Alert archive / Kansas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this winter storm warning at Apr 12, 2007, 12:38 PM CDT for 22 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 13, 2007, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 27 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
- Apr 12, 2007, 12:38 PM CDT (17:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 13, 2007, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2007, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 22 counties
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, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee 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), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 11:00 AM CDT | SNOW 0 | Garden City, KS | HEAVY THUNDERSNOW WITH 2 INCHES ON GROUND. |
| Apr 13, 11:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Garden City, KS | HEAVY THUNDERSNOW WITH 2 INCHES ON GROUND. |
| Apr 13, 11:30 AM CDT | SNOW 0 | Johnson City, KS | HEAVY THUNDERSNOW WITH 2-3 INCHES ON GROUND. ROADS SLIPPERY. |
| Apr 13, 11:30 AM CDT | SNOW 0 | Meade, KS | HEAVY THUNDERSNOW JUST STARTED |
| Apr 13, 11:30 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Johnson City, KS | HEAVY THUNDERSNOW WITH 2-3 INCHES ON GROUND. ROADS SLIPPERY. |
| Apr 13, 11:45 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Liberal, KS | 1/2-1 INCH ON GROUND |
| Apr 13, 11:45 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 1 | Liberal, KS | 1/2-1 INCH ON GROUND |
| Apr 13, 12:05 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Syracuse, KS | 4 INCHES ON THE GROUND. MELTING WHILE FALLING. SNOWING HEAVILY WITH WHITEOUT IN THE COUNTRY. SLUSHY ROADS. |
| Apr 13, 12:05 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Syracuse, KS | 4 INCHES ON THE GROUND. MELTING WHILE FALLING. SNOWING HEAVILY WITH WHITEOUT IN THE COUNTRY. SLUSHY ROADS. |
| Apr 13, 12:10 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Ulysses, KS | VERY HEAVY THUNDERSNOW WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/2 MILE. ROADS ARE SNOWPACKED AND ICY WITH 3 1/2 INCHES ON GROUND. |
| Apr 13, 12:10 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | Ulysses, KS | VERY HEAVY THUNDERSNOW WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/2 MILE. ROADS ARE SNOWPACKED AND ICY WITH 3 1/2 INCHES ON GROUND. |
| Apr 13, 12:15 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Sublette, KS | HEAVY THUNDERSNOW WITH 1 INCH ON THE GROUND. THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW ACCIDENTS. |
| Apr 13, 12:15 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 1 | Sublette, KS | HEAVY THUNDERSNOW WITH 1 INCH ON THE GROUND. THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW ACCIDENTS. |
| Apr 13, 12:20 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Cimarron, KS | HEAVY SNOW WITH NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS. |
| Apr 13, 12:35 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Elkhart, KS | MODERATE-HEAVY SNOW WITH SEVERAL ACCIDENTS |
| Apr 13, 12:40 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Hugoton, KS | SNOWING HEAVILY WITH A LOT OF ACCIDENTS |
| Apr 13, 12:45 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Dodge City, KS | VERY HEAVY THUNDERSNOW WITH A LIGHTNING STRIKE CLOSE TO WFO. |
| Apr 13, 12:45 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Kinsley, KS | MODERATE-HEAVY SNOW JUST STARTED. |
| Apr 13, 12:45 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 1 | Dodge City, KS | VERY HEAVY THUNDERSNOW WITH A LIGHTNING STRIKE CLOSE TO WFO. |
| Apr 13, 1:35 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Larned, KS | RAIN JUST CHANGED TO SNOW. |
| Apr 13, 1:35 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Scott City, KS | |
| Apr 13, 1:35 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 9 S Kendall, KS | |
| Apr 13, 1:40 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Jetmore, KS | HEAVY SNOW FALLING. NO AMOUNT GIVEN. |
| Apr 13, 1:40 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 4 S Holcomb, KS | |
| Apr 13, 1:40 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 7 W Dighton, KS | |
| Apr 13, 1:57 PM CDT | SNOW 5.7 | 3 Ne Ulysses, KS | STILL SNOWING...VISIBILITY 1/8 TO 1/4 MILE...SNOW DRIFTS TO 1.5 FEET. |
| Apr 13, 2:25 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 9 S Kendall, KS | STILL SNOWING...BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS OCCURRING NOW. |
| Apr 13, 2:30 PM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Kinsley, KS | |
| Apr 13, 2:40 PM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Johnson City, KS | 1/8 MILE VISIBILITY...20-25 MPH WINDS...AND SNOW DRIFTS TO 18 FEET. |
| Apr 13, 2:45 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 10 N Deerfield, KS | ALSO HAD 2 FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Apr 13, 2:57 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Montezuma, KS | |
| Apr 13, 3:20 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | Syracuse, KS | |
| Apr 13, 3:30 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | Alexander, KS | |
