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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this winter storm warning at Dec 14, 2007, 11:44 AM CST for 16 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 16 hr. 28 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2007, 11:44 AM CST (17:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2007, 3:49 AM CST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 1:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | Dodge City, KS | 1.6 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR. |
| Dec 14, 3:19 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Ashland, KS | 2-3 INCHES. |
| Dec 14, 3:48 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Meade, KS | |
| Dec 14, 3:49 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Liberal, KS | |
| Dec 14, 3:51 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Montezuma, KS | |
| Dec 14, 3:51 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Copeland, KS | |
| Dec 14, 3:51 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Cimarron, KS | |
| Dec 14, 3:53 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Jetmore, KS | |
| Dec 14, 3:56 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Ness City, KS | |
| Dec 14, 3:57 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Greensburg, KS | 1-2 INCHES. |
| Dec 14, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Kinsley, KS | 3-4 INCHES. |
| Dec 14, 4:01 PM CST | SNOW 4.7 | 3 Ne Dodge City, KS | |
| Dec 14, 7:35 PM CST | SNOW 0 | 2 W Dodge City, KS | |
| Dec 14, 7:35 PM CST | SNOW 7 | 2 W Dodge City, KS | |
| Dec 14, 7:57 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Hays, KS | |
| Dec 14, 8:12 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Rush Center, KS | |
| Dec 14, 8:15 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Larned, KS | |
| Dec 14, 8:16 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Liberal, KS | 2-3 INCHES. |
| Dec 14, 8:17 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Kinsley, KS | |
| Dec 14, 8:18 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Ness City, KS | |
| Dec 14, 8:20 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Meade, KS | 2-3 INCHES. |
| Dec 14, 8:20 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Jetmore, KS | |
| Dec 14, 8:25 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Coldwater, KS | SNOWING HEAVILY. |
| Dec 14, 8:27 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Medicine Lodge, KS | 1-2 INCHES. |
| Dec 14, 8:32 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Cimarron, KS | 5-6 INCHES. |
| Dec 14, 8:38 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Pratt, KS | 2-3 INCHES. |
| Dec 14, 8:55 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Fowler, KS | 5-6 INCHES. |
| Dec 14, 10:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Hays, KS |
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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 1532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 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 141744 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1144 AM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT WESTERN KANSAS TODAY AND TONIGHT... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS LATER TODAY. AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES, WARM AND MOIST ADVECTION WILL LIFT UP AND OVER THE COLD AIR AND PRODUCE WIDESPEAD SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS. SOME SLEET MAY MIX IN BRIEFLY TODAY NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. KSZ046-064>066-078>081-088>090-150145- /O.CAN.KDDC.HS.W.0002.071214T1800Z-071215T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WS.W.0003.071214T1744Z-071215T1200Z/ RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1144 AM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND IN COVERAGE AS THE DAY CONTINUES AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. AREAS OF SLEET WILL OCCUR THROUGH AROUND 2 PM DOWN NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW. RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW IN THE 5 TO 8 INCH RANGE WILL FALL ALONG AND CLOSE TO A MEADE TO DODGE CITY TO LARNED TO HAYS LINE. THE SNOW MAY LINGER INTO THE MORNING HOURS SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN MEDICINE LODGE AND PRATT. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT AS WINDS SHIFT OUT OF THE NORTH AND INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. 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. $$ KSZ030-043-044-062-063-075-076-085-150145- /O.CAN.KDDC.SN.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071215T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WW.Y.0008.071214T1744Z-071215T0900Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-KEARNY-FINNEY-GRANT-HASKELL-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...HUGOTON...MOSCOW 1144 AM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SATURDAY... ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SATURDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WEATHER THREAT IS AN INCONVENIENCE TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS OR CAN PRODUCE DIFFICULTY IN TRAVEL. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KSZ031-045-077-086-087-150145- /O.UPG.KDDC.SN.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071215T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WS.W.0003.071214T1744Z-071215T1200Z/ ELLIS-NESS-GRAY-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 1144 AM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND IN COVERAGE AS THE DAY CONTINUES AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW IN THE 5 TO 8 INCH RANGE WILL FALL ALONG AND CLOSE TO A MEADE TO DODGE CITY TO LARNED TO HAYS LINE. THE SNOW MAY LINGER INTO THE MORNING HOURS SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE HAYS AND LARNED AREAS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT AS WINDS SHIFT OUT OF THE NORTH AND INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. 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. $$ KSZ061-074-084-150145- /O.NEW.KDDC.WW.Y.0008.071214T1744Z-071215T0900Z/ HAMILTON-STANTON-MORTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART... RICHFIELD 1144 AM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 /1044 AM MST FRI DEC 14 2007/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ SATURDAY. SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS THE DAY CONTINUES. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WEATHER THREAT IS AN INCONVENIENCE TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS OR CAN PRODUCE DIFFICULTY IN TRAVEL. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ LACY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KDDC 150055 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 655 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO AFFECT WESTERN KANSAS TONIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT. EXPECT WIDESPREAD SNOW TO CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. KSZ031-045-046-064>066-077>081-086>090-150900- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071215T1200Z/ ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN... KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 655 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW IN THE 6 TO 9 INCH RANGE TO FALL ALONG AND CLOSE TO A DODGE CITY TO LARNED TO HAYS LINE. THE SNOW MAY LINGER INTO THE MORNING HOURS SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN MORE EASTERN LOCATIONS INCLUDING HAYS, LARNED, AND PRATT AREAS. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AS WINDS SHIFT OUT OF THE NORTH AND INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. 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. $$ KSZ030-043-044-061>063-074>076-084-085-150900- /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-071215T0900Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL- MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW 655 PM CST FRI DEC 14 2007 /555 PM MST FRI DEC 14 2007/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ SATURDAY. AREAS OF INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE WEATHER THREAT IS AN INCONVENIENCE TO PEOPLE OUTDOORS OR CAN PRODUCE DIFFICULTY IN TRAVEL. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KDDC 150949 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 349 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...WINTER STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... .THE WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT WIDESPREAD SNOW TO SOUTHWEST KANSAS HAS EXITED THE AREA. KSZ031-045-046-064>066-077>081-086>090-151100- /O.CAN.KDDC.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071215T1200Z/ ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN... KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 349 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING BUT ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2:27 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 15 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:35 AM CST | Heavy Snow Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 14, 11:44 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Lane and 5 more | 15 hr |
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.