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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this winter storm warning at Dec 19, 2006, 3:45 AM MST for Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; 11 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It took effect at Dec 19, 2006, 2:00 PM MST. It was in force for 45 hr. 60 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 19, 2006, 3:45 AM MST (10:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2006, 2:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2006, 10:55 AM MST
- In force
- 45 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:50 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 19, 5:40 PM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Vernon, CO | FREEZING RAIN BEGINING TO MAKE ROADS SLICK. |
| Dec 19, 11:34 PM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Goodland, KS | MEASURED ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE GROUND AT THE NWS OFFICE |
| Dec 20, 12:45 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 9 Nne Kit Carson, CO | QUARTER INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Dec 20, 1:00 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Goodland, KS | MEASURED ICE ACCUMULATION OF NEARLY HALF AN INCH. SLEET NOW FALLING ON TOP OF ICE. |
| Dec 20, 4:15 AM MST | ICE STORM 0 | Goodland, KS | SNOW RATES OF ABOUT AN INCH PER HOUR, ON TOP OF HALF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM EARLIER ICE STORM. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN GOODLAND. TRANSFORMER FLASHES SEEN FROM NWS OFFICE. |
| Dec 20, 4:40 AM MST | ICE STORM 0 | Oakley, KS | QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. SMALL TREE BRANCHES DOWNED. |
| Dec 20, 5:51 AM MST | ICE STORM 0 | Colby, KS | QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED SURFACES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES IN COLBY. |
| Dec 20, 6:00 AM MST | ICE STORM 0 | 5 E Mingo, KS | HALF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED AND EXPOSED SURFACES. |
| Dec 20, 6:00 AM MST | ICE STORM 0 | Hoxie, KS | HALF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED AND EXPOSED SURFACES. |
| Dec 20, 6:28 AM MST | ICE STORM 0 | 3 N Russell Springs, KS | HALF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED AND EXPOSED SURFACES. |
| Dec 20, 7:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Goodland, KS | SNOW RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR. |
| Dec 20, 7:03 AM MST | SNOW 5 | Wray, CO | |
| Dec 20, 7:30 AM MST | ICE STORM | 12 Nne Goodland, KS | FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ON ELEVATED AND EXPOSED SURFACES. |
| Dec 20, 7:32 AM MST | ICE STORM 0 | 9 Nne Kit Carson, CO | QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ON ELEVATED AND EXPOSED SURFACES. |
| Dec 20, 7:50 AM MST | SNOW 7 | 4 E Vernon, CO | DRIFTS TO 11 INCHES. |
| Dec 20, 7:53 AM MST | ICE STORM | Quinter, KS | HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION. BROKEN TREE BRANCHES 4 TO 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER. |
| Dec 20, 8:08 AM MST | ICE STORM 0 | 7 N Quinter, KS | THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE ON ELEVATED AND EXPOSED SURFACES. 2 FEET DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES BROKEN. |
| Dec 20, 9:27 AM MST | SNOW 6 | 8 Nw St. Francis, KS | |
| Dec 20, 9:42 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Benkelman, NE | |
| Dec 20, 9:42 AM MST | SNOW 6 | Kanorado, KS | |
| Dec 20, 11:12 AM MST | ICE STORM 0 | 3 Wsw Norcatur, KS | HALF AN INCH OF ICE ON ELEVATED AND EXPOSED SURFACES. FALLEN TREE LIMBS. |
| Dec 20, 11:41 AM MST | ICE STORM | Colby, KS | SIX INCH TO EIGHT INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Dec 20, 1:29 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 17 N Parks, NE | |
| Dec 20, 2:15 PM MST | SNOW 6 | 1 S Flagler, CO | |
| Dec 20, 2:15 PM MST | SNOW 6 | 4 Ne Kirk, CO | |
| Dec 20, 2:15 PM MST | SNOW 6 | 9 Ne Kit Carson, CO | |
| Dec 20, 2:15 PM MST | SNOW 7 | 20 S Stratton, CO | |
| Dec 20, 2:15 PM MST | SNOW 7 | 2 Ne Alvin, CO | |
| Dec 20, 2:15 PM MST | SNOW 7 | 8 Sw Goodland, KS | |
| Dec 20, 2:15 PM MST | SNOW 8 | 17 S Burlington, CO | |
| Dec 20, 2:15 PM MST | SNOW 8 | 4 N Eckley, CO | |
| Dec 20, 2:15 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 4 S Kanorado, KS | |
| Dec 20, 2:15 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 5 Nw Burlington, CO | |
| Dec 20, 2:15 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Idalia, CO | |
| Dec 20, 2:15 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 7 Se Idalia, CO | |
| Dec 20, 2:50 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 7 N Benkelman, NE | |
| Dec 20, 2:50 PM MST | SNOW 5 | 19 Sw Goodland, KS | |
| Dec 20, 2:50 PM MST | SNOW 6 | 17 Nw Parks, NE | |
| Dec 20, 2:50 PM MST | SNOW 6 | 4 Ese Edson, KS | |
| Dec 20, 2:50 PM MST | SNOW 9 | 12 Sw St. Francis, KS | |
| Dec 20, 2:50 PM MST | SNOW 9 | 13 Nw St. Francis, KS | |
| Dec 20, 3:00 PM MST | SNOW 5 | Goodland, KS | OFFICAL NWS OBSERVATION |
| Dec 20, 4:17 PM MST | ICE STORM 0 | Colby, KS | BRANCHES DOWN ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY. NUMEROUS 2 TO 6 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES DOWN...ALONG WITH A FEW 10 INCH DIAMTER LIMBS. POWER LINES DOWN AS WELL. |
| Dec 20, 4:29 PM MST | ICE STORM | Goodland, KS | 6-10 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES DOWN ACROSS THE CITY. |
| Dec 21, 8:33 AM MST | ICE STORM | Oakley, KS | STRONGER WINDS ARE BREAKING DOWN NUMEROUS ICE COVERED TREE LIMBS. |
| Dec 21, 9:22 AM MST | SNOW 7 | 12 Nne Goodland, KS | |
| Dec 21, 9:32 AM MST | SNOW 1.5 | Palisade, NE | |
| Dec 21, 9:32 AM MST | SNOW 1.7 | 3 N Russell Springs, KS | |
| Dec 21, 9:32 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Atwood, KS | |
