE...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL PERSIST. HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME ALL SNOW LATE SATURDAY AFTERN0ON OR SATURDAY NIGHT...CONTINUING INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE QUITE VARIABLE...BUT IN GENERAL 10 TO 15 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. IN ADDITION...A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS LOCATIONS EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE...AND TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$
000 WWUS43 KGLD 300419 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 919 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-NEZ079-301030- /O.CON.KGLD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... BENKELMAN 919 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 /1019 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 27 WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES. CONSIDERABLY BLOWING AND DRIFTING CONTINUES WITH 5 TO 7 FOOT DRIFTS REPORTED IN SHERMAN COUNTY. THROUGH 11 PM MST (MIDNIGHT CST)...A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE SNOW WILL LIFT NORTH OUT OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND EXPAND ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA. HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES AROUND 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL FALL TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY OF 20 TO 25 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. SNOW DRIFTS MAY EXCEED 10 FEET. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS AND FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU YOU BECOME STRANDED... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ KSZ002>004-014>016-028-029-041-042-NEZ080-081-301030- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY- WICHITA-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI... TRENTON...MCCOOK 919 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 /1019 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY. THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST (11 PM MST)...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE EAST OF A NORTON TO GOVE LINE. WEST OF THIS LINE...MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST. HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME ALL SNOW LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR SATURDAY NIGHT...CONTINUING INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE QUITE VARIABLE... BUT IN GENERAL 10 TO 15 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. IN ADDITION...A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS LOCATIONS EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. $$
000 WWUS43 KGLD 300607 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1107 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-NEZ079-301215- /O.CON.KGLD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... BENKELMAN 1107 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 /1207 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING. THROUGH 1 AM MST (2 AM CST)...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWEST INTO THE TRI-STATE AREA. THE LEADING EDGE OF MODERATE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT LOCATIONS ALONG A LINE FROM CHEYENNE WELLS TO GOODLAND TO COLBY WHERE HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES AROUND ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SNOW DRIFTS IN THE 4 TO 7 FOOT RANGE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. IN ADDITION...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO 1/2 MILE AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY OF 20 TO 25 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. SNOW DRIFTS MAY EXCEED 10 FEET. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ KSZ002>004-014>016-028-029-041-042-NEZ080-081-301215- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY- WICHITA-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI... TRENTON...MCCOOK 1107 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 /1207 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING. THROUGH 2 AM CST (1 AM MST)...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE EAST OF A NORTON TO GOVE LINE. WEST OF THIS LINE...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST. HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IN AREAS WHERE SNOW IS THE DOMINATE WEATHER TYPE...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. IN LOCATIONS WHERE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE THE DOMINATE PRECIPITATION...A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. $$ MCGUIRE
000 WWUS43 KGLD 300759 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1259 AM MST SAT DEC 30 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-NEZ079-301400- /O.CON.KGLD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... BENKELMAN 1259 AM MST SAT DEC 30 2006 /159 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING. THROUGH 3 AM MST (4 AM CST)...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWEST INTO THE TRI-STATE AREA. THE LEADING EDGE OF MODERATE SNOW WILL IMPACT LOCATIONS ALONG A LINE FROM CHEYENNE WELLS TO GOODLAND TO COLBY WHERE HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SNOW DRIFTS IN THE 5 TO 7 FOOT RANGE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. IN ADDITION...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO 1/2 MILE OR LOWER AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY OF 20 TO 25 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. SNOW DRIFTS MAY EXCEED 10 FEET. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ KSZ002>004-014>016-028-029-041-042-NEZ080-081-301400- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY- WICHITA-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI... TRENTON...MCCOOK 1259 AM MST SAT DEC 30 2006 /159 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING. THROUGH 4 AM CST (3 AM MST)...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE EAST OF A NORTON TO GOVE LINE. WEST OF THIS LINE...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND MAY ACCUMULATE TO ONE HALF INCH OR MORE. IN AREAS WHERE SNOW IS THE DOMINATE WEATHER TYPE...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. $$ MCGUIRE