| Apr 13, 3:35 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Dodge City, KS | |
| Apr 13, 4:47 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 8 W Scott City, KS | |
| Apr 13, 4:51 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Dighton, KS | |
| Apr 13, 4:51 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Garden City, KS | |
| Apr 13, 5:03 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Ness City, KS | |
| Apr 13, 5:03 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Lakin, KS | |
| Apr 13, 5:05 PM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Collyer, KS | |
| Apr 13, 5:05 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 14 Ene Ulysses, KS | |
| Apr 13, 5:07 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 13 | Johnson City, KS | |
| Apr 13, 5:11 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Ulysses, KS | |
| Apr 13, 5:14 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Ellis, KS | |
| Apr 13, 5:22 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 14 W Richfield, KS | |
| Apr 13, 5:32 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | 7 Nnw Sublette, KS | |
| Apr 13, 5:36 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 2 Nne Dodge City, KS | |
| Apr 13, 5:39 PM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | 12 W Jetmore, KS | |
| Apr 13, 5:40 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | 1 Nw St. John, KS | |
| Apr 13, 5:40 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Nw Sublette, KS | |
| Apr 13, 5:45 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 5 S Ingalls, KS | |
| Apr 13, 5:48 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 11 Wnw Jetmore, KS | |
| Apr 13, 5:50 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | 3 S Lewis, KS | |
| Apr 13, 5:52 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 13 Se Larned, KS | |
| Apr 13, 6:01 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | 8 Sw Jetmore, KS | |
| Apr 13, 6:05 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 13 Nne Hugoton, KS | |
| Apr 13, 6:20 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 10 Wnw Jetmore, KS | |
| Apr 13, 6:37 PM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | Jetmore, KS | |
| Apr 13, 7:10 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | Holcomb, KS | |
| Apr 13, 7:55 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 15 Nnw Liberal, KS | STILL SNOWING HEAVILY. |
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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 1559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 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 121738 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1238 PM CDT THU APR 12 2007 ...RARE APRIL SNOW STORM IS HEADED FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CROSS WESTERN KANSAS FRIDAY...ENTERING NORTHWEST KANSAS FRIDAY MORNING AND CENTRAL KANSAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRECEDE THE SNOW TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ON FRIDAY...AS COLD AIR FILTERS DOWN INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE WINDS WILL INITIALLY BE EAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH...THEN SHIFT NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE NORTHWEST OF A HAYS TO NESS CITY TO GARDEN CITY TO JOHNSON LINE...THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN THIS AREA ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT...BUT LESSER AMOUNTS...OF SNOW WILL FALL IN THE ELKHART TO LIBERAL TO DODGE CITY TO LARNED SWATH. STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIME IN THIS SWATCH. THE SNOW WILL END IN THE SYRACUSE TO SCOTT CITY TO WAKEENEY AREAS AROUND MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT...BUT PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE. KSZ030-031-043>045-061>063-074-075-130200- /O.UPG.KDDC.WS.A.0002.070413T1200Z-070414T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WS.W.0001.070413T1200Z-070414T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES 1238 PM CDT THU APR 12 2007 /1138 AM MDT THU APR 12 2007/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ FRIDAY TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ FRIDAY TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR A WEATHER THREAT THAT IS LIFE THREATENING TO THOSE CAUGHT OUTDOORS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ046-064>066-076>079-084>087-130200- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.A.0002.070413T1800Z-070414T1200Z/ RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 1238 PM CDT THU APR 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATED STATEMENTS. $$ 12
