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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this winter storm warning at Dec 28, 2006, 5:16 AM CST for 13 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It took effect at Dec 28, 2006, 7:00 PM CST. It was in force for 47 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 28, 2006, 5:16 AM CST (11:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 28, 2006, 7:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 47 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, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton 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), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:19 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, 10:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.3 | Goodland, KS | OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES PAST THREE HOURS AT THE NWS OFFICE IN GOODLAND KANSAS |
| Dec 29, 10:15 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Tribune, KS | SIX INCHES OF SNOW WITHIN A FIVE HOUR PERIOD |
| Dec 29, 10:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 8 Ne Edson, KS | |
| Dec 29, 11:35 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 12 Nne Goodland, KS | MEASURED BY NWS EMPLOYEE |
| Dec 29, 11:45 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 7 Nw Atwood, KS | TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURED 7.5 INCHES |
| Dec 29, 11:50 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Yuma, CO | |
| Dec 29, 11:55 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Sharon Springs, KS | |
| Dec 29, 12:20 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Oakley, KS | ONE-HALF INCH OF ICE ON ELEVATED SURFACES |
| Dec 29, 12:24 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 10 S Sharon Springs, KS | HEAVY SNOW CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS |
| Dec 29, 1:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.8 | Goodland, KS | CONVECTIVE THUNDERSNOW OBSERVED WITH TWO INCH PER HOUR RATE AT THE NWS OFFICE IN GOODLAND KANSAS |
| Dec 29, 1:32 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Benkelman, NE | |
| Dec 29, 1:49 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Sharon Springs, KS | |
| Dec 29, 1:51 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Leoti, KS | FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IN PAST THREE HOURS. A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED. |
| Dec 29, 2:13 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 4 W Colby, KS | |
| Dec 29, 2:15 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Colby, KS | SOME TREE DAMAGE DUE TO FREEZING RAIN EARLIER IN THE DAY. |
| Dec 29, 2:33 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Yuma, CO | |
| Dec 29, 3:15 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Cheyenne Wells, CO | MEASURED 50 MPH WINDS ALONG WITH MODERATE SNOWFALL |
| Dec 29, 3:45 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Benkelman, NE | 8 INCH SNOWFALL WITH TWO FOOT DRIFTS |
| Dec 29, 3:45 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Brewster, KS | |
| Dec 29, 3:45 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Colby, KS | CITY OF COLBY DECLARED SNOW EMERGENCY...TRAVEL RESTRICTED TO VEHICLES WITH CHAINS OR FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE |
| Dec 29, 4:15 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 17 N Parks, NE | FOUR INCHES WITH 0.10 ICE ACCUMULATION |
| Dec 29, 4:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Selden, KS | FOUR INCHES ON THE GROUND WITH OCCASIONAL SLEET |
| 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, 4:55 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 7 Nw Atwood, KS | 14 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH 4 FOOT DRIFTS |
| Dec 29, 5:28 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Hoxie, KS | 1.24 INCHES OF RAIN WAS ALSO REPORTED. |
| Dec 29, 5:28 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Oberlin, KS | |
| Dec 29, 5:28 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 7 N Brewster, KS | FOUR FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Dec 29, 5:28 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Colby, KS | |
| Dec 29, 5:28 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Mccook, NE | |
| Dec 29, 5:28 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Levant, KS | |
| Dec 29, 5:28 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 8 Ne Edson, KS | FOUR FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Dec 29, 6:23 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Mccook, NE | REPORTS OF 2 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 8 | 7 N Brewster, KS | |
| Dec 29, 7:15 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | 9 Nnw Stratton Ne, NE | 8.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH TWO FOOT DRIFTS |
| Dec 29, 7:15 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Colby, KS | |
| Dec 29, 7:15 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Levant, 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 29, 10:05 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Colby, KS | POWER OUTAGES REPORTED |
| Dec 29, 10:05 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | Levant, KS | |
| Dec 29, 10:05 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12.5 | Oberlin, KS | |
| Dec 30, 7:20 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 N Russell Springs, KS | 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH 3 FOOT DRIFTS |
| Dec 30, 7:20 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | Culbertson, NE | |
| Dec 30, 7:25 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | Mcdonald, KS | |
| Dec 30, 7:31 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Hoxie, KS | 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH 3 INCHES LIQUID |
| Dec 30, 7:48 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 1 E Hill City, KS | .3 INCHES OF ICE MEASURED ON ELEVATED SURFACES |
