Alert archive / Kansas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this winter storm warning at Apr 9, 2008, 4:14 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas; Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It took effect at Apr 10, 2008, 12:11 AM CDT. It was in force for 28 hr. 13 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 9, 2008, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2008, 12:11 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2008, 4:22 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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 10, 10:45 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Eckley, CO | |
| Apr 10, 10:45 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Yuma, CO | |
| Apr 10, 10:57 AM CDT | SNOW 3.7 | Goodland, KS | STORM TOTAL SNOW. 3 INCHES SNOW DEPTH. |
| Apr 10, 11:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | 17 Nnw Kanorado, CO | SINCE 7AM MDT. 0.40 INCHES OF RAIN BEFORE THAT. |
| Apr 10, 11:07 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 3 W Parks, NE | 5 TO 6 INCHES. |
| Apr 10, 11:23 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Wray, CO | |
| Apr 10, 11:44 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Mccook, NE | |
| Apr 10, 11:56 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | 15 Ne Colby, KS | |
| Apr 10, 1:00 PM CDT | SNOW 4.1 | Goodland, KS | |
| Apr 10, 1:06 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Oberlin, KS | |
| Apr 10, 1:06 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | 17 N Parks, NE | |
| Apr 10, 3:54 PM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | Atwood, KS | SHERIFFS DEPUTY MEASURED 5.5 INCHES OF SNOW |
| Apr 10, 7:00 PM CDT | SNOW 3.8 | Goodland, KS | A FEW DRIFTS UP TO TWO FEET |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 822 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 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 092114 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 314 PM MDT WED APR 9 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM HEADED FOR THE TRI-STATE AREA... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ROCKIES TONIGHT AND INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT IN EASTERN COLORADO. LIGHT RAIN OR LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. SNOW WILL EVENTUALLY SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF THE TRI-STATE AREA ON THURSDAY. SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVER THE WARNING AREA. NORTH WIND AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. THE SNOW AND WIND WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. COZ090-091-KSZ001-NEZ079-100515- /O.NEW.KGLD.WS.W.0003.080410T0600Z-080411T1200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... ST. FRANCIS...BENKELMAN 314 PM MDT WED APR 9 2008 /414 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW THIS EVENING AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. NORTH WIND AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ COZ092-KSZ002-013-014-027-NEZ080-100515- /O.NEW.KGLD.SB.Y.0005.080410T1200Z-080411T1200Z/ CHEYENNE CO-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...ATWOOD...GOODLAND... COLBY...SHARON SPRINGS...TRENTON 314 PM MDT WED APR 9 2008 /414 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008/ ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ THURSDAY TO 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ THURSDAY TO 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS LIGHT RAIN OR LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW THIS EVENING AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. NORTH WIND AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL OCCASIONALLY DROP BELOW ONE MILE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ FS
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KGLD 100511 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1111 PM MDT WED APR 9 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM HEADED FOR THE TRI-STATE AREA... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. LIGHT RAIN...DRIZZLE AND FOG WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA WITH A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW EARLY THURSDAY MORNING GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM DUNDY COUNTY NEBRASKA THROUGH GOODLAND AND TRIBUNE KANSAS. WITH A SLOWER MOVEMENT OF THE STORM SYSTEM NOW EXPECTED...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL EXPAND EAST TOWARD A MCCOOK NEBRASKA TO COLBY TO TRIBUNE LINE AND POINTS WEST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. EAST OF THIS LINE PRECIPITATION WILL BE RAIN. FOR THURSDAY NIGHT SNOW WILL EXPAND AND INCLUDE THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE AREA. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES...HIGHEST ACROSS DUNDY AND HITCHCOCK COUNTIES OF NEBRASKA AND YUMA COUNTY COLORADO. LATER FORECASTS WILL REFINE THESE AMOUNTS. PERSONS TRAVELING ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS...WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA AS WELL AS THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE FROM DENVER EAST SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOME ROADWAYS MAY BECOME CLOSED DUE TO THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. KSZ002-013-014-NEZ080-101200- /O.UPG.KGLD.SB.Y.0005.080410T1200Z-080411T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KGLD.WS.W.0003.080410T1200Z-080411T1200Z/ RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-HITCHCOCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...COLBY...TRENTON 1111 PM MDT WED APR 9 2008 /1211 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ THURSDAY TO 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ THURSDAY TO 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. 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. $$ KSZ003-NEZ081-101200- /O.EXB.KGLD.WS.W.0003.080410T1200Z-080411T1200Z/ DECATUR-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OBERLIN...MCCOOK 1211 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ COZ090-091-KSZ001-NEZ079-101200- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0003.080410T0600Z-080411T1200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... ST. FRANCIS...BENKELMAN 1111 PM MDT WED APR 9 2008 /1211 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS LOOK TO BE ACROSS NORTHERN YUMA COUNTY. THE SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. 