| Dec 21, 9:32 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Dresden, KS | |
| Dec 21, 9:32 AM MST | SNOW 2.4 | Grainfield, KS | |
| Dec 21, 9:32 AM MST | SNOW 2.5 | 4 W Oakley, KS | |
| Dec 21, 9:32 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 4 W Brewster, KS | |
| Dec 21, 9:32 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Leoti, KS | |
| Dec 21, 9:32 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Oakley, KS | |
| Dec 21, 9:32 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 6 N Wild Horse, CO | |
| Dec 21, 9:32 AM MST | SNOW 4.9 | Wallace, KS | |
| Dec 21, 9:32 AM MST | SNOW 6 | Benkelman, NE | |
| Dec 21, 9:32 AM MST | SNOW 7 | 12 Nne Goodland, KS | |
| Dec 21, 9:32 AM MST | SNOW 7 | Goodland, KS | OFFICIAL NWS OBSERVATION |
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 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1381 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 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 191045 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 345 AM MST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...STRONG WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE TRI-STATE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY... .A LARGE STORM SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL GAIN STRENGTH AND EMERGE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS KANSAS SPREADING A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. KSZ004-016-191900- /O.UPG.KGLD.WS.A.0003.061219T1800Z-061221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.IS.W.0001.061220T0000Z-061221T0000Z/ NORTON-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HILL CITY 445 AM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 1/2 INCH ARE EXPECTED BEFORE PRECIPITATION MIXES WITH SLEET AND FINALLY CHANGES TO ALL SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 2-4 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW THE ICE. AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE TO AT LEAST ONE QUARTER INCH...RESULTING IN A THICK COATING OF ICE ON ROADS...POWER LINES AND TREES. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. $$ KSZ002-003-014-015-028-029-042-NEZ080-081-191900- /O.UPG.KGLD.WS.A.0003.061219T1800Z-061221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.WS.W.0002.061219T2100Z-061221T1800Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...COLBY...HOXIE... OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...TRENTON...MCCOOK 445 AM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. AFTER MIDNIGHT...FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SLEET OR A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW. IN LOCATIONS WHERE FREEZING RAIN IS THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE SLEET IS THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION TYPE...ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST ON THURSDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6-10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-041-NEZ079-191900- /O.UPG.KGLD.WS.A.0003.061219T1800Z-061221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.WS.W.0002.061219T2100Z-061221T1800Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY- DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... TRIBUNE...BENKELMAN 345 AM MST TUE DEC 19 2006 /445 AM CST TUE DEC 19 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE DIMINISHING DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10-15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY. 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. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ MCGUIRE
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KGLD 191901 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1201 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...STRONG WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE TRI-STATE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY... .A LARGE STORM SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL GAIN STRENGTH AND EMERGE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS KANSAS SPREADING A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. KSZ004-016-200315- /O.CON.KGLD.IS.W.0001.061220T0000Z-061221T0000Z/ NORTON-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HILL CITY 101 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 1/2 INCH ARE EXPECTED BEFORE PRECIPITATION MIXES WITH SLEET AND FINALLY CHANGES TO ALL SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 2-4 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW THE ICE. AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE TO AT LEAST ONE QUARTER INCH...RESULTING IN A THICK COATING OF ICE ON ROADS...POWER LINES AND TREES. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. $$ KSZ002-003-014-015-028-029-042-NEZ080-081-200315- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.061219T2100Z-061221T1800Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...COLBY...HOXIE... OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...TRENTON...MCCOOK 101 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. AFTER MIDNIGHT...FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SLEET OR A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW. IN LOCATIONS WHERE FREEZING RAIN IS THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE SLEET IS THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION TYPE... ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST ON THURSDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6-10 INCHES ARE 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. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-041-NEZ079-200315- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.061219T2100Z-061221T1800Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY- DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... TRIBUNE...BENKELMAN 1201 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2006 /101 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY. SCATTERED AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE DIMINISHING DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10-15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ BLAIR
