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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS

February 4, 200813 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado; Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this winter storm warning at Feb 4, 2008, 1:47 PM CST for 13 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado; Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It took effect at Feb 5, 2008, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 19 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 4, 2008, 1:47 PM CST (19:47 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 5, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 5, 2008, 7:00 PM CST
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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 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 Feb 4, 11:17 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 11:17 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 4, 12:25 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1125 AM MST MON FEB 4 2008

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-051200-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1125 AM MST MON FEB 4 2008 /1225 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING SPREADING EAST INTO WESTERN KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM KIT CARSON COLORADO TO NORTON KANSAS WHERE 4 TO 6 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. FURTHER NORTH...ACCUMULATIONS OF 2
TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN
AS FREEZING DRIZZLE IN THE MCCOOK AREA BY LATE EVENING...HOWEVER
ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE EXPECTED BEFORE PRECIPITATION
CHANGES TO ALL SNOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS.

MCGUIRE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 4, 3:59 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan6 hr
Feb 4, 1:47 PM CSTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryGLDGove, Graham, Sheridan12 hr
Feb 4, 1:47 PM CSTSnow AdvisoryGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Rawlins12 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Kansas, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in Colorado, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in Nebraska, 2008Every winter storm warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.