Alert archive / Kansas / Snow Advisories in 2007
Snow Advisory 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this snow advisory at Jan 19, 2007, 3:35 AM CST for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 20, 2007, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 2007, 3:35 AM CST (09:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2007, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2007, 2:56 AM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 27 counties
Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:36 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 1399 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 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 KDDC 190935 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 335 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN KANSAS ON SATURDAY... .A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND INTO WESTERN KANSAS ON SATURDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT THEN INTO THE REST OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ON SATURDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-192200- /O.NEW.KDDC.SN.Y.0002.070120T0900Z-070121T1200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 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...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 335 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 /235 AM MST FRI JAN 19 2007/ ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS AROUND 3 AM SATURDAY THEN SPREAD INTO THE REST OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BY NOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES WEST OF A MEADE TO HAYS LINE AND 3 TO 5 INCHES EAST OF THAT LINE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 06
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDDC 192036 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 236 PM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN KANSAS BEGINNING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... .A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND INTO WESTERN KANSAS ON SATURDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THEN INTO THE REST OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ON SATURDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-200600- /O.CON.KDDC.SN.Y.0002.070120T0900Z-070121T1200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 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...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 236 PM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 /136 PM MST FRI JAN 19 2007/ ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS AROUND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THEN SPREAD INTO THE REST OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS MID MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES WEST OF A MEADE TO HAYS LINE AND 3 TO 5 INCHES EAST OF THAT LINE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KDDC 200330 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 930 PM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 ...A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN KANSAS BEGINNING EARLY THIS MORNING... .A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND INTO WESTERN KANSAS ON SATURDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN INTO THE REST OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ON SATURDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-201130- /O.CON.KDDC.SN.Y.0002.070120T0900Z-070121T1200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 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...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 930 PM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 /830 PM MST FRI JAN 19 2007/ ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS AROUND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THEN SPREAD INTO THE REST OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS MID MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES WEST OF A MEADE TO HAYS LINE AND 3 TO 5 INCHES EAST OF THAT LINE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KDDC 201008 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 408 AM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN KANSAS TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF NEW MEXICO AND INTO WESTERN KANSAS TODAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW INTO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-201815- /O.CON.KDDC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 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...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 408 AM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 /308 AM MST SAT JAN 20 2007/ ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING THEN END LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES WEST OF A MEADE TO DIGHTON LINE AND 4 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...EAST OF THAT LINE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ 06
000 WWUS43 KDDC 201532 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 932 AM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN KANSAS TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN NEW MEXICO THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING. WARM ADVECTION OUT AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM IS ALREADY BRINGING WIDESPREAD SNOW TO THE AREA THIS MORNING. AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES, UPWARD LIFT WILL INTENSIFY OVER WESTERN KANSAS WHICH WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. KSZ030-031-044>046-063>066-075>081-085>090-202345- /O.UPG.KDDC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HS.W.0001.070120T1532Z-070121T1200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 932 AM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES BY THIS AFTERNOON...WILL OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES ALONG AND EAST OF A HUGOTON TO GARDEN CITY TO GOVE KANSAS LINE. IN ADDITION, SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ KSZ043-061-062-074-084-202345- /O.CON.KDDC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-MORTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN... DEERFIELD...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART...RICHFIELD 932 AM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 /832 AM MST SAT JAN 20 2007/ ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON...WILL OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF FAR WESTERN KANSAS THIS MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY AROUND 9 PM THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WEST OF A HUGOTON TO GARDEN CITY TO GOVE KANSAS LINE. IN ADDITION, SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ LACY
