Alert archive / Kansas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this winter storm warning at Dec 10, 2007, 1:05 PM CST for 9 counties in Kansas; Red Willow County, Nebraska. It took effect at Dec 10, 2007, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr. 7 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 10, 2007, 1:05 PM CST (19:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2007, 5:33 PM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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 10, 8:10 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.39 | Hill City, KS | ICE ACCUMULATING ON POWER LINES AND ROADS BECOMING SLICK. |
| Dec 11, 8:17 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 1 Sw Oakley, KS | 0.75 INCHES OF ICE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. |
| Dec 11, 10:19 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 7 Nw Atwood, KS | WITH LAYERS OF ICE BELOW AND ON TOP OF THE SNOW. |
| Dec 11, 11:25 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 1 S Hill City, KS | 0.5 INCHES OF ICE BELOW 0.5 INCHES OF SNOW. |
| Dec 11, 1:43 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Leoti, KS | OVER 0.25 INCHES OF ICE WITH LESS THAN 1 INCH OF SNOW OVER THE ICE. |
| Dec 11, 1:43 PM CST | ICE STORM | Quinter, KS | POWER LINES ARE SAGGING. QUINTER WAS WITHOUT POWER FOR 1 HOUR THIS MORNING, STILL ISOLATED RURAL POWER OUTAGES SOUTH OF PARK |
| Dec 11, 1:51 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Danbury, NE | 0.75 INCHES OF ICE UNDERNEATH 6 INCHES OF SNOW |
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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 1219 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KGLD 101905 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1205 PM MST MON DEC 10 2007 ...POTENT WINTER STORM TO MOVE ACROSS THE TRI STATE AREA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES AND BEGIN MOVING ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IN MOST AREAS...CHANGING TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN AND ESPECIALLY EASTERN AREAS...WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY IN THOSE LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. COZ092-110315- /O.CAN.KGLD.WW.Y.0003.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.SN.Y.0005.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ CHEYENNE CO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHEYENNE WELLS 1205 PM MST MON DEC 10 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. ICE ACCUMULATION OF A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...RESULTING IN INCONVENIENT TRAVEL. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. DRIVE DEFENSIVELY. $$ KSZ003-004-014>016-028-029-042-110315- /O.UPG.KGLD.WW.Y.0003.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.WS.W.0002.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY...HOXIE... HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI 105 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...BECOMING WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS LIKELY BY TUESDAY MORNING...WITH BETWEEN A QUARTER AND HALF INCH EXPECTED. FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT SNOW BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING...WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATING BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AN END TUESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ KSZ002-NEZ081-110315- /O.NEW.KGLD.WS.W.0002.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ RAWLINS-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...MCCOOK 105 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...CHANGING TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE MAY ACCUMULATE BEFORE THE CHANGE TO SNOW. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON OF 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ COZ090-091-KSZ001-013-NEZ079-080-110315- /O.NEW.KGLD.SN.Y.0005.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...BENKELMAN...TRENTON 1205 PM MST MON DEC 10 2007 /105 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007/ ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. ICE ACCUMULATION OF A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...RESULTING IN INCONVENIENT TRAVEL. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. DRIVE DEFENSIVELY. $$ KSZ027-041-110315- /O.CON.KGLD.WW.Y.0003.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ WALLACE-GREELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHARON SPRINGS...TRIBUNE 1205 PM MST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...CHANGING TO SNOW DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE MAY ACCUMULATE BEFORE THE CHANGE TO SNOW. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KGLD 110140 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 640 PM MST MON DEC 10 2007 KSZ002>004-014>016-028-029-042-NEZ081-110430- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...MCCOOK 740 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THROUGH 10 PM CST...FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TRI- STATE AREA. HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. FREEZING RAIN MAY BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. BY MIDNIGHT...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO TENTHS MAY ACCUMULATE BEFORE THE CHANGE TO SNOW. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-NEZ079-080-110430- /O.CON.KGLD.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...BENKELMAN...TRENTON 640 PM MST MON DEC 10 2007 /740 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007/ ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY. THROUGH 9 PM MST (10 PM CST)...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND BEGIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 27. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES ALL SNOW. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...RESULTING IN INCONVENIENT TRAVEL. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. DRIVE DEFENSIVELY. $$ KSZ027-041-110430- /O.CON.KGLD.