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDDC 122051 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 351 PM CDT THU APR 12 2007 ...A MAJOR SPRING SNOW STORM IS HEADED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TONIGHT IN FAR WESTERN KANSAS AND GRADUALLY SPREAD SOUTHEAST ON FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE NORTHWEST OF A HAYS TO NESS CITY TO GARDEN CITY TO JOHNSON LINE. THE SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS COULD RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. SIGNIFICANT...BUT LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL FALL ALONG A ELKHART TO LIBERAL TO DODGE CITY TO LARNED SWATH. KSZ030-031-043>045-061>063-074-075-130500- /O.EXT.KDDC.WS.W.0001.070413T0600Z-070414T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES 351 PM CDT THU APR 12 2007 /251 PM MDT THU APR 12 2007/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ FRIDAY TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ FRIDAY TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY. RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW. THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW MAY OCCUR BY 1 AM CDT IN HAMILTON AND STANTON COUNTIES. BY 3 AM...SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST TO ULYSSES...SCOTT CITY AND GARDEN CITY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. A FEW LOCATIONS IN HAMILTON...KEARNY...SCOTT... LANE AND TREGO COUNTIES COULD RECEIVE AS MUCH AS 12 INCHES OF SNOW. NORTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR A WEATHER THREAT THAT IS LIFE THREATENING TO THOSE CAUGHT OUTDOORS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ046-064>066-076>079-084>087-130500- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.A.0002.070413T1800Z-070414T1200Z/ RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 351 PM CDT THU APR 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATED STATEMENTS. $$
000 WWUS43 KDDC 130510 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1210 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 ...A MAJOR SPRING SNOW STORM IS HEADED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... .AN INTENSE SPRING STORM OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST TONIGHT WILL MOVE OUT INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING LATER TONIGHT IN AREAS NORTH OF A JOHNSON TO GARDEN CITY AND HAYS LINE. AREAS TO THE SOUTHEAST WILL SEE RAIN MIXING WITH SNOW BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY NOON FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE NORTHWEST OF A HAYS TO NESS CITY TO GARDEN CITY TO JOHNSON LINE. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP WHICH...COMBINED WITH THE SNOW...COULD RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. SIGNIFICANT...BUT LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL FALL ALONG A SWATH FROM ELKHART TO LIBERAL TO DODGE CITY AND LARNED. KSZ046-064>066-076>079-084>087-131315- /O.UPG.KDDC.WS.A.0002.070413T1800Z-070414T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KDDC.WS.W.0001.070413T1800Z-070414T1200Z/ RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 1210 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MIDDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATED STATEMENTS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR A WEATHER THREAT THAT IS LIFE THREATENING TO THOSE CAUGHT OUTDOORS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ030-031-043>045-061>063-074-075-131315- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.070413T0600Z-070414T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES 1210 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 /1110 PM MDT THU APR 12 2007/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW EARLY THIS M0RNING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW MAY OCCUR BY 2 AM CDT IN HAMILTON AND STANTON COUNTIES. BY 4 AM...SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST TO ULYSSES...SCOTT CITY AND GARDEN CITY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY WITH ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. A FEW LOCATIONS IN HAMILTON...KEARNY... SCOTT... LANE AND TREGO COUNTIES COULD RECEIVE AS MUCH AS 12 INCHES OF SNOW. NORTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR A WEATHER THREAT THAT IS LIFE THREATENING TO THOSE CAUGHT OUTDOORS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ GERARD
000 WWUS43 KDDC 130914 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 414 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 ...HISTORIC APRIL SNOWSTORM APPROACHING SOUTHWEST KANSAS... .AN INTENSE SPRING STORM OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE OUT INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD AREAS WEST OF A MEADE TO DODGE CITY TO LARNED LINE BY DAYBREAK. AREAS TO THE SOUTHEAST WILL SEE RAIN AND SLEET MIXING WITH SNOW BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY NOON. SIGNIFICANT...BUT LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL FALL ALONG A SWATH FROM ASHLAND TO GREENSBURG TO PRATT AND POINTS SOUTHEAST. THUNDER MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING KSZ046-064>066-076>079-084>087-131715- /O.EXT.KDDC.WS.W.0001.070413T0914Z-070414T1200Z/ RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 414 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. SNOW DEVELOPING THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SLEET MAINLY IN THE LIBERAL...MEADE...AND BUCKLIN AREAS BY MID-MORNING BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON. AREAS THAT REMAIN ALL