000 WWUS43 KGLD 192232 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 332 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...STRONG WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE TRI-STATE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY... .A LARGE STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA WILL GAIN STRENGTH AND EMERGE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS KANSAS SPREADING A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. KSZ004-016-200500- /O.CON.KGLD.IS.W.0001.061220T0000Z-061221T0000Z/ NORTON-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HILL CITY 432 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN LATER THIS EVENING AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES COOL AT OR BELOW FREEZING. AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE TO AT LEAST ONE QUARTER INCH...RESULTING IN A THICK COATING OF ICE ON ROADS...POWER LINES AND TREES. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. $$ KSZ002-003-014-015-028-029-042-NEZ080-081-200500- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...COLBY...HOXIE... OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...TRENTON...MCCOOK 432 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY... FREEZING RAIN WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. AFTER MIDNIGHT...FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SLEET OR A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW. IN LOCATIONS WHERE FREEZING RAIN IS THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE SLEET IS THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION TYPE... ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST ON THURSDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6-10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-041-NEZ079-200500- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY- DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... TRIBUNE...BENKELMAN 332 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2006 /432 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY... SCATTERED AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS EVENING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE DIMINISHING DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10-15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY. 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. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ BLAIR
000 WWUS43 KGLD 200418 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 918 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...STRONG WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE TRI-STATE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY... .A LARGE STORM SYSTEM OVER ARIZONA WILL GAIN STRENGTH AND EMERGE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS EARLY ON WEDNESDAY. THE ARRIVAL OF THE STORM IS A LITTLE SLOWER THAN EARLIER EXPECTED. AS A RESULT... LOWER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH SNOW NOT OCCURRING UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE COLORADO BORDER. AS THE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS KANSAS...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF REGION THROUGH THURSDAY. KSZ004-016-201200- /O.CON.KGLD.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-061221T0000Z/ NORTON-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HILL CITY 1018 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... FREEZING RAIN HAS STARTED OVER THE AREA...AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION COULD GET NEAR A HALF IN SOME LOCATIONS BY THE END OF TONIGHT. AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE TO AT LEAST ONE QUARTER INCH...RESULTING IN A THICK COATING OF ICE ON ROADS...POWER LINES AND TREES. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. $$ KSZ002-003-014-015-028-029-042-NEZ080-081-201200- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...COLBY...HOXIE... OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...TRENTON...MCCOOK 1018 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY... DUE TO THE SLOWER ARRIVAL OF THE STORM...NO SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE NIGHT WITHE MOST LOCATIONS RECEIVING NEAR A HALF INCH ACCUMULATION WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST ON THURSDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AT MOST LOCATIONS WILL BE 5-10 INCHES. 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. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-041-NEZ079-201200- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY- DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... TRIBUNE...BENKELMAN 918 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2006 /1018 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY. OVER FAR EASTERN COLORADO...THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT WILL BE ONLY 1 TO 2 INCHES DUE TO THE SLOWER ARRIVAL OF THE STORM. IN LOCATIONS JUST EAST OF THE COLORADO BORDER...THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF NEAR A HALF INCH BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW VERY LATE TONIGHT WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH. AS THE SNOW SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY...IT WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE DIMINISHING DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7-13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ BULLER
