Alert archive / Kansas / Blizzard Warnings in 2013
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this blizzard warning at Feb 24, 2013, 4:08 AM CST for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 24, 2013, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 30 hr. 37 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
- Feb 24, 2013, 4:08 AM CST (10:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 27 counties
Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 1:30 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 10 W Pratt, KS | VISIBILITY RANGED FROM A QUARTER MILE TO A FEW TENS OF FEET THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. |
| Feb 25, 2:30 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 17 Sw St. John, KS | VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WAS REPORTED LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE FOR THE ENTIRE AFTERNOON. |
| Feb 25, 2:30 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 1 S Sawyer, KS | 1/8-1/4 MILE VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WAS REPORTED FOR THE ENTIRE MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. |
| Feb 25, 2:30 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Larned, KS | VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED TO AROUND 1/8 MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR SEVERAL HOURS WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. |
| Feb 25, 3:30 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 17 W Medicine Lodge, KS | SEVEN INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL WAS ESTIMATED. VISIBILTY WAS REPORTED AS BEING BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE TO NEAR ZERO FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. NEW SNOW DRIFTS IN COMBINATION WITH LEFTOVER SNOW FROM THE LAST EVENT CREATED TOTAL DRIFTS OF 5 TO 8 FEET. |
| Feb 25, 8:20 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 13 Se Coldwater, KS | THE OBSERVER HAD RAIN TO BEGIN THE EVENT BUT IT CHANGED TO SNOW AROUND 300 AM. |
| Feb 25, 8:25 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 17 Nw Ashland, KS | |
| Feb 25, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 9 E Greensburg, KS | |
| Feb 25, 8:50 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 19 Wnw Medicine Lodge, KS | THE OBSERVER REPORTED RAIN UNTIL ABOUT 3 AM |
| Feb 25, 8:50 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | 16 Nne St. John, KS | |
| Feb 25, 9:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Ashland, KS | NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY SINCE AROUND 5 OR 6 AM. HIGHWAY 183 AND 160 ACROSS THE COUNTY WAS CLOSED. |
| Feb 25, 9:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Meade, KS | VISIBILITY FREQUENTLY AROUND 100 FEET IN MODERATE SNOW BANDS. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE AROUND 5 OR 6AM |
| Feb 25, 9:30 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Bucklin, KS | LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY SINCE AROUND 6 AM ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF FORD COUNTY...ESPECIALLY AROUND BUCKLIN. |
| Feb 25, 9:30 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Coldwater, KS | NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY SINCE ABOUT 6 AM CAUSING CLOSURE OF HIGHWAY 160 WEST OF COLDWATER |
| Feb 25, 9:30 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Greensburg, KS | NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY SINCE AROUND 5 OR 6 AM CAUSING CLOSURE OF HIGHWAY 183 NORTH AND SOUTH OF GREENSBURG ACROSS KIOWA COUNTY |
| Feb 25, 11:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.2 | 2 E Dodge City, KS | OFFICIAL NWS OBSERVATION AT DODGE CITY AIRPORT THROUGH 11 AM. VISIBILITY RANGING ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW |
| Feb 25, 11:15 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Coldwater, KS | THE OBSERVER SAID THAT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WERE OCCURING OVER OPEN AREAS OUTSIDE OF COLDWATER EVEN WITHOUT MUCH SNOW FALLING. |
| Feb 25, 11:30 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 Ne Trousdale, KS | |
| Feb 25, 11:45 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Liberal, KS | BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN ONGOING SINCE ABOUT 8 AM AROUND THE LIBERAL AREA AND ACROSS SEWARD COUNTY. PEOPLE ARE GETTING STUCK IN SNOW DRIFTS IN LIBERAL. |
| Feb 25, 12:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 5 Nnw The Haggard Elev, KS | SNOWFALL WAS ONLY ABOUT AN INCH OR SO, BUT VISIBILITIES WERE RESTRICTED TO AROUND 1/10 MILE AT TIMES AND CONSISTENTLY AROUND 1/4 MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ALL MORNING. |
| Feb 25, 12:32 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 3 Nw Bison, KS | SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT AS OF NOON |
| Feb 25, 1:26 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Meade, KS | THIS WAS AN AVERAGE SNOWFALL ESTIMATE AT THE TIME ACROSS THE COUNTY RANGING FROM 3 INCHES IN THE NORTH TO 8 INCHES NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. |
| Feb 25, 2:30 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 10 W Pratt, KS | VISIBILITY RANGED FROM A QUARTER MILE TO A FEW TENS OF FEET THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. |
| Feb 25, 2:30 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 17 Sw St. John, KS | VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WAS REPORTED LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE FOR THE ENTIRE AFTERNOON. |
| Feb 25, 2:30 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 1 S Sawyer, KS | 1/8-1/4 MILE VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WAS REPORTED FOR THE ENTIRE MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING. |
| Feb 25, 2:30 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Larned, KS | VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED TO AROUND 1/8 MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR SEVERAL HOURS WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. |
| Feb 25, 3:30 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 17 W Medicine Lodge, KS | SEVEN INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL WAS ESTIMATED. VISIBILTY WAS REPORTED AS BEING BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE TO NEAR ZERO FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. NEW SNOW DRIFTS IN COMBINATION WITH LEFTOVER SNOW FROM THE LAST EVENT CREATED TOTAL DRIFTS OF 5 TO 8 FEET. |