SNOW...PARTICULARLY FROM SUBLETTE TO CIMARRON TO JETMORE AND LACROSSE WILL SEE STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SOUTH OF THIS AREA WHERE SLEET WILL BE MIXED IN AT TIMES TODAY...TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATED STATEMENTS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR A WEATHER THREAT THAT IS LIFE THREATENING TO THOSE CAUGHT OUTDOORS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ030-031-043>045-061>063-074-075-131715- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070414T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES 414 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 /314 AM MDT FRI APR 13 2007/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY. SNOW DEVELOPING THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A BAND OF VERY HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY LEAD TO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING 12 INCHES IN THE GARDEN CITY TO NESS CITY AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR A WEATHER THREAT THAT IS LIFE THREATENING TO THOSE CAUGHT OUTDOORS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ080-081-088>090-131715- /O.NEW.KDDC.SN.Y.0004.070413T1800Z-070414T1200Z/ KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT... ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE... KIOWA...SUN CITY 414 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET BY MIDDAY...THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MID-AFTERNOON IN THE ASHLAND...GREENSBURG...AND PRATT AREAS THEN LATER ON IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE COLDWATER AND MEDICINE LODGE AREAS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. 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. $$ UMSCHEID
000 WWUS43 KDDC 131614 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1114 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 ...MAJOR SNOWSTORM AFFECTING SOUTHWEST KANSAS... .AN INTENSE SPRING STORM OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL MOVE OUT INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN AND SNOW WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ030-031-043>045-061>063-074-075-140015- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070414T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES 1114 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 /1014 AM MDT FRI APR 13 2007/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A BAND OF VERY HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY LEAD TO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING 12 INCHES IN THE GARDEN CITY TO NESS CITY AREAS. NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR A WEATHER THREAT THAT IS LIFE THREATENING TO THOSE CAUGHT OUTDOORS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ046-064>066-076>079-084>087-140015- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070414T1200Z/ RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 1114 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR A WEATHER THREAT THAT IS LIFE THREATENING TO THOSE CAUGHT OUTDOORS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ080-081-088>090-140015- /O.CON.KDDC.SN.Y.0004.070413T1800Z-070414T1200Z/ KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT... ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE... KIOWA...SUN CITY 1114 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KDDC 132120 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 420 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 ...MAJOR SNOWSTORM AFFECTING SOUTHWEST KANSAS... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS TONIGHT. KSZ086-087-140530- /O.CAN.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070414T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KDDC.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070414T0900Z/ SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 420 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AREAS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. 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. $$ KSZ074-140530- /O.CAN.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070414T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KDDC.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070414T0900Z/ STANTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JOHNSON CITY 420 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AREAS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...BRINGING TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO 2 TO 5 INCHES. ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED AND HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KSZ084-085-132230- /O.CAN.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070414T1200Z/ MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW 420 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH UP TO 1 INCH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. $$ KSZ030-031-132230- /O.CAN.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070414T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS 420 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH UP TO 1 INCH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. $$ KSZ043>046-061>066-075>079-140530- /O.EXT.