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. $$ KSZ004-015-028-101200- /O.EXA.KGLD.SB.Y.0005.080410T1200Z-080411T1200Z/ NORTON-SHERIDAN-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HOXIE...OAKLEY 1211 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW DURING THE DAY THURSDAY...BECOMING ALL SNOW BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 5 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL OCCASIONALLY DROP BELOW ONE MILE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ COZ092-KSZ027-101200- /O.CON.KGLD.SB.Y.0005.080410T1200Z-080411T1200Z/ CHEYENNE CO-WALLACE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...SHARON SPRINGS 1111 PM MDT WED APR 9 2008 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM MDT FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM MDT FRIDAY. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW DURING THE DAY THURSDAY...BECOMING ALL SNOW BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 5 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO PRODUCE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL OCCASIONALLY DROP BELOW ONE MILE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ JRM/DDT
000 WWUS43 KGLD 101112 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 512 AM MDT THU APR 10 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM HEADED FOR THE TRI-STATE AREA... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. LIGHT RAIN...DRIZZLE AND FOG WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA WITH A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW THIS MORNING ALONG AND WEST OF THE COLORADO AND KANSAS STATE LINE...WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...WHERE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...WHICH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COZ090-091-KSZ001-NEZ079-101830- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080411T1200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... ST. FRANCIS...BENKELMAN 512 AM MDT THU APR 10 2008 /612 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY. WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THIS SYSTEM DURING THE AFTERNOON CREATING...CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. $$ KSZ002-003-013-014-NEZ080-081-101830- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0003.080410T1200Z-080411T1200Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN-THOMAS-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...GOODLAND...COLBY... TRENTON...MCCOOK 512 AM MDT THU APR 10 2008 /612 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY. WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE KANSAS AND NEBRASKA STATE LINE. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE WINDS INCREASE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE KANSAS AND COLORADO STATE LINE. 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. $$ COZ092-KSZ004-015-027-028-101830- /O.CON.KGLD.SB.Y.0005.080410T1200Z-080411T1200Z/ CHEYENNE CO-NORTON-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...NORTON...HOXIE... SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY 512 AM MDT THU APR 10 2008 /612 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008/ ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY COLORADO. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON...CREATING AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL OCCASIONALLY DROP BELOW ONE MILE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ JRM
000 WWUS43 KGLD 101830 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1230 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE TRI-STATE AREA... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT OF THE ROCKIES THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. MOST AREAS HAVE TRANSITIONED TO SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES IN DUNDY COUNTY NEBRASKA. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. COZ090-091-KSZ001>003-013-014-NEZ079>081-110230- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080411T1200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN-THOMAS-DUNDY- HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...GOODLAND...COLBY...BENKELMAN... TRENTON...MCCOOK 1230 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008 /130 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE WINDS INCREASE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE KANSAS AND COLORADO STATE LINE. 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. $$ COZ092-KSZ004-015-027-028-110230- /O.CON.KGLD.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080411T1200Z/ CHEYENNE CO-NORTON-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...NORTON...HOXIE... SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY 1230 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008 /130 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008/ ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MIX WITH SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON...CREATING AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL OCCASIONALLY DROP BELOW ONE MILE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ FOLTZ/JRM
000 WWUS43 KGLD 102125 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 325 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE TRI-STATE AREA... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT OF THE ROCKIES THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. MOST AREAS HAVE TRANSITIONED TO SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES IN DUNDY COUNTY NEBRASKA AND ATWOOD KANSAS. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND NORTH WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE WARNING AREA. COZ090-091-KSZ001>003-013-014-NEZ079>081-110300- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080411T1200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN-THOMAS-DUNDY- HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...GOODLAND...COLBY...BENKELMAN... TRENTON...MCCOOK 325 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008 /425 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS EXPECTED. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OCCASIONALLY OVER 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. $$ COZ092-KSZ004-015-027-028-110300- /O.CON.KGLD.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080411T1200Z/ CHEYENNE CO-NORTON-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...NORTON...HOXIE... SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY 325 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008 /425 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008/ ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY. ANY RAIN STILL FALLING WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE SNOW WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE IN INTENSITY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR SO ARE EXPECTED. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE AS WELL PRODUCING AREAS OF SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL OCCASIONALLY DROP BELOW ONE MILE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ DDT