| Dec 30, 7:48 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Palisade, NE | |
| Dec 30, 7:50 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 5 E Mingo, KS | 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH 2.32 INCHES LIQUID |
| Dec 30, 7:50 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 4 W Oakley, KS | |
| 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, 8:19 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Selden, KS | |
| Dec 30, 8:25 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 15 S Hill City, KS | 0.25 INCH OF ICE ON SURFACES |
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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 2340 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 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 281116 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 416 AM MST THU DEC 28 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-281930- /O.UPG.KGLD.WS.A.0004.061229T0000Z-061230T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.WS.W.0003.061229T1200Z-061231T1200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS- WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...COLBY... SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON 416 AM MST THU DEC 28 2006 /516 AM CST THU DEC 28 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM MCCOOK NEBRASKA TO COLBY AND RUSSELL SPRINGS KANSAS. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY...PRODUCING AREAS OF NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THOSE PLANNING ON TRAVELING BY LAND OR AIR SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES AND AIRLINE DELAYS OR CANCELLATIONS AND ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULES ACCORDINGLY. 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. $$ KSZ003-004-015-016-029-NEZ081-281930- /O.EXT.KGLD.WS.A.0004.061229T1200Z-061231T1200Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY... QUINTER...MCCOOK 516 AM CST THU DEC 28 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... GENERALLY EAST OF A MCCOOK NEBRASKA TO COLBY AND RUSSEL SPRINGS KANSAS LINE...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION INCLUDING RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS ANTICIPATED BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY SATURDAY MORNING. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED ON SATURDAY AND MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE ICE...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THOSE PLANNING ON TRAVELING BY LAND OR AIR SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES AND AIRLINE DELAYS OR CANCELLATIONS AND ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULES ACCORDINGLY. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ LOCKHART
14 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KGLD 281917 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1217 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001-002-013-014-027-028-041-042-NEZ079-080-290215- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0003.061229T1200Z-061231T1200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS- WALLACE-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...COLBY... SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON 1217 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 /117 PM CST THU DEC 28 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM MCCOOK NEBRASKA TO COLBY AND TRIBUNE KANSAS. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY...PRODUCING AREAS OF NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THOSE PLANNING ON TRAVELING BY LAND OR AIR SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES AND AIRLINE DELAYS OR CANCELLATIONS AND ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULES ACCORDINGLY. 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. $$ KSZ003-004-015-016-029-NEZ081-290215- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.A.0004.061229T1200Z-061231T1200Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY... QUINTER...MCCOOK 117 PM CST THU DEC 28 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE ICE...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THOSE PLANNING ON TRAVELING BY LAND OR AIR SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES AND AIRLINE DELAYS OR CANCELLATIONS AND ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULES ACCORDINGLY. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ BLAIR
000 WWUS43 KGLD 282229 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 329 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 KSZ003-NEZ081-290600- /O.UPG.KGLD.WS.A.0004.061229T1200Z-061231T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KGLD.WS.W.0003.061229T1200Z-061231T1200Z/ DECATUR-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...MCCOOK 429 PM CST THU DEC 28 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ICE ACCUMULATION DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR FRIDAY EVENING...WITH SNOW THEN CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-NEZ079-290600- /O.EXT.KGLD.WS.W.0003.061229T0100Z-061231T1200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... BENKELMAN 329 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 /429 PM CST THU DEC 28 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SLEET TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MID DAY ON FRIDAY. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY...BEFORE ENDING ON SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 15 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THOSE PLANNING ON TRAVELING BY LAND OR AIR SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES AND AIRLINE DELAYS OR CANCELLATIONS AND ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULES ACCORDINGLY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ KSZ002-014-028-041-042-NEZ080-290600- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0003.061229T1200Z-061231T1200Z/ RAWLINS-THOMAS-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...COLBY...OAKLEY...TRIBUNE... LEOTI...TRENTON 329 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 /429 PM CST THU DEC 28 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE...OR SLEET TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WILL RESULT IN UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR FRIDAY EVENING...WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THOSE PLANNING ON TRAVELING BY LAND OR AIR SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES AND AIRLINE DELAYS OR CANCELLATIONS AND ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULES ACCORDINGLY. 