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070414T0900Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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 420 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 /320 PM MDT FRI APR 13 2007/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ SATURDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE AS MUCH AS 12 INCHES OF SNOW. ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED AND HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR A WEATHER THREAT THAT IS LIFE THREATENING TO THOSE CAUGHT OUTDOORS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ080-081-088>090-140530- /O.EXT.KDDC.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070414T0900Z/ KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT... ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE... KIOWA...SUN CITY 420 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE TO 2 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT. ROADS WILL BE SNOWPACKED AND HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KDDC 140500 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1200 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...WINTER STORM BEGINNING TO MOVE OUT OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... .THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT THE HEAVY SNOW TO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA LATE THIS EVENING. THIS LOW WILL WEAKEN SOMEWHAT AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BUT SHOULD BE DIMINISHING ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA BEFORE SATURDAY MORNING. KSZ043>046-061>066-075>079-140900- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070414T0900Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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 1200 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 /1100 PM MDT FRI APR 13 2007/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ SATURDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2 AM BUT SHOULD BE DIMINISHING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AN INCH OR LESS BUT A FEW LOCATIONS COULD SEE ONE TO TWO INCHES IN AREAS OF LOCALLY MODERATE SNOW. THE ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED SPOTS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR A WEATHER THREAT THAT IS LIFE THREATENING TO THOSE CAUGHT OUTDOORS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KSZ074-080-081-086>090-140900- /O.CON.KDDC.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070414T0900Z/ STANTON-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1200 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE AREA FROM ASHLAND THROUGH GREENSBURG...PRATT AND MEDICINE LODGE MAY SEE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES BY THE TIME THE SNOW DIMINISHES LATER TONIGHT. AREAS TO THE WEST FROM MEADE AND LIBERAL TO JOHNSON COULD SEE UP TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. ROADS MAY BE ICY AND SNOWPACKED IN SPOTS WHICH COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ GERARD
000 WWUS43 KDDC 140838 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 338 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...SNOW WAS RAPIDLY DISSIPATING EARLY THIS MORNING... .THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING SOME OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE APRIL SNOWS ON RECORD WAS EXITING THE REGION...AND RADAR TRENDS WERE SHOWING SNOW WAS DIMINISHING RAPIDLY. ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH DAYBREAK. KSZ043>046-061>066-075>079-140945- /O.EXP.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070414T0900Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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 338 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 /238 AM MDT SAT APR 14 2007/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ EARLY THIS MORNING. $$ KSZ074-080-081-086>090-140945- /O.EXP.KDDC.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070414T0900Z/ STANTON-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 338 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. $$ UMSCHEID
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 Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Apr 12, 6:25 AM CDT, 6 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 6:25 AM CDT, 6 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 625 AM CDT THU APR 12 2007 .DISCUSSION... ...MAJOR SPRING SNOWSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWEST KANSAS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... THE MAIN CHALLENGE IS EVERYTHING REGARDING THE UPCOMING STORM. GOING FCST HAD THE SITUATION HANDLED FAIRLY WELL WITH CATEGORICAL POPS AND A WINTER STORM WATCH IN PLACE. SEVERAL THINGS STOOD OUT AS IMPRESSIVE TO ME IN THE 12/00Z MAP ANALYSIS...THE MAIN THING WAS THE LARGE SCALE VERY IMPRESSIVE DEEP BAROCLINIC ZONE LEFT BEHIND FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES CYCLONE. IT