000 WWUS43 KGLD 110230 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 830 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008 ...STRONG WINTER STORM SLOWLY LOSING ITS GRIP ON THE THE TRI-STATE AREA... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND GREAT LAKES STATES THROUGH FRIDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT BEFORE SLOWLY IMPROVING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTERWARD AS THE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. COZ090-091-KSZ001>003-013-014-NEZ079>081-111000- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080411T1200Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN-THOMAS-DUNDY- HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...GOODLAND...COLBY...BENKELMAN... TRENTON...MCCOOK 830 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008 /930 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT BEFORE DECREASING TO SCATTERED AREAS OF SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES... POSSIBLY AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE. IN OPEN EXPOSED AREAS THESE VISIBILITIES COULD BE EVEN LOWER PRODUCING LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. 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. $$ COZ092-KSZ004-015-027-028-111000- /O.CON.KGLD.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080411T1200Z/ CHEYENNE CO-NORTON-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...NORTON...HOXIE... SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY 830 PM MDT THU APR 10 2008 /930 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008/ ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT BEFORE DECREASING TO SCATTERED AREAS OF SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES... POSSIBLY AS LOW AS ONE OR TWO MILES. IN OPEN EXPOSED AREAS THESE VISIBILITIES COULD BE EVEN LOWER PRODUCING LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITY WILL OCCASIONALLY DROP BELOW ONE MILE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ DDT
000 WWUS43 KGLD 110922 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 322 AM MDT FRI APR 11 2008 ...STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW TO CONTINUE TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE TO THE EAST ACROSS IOWA TODAY...CREATING A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE TRI STATE AREA. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH DURING THE DAY WITH WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 55 MPH AT TIMES. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH NEW SNOWFALL TO CREATE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COZ090-091-KSZ001>003-013-014-NEZ079>081-111800- /O.CAN.KGLD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080411T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.BS.Y.0001.080411T0922Z-080412T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN-THOMAS-DUNDY- HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...GOODLAND...COLBY...BENKELMAN... TRENTON...MCCOOK 322 AM MDT FRI APR 11 2008 /422 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008/ ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH YESTERDAYS SNOWFALL TO PRODUCE AREAS OF NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO SLOWLY CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING AND SNOW BEGINNING TO MELT...THE IMPACT OF BLOWING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY LESSEN THROUGH THE DAY. BE CAREFUL WHEN TRAVELING TODAY...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT BUT WHEN COMBINED WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. VISIBILITIES CAN CHANGE RAPIDLY FROM A FEW MILES TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER VERY SHORT DISTANCES...ESPECIALLY NEAR OPEN FIELDS AND AREAS THAT FUNNEL THE WIND. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS WILL GENERATE BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ COZ092-KSZ004-015-027-028-111030- /O.CAN.KGLD.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080411T1200Z/ CHEYENNE CO-NORTON-SHERIDAN-WALLACE-LOGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...NORTON...HOXIE... SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY 322 AM MDT FRI APR 11 2008 /422 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008/ ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH TODAY WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH EXPECTED. BLOWING SNOW MAY BECOME A PROBLEM ACROSS A SMALL PORTION OF THE AREA THAT RECEIVED HEAVIER SNOW YESTERDAY...BUT THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER SMALL AREA NEAR THE OAKLEY AREA. $$ JRM
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 Apr 9, 3:39 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 3:39 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
239 PM MDT WED APR 9 2008
.DISCUSSION...THE 20Z SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES LOW PRESSURE FROM
CENTRAL NEW MEXICO NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL COLORADO. SOUTHEAST WINDS
WERE ADVECTING UPPER 30S DEWPOINTS INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS. WATER
VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING A STRONG UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.
THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND INTO THE
ROCKIES TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL THEN MOVE INTO WESTERN/CENTRAL KANSAS
ON THURSDAY AND INTO NORTHWEST IOWA THURSDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST FLOW
WILL FOLLOW ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. AT THE
SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE WILL BE OVER NORTHERN TEXAS WITH A TROUGH
EXTENDING NORTH INTO THE ROCKIES. THIS LOW WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST
KANSAS ON THURSDAY AND INTO IOWA THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE MAIN CHALLENGES WITH THIS FORECAST ARE PRECIPITATION TYPE AND
WHETHER HIGHLIGHTS WILL BE NEEDED. WIND IS ALSO A CONSIDERATION FOR
FRIDAY/SATURDAY.