| Feb 25, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 5 Ene Feterita, KS | |
| Feb 25, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | S Hudson, KS | TOTAL SNOW DEPTH ON THE GROUND WAS 14 INCHES. |
| Feb 25, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Wnw Garfield, KS | TOTAL SNOW DEPTH WAS ESTIMATED AT 15 INCHES. |
| Feb 25, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 6 E Kinsley, KS | TOTAL SNOW DEPTH WAS ESTIMATED AROUND 20 INCHES. |
| Feb 25, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 7 | 13 Nne Hudson, KS | |
| Feb 25, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 8 | 1 Ese Stafford, KS | TOTAL SNOW DEPTH WAS ESTIMATED AROUND 12 INCHES. |
| Feb 25, 11:00 PM CST | SNOW 12 | 1 W Sawyer, KS | MEASURED TWELVE INCHES OF NEW SNOW FELL ON THE 25TH, WHICH ADDED TO EXISTING SNOW, GAVE THIS LOCATION AN ESTIMATED 24 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. |
| Feb 25, 11:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 1 Ese Stafford, KS | WHITE OUT CONDITIONS CAUSED NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. |
| Feb 25, 11:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 6 E Kinsley, KS | NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES WERE OBSERVED UNTIL 4 PM MONDAY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW OCCURRED. |
| Feb 25, 11:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Wnw Garfield, KS | NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES WERE ENCOUNTERED THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 1063 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
540 WWUS43 KDDC 241008 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 408 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION EARLY THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES THROUGH NORTHWEST TEXAS INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT AND MONDAY. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. IN ADDITION, VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WHICH WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-241800- /O.UPG.KDDC.BZ.A.0001.130225T0000Z-130226T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.130225T0000Z-130226T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 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...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 408 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 /308 AM MST SUN FEB 24 2013/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ MONDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND LAST THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS...AROUND 2-4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF A HUGOTON TO KALVESTA TO HAYS LINE. WIDESPREAD 4 TO 10 INCH AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE WITH AMOUNTS NEAR A FOOT POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST OF AN ASHLAND TO STAFFORD LINE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...25 TO 40 MPH NORTH WINDS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 55 MPH... ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY MONDAY. WIDESPREAD AND PROLONGED VISIBILITY BELOW ONE-QUARTER OF A MILE AND FREQUENT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED. 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. YOU SHOULD POSTPONE ANY TRAVEL PLANNED FOR MONDAY. 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. && $$ GERARD
5 follow-up statements
238 WWUS43 KDDC 242027 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 227 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY... .UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE NEAR ENTERING THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES THIS AFTERNOON WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES THROUGH NORTHWEST TEXAS INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT AND MONDAY. BY THIS EVENING... SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. IN ADDITION... VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WHICH WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-251030- /O.CON.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.130225T0000Z-130226T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 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...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 227 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 /127 PM MST SUN FEB 24 2013/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE SUNDAY EVENING AND LAST THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. * SNOW AMOUNTS...AROUND 2-6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF A HUGOTON TO KALVESTA TO HAYS LINE. WIDESPREAD 6 TO 12 INCH AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN 16 AND 20 INCHES SOUTHEAST OF A MINNEOLA TO STAFFORD LINE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...25 TO 40 MPH NORTH WINDS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 55 MPH... ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY MONDAY. WIDESPREAD AND PROLONGED VISIBILITY BELOW ONE-QUARTER OF A MILE AND FREQUENT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED. 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. && $$ 33
810 WWUS43 KDDC 250956 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 356 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS TODAY... .UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS WILL CONTINUE EASTWARD INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY TODAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. FARTHER TO THE NORTH AND WEST ACROSS CENTRAL, WEST CENTRAL AND FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS, LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED BUT AMOUNTS WILL BE CONSIDERABLY LESS. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WHERE THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIER WITH MORE LOCALIZED VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS IN BLOWING SNOW FARTHER NORTH AND WEST. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>063-074-075-084-085-251800- /O.CAN.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130226T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WW.Y.0003.130225T0956Z-130226T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON- GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- 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...