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ WALLACE-GREELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHARON SPRINGS...TRIBUNE 640 PM MST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. THROUGH 9 PM MST (10 PM CST)...FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 27...GRADUALLY CHANGING TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KGLD 110151 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 651 PM MST MON DEC 10 2007 KSZ002>004-014>016-028-029-042-NEZ081-110615- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...MCCOOK 751 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THROUGH 10 PM CST...FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TRI- STATE AREA. HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. FREEZING RAIN MAY BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. EAST OF HIGHWAY 83...A MORE INTENSE AREA OF FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND IMPACT LOCATIONS ALONG A LINE FROM HILL CITY TO NORTON. HOURLY FREEZING RAIN AMOUNTS MAY APPROACH ONE QUARTER INCH. AFTER MIDNIGHT...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY EXCEED ONE HALF INCH EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 BEFORE THE CHANGE TO SNOW. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON OF 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-NEZ079-080-110615- /O.CON.KGLD.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...BENKELMAN...TRENTON 651 PM MST MON DEC 10 2007 /751 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007/ ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY. THROUGH 9 PM MST (10 PM CST)...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND BEGIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 27. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES ALL SNOW. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...RESULTING IN INCONVENIENT TRAVEL. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. DRIVE DEFENSIVELY. $$ KSZ027-041-110615- /O.CON.KGLD.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ WALLACE-GREELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHARON SPRINGS...TRIBUNE 651 PM MST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. THROUGH 9 PM MST (10 PM CST)...FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 27...GRADUALLY CHANGING TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KGLD 110427 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 927 PM MST MON DEC 10 2007 KSZ002>004-014>016-028-029-042-NEZ081-110830- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...MCCOOK 1027 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST...FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. POCKETS OF MODERATE FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN HOURLY ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER INCH. WEST OF HIGHWAY 83...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MIX WITH SNOW. BY EARLY MORNING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 AND UP TO TWO INCHES EAST. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 MAY APPROACH ONE INCH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-NEZ079-080-110830- /O.CON.KGLD.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...BENKELMAN...TRENTON 927 PM MST MON DEC 10 2007 /1027 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007/ ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY. THROUGH 1 AM MST (2 AM CST)...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW. ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A TENTH AND A QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES ALL SNOW. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...RESULTING IN INCONVENIENT TRAVEL. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. DRIVE DEFENSIVELY. $$ KSZ027-041-110830- /O.CON.KGLD.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ WALLACE-GREELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHARON SPRINGS...TRIBUNE 927 PM MST MON DEC 10 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TUESDAY. THROUGH 1 AM MST (2 AM CST)...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO PHASE CHANGE. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KGLD 110827 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 127 AM MST TUE DEC 11 2007 KSZ002>004-014>016-028-029-042-NEZ081-111030- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...MCCOOK 227 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST...FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. POCKETS OF MODERATE FREEZING RAIN MAY RESULT IN HOURLY ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER INCH. WEST OF HIGHWAY 83...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MIX WITH SNOW. BY EARLY MORNING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 AND UP TO TWO INCHES EAST. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 MAY APPROACH ONE INCH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-NEZ079-080-111030- /O.CON.KGLD.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...BENKELMAN...TRENTON 127 AM MST TUE DEC 11 2007 /227 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007/ ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT...LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL...WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING UP TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW. ISOLATED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH FROM THE NORTHEAST HAVE RESULTED IN SOME AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...RESULTING IN INCONVENIENT TRAVEL. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. DRIVE DEFENSIVELY. $$ KSZ027-041-111030- /O.CON.KGLD.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ WALLACE-GREELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHARON SPRINGS...TRIBUNE 127 AM MST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THROUGH 1 AM MST (2 AM CST)...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIOR TO PHASE CHANGE. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BLM