000 WWUS43 KGLD 300946 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 246 AM MST SAT DEC 30 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-NEZ079-301800- /O.NEW.KGLD.WW.Y.0002.061231T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KGLD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... BENKELMAN 246 AM MST SAT DEC 30 2006 /346 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 40 MPH WITH CONTINUING SNOW WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TODAY. ALTHOUGH SNOW WILL BE LIGHT EARLY THIS MORNING...IT WILL BECOME HEAVY ONCE AGAIN LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW WILL OCCUR. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE IN THE HEAVIER SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE STORM WILL RANGE FROM 18 TO 24 INCHES. SNOW DRIFTS WILL RANGE FROM FOUR TO EIGHT FEET. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING...BUT AN ADDITIONAL ONE OR TWO INCHES OF SNOW WILL OCCUR. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ KSZ002>004-014>016-028-029-041-042-NEZ080-081-301800- /O.NEW.KGLD.WW.Y.0002.061231T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KGLD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY- WICHITA-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI... TRENTON...MCCOOK 246 AM MST SAT DEC 30 2006 /346 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. ALTHOUGH SNOW WILL BE LIGHT EARLY THIS MORNING...IT WILL BECOME HEAVY ONCE AGAIN LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW WILL OCCUR. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO LESS THAN A MILE IN THE HEAVIER SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE STORM WILL RANGE FROM 14 TO 20 INCHES. SNOW DRIFTS WILL RANGE FROM THREE TO SIX FEET. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHTER OVER PORTIONS OF GOVE...SHERIDAN... AND GRAHAM COUNTIES. THOSE AREAS WILL RECEIVE A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW UNTIL THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW THIS LATE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH ONLY THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THERE...A QUARTER INCH OF ICE WILL BE DEPOSITED. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING...BUT AN ADDITIONAL ONE OR TWO INCHES OF SNOW WILL OCCUR. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ MENTZER
000 WWUS43 KGLD 301718 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1018 AM MST SAT DEC 30 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-NEZ079-310000- /O.CON.KGLD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGLD.WW.Y.0002.061231T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... BENKELMAN 1018 AM MST SAT DEC 30 2006 /1118 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... THE COMBINATION OF NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 40 MPH WITH ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TODAY. SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE IN THE MORE INTENSE ACTIVITY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE STORM WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 INCHES. SNOW DRIFTS WILL RANGE FROM FIVE TO TEN FEET. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TONIGHT...BUT AN ADDITIONAL ONE OR TWO INCHES OF SNOW WILL OCCUR. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ KSZ002>004-014>016-028-029-041-042-NEZ080-081-310000- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGLD.WW.Y.0002.061231T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY- WICHITA-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI... TRENTON...MCCOOK 1018 AM MST SAT DEC 30 2006 /1118 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... THE COMBINATION OF NORTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MCCOOK NEBRASKA TO COLBY KANSAS TO TRIBUNE KANSAS. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO LESS THAN A MILE IN THE HEAVIER SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE STORM WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 INCHES. SNOW DRIFTS WILL RANGE FROM THREE TO SIX FEET. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHTER OVER PORTIONS OF GOVE...SHERIDAN... AND GRAHAM COUNTIES. THOSE AREAS WILL RECEIVE A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW UNTIL THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH OF ICE WILL BE DEPOSITED. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. $$ BLAIR
000 WWUS43 KGLD 310004 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 504 PM MST SAT DEC 30 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-NEZ079-310700- /O.EXP.KGLD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGLD.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... BENKELMAN 504 PM MST SAT DEC 30 2006 /604 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL EXIST GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM RED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA TO DECATUR AND GOVE COUNTIES IN KANSAS. LIGHTER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME WESTERN YUMA...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES OF COLORADO. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU YOU BECOME STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KSZ002>004-014>016-028-029-041-042-NEZ080-081-310700- /O.EXP.KGLD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGLD.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY- WICHITA-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI... TRENTON...MCCOOK 504 PM MST SAT DEC 30 2006 /604 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL EXIST GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM RED WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA TO DECATUR AND GOVE COUNTIES IN KANSAS. LIGHTER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME WESTERN YUMA...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES OF COLORADO. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ DDT
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Dec 29, 2:54 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 2:54 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
154 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006
.SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT - MONDAY)
MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE TRI STATE AREA WITH A
VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER.