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. $$ KSZ004-015-016-029-290600- /O.EXT.KGLD.WS.A.0004.061230T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY...QUINTER 429 PM CST THU DEC 28 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE ICE...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THOSE PLANNING ON TRAVELING BY LAND OR AIR SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES AND AIRLINE DELAYS OR CANCELLATIONS AND ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULES ACCORDINGLY. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ JDK
000 WWUS43 KGLD 290606 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1106 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-NEZ079-291415- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.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 1106 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 /1206 AM 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. A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SLEET TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MID DAY ON FRIDAY. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY...BEFORE ENDING ON SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 10 TO 15 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THOSE PLANNING ON TRAVELING BY LAND OR AIR SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES AND AIRLINE DELAYS OR CANCELLATIONS AND ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULES ACCORDINGLY. 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. $$ KSZ002-003-014-028-041-042-NEZ080-081-291415- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0003.061229T1200Z-061231T1200Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...COLBY...OAKLEY... TRIBUNE...LEOTI...TRENTON...MCCOOK 1106 PM MST THU DEC 28 2006 /1206 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY. ICE ACCUMULATION DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR FRIDAY EVENING...WITH SNOW THEN CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ KSZ004-015-016-029-291415- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.A.0004.061230T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY...QUINTER 1206 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE ICE...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THOSE PLANNING ON TRAVELING BY LAND OR AIR SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES AND AIRLINE DELAYS OR CANCELLATIONS AND ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULES ACCORDINGLY. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS43 KGLD 291113 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 413 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 KSZ004-015-016-029-291915- /O.UPG.KGLD.WS.A.0004.061230T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KGLD.WS.W.0003.061229T1200Z-061231T1200Z/ NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-GOVE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY...QUINTER 513 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL TODAY WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW WILL OCCUR BY SATURDAY EVENING...WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 6 INCHES ARE BE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS STRONG NORTH WINDS DEVELOP. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE ICE...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THOSE PLANNING ON TRAVELING BY LAND OR AIR SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES AND AIRLINE DELAYS OR CANCELLATIONS AND ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULES ACCORDINGLY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ KSZ002-003-014-028-041-042-NEZ080-081-291915- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0003.061229T1200Z-061231T1200Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-THOMAS-LOGAN-GREELEY-WICHITA-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...COLBY...OAKLEY... TRIBUNE...LEOTI...TRENTON...MCCOOK 413 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 /513 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... ICE ACCUMULATION DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED. A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW WILL OCCUR FRIDAY EVENING...WITH SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY OF 7 TO 18 INCHES IS EXPECTED. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027-NEZ079-291915- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... BENKELMAN 413 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 /513 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE TAPERING OFF ON SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70 MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THOSE PLANNING ON TRAVELING BY LAND OR AIR SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES AND AIRLINE DELAYS OR CANCELLATIONS AND ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULES ACCORDINGLY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ LOCKHART
