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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

February 23, 200717 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this blizzard warning at Feb 23, 2007, 10:48 AM CST for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 24, 2007, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. 6 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
Feb 23, 2007, 10:48 AM CST (16:48 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 24, 2007, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 24, 2007, 10:20 PM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:46 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 24, 1:00 PM CSTBLIZZARD11 Ne Hays, KS300-YARDS VISIBILTY FOR 2 HOURS OR MORE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW, WITH 1-INCH OF SNOWFALL.
Feb 24, 2:00 PM CSTBLIZZARD11 Ese Belpre, KS1/4-MILE OR LESS VISIBILIY FROM 2 TO 8 PM, DUE TO BLOWNING SNOW.
Feb 24, 2:30 PM CSTBLIZZARD13 Se Rush Center, KSZERO TO 1/4-MILE VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW FOR SEVERAL HOURS, 230 PM TO 6 PM. 2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL
Feb 24, 4:00 PM CSTBLIZZARDLarned, KSLESS THAN 1 BLOCK VISIBILITY FROM 4 TO 8 PM DUE TO BLOWNING SNOW. ABOUT 1 INCH OF SNOWFALL.
Feb 24, 5:00 PM CSTBLIZZARDSeward, KS1/8 TO 1/4-MILE VISIBILITY FROM 5 TO 8 PM DUE TO BLOWING SNOW, WITH 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW.
Feb 24, 5:15 PM CSTBLIZZARD2 Se Haviland, KS100-YARD VISIBILITY FROM APPROXIMATELY 515 TO 845 PM DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 48 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2007-02-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2007-02-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 230 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2436 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS43 KDDC 231648
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1048 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...POWERFUL WINTER STORM EXPECTED SATURDAY...

.A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
ROCKIES AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY SATURDAY. AN ABUNDANT
AMOUNT OF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS
IN ADVANCE OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. AS THIS UPPER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS
SOUTHERN KANSAS ON SATURDAY...COLD AIR WILL BE PULLED INTO THE
REGION CHANGING PRECIPITATION TO SNOW BY EARLY MORNING. STRONG
WINDS BEHIND THE STORM ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>063-074-075-240100-
/O.UPG.KDDC.BZ.A.0001.070224T1600Z-070225T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.070224T1600Z-070225T0600Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-
GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES
1048 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 /948 AM MST FRI FEB 23 2007/

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ SATURDAY
TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ SATURDAY
TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ SATURDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING ACROSS THE REGION. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES BY EVENING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS SNOW WILL
COMBINE WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH AND GUSTS OVER 50
MPH...ALLOWING FOR CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING AND GREATLY
REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF
BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

JB
7 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KDDC 232226
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
426 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...POWERFUL WINTER STORM EXPECTED SATURDAY...

.A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
ROCKIES AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY SATURDAY. AN ABUNDANT
AMOUNT OF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS
IN ADVANCE OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. AS THIS UPPER SYSTEM MOVES
ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS ON SATURDAY...COLD AIR WILL BE PULLED INTO
THE REGION CHANGING PRECIPITATION TO SNOW BY EARLY MORNING.
STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE STORM ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>063-074-075-240630-
/O.CON.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.070224T1600Z-070225T0600Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-
GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES
426 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 /326 PM MST FRI FEB 23 2007/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/
SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ SATURDAY NIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/
SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ SATURDAY NIGHT. 

RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING ACROSS THE REGION. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES BY EVENING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS
SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH AND GUSTS OVER
50 MPH...ALLOWING FOR CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING AND
GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF
BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

18
000 
WWUS43 KDDC 240532
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1132 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...

.A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
ROCKIES AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY. AN ABUNDANT AMOUNT OF
MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS IN ADVANCE
OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. AS THIS UPPER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN
KANSAS ON SATURDAY...COLD AIR WILL BE PULLED INTO THE REGION
CHANGING PRECIPITATION TO SNOW BY EARLY MORNING. STRONG WINDS
BEHIND THE STORM ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FOR
SEVERAL HOURS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>063-074-075-241345-
/O.CON.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.070224T1600Z-070225T0600Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-
GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES
1132 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 /1032 PM MST FRI FEB 23 2007/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/
SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ SATURDAY NIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/
SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ SATURDAY NIGHT. 

RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER DAYBREAK ACROSS
THE REGION. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4
INCHES BY EVENING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS SNOW WILL
COMBINE WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH AND GUSTS OVER 50
MPH...ALLOWING FOR CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING AND GREATLY
REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF
BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KDDC 241047
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
447 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...