000 WWUS43 KGLD 111040 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 340 AM MST TUE DEC 11 2007 KSZ002>004-014>016-028-029-042-NEZ081-111800- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...MCCOOK 440 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS MORNING WITH LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 AND UP TO TWO INCHES EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 MAY APPROACH ONE INCH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-NEZ079-080-111800- /O.CON.KGLD.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...BENKELMAN...TRENTON 340 AM MST TUE DEC 11 2007 /440 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007/ ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...RESULTING IN INCONVENIENT TRAVEL. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. DRIVE DEFENSIVELY. $$ KSZ027-041-111800- /O.CON.KGLD.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ WALLACE-GREELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHARON SPRINGS...TRIBUNE 340 AM MST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING WITH LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ LOCKHART
000 WWUS43 KGLD 111803 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1103 AM MST TUE DEC 11 2007 KSZ002>004-014>016-028-029-042-NEZ081-120000- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...MCCOOK 1203 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 AND UP TO TWO INCHES EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 MAY APPROACH ONE INCH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-NEZ079-080-120000- /O.CON.KGLD.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...BENKELMAN...TRENTON 1103 AM MST TUE DEC 11 2007 /1203 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007/ ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...RESULTING IN INCONVENIENT TRAVEL. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. DRIVE DEFENSIVELY. $$ KSZ027-041-120000- /O.CON.KGLD.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ WALLACE-GREELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHARON SPRINGS...TRIBUNE 1103 AM MST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BULLER
000 WWUS43 KGLD 112333 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 433 PM MST TUE DEC 11 2007 KSZ002>004-014>016-028-029-042-NEZ081-120045- /O.CAN.KGLD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-WICHITA- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER...LEOTI...MCCOOK 533 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. AN AREA OF LIGHT SNOW AND SNOW FLURRIES WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHEAST OF THE MCCOOK AREA EARLY THIS EVENING AND THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS HAS ENDED. ROADS AND WALKWAYS REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND ICY...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION TONIGHT. $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-NEZ079-080-120045- /O.CAN.KGLD.SN.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...BENKELMAN...TRENTON 433 PM MST TUE DEC 11 2007 /533 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007/ ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELED THE SNOW ADVISORY. SCATTERED FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING...HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. ROADS AND WALKWAYS REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND ICY...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION TONIGHT. $$ KSZ027-041-120045- /O.CAN.KGLD.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/ WALLACE-GREELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHARON SPRINGS...TRIBUNE 433 PM MST TUE DEC 11 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A FEW FLURRIES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING...HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAS ENDED. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION TONIGHT AS ROADS AND WALKWAYS REMAIN SNOW PACKED AND ICY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 10, 12:49 PM CST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 12:49 PM CST, 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1149 AM MST MON DEC 10 2007
.UPDATE...HAVE COMPLETED A COUPLE UPDATES FOR TODAY ALREADY. MAIN
REASONS WERE TO ADJUST TEMPERATURES WHICH ARE ALL OVER THE
PLACE...EVEN WITHIN COUNTIES...DUE TO INCREASING CLOUDS...ESPECIALLY
AT LOW LEVELS. ADJUSTED CLOUD COVER BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS AND
LATEST NAM WHICH LOOKS TO HAVE IT IN HAND. ALSO LATEST OBSERVATIONS
SUPPORTED BY NAM HAVE FOG PERSISTING ALONG WITH SOME DRIZZLE FOR
THE REST OF THE DAY IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS.
UPDATE FOR ZONES FOR SECOND AND THIRD PERIOD WILL BE COMING OUT
SHORTLY DUE TO UPGRADE IN HIGHLIGHTS. THAT HAS BEEN COVERED WITH
NUMEROUS CHATS.
&&
.AVIATION...EXPECT CONDITIONS TO GET WORSE THROUGH TOMORROW AND
18Z TAFS REFLECT THAT. KMCK TAF ALREADY AT IFR ON CEILINGS...AND DO
NOT EXPECT THAT TO CHANGE. BY 00Z EXPECT IFR CEILINGS TO MOVE INTO
THE KGLD AREA AND LAST THROUGH TOMORROW AS WELL. AREAS OF FOG AND
PATCHY DRIZZLE MAY AFFECT THE TAFS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. DURING THE
NIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW...EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO DEVELOP AND
SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL BE BEGIN AS
FREEZING RAIN AND THEN TRANSITION TO SNOW. CONDITIONS ARE NOT
EXPECT TO IMPROVE UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 327 AM MST MON DEC 10 2007/
.DISCUSSION...ANOTHER MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION BEGINNING AROUND SUNSET THIS
AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN CHANGING TO LIGHT SNOW THAT
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
FORECAST FOCUS HAS BEEN ON THE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER
ATMOSPHERE AND THE RESULTING PRECIPITATION TYPES ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA. MODELS SOLUTIONS ARE NOT SIMILAR. HAVE MANAGED TO
PICK THE FAVORED ELEMENTS OF EACH AND COMBINE THEM INTO SOMETHING
DEEMED TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COLLABORATIVE FORECAST EFFORT
ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.