000 WWUS43 KGLD 291608 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 908 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-300015- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON... GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY... QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 908 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 /1008 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... MODERATE SNOWFALL CONTINUES ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MCCCOK NEBRASKA...TO COLBY KANSAS...TO TRIBUNE KANSAS. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOWFALL HAS ACCUMULATED DURING THE PAST FOUR HOURS...AND ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY SUNSET TONIGHT. EAST OF THE SNOW LINE...A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED. A GRADUAL CHANGE TO SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE TRI STATE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATION DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY OF UP TO ONE INCH IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS OF NORTON...GRAHAM...SHERIDAN AND GOVE COUNTIES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY OF 15 TO 20 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS...EASTERN COLORADO...AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. $$ BLAIR
000 WWUS43 KGLD 292019 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 119 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-300430- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON... GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY... QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 119 PM MST FRI DEC 29 2006 /219 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... 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. EAST OF THE SNOW LINE...A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN... AND SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED. A GRADUAL CHANGE TO SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE TRI STATE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE-HALF INCH DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY THROUGH TONIGHT IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS OF NORTON...GRAHAM...AND GOVE COUNTIES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY OF 15 TO 25 INCHES IS EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MCCOOK NEBRASKA TO OAKLEY KANSAS TO LEOTI KANSAS. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. $$ BLAIR
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
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 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 28, 4:45 AM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 4:45 AM CST, 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
345 AM MST THU DEC 28 2006
.WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF
THE FORECAST AREA FOR FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
WILL ALSO MODIFY THE WATCH FOR THAT SAME TIME PERIOD FOR THE
EASTERN TWO STRIPS OF COUNTIES IN THE FORECAST AREA TO ALLOW FOR
MORE REFINEMENT OF THE RAIN/SNOW/FREEZING RAIN DELINEATION AND
RESULTING SNOW AMOUNTS. OVERALL ADJUSTMENT TO HIGHLIGHTS HAS BEEN
TO DELAY EVERYTHING 12 HOURS.
HAVE CONTINUED TO LEAN TOWARDS THE GFS AS THE MODEL OF CHOICE WITH
THIS SYSTEM. GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SLOW THE PROGRESSION OF THE
INCOMING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DOWN WITH A SLIGHTLY MORE SOUTHERLY
TRACK. THIS SEEMS REASONABLE GIVEN THE LOW IS STILL DIGGING SOUTH
OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. WITH HEIGHT FALLS AHEAD OF THE LOW
INDICATING IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE DIGGING SOMEWHAT SOUTHEAST
BEFORE LIFTING EAST OF THE ROCKIES.
FORECAST CONCERNS ARE TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA...WHICH WILL DETERMINE PRECIPITATION TYPE...AND THE WIND THAT
WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM AND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF THE SNOW. A DIFFERENCE OF ONLY A FEW DEGREES IN THE EASTERN
HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL DETERMINE IF THAT SECTION RECEIVES
HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING RAIN...OR MOSTLY
RAIN. THE GFS HAS COOLER TEMPERATURES THAN THE NAM...AND SINCE
THAT IS MY MODEL OF CHOICE...I HAVE TENDED TO KEEP MORE SNOW IN
THE FORECAST WITH HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE EASTERN SECTIONS.
&&
.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST
/6 AM CST/ SUNDAY FOR KSZ001-KSZ002-KSZ013-KSZ014-KSZ027-
KSZ028-KSZ041-KSZ042.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT FOR KSZ003-KSZ004-KSZ015-KSZ016-KSZ029.
NE...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST
/6 AM CST/ SUNDAY FOR NEZ079-NEZ080.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT FOR NEZ081.
CO...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY FOR
COZ090-COZ091-COZ092.
&&
LOCKHARTHazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 6:20 AM CST, 22 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 520 AM MST WED DEC 27 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-281745- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 520 AM MST WED DEC 27 2006 /620 AM CST WED DEC 27 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A SIGNIFICANT AND PROLONGED WINTER STORM IS ANTICIPATED FOR THE TRI-STATE REGION BETWEEN THURSDAY AND SUNDAY. THE STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE ROCKIES AND ONTO THE HIGH PLAINS THURSDAY AND THEN ONTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY SUNDAY. A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW...LIGHT RAIN...AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT ALONG WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS THAT COULD PRODUCE WIDESPREAD AREAS OF NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF ON SUNDAY. IF YOU PLAN ON TRAVELING ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION BETWEEN THURSDAY AND SUNDAY...BE PREPARED FOR HARSH WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70...BECOMING IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL SCHEDULES SHOULD BE ADJUSTED TO ACCOMODATE POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES AND AIRLINE DELAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. LOCKHART
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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.