AS OF 20Z THE RAIN/SNOW LINE WAS ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE FROM MCCOOK
NEBRASKA TO HOXIE KANSAS TO GOVE KANSAS. WEST OF THAT
LINE...MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH
TONIGHT. CONVECTION HAS BEEN ENHANCING SNOWFALL RATES...WHICH HAVE
BEEN UP TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. THE UPPER LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
WINTER STORM WAS DRIFTING INTO WEST TEXAS. A DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE
PLUME AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN MEXICO NORTHWARD
OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE SYSTEM WILL KEEP THIS
MOISTURE SOURCE INTACT AT LEAST THROUGH SATURDAY. GIVEN THAT...IT
SHOULD BE NOTED THE NAM DEVELOPS CONSIDERABLE MID LEVEL DRY SLOT
ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY. THE GFS SOLUTION SHOWS SOME MID LEVEL
DRYING...BUT NOT NEARLY AS AGGRESSIVE AS THE NAM. THE GFS HAS
PERFORMED WELL WITH THIS STORM AND WILL BE THE PREFERRED MODEL.
TROWAL FEATURE WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ON NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE
UPPER LEVEL CYCLONE AND BE ORIENTED EAST TO WEST NEAR THE NEBRASKA
AND KANSAS STATE LINE. IT IS FORECAST TO LIFT NORTH ON SATURDAY AND
THEN WRAP AROUND THE LOW...SWEEPING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO EARLY SUNDAY. THIS WILL PROVIDE THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW. CURRENT THINKING IS
THAT SNOW WILL END WEST TO EAST ON SUNDAY. ATTM...WILL LEAVE THE 12Z
EXPIRATION TIME INTACT...THOUGH IT MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED A LITTLE
LONGER INTO SUNDAY IF THE STORM SLOWS DOWN. AS FOR WIND...PEAK WIND
WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH ABOUT 18Z SATURDAY...SUSTAINED AT 20 TO
30 MPH AND GUSTING TO NEAR 35 MPH. ARGUMENT COULD BE MADE TO UPGRADE
TO A BLIZZARD WARNING...BUT WITH WINDS ACTUALLY DECREASING TOMORROW
AFTERNOON WILL KEEP IT SIMPLE AND LEAVE WINTER STORM WARNING
GOING...WITH SOME STRONG WORDING FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. STORM
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NOW FORECAST TO BE 20 TO 30 INCHES IN SOME
LOCATIONS...WHICH WOULD BE OF HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.
.LONG TERM... (TUESDAY - FRIDAY)
SHORT TERM CONCERNS HAVE PROHIBITED MUCH TIME BEING SPENT ON THIS
PORTION OF THE FORECAST. GRIDS BASED ALMOST ENTIRELY ON HPC GUIDANCE
WHICH SHOWS SLOW WARMING THROUGH THE PERIOD AND DRY CONDITIONS.
&&
.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY FOR KSZ001-
KSZ002-KSZ003-KSZ004-KSZ013-KSZ014-KSZ015-KSZ016-KSZ027-
KSZ028-KSZ029-KSZ041-KSZ042.
NE...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY FOR NEZ079-
NEZ080-NEZ081.
CO...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY FOR COZ090-COZ091-
COZ092.