BOTH THE NAM/GFS ARE IN OVERALL GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE UPPER LOW AS
IT MOVES OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND ACROSS THE PLAINS TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY. THE GFS IS A LITTLE SLOWER WITH THE SYSTEM AND
CONSEQUENTLY PRODUCES MORE SNOW ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA.
PRECIPITATION TYPE IS PROBLEMATIC. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE FAIRLY
STRAIGHTFORWARD ABOUT TIMING OF CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW. THIS SHOULD
HAPPEN AROUND 06Z THURSDAY IN THE WEST AND THEN AROUND 12Z THURSDAY
IN THE WESTERN TIER OF COUNTIES IN KANSAS. ALL REMAINING COUNTIES
SHOULD CHANGEOVER THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW AMOUNTS OVER THE WARNING
AREA SHOULD RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER FAR NORTHERN AREAS. AMOUNTS IN THE NORTHERN
PART OF THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES WITH 2 TO
3 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE ADVISORY. SUSTAINED WIND AT
30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER
THE HIGHLIGHT AREA...IN SPITE OF WARM GROUND AND WET SNOW. SNOW
SHOULD START TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THURSDAY NIGHT BUT
DIFFICULT TO END HIGHLIGHTS THEN DUE TO LINGERING STRONG WIND.
HIGHLIGHTS MAY BE CANCELED SOMETIME THURSDAY NIGHT IF SNOW AND WIND
DECREASE ENOUGH.
GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE DUE TO SNOW
COVER. FS
DAYS 4-7...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...MOST MODELS AND ENSEMBLE
MEMBERS AGREE ON A BROAD HIGH AMPLITUDE TROUGH BUILDING OVER THE
WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY. THE DISAGREEMENT IS IN THE TIMING. THE
ECMWF HAS A SLOWER SOLUTION WITH THE NORTHEAST LOW SETTING UP A
BLOCKING PATTERN. 850 MB TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS PERIOD ARE AS
MUCH AS 20 DEGREES DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE TWO MODELS. THE ECMWF
SOLUTIONS LOOKS TOO DEEP AND INTENSE. THEREFORE...FORECAST FAVORS
THE GFS WITH A WARMING TREND THROUGH TUESDAY. THOUGH WITH THE GFS
850MB TEMPERATURES APPROACHING 25C...FORECAST MAY NEED TO BE
ADJUSTED UP WITH FURTHER CONTINUITY. BOTH MODELS ALSO AGREE ON A
COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. AS A RESULT...HAVE TRENDED
TEMPERATURES DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM HPC. SFJ
&&
.AVIATION...
1141 AM MDT WED APR 9 2008
FOR THE 18Z TAF...COMPLEX AVIATION FORECAST FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS. INTENSE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE GREAT
BASIN WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS THIS EVENING. WILL SEE A PERIOD OF VFR CONDITIONS FOR BOTH
KGLD AND KMCK FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE CONDITIONS BEGIN TO
DETERIORATE. EXPECTING CIGS TO DROP TO IFR BY AROUND 21Z WITH RAIN
DEVELOPING. EXPECT RAIN TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW BY AROUND 02Z
WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO LIFR. SHOULD IMPROVEMENT TO IFR CIGS
BY AROUND 15Z BASED ON CURRENT GUIDANCE.
FOLTZ
&&
.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ THURSDAY
TO 6 AM MDT /7 AM CDT/ FRIDAY FOR KSZ002-013-014-027.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR
KSZ001.
NE...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT
FRIDAY FOR NEZ080.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT FRIDAY
FOR NEZ079.
CO...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM MDT
FRIDAY FOR COZ092.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT FRIDAY
FOR COZ090-091.
&&
WFO GOODLANDHazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 7:01 AM CDT, 9 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 601 AM MDT WED APR 9 2008 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-101645- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 601 AM MDT WED APR 9 2008 /701 AM CDT WED APR 9 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN MOVING THROUGH THE ROCKIES THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...A FEW THUNDERSTORM MAY BE OBSERVED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM CHEYENNE WELLS COLORADO TO NORTON KANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY OTHER THAN A RAIN AND SNOW MIX...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES REGION BY LATE FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. LOCKHART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 4:14 PM CDT | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | GLD | Logan, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas and 1 more | 36 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.