.A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PLAINS
STATES TODAY. COLD AIR WILL FILTER DOWN THE BACKSIDE OF THE
LOW...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO FALL AND RAIN TO CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW IN FAR WESTERN KANSAS. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BRING
VERY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN AREAS WITH BOTH SNOWFALL
AND HIGH WINDS. THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT AND THE
PRECIPITATION AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>063-074-075-242100-
/O.CON.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.070224T1600Z-070225T0600Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-
GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES
447 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 /347 AM MST SAT FEB 24 2007/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/
THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/
THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. 

SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO FAR WESTERN KANSAS BY LATE
MORNING...SPREADING EASTWARD INTO THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES BY EVENING WITH A FEW
ISOLATED LOCATIONS SEEING UP TO 5 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL COMBINE
WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH AND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH... ALLOWING
FOR CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING AND GREATLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES.

ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF
BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

26
000 
WWUS43 KDDC 242057
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
257 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...

.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE AWAY FROM
KANSAS TONIGHT. BUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS
PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS.

KSZ074-075-242200-
/O.CAN.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T0600Z/
STANTON-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES
257 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. 

AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING.
VISIBILITIES WILL OCCASIONALLY DROP TO 1 MILE IN BLOWING
SNOW AS NORTH WINDS HOWL AT 25 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

$$

KSZ064>066-078>080-250500-
/O.EXA.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T0600Z/
HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...
ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND
257 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SLEET AND SNOW WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON.
NORTH WINDS AT 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH...WILL
CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 1
AND 3 INCHES.

THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS FORD...HODGEMAN AND NESS COUNTIES
WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO THE EASTERN HALVES OF THOSE COUNTIES.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN DODGE CITY.

ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF
BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>063-250500-
/O.CON.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T0600Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA
257 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 /157 PM MST SAT FEB 24 2007/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM
MST/ TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM
MST/ TONIGHT. 

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS
AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CREATE WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 1 TO 3
INCHES.

THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN FINNEY COUNTY WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED
TO THE NORTHERN PART OF THAT COUNTY. WHILE VISBILITIES WILL 
OCCASIONALLY REDUCED TO 1 MILE IN GARDEN CITY...BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN THE CITY OF GARDEN CITY.

ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF
BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KDDC 242358
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
558 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...

.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE AWAY FROM
KANSAS TONIGHT. BUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS PARTS
OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS.

KSZ030-043>045-061>064-078-250100-
/O.CAN.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T0600Z/
TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-FORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN
558 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 /458 PM MST SAT FEB 24 2007/

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. 

AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING.
VISIBILITIES WILL OCCASIONALLY DROP TO 1 MILE IN BLOWING
SNOW AS NORTH WINDS HOWL AT 25 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

$$

KSZ031-046-065-066-079-080-250600-
/O.CON.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T0600Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND
558 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. NORTH
WINDS AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CREATE WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 1 TO
3 INCHES.

THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN FINNEY COUNTY WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED
TO THE NORTHERN PART OF THAT COUNTY. WHILE VISBILITIES WILL
OCCASIONALLY REDUCED TO 1 MILE IN GARDEN CITY...BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED IN THE CITY OF GARDEN CITY.

ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF
BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

18
000 
WWUS43 KDDC 250001 CCA
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
600 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...

.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE AWAY FROM
KANSAS TONIGHT. BUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS PARTS
OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS.

KSZ030-043>045-061>064-078-250100-
/O.CAN.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T0600Z/
TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-FORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN
600 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 /500 PM MST SAT FEB 24 2007/

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. 

AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING.
VISIBILITIES WILL OCCASIONALLY DROP TO 1 MILE IN BLOWING
SNOW AS NORTH WINDS HOWL AT 25 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

$$

KSZ031-046-065-066-079-080-250600-
/O.COR.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T0600Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND
600 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. NORTH
WINDS AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL CREATE WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 1 TO
3 INCHES.

ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF
BEING INDOORS...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

18
000 
WWUS43 KDDC 250420
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1020 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...SNOW AND THE THREAT FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE COME TO AN END...

.THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING SNOW AND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS CONTINUES TO SLOWLY
MOVE EAST AND OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE BLIZZARD WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

KSZ031-046-065-066-079-080-250530-
/O.CAN.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070225T0600Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND
1020 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. 

THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING SNOW AND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS CONTINUES TO SLOWLY
MOVE EAST AND OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE BLIZZARD WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.


$$

DDT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 11:00 AM CSTHigh Wind WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 19 more34 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Warnings in Kansas, 2007Every blizzard warning in 2007

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.