&&
JDKHazardous weather outlook, Dec 29, 2:45 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 145 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-301645- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 145 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 /245 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE TRI-STATE REGION DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL CONTINUES ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM OBERLIN KANSAS...TO OAKLEY KANSAS...TO LEOTI KANSAS. SIX TO TWELVE INCHES OF SNOWFALL HAS ACCUMULATED DURING THE DAY...AND ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY SUNSET TONIGHT. LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM NORTON TO GOVE KANSAS WILL RECEIVE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL ONE-HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. REMAINING AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY SATURDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 15 TO 25 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE LARGE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. TRAVEL ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION BETWEEN FRIDAY AND SUNDAY IS NOT RECOMMENDED. BE PREPARED FOR HARSH WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSURES OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... PLEASE RELAY ANY PRECIPITATION REPORTS DURING THIS EVENT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BLAIR
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 29, 2:19 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
119 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0115 PM SNOW COLBY 39.39N 101.05W
12/29/2006 M3.0 INCH THOMAS KS AMATEUR RADIO
SOME TREE DAMAGE DUE TO FREEZING RAIN EARLIER IN THE DAY.
&&
MENTZERLocal storm report, Dec 29, 2:33 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
133 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0133 PM HEAVY SNOW YUMA 40.12N 102.72W
12/29/2006 E6.0 INCH YUMA CO EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
MENTZERSpecial weather statement, Dec 29, 2:52 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 152 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-300000- CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-DECATUR-DUNDY-GOVE-GRAHAM-GREELEY-HITCHCOCK- KIT CARSON-LOGAN-NORTON-RAWLINS-RED WILLOW-SHERIDAN-SHERMAN-THOMAS- WALLACE-WICHITA-YUMA- 152 PM MST (252 PM CST) FRI DEC 29 2006 ...HISTORIC SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA... HEAVY SNOW CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... EASTERN COLORADO...AND NORTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW REPORTS BETWEEN SIX AND TWELVE INCHES WERE COMMON FROM SHARON SPRINGS KANSAS TO GOODLAND KANSAS TO YUMA COLORADO. APPROXIMATELY 10 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED AT RENNER FIELD IN GOODLAND KANSAS. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WOULD BRING A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF OVER 20 INCHES. THE RECORD SNOWFALL AT GOODLAND FROM ANY ONE SNOW STORM OCCURRED FROM NOVEMBER 26 THROUGH NOVEMBER 28 IN 1983. THE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM THAT STORM WAS 21.7 INCHES. THIS RECORD WILL BE BROKEN IF CURRENT SNOWFALL PROJECTIONS OCCUR. GOODLAND RECEIVED OVER 7 INCHES OF SNOW LAST WEEK. THE LAST TIME GOODLAND RECEIVED BACK TO BACK SNOW STORMS THAT EACH PRODUCED AT LEAST SIX INCHES OCCURRED IN APRIL OF 1984. MENTZER
Local storm report, Dec 29, 3:22 PM CST, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
222 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM BLIZZARD CHEYENNE WELLS 38.82N 102.35W
12/29/2006 CHEYENNE CO TRAINED SPOTTER
MEASURED 50 MPH WINDS ALONG WITH MODERATE SNOWFALL
&&
SBLAIRLocal storm report, Dec 29, 3:51 PM CST, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
251 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0245 PM HEAVY SNOW COLBY 39.39N 101.05W
12/29/2006 E8.0 INCH THOMAS KS EMERGENCY MNGR
CITY OF COLBY DECLARED SNOW EMERGENCY...TRAVEL RESTRICTED
TO VEHICLES WITH CHAINS OR FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE
0245 PM HEAVY SNOW BREWSTER 39.36N 101.38W
12/29/2006 M8.0 INCH THOMAS KS BROADCAST MEDIA
0245 PM HEAVY SNOW BENKELMAN 40.05N 101.54W
12/29/2006 M8.0 INCH DUNDY NE EMERGENCY MNGR
8 INCH SNOWFALL WITH TWO FOOT DRIFTS
&&
SBLAIRLocal storm report, Dec 29, 4:15 PM CST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
315 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM HEAVY SNOW 17 N PARKS 40.29N 101.73W
12/29/2006 M4.0 INCH DUNDY NE TRAINED SPOTTER
FOUR INCHES WITH 0.10 ICE ACCUMULATION
&&
SBLAIRNearby
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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.