WAS COLD ALOFT IN THE WAKE OF THIS STORM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WITH THE KDDC SOUNDING AT -27/-9C AT H5/7 RESPECTIVELY...VERY IMPRESSIVE FOR MID-APRIL. WHILE THIS FIRST MAJOR CYCLONE SCOURED THE MOISTURE WELL TO THE SOUTH...IT DID NOT PUNISH THE GULF OF MEXICO...AND SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED 60S DEWPOINTS AT BROWNSVILLE AND UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S DEWPOINTS OVER THE ADJACENT GULF. OUR BIG STORM WAS DIGGING NICELY INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EARLY THIS MORNING...AND ONCE THE MID-UPPER JET STREAK APPROACHES THE BASE OF THIS TROUGH...LOW LEVEL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE GREAT OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. GULF MOISTURE WILL RACE NORTH LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT...WITH VIGOROUS WARM ADVECTION GETTING UNDERWAY AFTER 00Z THIS EVENING. ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS AND MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN CWA. THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SEVERE HAIL ADJACENT THE OKLAHOMA COUNTIES ESPECIALLY. SWODY1 HAS SEVERAL OF OUR SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES WITHIN THEIR 06Z OUTLOOKED 15 PERCENT HAIL THREAT WHICH I CANNOT ARGUE WITH CONSIDERING THE SIGNIFICANT ISENTROPIC LIFT/MOISTURE ADVECTION. WITH RESPECT TO THE MODELS...THE NAM PROG DOES NOT LOOK BAD AT ALL WHEN COMPARED AGAINST THE MORE RELIABLE UKMET/ECMWF/CANADIAN GLOBAL MODELS WITH RESPECT TO MID LEVEL LOW STRENGTH/TRACK AND SUBSEQUENT LOW LEVEL FEATURES...THUS AM MORE APT TO BELIEVE THE HIGHER RESOLUTION FIELDS IN THE 3RD AND 4TH PERIODS THAN USUAL. NO MATTER HOW ONE SLICES THE MODEL FIELDS...THERE WILL BE A) SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION AND B) COLD ENOUGH THERMAL FIELDS TO SUPPORT SNOW. THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF THESE TWO THINGS COMING TOGETHER WILL BE OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA...AS HIGHER ELEVATION REALLY HELPS IN RAIN VS. SNOW IN THE SPRING SEASON. ALL THE MODELS SHOW H5 AND SURFACE LOWS TAKING THE GOLDEN PATH FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE COMBINATION OF UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS, SURFACE RESPONSE, AVAILABLE MOISTURE, AND WINTER TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY MAKE THIS STORM AT LEAST SOMEWHAT COMPARABLE TO THE DECEMBER 29-30 STORM IN TERMS OF WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION (MINUS THE ICE THANKFULLY). RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS GRADUALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. BY MIDDAY...AS THE UPPER CYCLONE APPROACHES THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...THE RAIN/SNOW LINE WILL OOZE A BIT FASTER EAST...WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW IN THE HAYS- GARDEN CITY AREAS PERHAPS AS EARLY AS NOON PER UKMET FIELDS...AND MAYBE AN HOUR OR TWO LATER IN DODGE CITY. WITH SO MUCH AVAILABLE MOISTURE, INSTABILITY, LARGE SCALE FORCING, AND MESOSCALE FORCING...PRECIPITATION RATES COULD BE EXTREME FOR SEVERAL HOURS AROUND RAIN/SNOW CHANGE-OVER TIME. THERE COULD BE A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE SNOW MAY PILE UP TO THE TUNE OF 2 INCHES OR MORE PER HOUR...DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT IS MID-APRIL. ONE THING THAT WILL HELP SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR THIS UNUSUAL EVENT WILL BE THE DIURNAL TIMING OF THIS STORM FOR MOST OF OUR AREA. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW MAY HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER SUNSET...PARTICULARLY OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CWA. AS THE STORM WINDS UP FRIDAY EVENING OVER WESTERN/NORTHWESTERN OK...SURFACE WINDS WILL PICK UP AND MAY CREATE A BLOWING SNOW PROBLEM...HOWEVER THE HIGH WATER CONTENT OF THE SNOW MAY LIMIT THIS. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF TOWARDS SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING WITH THE UPPER LOW BEING POSITIONED OVER SOUTHEAST KS AROUND 12Z SAT. GFS MODEL LOOKS WAY TOO FAST AND SHEARED OUT AND WAS NOT USED IN THIS FCST...SINCE ITS SOLUTION WAS AN OUTLIER COMPARED TO UKMET/GFS/CANADIAN AND DOESNT NECESSARILY FIT THE CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF THESE TYPES OF STRONG LOWS. SNOW AMOUNTS? THINK THERE WILL BE WIDESPREAD 4 TO 7 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW NORTHWEST OF MEADE TO LARNED...INCLUDING DODGE CITY. ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE 700MB TRACK WHERE NOSE OF POTENTIAL INSTABILITY REACHES THE COLD AIR AND SNOW RATES ARE HIGHEST...I CERTAINLY ENVISION A SWATH OF GREATER THAN 10 INCHES... BUT IT WILL BE LARGELY MESOSCALE ASPECTS OF THE SYSTEM DICTATING THIS. STORM TOTAL LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION WITH THIS STORM WILL LIKELY BE NEAR 2 INCHES OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE DDC CWA...WITH SOME LOCALLY 2.5 OR HIGHER HITS...FROM THE COMBINATION OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAIN THEN THE SNOW. DAYS 3-7... SNOWFALL ACROSS CWA SHOULD BE ENDING BY SATURDAY MORNING WEST TO EAST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS FA DURING THE DAYTIME. WEAK WARM ADVECTION WILL RETURN TO FA BUT SNOWPACK WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES DOWN A BIT. CURRENT FORECAST COVERS THIS WELL AND LITTLE ADJUSTMENT WILL BE NEEDED. UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD ON OVER PLAINS THROUGH WEEKEND AS EXITING END OF WEEK STORM HEADS ACROSS NEW ENGLAND AND NEXT UPPER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN US. CANADIAN/ECMWF HAVE SIMILAR TRACKS WITH UPPER LOW BY MONDAY/TUESDAY TIMEFRAME BUT TRENDS ARE TAKING SYSTEM A BIT FURTHER SOUTH. WILL ADD A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS IN MONDAY NIGHT TIME PERIOD WITH SOME H85 MOISTURE WORKING AROUND DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW. AT THIS TIME, TEMPERATURES LOOK WARM ENOUGH TO ALLOW ALL LIQUID TO FALL WITH MIDWEEK SYSTEM. IN ADDITION, H85 TEMPERATURES REMAIN ON THE COOLER SIDE ACROSS CWA THROUGH WEEK WITH READINGS GENERALLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. ALL IN ALL, NO MAJOR CHANGES ARE PLANNED IN THE EXTENDED PERIODS. && .AVIATION... DISCUSSION FOR 12Z TAFS. WEATHER WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS PERIOD. AS STORM SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER TO THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS, AN ABUNDANT AMOUNT OF MOISTURE WILL ALLOW DECKS TO LOWER AND VISIBILITIES TO REDUCE. AT PRESENT, HIGH CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO FA THIS AM. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH EVENING BEFORE FALLING TO MVFR OCCURS (AROUND 06Z AT DDC/GCK AND A BIT LATER AT HYS). TOWARD END OF TAF PERIOD AT DDC/GCK, SHOULD SEE DECKS/VISIBILITIES IN THE IFR TO LIFR RANGE INCREASED MOISTURE WILL BE PRESENT. RAIN SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE LIKELY. HAVE INCLUDED A CB GROUP AT SITES AS CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORM HITTING SITE AT ANY GIVEN TIME IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE. DO THINK THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT GCK/DDC DUE TO MODERATE RAINFALL TOWARD THE END OF PERIOD. COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY NEARBY TO HYS BY 12Z FRI. AT THE TIME, WILL LEAVE HYS AS RAIN BUT LATER TAF ISSUANCES COULD HAVE TO INCLUDE RAIN/SNOW OR ALL SNOW AT SITE. ACROSS DDC/GCK, PRECIP SHOULD REMAIN ALL LIQUID FOR THIS PERIOD. CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL MIDDAY FRIDAY AT THESE LOCATIONS. IN ADDITION TO LOWER DECKS/PRECIP, WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST THIS AM. BY AFTERNOON/EVENING, GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BEING TO SHIFT TO A MORE EASTERLY TO NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION. SUSTAINED WINDS TO 20-25 KTS WITH GUSTS OVER 30KTS WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 52 37 42 31 / 20 90 90 90 GCK 54 35 37 28 / 30 90 90 90 EHA 57 40 43 28 / 30 90 90 80 LBL 57 41 45 29 / 30 90 90 90 HYS 50 36 39 30 / 20 90 90 90 P28 53 44 47 34 / 10 90 90 90 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR KSZ030-031-043>045-061>063-074-075. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR KSZ046-064>066-076>079-084>087. && FN25/30/30
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 4:54 AM CDT, 7 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 454 AM CDT THU APR 12 2007 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-131000- 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- 454 AM CDT THU APR 12 2007 /354 AM MDT THU APR 12 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 THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER FAR NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS EARLY THIS EVENING. WHILE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED...THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT ATMOSPHERIC LIFTING AT THE NOSE OF A VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL JET TO INITIATE ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS THREAT WILL REMAIN MAINLY SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER AND WEST OF A DODGE CITY TO ASHLAND LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A MAJOR SPRING SNOWSTORM WILL IMPACT ALMOST THE ENTIRE SOUTHWEST KANSAS REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS ALSO LIKELY NORTHWEST OF A MEADE TO LARNED LINE...ALTHOUGH IT REMAINS UNCLEAR WHERE THIS HIGHEST AXIS OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL SET UP. REFER TO THE WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE PRODUCT FOR MORE INFORMATION AND STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER SOURCE FOR THE LATEST ON THIS APPROACHING SNOW STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING MAINLY SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 283. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC UMSCHEID
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Kansas, 2007Every winter storm 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.