000 WWUS43 KGLD 201126 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 426 AM MST WED DEC 20 2006 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BRING VERY HEAVY SNOW AND DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE TRI-STATE AREA TODAY... .A LARGE STORM SYSTEM OVER NEW MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AND MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF THE TRI-STATE AREA. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 WILL BE SNOWPACKED AND ICY. ROAD CLOSURES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. COZ090>092-201900- /O.CAN.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.BZ.W.0002.061220T1200Z-061221T1800Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS 426 AM MST WED DEC 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH HOURLY RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES PER HOUR. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE MORNING HOURS CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST ON THURSDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS MAY APPROACH 20 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS RESULT FROM STRONG WINDS AND FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK. 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. $$ KSZ004-016-201900- /O.CON.KGLD.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-061221T0000Z/ NORTON-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HILL CITY 526 AM CST WED DEC 20 2006 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY IN THE HILL CITY AND NORTON AREAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY EXCEED ONE INCH ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. LARGE ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN A THICK GLAZE OF ICE ON ROADWAYS AND OTHER OBJECTS. TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE MAY OCCUR AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ002-003-014-015-028-029-042-NEZ080-081-201900- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...COLBY...HOXIE... OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...TRENTON...MCCOOK 526 AM CST WED DEC 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE DIMINISHING DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 WHERE 6-10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. FURTHER EAST A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT ICING FOLLOWED BY 3-6 INCHES OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ KSZ001-013-027-041-NEZ079-201900- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND... SHARON SPRINGS...TRIBUNE...BENKELMAN 426 AM MST WED DEC 20 2006 /526 AM CST WED DEC 20 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE MORNING CREATING REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST ON THURSDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ MWM/DDT
000 WWUS43 KGLD 201927 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1227 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A LARGE STORM SYSTEM OVER NEW MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AND MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TRI STATE REGION. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 70 WILL REMAIN SNOWPACKED AND ICY. ROAD CLOSURES HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND ADDITIONAL CLOSURES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. COZ090>092-210130- /O.CON.KGLD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS 1227 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... SNOW CONTINUES TO EXPAND ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH HOURLY RATES EXCEEDING 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE DAY CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST ON THURSDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS MAY APPROACH 15 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS RESULT FROM STRONG WINDS AND FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK. 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. $$ KSZ004-016-210000- /O.CON.KGLD.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-061221T0000Z/ NORTON-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HILL CITY 127 PM CST WED DEC 20 2006 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... LARGE ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ON TREES AND POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN A THICK GLAZE OF ICE ON ROADWAYS AND OTHER OBJECTS. TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE MAY OCCUR AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ002-003-014-015-028-029-042-NEZ080-081-210130- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...COLBY...HOXIE... OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...TRENTON...MCCOOK 127 PM CST WED DEC 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY... DRIER AIR HAS WORKED INTO THE REGION PROVIDING A TEMPORARY LULL IN PRECIPITATION DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW LATER THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 83 WITH SOME ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ KSZ001-013-027-041-NEZ079-210130- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND... SHARON SPRINGS...TRIBUNE...BENKELMAN 1227 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006 /127 PM CST WED DEC 20 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY... FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE CREATING REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST ON THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ BLAIR