000 WWUS43 KDDC 202158 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 358 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WEST TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW ALREADY FELL AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM TODAY AND MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. KSZ030-031-044>046-063>066-075>081-085>090-210600- /O.CON.KDDC.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 358 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND THEN TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES ALONG AND EAST OF A HUGOTON TO GARDEN CITY TO GOVE KANSAS LINE. IN ADDITION... SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ KSZ043-061-062-074-084-210600- /O.CON.KDDC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-MORTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN... DEERFIELD...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART...RICHFIELD 358 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 /258 PM MST SAT JAN 20 2007/ ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATER TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 3 TO 5 INCHES. IN ADDITION...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING GIVEN 10 TO 15 MPH EAST WINDS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KDDC 210016 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 616 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WEST TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW ALREADY FELL AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM TODAY AND MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. KSZ043-062-210830- /O.UPG.KDDC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ SCOTT-KEARNY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...LAKIN...DEERFIELD 616 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AS OF 5 PM 5 OR MORE INCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED OVER PORTIONS OF SCOTT AND EASTERN KEARNEY COUNTIES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATER TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 6 TO 7 INCHES ALONG AND EAST OF A LAKIN TO SCOTT CITY LINE. IN ADDITION...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING GIVEN 10 TO 15 MPH EAST WINDS. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ KSZ030-031-044>046-063>066-075>081-085>090-210830- /O.CON.KDDC.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 616 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND THEN TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES. IN ADDITION... SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ KSZ061-074-084-210830- /O.CON.KDDC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ HAMILTON-STANTON-MORTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART... RICHFIELD 616 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 /516 PM MST SAT JAN 20 2007/ ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATER TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 3 TO 5 INCHES. IN ADDITION...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING GIVEN 10 TO 15 MPH EAST WINDS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KDDC 210022 CCA WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 621 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WEST TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW ALREADY FELL AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM TODAY AND MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. KSZ043-062-210845- /O.UPG.KDDC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ /O.COR.KDDC.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ SCOTT-KEARNY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...LAKIN...DEERFIELD 621 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. AS OF 5 PM OVER FIVE INCHES HAD ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF SCOTT AND EASTERN KEARNEY COUNTIES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATER TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 6 TO 7 INCHES ALONG AND EAST OF A LAKIN TO SCOTT CITY LINE. IN ADDITION...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING GIVEN 10 TO 15 MPH EAST WINDS. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ KSZ030-031-044>046-063>066-075>081-085>090-210845- /O.CON.KDDC.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 621 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND THEN TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES. IN ADDITION... SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ KSZ061-074-084-210845- /O.CON.KDDC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ HAMILTON-STANTON-MORTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART... RICHFIELD 621 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 /521 PM MST SAT JAN 20 2007/ ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATER TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 3 TO 5 INCHES. IN ADDITION...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING GIVEN 10 TO 15 MPH EAST WINDS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KDDC 210239 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 839 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WEST TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW ALREADY FELL AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM TODAY AND MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. KSZ061-211045- /O.UPG.KDDC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SYRACUSE 739 PM MST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. OVER FIVE INCHES HAD ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF HAMILTON COUNTY. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 6 TO 7 INCHES. IN ADDITION...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING GIVEN 10 TO 15 MPH EAST WINDS. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-062>066-075>081-085>090-211045- /O.CON.KDDC.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS- SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD... HUDSON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER... ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE... KIOWA...SUN CITY 839 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND THEN TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES. IN ADDITION... SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ KSZ074-084-211045- /O.CON.KDDC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ STANTON-MORTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART...RICHFIELD 839 PM CST SAT JAN 20 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATER TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 3 TO 5 INCHES. IN ADDITION...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING GIVEN 10 TO 15 MPH EAST WINDS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KDDC 210856 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 256 AM CST SUN JAN 21 2007 ...WINTER STORM MOVING OUT OF WESTERN KANSAS... .THE UPPER LEVEL LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS LATEST ROUND OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXIT THE REGION. NO MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-075>081-085>090-211000- /O.CAN.KDDC.HS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE... FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 256 AM CST SUN JAN 21 2007 /156 AM MST SUN JAN 21 2007/ ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING. THE SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. $$ KSZ074-084-211000- /O.CAN.KDDC.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070121T1200Z/ STANTON-MORTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART...RICHFIELD 256 AM CST SUN JAN 21 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. THE SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. $$ 06
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this snow advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow advisory went out at Jan 19, 3:07 AM CST, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 3:07 AM CST, 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 307 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2007 .DAYS 1-2... SNOW ISSUES WILL BE THE MAIN FORECAST HEADACHE FOR THE SHORT TERM. 00Z ANALYSIS AND THE WV LOOP SHOW THE UPPER LOW STILL SPINNING OVER FAR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE FROM THE ROCKIES INTO THE PLAINS. NOT A WHOLE LOT IN THIS PATTER WILL CHANGE TODAY AS THE CUT OFF LOW MOVES VERY SLOWLY EAST AND THE SUBTROPICAL JET CONTINUES TO BRING A LOT OF CIRRUS TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. 850MB TEMPS WILL BE A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN TODAY, AND WINDS SHOULD START SHIFTING AROUND TO THE SOUTHWEST. MADE ONLY MINOR TWEAKS TO THE HIGHS IN THE 30S AND LOW 40S THAT WE HAD GOING. THE CUTOFF LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD, AND SHOULD START TO AFFECT WESTERN KS BY LATE TONIGHT/EARLY SAT MORNING. THE GFS AND UKMET ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE POSITION OF THE LOW AND THE PRECIP STARTING SOMETIME BETWEEN 06 AND 12Z. THE NAM IS A BIT SLOWER, BUT HAS NOT BEEN AS CONSISTENT RUN TO RUN. EVEN THE SREF MEANS BRING IN THE SYSTEM A TAD BIT FASTER THAN THE OPERATIONAL NAM, SO WILL LEAN MORE TOWARDS THE GFS SOLUTION. THE GFS HAS SOME GOOD OMEGA WITH HIGH RH IN THE DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE JUST AFTER 06Z AT EHA, AND MOVES THIS BULLSEYE FURTHER NORTH DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. WITH THIS, IT LOOKS LIKE WE SHOULD GET SOME DECENT SNOW FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY EVENING. AT THIS POINT LOOKING AT THE GFS QPF AND EVEN THE INCOMING 06Z NAM, THINK THAT AMOUNTS FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES IN OUR EAST AND 2 TO 3 IN OUR WEST SEEM REASONABLE. DO NOT THINK AT THIS POINT THAT WE WILL SEE WATCH/WARNING CRITERIA IN OUR CWA, BUT WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS IF THE SITUATION CHANGES. EVENT SHOULD START LATE IN THE SECOND PERIOD IN OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES AND NOT UNTIL THIRD PERIOD IN OUR NORTH. HOWEVER, GIVEN THAT THERE IS GOOD CONFIDENCE WE WILL SEE AT LEAST THE LOWER END OF ADVISORY CRITERIA, WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE ONE, NOT GETTING REALLY CUTE WITH START AND END TIMES AT THIS POINT. THE SNOW SHOULD START TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST STARTING SATURDAY NIGHT. MADE A FEW MINOR TWEAKS TO POPS, BUT KEPT THE OVERALL PATTERN WE HAD GOING FOR THE EVENT. AS FOR TEMPERATURES, HIGHS SATURDAY WILL BE FAIRLY COLD WITH 850MB TEMPS BELOW ZERO C AND ALL THE CLOUDS AND PRECIP, SO KEPT READINGS IN THE LOW 30S. OUTGOING RADIATION OVERNIGHT WILL BE LIMITED BY THE CLOUDS AND PRECIP, SO LOWS IN THE TEENS AND LOW 20S TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT CONTINUE TO SEEM REASONABLE. .DAYS 3-7... NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 38 20 32 22 / 0 50 70 70 GCK 35 18 32 19 / 0 50 70 70 EHA 33 20 32 22 / 0 60 60 60 LBL 36 20 32 21 / 0 60 60 60 HYS 38 18 31 19 / 0 20 70 70 P28 40 21 31 23 / 0 50 80 80 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SNOW ADVISORY FROM 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY FOR KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090. && FN26/06
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 18, 11:50 AM CST, 15 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1150 AM CST THU JAN 18 2007 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-191115- TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 501 AM CST THU JAN 18 2007 /401 AM MST THU JAN 18 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LOCATED OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST ON FRIDAY AND WILL MOVE OUT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON SATURDAY. AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON SATURDAY BUT WILL BE TAPERING OFF IN THE JOHNSON...ELKHART AND HUGOTON AREAS BY LATE MORNING. THE SNOW SHOULD BE TAPERING OFF FARTHER EAST IN THE HAYS...ST JOHN AND MEDICINE LODGE AREAS BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS AROUND 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED GENERALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 283 AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 56. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. GERARD
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