A LOW PRESSURE CENTER OFF BAJA BEGINS TO LIFT ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST
U.S. TODAY AND ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING
AS ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE CENTER DIVES INTO THE SOUTHWEST U.S. AND
MOVES EAST OF THE ROCKIES AND ONTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY LATE
WEDNESDAY. THESE SYSTEMS PHASE TOGETHER EAST OF THE ROCKIES AS AN
OPEN WAVE THAT MOVES INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION BY MID DAY
THURSDAY.
THE GFS IS WARMER THAN THE NAM AND SPREADS LIQUID PRECIPITATION
ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH A MORE GRADUAL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING
AND FROZEN PRECIPITATION THAN THE NAM. THE NAM SEEMS TO BE LATE
BRINGING PRECIPITATION INTO THE FORECAST AREA...BUT SEEMS TO BE
BETTER IN RESOLVING THE SHALLOW COLDER AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION.
OVERALL RESULT IS TO BLEND THE TIMING TO BRING PATCHY FREEZING
DRIZZLE INTO THE SOUTHEAST FORECAST AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH
THE AREA OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN DIMINISHING AND CHANGING OVER TO
ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING. WAS NOT CONFIDENT ANY PORTION OF THE AREA WOULD RECEIVE
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...BUT WAS CONFIDENT IN THE MIX OF
PRECIPITATION PHASES. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD ALSO REMAIN LESS
THAN 5 INCHES FOR THE EVENT. COMBINING THE 3-5 INCH SNOWFALL
AMOUNT AREAS WITH THE AREA EXPECTED TO RECEIVE A MIXTURE OF
PRECIPITATION TYPES...CONTINUED TO MATCH WELL WITH THE PREVIOUSLY
OUTLINED WATCH AREA. HAVE CHANGED THE WATCH INTO A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR ROUGHLY THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA
BEGINNING 00Z THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH 00Z TOMORROW
EVENING AS THE LIGHT SNOW TAPERS OFF.
VERY LITTLE CHANGE WAS MADE TO THE FORECAST PAST THE INITIAL 48
HOURS OTHER THAN TO MAKE A FEW CONSISTENCY CHANGES.
&&
.AVIATION...IFR CONDITIONS MAINLY DUE TO LOW CEILINGS WITH PATCHY
AREAS OF FOG AND VISIBILITIES LESS THAN 3 MILES ARE EXPECTED AT
MOST LOCATIONS ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA INCLUDING BOTH KGLD AND KMCK TERMINALS THROUGH 12Z.
CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO VFR AFTER 12Z AND CONTINUE AS SUCH THROUGH
MOST OF THE DAY. MVFR CONDITIONS WILL TRANSITION TO IFR AFTER 02Z
AS A MIXTURE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW BEGIN TO SPREAD
ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION.
&&
&&
.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...SNOW ADVISORY FROM 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM
MST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY FOR KSZ001-013.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY
FOR KSZ002>004-014>016-028-029-042.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST
TUESDAY FOR KSZ027-041.
NE...SNOW ADVISORY FROM 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM
MST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY FOR NEZ079-080.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY
FOR NEZ081.
CO...SNOW ADVISORY FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY FOR
COZ090>092.
&&
BULLER/LOCKHART/JDK/BULLERHazardous weather outlook, Dec 10, 6:57 AM CST, 6 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 557 AM MST MON DEC 10 2007 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-111645- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 557 AM MST MON DEC 10 2007 /657 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHEYENNE WELLS COLORADO TO COLBY KANSAS TO OBERLIN KANSAS. LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING WITH SNOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. ICY CONDITIONS WITH LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH OF ICE AND ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL-HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. LOCKHART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 5:37 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Norton and 4 more | 36 hr |
| Dec 10, 1:05 PM CST | Snow Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 28 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.