000 WWUS43 KGLD 202204 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 304 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE TRI STATE AREA, .A LARGE STORM SYSTEM IS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE AREA...SPREADING MORE SNOW ALONG WITH PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE ACROSS THE REGION. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 70 WILL REMAIN SNOWPACKED AND ICY. ROAD CLOSURES HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND ADDITIONAL CLOSURES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. KSZ004-016-210615- /O.CAN.KGLD.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-061221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.WW.Y.0001.061220T2204Z-061222T0000Z/ NORTON-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HILL CITY 404 PM CST WED DEC 20 2006 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA AND TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO HOVER AROUND FREEZING. PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...KEEPING SURFACES ICY. OVERNIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. 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. $$ COZ090>092-210615- /O.CON.KGLD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS 304 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST ON THURSDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS RESULT FROM STRONG WINDS AND FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK. $$ KSZ002-003-014-015-028-029-042-NEZ080-081-210615- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...COLBY...HOXIE... OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...TRENTON...MCCOOK 404 PM CST WED DEC 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY... PRECIPITATION WILL ONCE AGAIN INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA AS A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL ALTER BETWEEN FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IN THE EVENING....BEFORE BECOMING ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HIGHEST ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF A BURLINGTON TO MCCOOK LINE. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TOMORROW AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES TO THE EAST OF THE AREA...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ KSZ001-013-027-041-NEZ079-210615- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND... SHARON SPRINGS...TRIBUNE...BENKELMAN 304 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006 /404 PM CST WED DEC 20 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY... PRECIPITATION WILL ONCE AGAIN INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA AS A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL ALTER BETWEEN FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IN THE EVENING....BEFORE BECOMING ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HIGHEST ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF A BURLINGTON TO MCCOOK LINE. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$
000 WWUS43 KGLD 210600 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1100 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE TRI-STATE AREA... .A LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...SPREADING MORE SNOW ALONG WITH PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA. THE SNOW SHOULD SLOWLY DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS THE SYSTEM MOVES INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. COZ090>092-211400- /O.CON.KGLD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS 1100 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THURSDAY... BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA OVERNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW STARTS TO DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS AT 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS RESULT FROM STRONG WINDS AND FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK. $$ KSZ002-003-014-015-028-029-042-NEZ080-081-211400- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...COLBY...HOXIE... OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...TRENTON...MCCOOK 1200 AM CST THU DEC 21 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY... PRECIPITATION SHOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME ALL SNOW AS WINDS TURN NORTHERLY OVERNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW STARTS TO DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES TO THE EAST OF THE AREA...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ KSZ001-013-027-041-NEZ079-211400- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND... SHARON SPRINGS...TRIBUNE...BENKELMAN 1100 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006 /1200 AM CST THU DEC 21 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY... SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW STARTS TO DIMINISH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ KSZ004-016-211400- /O.CON.KGLD.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-061222T0000Z/ NORTON-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HILL CITY 1200 AM CST THU DEC 21 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION SHOULD GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AS WINDS TURN TO A MORE NORTHERLY DIRECTION. UNTIL THEN PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE...KEEPING SURFACES ICY. THE SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ FS
