Alert archive / Kansas / Blizzard Warnings in 2012
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this blizzard warning at Dec 18, 2012, 3:44 PM CST for 8 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 19, 2012, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 9 hr. 8 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 18, 2012, 3:44 PM CST (21:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2012, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Ellis County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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 19, 7:40 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Wakeeney, KS | THE SNOW IS VERY HARD TO MEASURE BUT ESTIMATE AROUND 2 INCHES. |
| Dec 19, 7:42 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Scott City, KS | SNOW HARD TO MEASURE AND ESTIMATED OF 1 TO 2 INCHES |
| Dec 19, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 9 Nnw Modoc, KS | SNOW ACCUMULATED TO 1 TO 2 INCHES. |
| Dec 19, 9:30 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Hays, KS | |
| Dec 19, 10:30 PM CST | SNOW 2 | La Crosse, KS | RUSH COUNTY ESTIMATES 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. |
| Dec 19, 10:36 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Larned, KS | |
| Dec 19, 10:40 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Jetmore, KS | HODGEMAN COUNTY ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. |
| Dec 19, 10:45 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Ness City, KS | NESS COUNTY ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES BUT VERY HARD TO ESTIMATE. THEY HAD SOME WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ALSO. |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 2519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 98 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
098 WWUS43 KDDC 182144 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 344 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS PROBABLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL PUSH A STRONG COLD FRONT SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS MAINLY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT ALONG WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW. THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND POSSIBLE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96 WILL SEE THE GREATEST IMPACTS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. KSZ074>076-182245- /O.CAN.KDDC.BZ.A.0001.121219T1800Z-121220T0900Z/ STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA 344 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WATCH. THE BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED IN THIS AREA. HOWEVER...SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION AND BLOWING OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES. $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-190545- /O.UPG.KDDC.BZ.A.0001.121219T1800Z-121220T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.121219T2000Z-121220T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER 344 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ079-190545- /O.EXB.KDDC.BZ.A.0001.121219T2000Z-121220T0600Z/ EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINSLEY...LEWIS 344 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES BETWEEN HIGHWAY 50 AND HIGHWAY 96. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ KSZ061>065-077-078-190545- /O.EXT.KDDC.BZ.A.0001.121219T2000Z-121220T0600Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRAY-FORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN 344 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 /244 PM MST TUE DEC 18 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES BETWEEN HIGHWAY 50 AND HIGHWAY 96. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ HOVORKA 42
5 follow-up statements
804 WWUS43 KDDC 190347 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 947 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS PROBABLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL PUSH A STRONG COLD FRONT SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS MAINLY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT ALONG WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW. THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND POSSIBLE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96 WILL SEE THE GREATEST IMPACTS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. KSZ030-031-043>046-191200- /O.CON.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.121219T2000Z-121220T0600Z/ 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 947 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITY MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ061>065-077>079-191200- /O.CON.KDDC.BZ.A.0001.121219T2000Z-121220T0600Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS 947 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 /847 PM MST TUE DEC 18 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES BETWEEN HIGHWAY 50 AND HIGHWAY 96. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITY MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ SUGDEN
428 WWUS43 KDDC 191056 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 456 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS PROBABLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AS IT DOES, A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. BEHIND THE FRONT STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW. THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KANSAS GENERALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96 AND POSSIBLY AS FAR SOUTH AS JETMORE AND LARNED. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96 WILL SEE THE GREATEST IMPACTS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS, SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM A HALF INCH ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER TO 1 TO 2 INCHES AROUND STAFFORD. SOME LOCALIZED AREAS COULD SEE VISIBILITY BRIEFLY REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. KSZ061>063-077-078-191200- /O.CAN.KDDC.BZ.A.0001.121219T2000Z-121220T0600Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-GRAY-FORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN 456 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 /356 AM MST WED DEC 19 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WATCH. $$ KSZ064-065-192200- /O.UPG.KDDC.BZ.A.0001.121219T2000Z-121220T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.121219T2100Z-121220T0600Z/ HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT 456 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITY MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-192200- /O.EXT.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.121219T2100Z-121220T0600Z/ 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 456 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITY MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ079-192200- /O.UPG.KDDC.BZ.A.0001.121219T2000Z-121220T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WW.Y.0005.121220T0000Z-121220T0600Z/ EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINSLEY...LEWIS 456 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES WHICH COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ KSZ066-080-081-089-090-192200- /O.NEW.KDDC.WW.Y.0005.121220T0000Z-121220T0600Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 456 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 50 RANGING DOWNWARD TO A HALF INCH AROUND MEDICINE LODGE AND COLDWATER. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES WHICH COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
266 WWUS43 KDDC 191644 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1044 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS PROBABLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AS IT DOES... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. BEHIND THE FRONT STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW. THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KANSAS GENERALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96 AND POSSIBLY AS FAR SOUTH AS JETMORE AND LARNED. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96 WILL SEE THE GREATEST IMPACTS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM A HALF INCH ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER TO 1 TO 2 INCHES AROUND STAFFORD. SOME LOCALIZED AREAS COULD SEE VISIBILITY BRIEFLY REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. KSZ066-079>081-089-090-191745- /O.CAN.KDDC.WW.Y.0005.121220T0000Z-121220T0600Z/ STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1044 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED AND REPLACED WITH A HIGH WIND WARNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA...AS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE FORECAST WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH AT TIMES. UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE. $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-064-065-200045- /O.CON.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.121219T2100Z-121220T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT 1044 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITY MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
297 WWUS43 KDDC 192327 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 527 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS PROBABLE THIS EVENING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT. HIGH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 50 OR 60 MPH ARE LIKELY, ALONG WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW, AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THIS COMBINATION WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. KSZ030-031-043>046-064-065-200600- /O.CON.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121220T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT 527 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THIS EVENING UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITY MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ 06
352 WWUS43 KDDC 200542 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1142 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ENDING... .AS THE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO PULL AWAY FROM CENTRAL KANSAS AND MOVES EAST, AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ALONG WITH IMPROVING VISIBILITIES. KSZ030-031-043>046-064-065-200645- /O.EXP.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121220T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT 1142 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A FEW AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST UNTIL 2 AM, HOWEVER SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE GENERALLY ABOVE A MILE ALONG WITH GRADUALLY DECREASING WINDS. $$ 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 9:43 AM CST | High Wind Watch | DDC | Clark, Grant, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward and 2 more | 19 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.