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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 6, 20119 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this winter storm warning at Mar 6, 2011, 12:05 PM CST for 9 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 8, 2011, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr. 29 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
Mar 6, 2011, 12:05 PM CST (18:05 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 8, 2011, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 8, 2011, 5:42 PM CST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 8, 12:20 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 513 Wsw Friend, KS
Mar 8, 2:25 AM CSTSNOW 1Garden City, KS
Mar 8, 4:50 AM CSTSNOW 3Scott City, KS
Mar 8, 5:10 AM CSTSNOW 3.5Syracuse, KS
Mar 8, 5:12 AM CSTSNOW 1Lakin, KS
Mar 8, 7:09 AM CSTSNOW 1Ness City, KS
Mar 8, 7:23 AM CSTSNOW 3.5Dighton, KSTHREE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED.
Mar 8, 7:55 AM CSTSNOW 314 N Deerfield, KS
Mar 8, 9:14 AM CSTSNOW 2Ellis, KS
Mar 8, 9:24 AM CSTSNOW 1.510 S Lakin, KS
Mar 8, 10:00 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 44 E Shallow Water, KS
Mar 8, 10:00 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 5W Scott City, KS
Mar 8, 10:00 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 6.51 Nw Scott City, KSCOUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED 6 PLUS INCHES OF SNOW AND IT STILL SNOWING AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT.
Mar 8, 10:30 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 4Wakeeney, KS
Mar 8, 10:43 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 10N Shields, KS
Mar 8, 10:50 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 4Sw Ness City, KSCOUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF NESS COUNTY.
Mar 8, 10:50 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 61 N Syracuse, KS
Mar 8, 10:50 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 87 Sse Utica, KSCOUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED 7 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY.
Mar 8, 11:00 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 56 N Garden City, KS
Mar 8, 11:15 AM CSTSNOW 2.59 Wsw Kalvesta, KS
Mar 8, 11:26 AM CSTSNOW 31 Wnw Kalvesta, KS
Mar 8, 11:40 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 47 W Kalvesta, KS
Mar 8, 11:58 AM CSTHEAVY SNOW 12Dighton, KSPER LANE COUNTY SHERIFF...NUMEROUS HIGHWAYS ACROSS LANE COUNTY ARE SNOW PACKED BUT GENERALY PASSABLE. TEN TO TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW WERE REPORTED IN OR ABOUT DIGHTON.
Mar 8, 1:51 PM CSTSNOW 412 N Deerfield, KS
Mar 8, 3:39 PM CSTSNOW 6Nw Collyer, KS
Mar 8, 3:39 PM CSTSNOW 713 E Friend, KS
Mar 8, 3:39 PM CSTSNOW 715 S Amy, KS
Mar 8, 3:39 PM CSTSNOW 88 S Trego Center, KS
Mar 8, 5:04 PM CSTSNOW 5Holcomb, 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 565 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2415 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
565 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
651 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

837 
WWUS43 KDDC 061805
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1205 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2011

...WINTER WILL RETURN WITH A VENGEANCE...

.A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
KANSAS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL TRACK
NORTH OF A LINE FROM SCOTT CITY TO LACROSSE. SOUTH OF THAT LINE,
PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT, CHANGE BRIEFLY TO
FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET OVERNIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO SNOW TUESDAY
MORNING. IN ADDITION, NORTH WINDS WILL BLOW AT 20 TO 35 MPH ON
TUESDAY...MAKING MATTERS WORSE.

KSZ030-031-043>046-071000-
/O.UPG.KDDC.WS.A.0002.110308T0600Z-110309T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.WS.W.0002.110308T0600Z-110309T0600Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER
1205 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT...THEN
  BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY BEFORE DECREASING TUESDAY NIGHT.

* THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR 4 TO 8 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW
  ACCUMULATION. 

* NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED...WHICH
  WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

KSZ061>065-077>079-071000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WW.Y.0007.110308T0600Z-110309T0600Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS
1205 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2011 /1105 AM MST SUN MAR 6 2011/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM
MST/ MONDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ MONDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT
CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT.

* RAIN WILL BEGIN MONDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY CHANGE TO FREEZING
  RAIN TUESDAY MORNING...AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW TUESDAY.
  SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3
  INCHES.

* AREAS OF ICY SPOTS ON ROADWAYS, FOLLOWED BY A SNOW COVER, WILL
  RESULT IN VERY SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS.
  RAMPS...BRIDGES...RAISED HIGHWAYS...AND OVERPASSES WILL BE
  ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICY CONDITIONS.

* NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS
  THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW IS
  POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

12
9 follow-up statements
545 
WWUS43 KDDC 070312
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
912 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2011

...WINTER WILL RETURN WITH A VENGEANCE...

.A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
KANSAS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL TRACK
NORTH OF A LINE FROM SCOTT CITY TO LACROSSE. SOUTH OF THAT LINE...
PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT... CHANGE
BRIEFLY TO FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET OVERNIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO SNOW
TUESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION... NORTH WINDS WILL BLOW AT 20 TO
35 MPH ON TUESDAY...MAKING MATTERS WORSE.

KSZ030-031-043>046-071115-
/O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0002.110308T0600Z-110309T0600Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER
912 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MONDAY
NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MONDAY
NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT... 
  THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY BEFORE DECREASING TUESDAY 
  NIGHT. 

* THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR 5 TO 9 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW
  ACCUMULATION.

* NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED... 
  WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

KSZ061>065-077>079-071115-
/O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0007.110308T0600Z-110309T0600Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS
912 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2011 /812 PM MST SUN MAR 6 2011/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ MONDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY
NIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ MONDAY NIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY
NIGHT. 

* RAIN WILL BEGIN MONDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY CHANGE TO FREEZING
  RAIN TUESDAY MORNING...AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW TUESDAY. SNOWFALL
  AMOUNTS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES.

* AREAS OF ICY SPOTS ON ROADWAYS... FOLLOWED BY A SNOW COVER... 
  WILL RESULT IN VERY SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. RAMPS... 
  BRIDGES...RAISED HIGHWAYS...AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ESPECIALLY 
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICY CONDITIONS. 

* NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS 
  THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. MINOR DRIFTING OF SNOW 
  IS POSSIBLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
830 
WWUS43 KDDC 071103
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
503 AM CST MON MAR 7 2011

...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY FOR MUCH OF
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

.A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
KANSAS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL TRACK NORTH OF
A LINE FROM SCOTT CITY TO LACROSSE. SOUTH OF THAT LINE...
PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT...THEN
TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ON TUESDAY. THERE ALSO COULD
BE SOME BRIEF PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. NORTH WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH ON TUESDAY WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.

KSZ030-031-043>046-072000-
/O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0002.110308T0600Z-110309T0600Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER
503 AM CST MON MAR 7 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* AREAS OF SNOW AND RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE TONIGHT...THEN
  TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ON TUESDAY. THERE COULD
  ALSO BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AHEAD OF THE
  SNOW. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY BEFORE DECREASING
  TUESDAY NIGHT.

* THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR 5 TO 9 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW 
  ACCUMULATION. 

* NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED WHICH
  WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

KSZ061>065-077>079-072000-
/O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0007.110308T0600Z-110309T0600Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS
503 AM CST MON MAR 7 2011 /403 AM MST MON MAR 7 2011/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY TUESDAY MORNING FROM
  SYRACUSE TO GARDEN CITY AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW ELSEWHERE FROM
  WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME
  AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AHEAD OF THE SNOW. SNOWFALL
  AMOUNTS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH
  SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES FROM SYRACUSE TO GARDEN
  CITY POSSIBLE.

* AREAS OF ICY SPOTS ON ROADWAYS...FOLLOWED BY A SNOW COVER...
  WILL RESULT IN VERY SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. RAMPS...
  BRIDGES...RAISED HIGHWAYS...AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ESPECIALLY
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICY CONDITIONS.

* NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED WITH
  SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

06
723 
WWUS43 KDDC 071952
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
152 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011

...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY FOR MUCH OF
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

.A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
KANSAS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WILL TRACK NORTH OF
A LINE FROM SCOTT CITY TO LACROSSE. SOUTH OF THAT LINE...
PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT...THEN
TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ON TUESDAY. THERE ALSO COULD
BE SOME BRIEF PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. NORTH WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH ON TUESDAY WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.

KSZ030-031-043>046-080600-
/O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0002.110308T0600Z-110309T0600Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER
152 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* AREAS OF SNOW AND RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE TONIGHT... 
  THEN TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ON TUESDAY. THERE 
  COULD ALSO BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AHEAD 
  OF THE SNOW. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY BEFORE 
  DECREASING TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR 5 TO 9 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW 
  ACCUMULATION. 

* NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED WHICH 
  WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND 
  DRIFTING SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

KSZ061>065-077>079-080600-
/O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0007.110308T0600Z-110309T0600Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS
152 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 /1252 PM MST MON MAR 7 2011/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY TUESDAY MORNING 
  FROM SYRACUSE TO GARDEN CITY AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW ELSEWHERE 
  FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. THERE COULD ALSO BE 
  SOME AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AHEAD OF THE SNOW. 
  SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 
  INCHES WITH SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES FROM SYRACUSE 
  TO GARDEN CITY POSSIBLE. 

* AREAS OF ICY SPOTS ON ROADWAYS...FOLLOWED BY A SNOW COVER... 
  WILL RESULT IN VERY SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. RAMPS... 
  BRIDGES...RAISED HIGHWAYS...AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ESPECIALLY 
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICY CONDITIONS. 

* NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED WITH 
  SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
288 
WWUS43 KDDC 072200
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
400 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011

...A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWEST KANSAS BEGINNING LATE
TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY...

.A FAIRLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE OUT OF THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST TONIGHT AND THEN ACROSS KANSAS TOMORROW. THIS STORM WILL
BRING HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND MODERATE
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. THE
LIGHTEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

THE EVENT WILL START OFF MAINLY AS A RAIN EVENT AFTER MIDNIGHT AND
THEN TRANSITION INTO SLEET AND SNOW BY TOMORROW MORNING AND
FINALLY CHANGING TO SNOW BY NOON FOR MOST AREAS. PRECIPITATION
TYPE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN AS RAIN.
NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

KSZ061>063-081100-
/O.UPG.KDDC.WW.Y.0007.110308T0600Z-110309T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KDDC.WS.W.0002.110308T0600Z-110309T0600Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA
400 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 /300 PM MST MON MAR 7 2011/

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/
TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING/DURATION...SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM JOHNSON CITY THROUGH
  GARDEN CITY AND WAKEENEY AFTER MIDNIGHT. EAST OF THIS AREA,
  PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS RAIN AND SLEET. THE TRANSITION
  FROM RAIN TO SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
  SNOW INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO PEAK MID TOMORROW MORNING AND
  THEN TAPER OFF SOUTH TO NORTH BY LATE EVENING.

* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED
  WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. SOME LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATION IS ALSO
  POSSIBLE WHICH WILL CREATE ICY SPOTS ON ROADWAYS. RAMPS...
  BRIDGES...RAISED HIGHWAYS...AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ESPECIALLY
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICY CONDITIONS.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL
  CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL PRODUCE
  REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

KSZ030-031-043>046-081100-
/O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0002.110308T0600Z-110309T0600Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER
400 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING/DURATION...SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM JOHNSON CITY THROUGH
  GARDEN CITY AND WAKEENEY AFTER MIDNIGHT. EAST OF THIS AREA,
  PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS RAIN AND SLEET. THE TRANSITION
  FROM RAIN TO SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
  SNOW INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO PEAK MID TOMORROW MORNING AND
  THEN TAPER OFF SOUTH TO NORTH BY LATE EVENING.

* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED
  WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. SOME LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATION IS ALSO
  POSSIBLE WHICH WILL CREATE ICY SPOTS ON ROADWAYS. RAMPS...
  BRIDGES...RAISED HIGHWAYS...AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ESPECIALLY
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICY CONDITIONS.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL
  CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL PRODUCE
  REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

KSZ074>076-084>086-081100-
/O.EXA.KDDC.WW.Y.0007.110308T0600Z-110309T0600Z/
STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...
SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...
KISMET
400 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING/DURATION...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN WILL
  DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE RAIN WILL TRANSITION A MIX
  OF SLEET AND SNOW BY MORNING AND THEN FOLLOWED BY ALL SNOW BY
  TUESDAY MID MORNING. SNOW INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO PEAK BY NOON
  TOMORROW AND THEN TAPER OFF SOUTH TO NORTH BY EVENING.

* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED
  WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA. SOME LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATION IS ALSO
  POSSIBLE WHICH WILL CREATE ICY SPOTS ON ROADWAYS. RAMPS...
  BRIDGES...RAISED HIGHWAYS...AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ESPECIALLY
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICY CONDITIONS.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL
  CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD REDUCE
  VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

KSZ064-065-077>079-081100-
/O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0007.110308T0600Z-110309T0600Z/
HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS
400 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING/DURATION...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN WILL
  DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE RAIN WILL TRANSITION A MIX
  OF SLEET AND SNOW BY MORNING AND THEN FOLLOWED BY ALL SNOW
  AROUND NOON. SNOW INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO PEAK BY EARLY
  AFTERNOON AND THEN TAPER OFF SOUTH TO NORTH BY EVENING.

* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED
  WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA. SOME LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATION IS ALSO
  POSSIBLE WHICH WILL CREATE ICY SPOTS ON ROADWAYS. RAMPS...
  BRIDGES...RAISED HIGHWAYS...AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ESPECIALLY
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICY CONDITIONS.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL
  CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD REDUCE
  VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

SUGDEN
314 
WWUS43 KDDC 080325
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
925 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011

...A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWEST KANSAS BEGINNING LATE
TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY...

.A FAIRLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE OUT OF THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST TONIGHT AND THEN ACROSS KANSAS TOMORROW. THIS STORM
WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND
MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTHWESTERN
KANSAS. THE LIGHTEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS.

THE EVENT WILL START OFF MAINLY AS A RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN AND
THEN TRANSITION INTO SLEET AND SNOW BY TOMORROW MORNING AND
FINALLY CHANGING TO SNOW BY NOON FOR MOST AREAS. NORTHERLY WINDS
OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>063-081130-
/O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0002.110308T0600Z-110309T0600Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA
925 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 /825 PM MST MON MAR 7 2011/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING/DURATION...SNOW WILL DEVELOP FROM JOHNSON CITY THROUGH 
  GARDEN CITY AND WAKEENEY AFTER MIDNIGHT. EAST OF THIS AREA... 
  PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS RAIN AND SLEET. THE TRANSITION 
  FROM RAIN TO SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 
  SNOW INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO PEAK MID TOMORROW MORNING AND 
  THEN TAPER OFF SOUTH TO NORTH BY LATE EVENING. 

* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED 
  WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. SOME LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATION IS ALSO 
  POSSIBLE WHICH WILL CREATE ICY SPOTS ON ROADWAYS. RAMPS... 
  BRIDGES...RAISED HIGHWAYS...AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ESPECIALLY 
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICY CONDITIONS. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH 
  WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL 
  PRODUCE REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

KSZ080-087>089-081130-
/O.EXA.KDDC.WW.Y.0007.110308T0600Z-110309T0600Z/
KIOWA-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...MEADE...
FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION
925 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY
NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING/DURATION...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE FREEZING
  DRIZZLE OR SLEET WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS
  PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW DURING
  THE PREDAWN HOURS AND ALL SNOW AFTER DAYBREAK. SNOW INTENSITY IS
  EXPECTED TO PEAK BETWEEN 4 AM AND 10 AM AND THEN TAPER OFF.

* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL
  PRODUCE ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY
  DAYBREAK WHICH WILL CREATE ICY SPOTS ON ROADWAYS. RAMPS...
  BRIDGES...RAISED HIGHWAYS...AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ESPECIALLY
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICY CONDITIONS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4
  INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA EARLY TUESDAY
  MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

KSZ064-065-074>079-084>086-081130-
/O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0007.110308T0600Z-110309T0600Z/
HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON-
STEVENS-SEWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...
JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...
MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...
RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET
925 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING/DURATION...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL WILL
  TRANSITION A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW BY MORNING AND THEN FOLLOWED
  BY ALL SNOW AROUND NOON. SNOW INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO PEAK BY
  EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN TAPER OFF SOUTH TO NORTH BY EVENING.

* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED 
  WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA. SOME LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATION IS 
  ALSO POSSIBLE WHICH WILL CREATE ICY SPOTS ON ROADWAYS. RAMPS...
   BRIDGES...RAISED HIGHWAYS...AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ESPECIALLY 
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICY CONDITIONS. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH 
  WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD 
  REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
766 
WWUS43 KDDC 081014
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
414 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011

...A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS TODAY...

.A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE FOUR CORNERS AREA AND
INTO WESTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN INTO CENTRAL KANSAS
THIS EVENING. THIS STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO
WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE
REST OF SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. THE LIGHTEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. 

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>063-081900-
/O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110309T0600Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA
414 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 /314 AM MST TUE MAR 8 2011/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. 

* TIMING/DURATION...AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TODAY
  WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL RAPIDLY
  TAPER OFF AFTER 4 TO 6 PM AND BECOME LIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED WITHIN
  THE WARNED AREA.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL
  CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

KSZ064-065-074>080-084>089-081900-
/O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110309T0600Z/
HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...
JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...
MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...
HAVILAND...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...
KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...
PROTECTION
414 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

* TIMING/DURATION...AREAS OF SNOW ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT FREEZING
  RAIN OR SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS MORNING AND THEN
  FOLLOWED BY ALL SNOW AROUND NOON. SNOW INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO
  PEAK BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN TAPER OFF SOUTH TO NORTH BY
  EVENING.

* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED 
  WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA. SOME LIGHT SLEET ACCUMULATION IS 
  ALSO POSSIBLE WHICH WILL CREATE ICY SPOTS ON ROADWAYS. RAMPS...
   BRIDGES...RAISED HIGHWAYS...AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ESPECIALLY 
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICY CONDITIONS. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL
  CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

06
030 
WWUS43 KDDC 081841
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1241 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011

...A WINTER STORM CONTINUES ACROSS KANSAS...

.A WINTER STORM WAS IN PROGRESS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO
OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF BY EVENING AS THIS SYSTEM EXITS
OUT OF THE AREA.

KSZ031-046-090600-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110309T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KDDC.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110309T0600Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER
1241 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* TIMING/DURATION...AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM THE
  SOUTH TO THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY
  MODERATE SNOWS EXPECTED. THIS ACTIVITY WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE
  EVENING OR POSSIBLY SOONER. 

* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ARE EXPECTED
  WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA. ROADS COULD BE SLICK.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH
  COULD CAUSE SOME SMALL AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW 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>080-084>089-081945-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110309T0600Z/
STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-MORTON-STEVENS-
SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...
SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION
1241 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON BUT IS NOT EXPECTED
TO REACH ADVISORY LEVELS.

$$

KSZ030-043>045-061>063-090600-
/O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110309T0600Z/
TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA
1241 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 /1141 AM MST TUE MAR 8 2011/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT.

* TIMING/DURATION...AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM THE
  SOUTH TO THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY
  MODERATE SNOWS EXPECTED. THIS ACTIVITY WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE
  EVENING OR POSSIBLY SOONER.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
  POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ROADS
  COULD BE SLICK.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH
  COULD CAUSE SOME SMALL AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

KSZ064-065-090600-
/O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110309T0600Z/
HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT
1241 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT.

* TIMING/DURATION...AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM THE
  SOUTH TO THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY
  MODERATE SNOWS EXPECTED. THIS ACTIVITY WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE
  EVENING OR POSSIBLY SOONER. 

* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ARE EXPECTED
  WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA. ROADS COULD BE SLICK.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH
  COULD CAUSE SOME SMALL AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

SUGDEN
174 
WWUS43 KDDC 082033
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
233 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011

...A WINTER STORM CONTINUES ACROSS KANSAS...

.A WINTER STORM WAS IN PROGRESS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO
OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF BY EVENING AS THIS SYSTEM
EXITS OUT OF THE AREA.

KSZ061-062-082145-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110309T0600Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD
233 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 /133 PM MST TUE MAR 8 2011/

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. 

SNOW WAS COMING TO AN END. NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION
IS EXPECTED.

$$

KSZ030-043>045-063-090600-
/O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110309T0600Z/
TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-FINNEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA
233 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

* TIMING/DURATION...AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM THE 
  SOUTH TO THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY 
  MODERATE SNOWS EXPECTED. THIS ACTIVITY WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE 
  EVENING OR POSSIBLY SOONER. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE 
  POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ROADS 
  COULD BE SLICK. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH 
  COULD CAUSE SOME SMALL AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

KSZ031-046-064-065-090600-
/O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110309T0600Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT
233 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

* TIMING/DURATION...AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM THE 
  SOUTH TO THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY 
  MODERATE SNOWS EXPECTED. THIS ACTIVITY WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE 
  EVENING OR POSSIBLY SOONER. 

* SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ARE 
  EXPECTED WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA. ROADS COULD BE SLICK. 

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH 
  COULD CAUSE SOME SMALL AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$
707 
WWUS43 KDDC 082342
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
542 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011

.ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS AS THE
STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST AWAY FROM THE
REGION. 

KSZ030-043>045-063-090045-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110309T0600Z/
TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-FINNEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA
542 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. 

ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED THIS EVENING
AS THE STORM MOVES AWAY FROM WESTERN KANSAS.

$$

KSZ031-046-064-065-090045-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110309T0600Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT
542 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED THIS EVENING
AS THE STORM MOVES AWAY FROM WESTERN KANSAS.

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 4:04 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchDDCEllis, Lane, Ness, Rush, Scott, Trego8 hr
Mar 6, 12:05 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDDCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 14 more54 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Kansas, 2011Every winter storm warning in 2011

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.