000 WWUS43 KGLD 211123 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 423 AM MST THU DEC 21 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS KANSAS TODAY BRINGING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA... .THE LARGE STORM SYSTEM WHICH HAS BEEN AFFECTING THE AREA SINCE TUESDAY WITH FREEZING RAIN AND HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS KANSAS DURING THE DAY. MOSTLY LIGHT SNOWFALL AND PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY. COZ090>092-211800- /O.CON.KGLD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS 423 AM MST THU DEC 21 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... NORTH WINDS 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE...BUT NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ONE INCH OR LESS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUT TODAY...USE CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR AREAS OF DRIFTING AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. MANY ROADS ACROSS KANSAS...COLORADO AND NEBRASKA REMAIN CLOSED. CHECK FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE VENTURING OUT TODAY. $$ KSZ014-015-028-029-042-211800- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ THOMAS-SHERIDAN-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLBY...HOXIE...OAKLEY...QUINTER... LEOTI 523 AM CST THU DEC 21 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ONE TO TWO INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS LIKELY IN THE COLBY AND HOXIE AREAS WITH 3 TO 4 INCHES FROM RUSSELL SPRINGS TO GOVE. SNOW WILL DIMINISH LATER TODAY. MANY ROADS ACROSS KANSAS...COLORADO AND NEBRASKA REMAIN CLOSED. CHECK FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE VENTURING OUT TODAY. $$ KSZ001>003-013-027-041-NEZ079>081-211800- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN-WALLACE-GREELEY-DUNDY- HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN... GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS...TRIBUNE...BENKELMAN...TRENTON... MCCOOK 423 AM MST THU DEC 21 2006 /523 AM CST THU DEC 21 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ THIS MORNING... OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE...MAINLY THIS MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 INCH. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. MANY ROADS ACROSS KANSAS...COLORADO AND NEBRASKA REMAIN CLOSED. CHECK FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE VENTURING OUT TODAY. $$ KSZ004-016-211800- /O.CON.KGLD.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-061222T0000Z/ NORTON-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HILL CITY 523 AM CST THU DEC 21 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... SNOW WILL INCREASE IN THE NORTON AND HILL CITY AREAS TODAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN NORTON WITH 2-4 INCHES NEAR HILL CITY. LIGHT RAIN OR SLEET MAY BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW IN THE MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. MANY ROADS ACROSS KANSAS...COLORADO AND NEBRASKA REMAIN CLOSED. CHECK FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE VENTURING OUT TODAY. $$ DLF
000 WWUS43 KGLD 211755 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1055 AM MST THU DEC 21 2006 COZ090>092-220300- /O.CAN.KGLD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.SB.Y.0003.061221T1755Z-061222T0300Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS 1055 AM MST THU DEC 21 2006 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TODAY. HOWEVER...THE CONTINUED LIGHT SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL BLOW THE FRESH SNOW COVER MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL OCCASIONALLY DROP BELOW ONE MILE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KSZ001>003-013>015-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-220300- /O.CAN.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.SB.Y.0003.061221T1755Z-061222T0300Z/ CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN- GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN... GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER... TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 1055 AM MST THU DEC 21 2006 /1155 AM CST THU DEC 21 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TODAY. HOWEVER...THE CONTINUED LIGHT SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL BLOW THE FRESH SNOW COVER MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL OCCASIONALLY DROP BELOW ONE MILE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ KSZ004-016-220300- /O.CAN.KGLD.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-061222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.SB.Y.0003.061221T1755Z-061222T0300Z/ NORTON-GRAHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HILL CITY 1155 AM CST THU DEC 21 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TODAY. HOWEVER...THE CONTINUED LIGHT SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL BLOW THE FRESH SNOW COVER MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL OCCASIONALLY DROP BELOW ONE MILE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
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 Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 19, 1:46 AM MST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 1:46 AM MST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
146 AM MST TUE DEC 19 2006
.DISCUSSION...
THE FORECAST FOCUS IS ON A MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO MOVE
SLOWLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WED-THU. THIS STORM WILL BRING VERY
HEAVY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS
PRECIPITATION BEGINS BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. DUE TO
THE SLOW MOVEMENT...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO THE
MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY. WIND WILL HAVE A MINIMAL IMPACT UNTIL
LATE WED AND INTO THE DAY ON THU WHEN SPEEDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE TO
AROUND 30 MPH. BUFKIT CROSS-SECTIONS OF WIND/MIXING LAYER HEIGHT
SUPPORT THE STRONGEST WINDS ON THURSDAY WITH SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF
30KTS. ANY SNOW DEPOSITED PRIOR TO THU OR LINGERING LIGHT SNOW ON
THU WILL BEGIN TO DRIFT/BLOW AND MAY PROLONG ANY HIGHLIGHTS.