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW 356 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 /256 AM MST MON FEB 25 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS MORNING AND WILL BE DIMINISHING BY MIDDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...LOCALIZED AREAS OF VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE. SOME DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS AREA ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE.| 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. && $$ KSZ064>066-076>081-086>090-251800- /O.CON.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130226T0600Z/ HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA... SUN CITY 356 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA FROM LIBERAL THROUGH DODGE CITY AND LARNED. AREAS TO THE SOUTHEAST, AROUND PRATT, COLDWATER AND MEDICINE LODGE COULD SEE BETWEEN 12 AND 16 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 55 MPH. WIDESPREAD AND PROLONGED VISIBILITY BELOW ONE-QUARTER OF A MILE AND FREQUENT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ GERARD
034 WWUS43 KDDC 251756 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1156 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON... .UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WHERE THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIER WITH MORE LOCALIZED VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS IN BLOWING SNOW FARTHER NORTH AND WEST. KSZ030-043-044-061-062-074-251900- /O.CAN.KDDC.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130226T0000Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... JOHNSON CITY 1156 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 /1056 AM MST MON FEB 25 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE STEADY SNOW HAS ENDED BUT SCATTERED FLURRIES OR A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW REMAINS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH LATE DAY. $$ KSZ064>066-076>081-086>090-260200- /O.CON.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130226T0600Z/ HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA... SUN CITY 1156 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN NOON AND MIDNIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES IN THE AREA FROM LIBERAL THROUGH MEADE TO PRATT. SLIGHTLY LOWER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY NORTH OF THIS LINE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 55 MPH. WIDESPREAD AND PROLONGED VISIBILITY BELOW ONE-QUARTER OF A MILE AND FREQUENT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ031-045-046-063-075-084-085-260000- /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130226T0000Z/ ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...ULYSSES...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW 1156 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM IS EXPECTED TO BE ONE INCH OR LESS. * MAIN IMPACT...LOCALIZED AREAS OF VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE. SOME DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS AREA ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE.| 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. && $$ 18
024 WWUS43 KDDC 252135 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 335 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... .UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE MOVE ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING. STEADY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG AND NEAR A SAINT JOHN TO GREENSBURG TO ASHLAND LINE. . KSZ064-065-076>078-086-087-252245- /O.CAN.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130226T0600Z/ HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 335 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. ALTHOUGH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED, GUSTY NORTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH AND PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE MILE AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING OR DRIFTING SNOW. $$ KSZ031-045-046-063-075-084-085-252245- /O.CAN.KDDC.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130226T0000Z/ ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...ULYSSES...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW 335 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A FEW FLURRIES OR A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE AND MAY RESULT SOME BLOWING OR DRIFTING SNOW. $$ KSZ066-079>081-088>090-260545- /O.CON.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130226T0600Z/ STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA... SUN CITY 335 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THIS EVENT ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO NEAR 9 INCHES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WIDESPREAD AND PROLONGED VISIBILITY BELOW ONE- QUARTER OF A MILE AND FREQUENT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
383 WWUS43 KDDC 260602 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1202 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL END LATER TONIGHT... .LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AT MIDNIGHT. THE WIND HAS DECREASED SOMEWHAT BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW SHOULD COME TO AN END BEFORE SUNRISE AS THE UPPER LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WINTER WEATHER CONTINUES TO PULL AWAY FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS. KSZ066-079>081-089-090-261000- /O.EXP.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130226T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WW.Y.0004.130226T0602Z-130226T1000Z/ 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 1202 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 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 UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 4 AM BEFORE ENDING. * SNOW AMOUNTS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SNOW PACKED AND ICY CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE ROADS THAT ARE STILL OPEN TO BECOME DRIFTED OVER. 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. && $$ KSZ088-260715- /O.EXP.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130226T0600Z/ CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 1202 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF AND WINDS HAVE DECREASED. THEREFORE, THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ GERARD
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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.