THE SHORT RANGE MODEL CONSENSUS HAS FINALLY COME INTO BETTER
AGREEMENT WITH TRACKING A DEEP TROPOSPHERIC LOW OVER THE CENTRAL
PLAINS. THE NET RESULT WILL BE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS
THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA AND SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS IN THE FAR EASTERN ZONES. NAM/GFS 315K WIND
STRMLNS/MIXING RATIO INDICATE A LARGE SLUG OF GULF MOISTURE AND
MOISTURE CHANNEL IMAGERY SUPPORTS THIS WITH A WELL DEFINED TAP INTO
TROPICAL PACIFIC MOISTURE.
BASED PRECIPITATION PHASE ON NAM POINT SOUNDINGS ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA. INITIALLY A SLEET/SNOW MIX WILL EXPAND NORTH ACROSS THE
TRI-STATE AREA BY LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON WITH ANY
PRECIPITATION EAST OF A MCCOOK TO OAKLEY TO THE MONUMENT ROCKS AREA
FALLING AS A COLD RAIN. THE WARM LAYER CENTERED AROUND 775 MB AROUND
THE COLORADO BORDER AREA WILL RAPIDLY DISSIPATE BY LATE
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING WITH PHASE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. FURTHER
EAST...ANY ICE INTRODUCED FROM THE TOP WILL BE REMOVED AS POINT
SOUNDINGS IN THE HILL CITY AREA INDICATE 4-5 C IN THE WARM LAYER
SUPPORTING FREEZING RAIN FROM AROUND 03Z WED WHEN SFC TEMPERATURES
FALL TO FREEZING AND LASTING THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS OR
AROUND 18Z WED BEFORE ONE WOULD EXPECT PARTIAL MELTING WITH AN IP-SN
MIX CHANGING TO ALL SNOW AS COLD POOL APPROACHES. AN ICE STORM
WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE FAR EASTERN ZONES WITH ICE
ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 1/2 INCH EXPECTED.
IN THE TRANSITION ZONE...ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE DIFFICULT TO
DETERMINE AND HINGE ON HOW LONG FZRA/IP WILL DOMINATE. NAM POINT
SOUNDINGS SUGGEST FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE DOMINATE PHASE IN THE
MCK AREA UNTIL AROUND 06Z WITH IP/SNOW MIX THROUGH 12-14Z BEFORE
SNOW BECOMES THE DOMINATE PHASE. DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY IN PHASE
WILL HOIST A WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 18Z THIS AFTERNOON TO 18Z
ON THURSDAY. THE WESTERN MOST TIER OF KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDING
THE COLORADO COUNTIES AND DUNDY IN NEBRASKA WILL RECEIVE
PREDOMINATELY SNOW BY 00Z WED. DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN HOW MUCH WIND
WILL DEVELOP WED AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY WILL INCLUDE THIS AREA
IN A WINTER STORM WATCH. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 10-15
INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 WITH LOWER
AMOUNTS EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 WHERE THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO FALL AS A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST ON THURSDAY AS THE STORM
MOVES TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES AREA. WILL TREND COOLER DUE TO EXPECTED
SNOW COVER WITH LITTLE CHANGES MADE THEREAFTER.
&&
.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ THIS MORNING TO
11 AM MST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY FOR KSZ001-KSZ013-KSZ027-
KSZ041.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY FOR
KSZ002-KSZ003-KSZ014-KSZ015-KSZ028-KSZ029-KSZ042.
ICE STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY
FOR KSZ004-KSZ016.
NE...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 AM MST
THURSDAY FOR NEZ079.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY FOR
NEZ080-NEZ081.
CO...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 AM MST
THURSDAY FOR COZ090-COZ091-COZ092.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 4:05 AM MST, 23 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 405 AM MST MON DEC 18 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-191200- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 405 AM MST MON DEC 18 2006 /505 AM CST MON DEC 18 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A LARGE WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE TUESDAY AND INTO THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. AS A RESULT...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 WHILE A MIX OF SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. THE TRACK OF THE STORM REMAINS UNCERTAIN AND IF THE STORM REMAINS FURTHER NORTH...PRECIPITATION WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. IF THE STORM TRACKS FURTHER SOUTH...HEAVIER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS STATES TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. MCGUIRE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 3:45 AM MST | Ice Storm Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 35 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Kansas, 2006Winter Storm Warnings in Nebraska, 2006Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2006Every winter storm warning in 2006
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.