Alert archive / Kansas / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this winter storm warning at Feb 19, 2013, 11:41 AM CST for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 20, 2013, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 39 hr. 60 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 19, 2013, 11:41 AM CST (17:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2013, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 39 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 17:40 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 20, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Dighton, KS | SNOW WAS ESTIMATED AT 4 TO 5 INCHES AS OF 9 AM. |
| Feb 20, 9:30 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 8 Wnw Hardtner, KS | |
| Feb 20, 9:45 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 9 Se Clark State Lake, KS | SNOWFALL WAS ESTIMATED FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES. |
| Feb 20, 11:05 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 Sse Kiowa, KS | |
| Feb 20, 11:10 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 5 S Offerle, KS | |
| Feb 20, 11:20 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Wnw Sawyer, KS | |
| Feb 20, 11:25 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 5 S Iuka, KS | |
| Feb 20, 11:26 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | E Cullison, KS | |
| Feb 20, 11:28 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Ene Haviland, KS | |
| Feb 20, 11:30 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Nne Greensburg, KS | |
| Feb 20, 11:32 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Ene Mullinville, KS | |
| Feb 20, 11:40 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Ese Stafford, KS | |
| Feb 20, 11:45 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 4 N St. John, KS | |
| Feb 20, 11:47 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 7 Nnw Gray, KS | |
| Feb 20, 11:48 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 5 Sse La Crosse, KS | |
| Feb 20, 11:50 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 3 N Trousdale, KS | |
| Feb 20, 11:50 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 5 Wsw Gray, KS | |
| Feb 20, 11:52 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 7 Nw Bellefont, KS | |
| Feb 20, 11:54 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Nnw Kinsley, KS | |
| Feb 20, 11:55 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Ese Jetmore, KS | |
| Feb 20, 11:55 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 10 Sw Greensburg, KS | |
| Feb 20, 11:57 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 11 Wnw Jetmore, KS | |
| Feb 20, 11:58 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 4 Nw Manning, KS | SNOWFALL WAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES. |
| Feb 20, 11:58 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Hardtner, KS | |
| Feb 20, 11:58 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 6 S Utica, KS | |
| Feb 20, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 6 Ese Kalvesta, KS | |
| Feb 20, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Ellis, KS | |
| Feb 20, 12:11 PM CST | SNOW 6 | N Utica, KS | |
| Feb 20, 12:15 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 9 W Garfield, KS | |
| Feb 20, 12:18 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 10 Sw Ness City, KS | |
| Feb 20, 12:20 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 5 E Frizell, KS | |
| Feb 20, 12:25 PM CST | SNOW 6.5 | 4 E Rozel, KS | |
| Feb 20, 12:26 PM CST | SNOW 6 | E Brownell, KS | |
| Feb 20, 12:27 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 8 Ene Ash Valley, KS | |
| Feb 20, 12:35 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Nnw Burdett, KS | |
| Feb 20, 12:37 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 9 S Alexander, KS | |
| Feb 20, 1:35 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Liebenthal, KS | |
| Feb 20, 2:25 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 1 Nne Cedar Bluff, KS | |
| Feb 20, 2:30 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 8 S Trego Center, KS | |
| Feb 20, 2:35 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Ese Wakeeney, KS | |
| Feb 20, 2:49 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 5 W Pratt, KS | |
| Feb 20, 3:05 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Sw Ness City, KS | |
| Feb 20, 3:15 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 4 Sw Antonino, KS | |
| Feb 20, 3:20 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Wnw Hays, KS | |
| Feb 20, 4:04 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Holcomb, KS | |
| Feb 20, 7:45 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 1 N Ellis, KS | |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 8 | 2 Nnw Dodge City, KS | |
| Feb 21, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Garden City, KS | |
| Feb 21, 9:20 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Lakin, KS | |
| Feb 21, 9:20 AM CST | SNOW 12 | Shields, KS | |
| Feb 21, 9:35 AM CST | SNOW 12.4 | 5 Se Iuka, KS | |
| Feb 21, 9:40 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 20 Nnw Elkhart, KS | |
| Feb 21, 9:40 AM CST | SNOW 12 | Pratt, KS | |
| Feb 21, 9:43 AM CST | SNOW 12 | Ensign, KS | |
| Feb 21, 9:49 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Dodge City, KS | |
| Feb 21, 10:05 AM CST | SNOW 13 | 1 W Hanston, KS | |
| Feb 21, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Minneola, KS | |
| Feb 21, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 8 | 9 Se Clark State Lake, KS | FOUR INCHES OF NEW SNOW FELL FROM 7 AM TO 1030 AM. |
| Feb 21, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 14 | Rozel, KS | |
| Feb 21, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 14.2 | 8 N Jetmore, 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, 5.7 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
- 1486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
412 WWUS43 KDDC 191741 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1141 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM HEADED TO SOUTHWEST KANSAS... .A HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE, ALTHOUGH A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS AS WELL. KSZ030-031-043>046-062>066-076>081-087>090-200500- /O.UPG.KDDC.WS.A.0001.130220T1200Z-130222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WS.W.0001.130220T1200Z-130222T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD... HUDSON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1141 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM THURSDAY. * SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH EXACT SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...CURRENT THINKING IS THAT 8 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM WAKEENEY TO NESS CITY TO KINSLEY TO SAINT JOHN. FURTHER SOUTH AND WEST, SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD MIX WITH THE SNOW AND LIMIT ACCUMULATIONS TO 6 TO 10 INCHES FOR PLACES LIKE GARDEN CITY, DODGE CITY, MEADE, ASHLAND, GREENSBURG, PRATT AND MEDICINE LODGE. * MAIN IMPACT...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SCOTT CITY TO NESS CITY TO LA CROSSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE BECOMING LESS LIKELY, SOME ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWER LINES AND POSSIBLY EVEN ON ROAD SURFACES DEPENDING ON EXACT TEMPERATURES. * OTHER IMPACTS...ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN CAUSE SLICK SIDEWALKS AND ROADS DEPENDING ON THE TEMPERATURE OF THE PAVEMENT. FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD LEAD TO SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS AS EARLY AS 6 AM WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ KSZ074-084-085-200500- /O.EXA.KDDC.WS.A.0001.130220T1200Z-130222T0000Z/ STANTON-MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW 1141 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM THURSDAY. * SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS: ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH EXACT SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...CURRENT THINKING IS THAT SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS RAIN WEDNESDAY BEFORE CHANGING TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN, SLEET AND SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND SNOW AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE BECOMING LESS LIKELY, SOME ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWER LINES AND POSSIBLY EVEN ON ROAD SURFACES DEPENDING ON EXACT TEMPERATURES.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ KSZ061-075-086-200500- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.A.0001.130220T1200Z-130222T0000Z/ HAMILTON-GRANT-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...ULYSSES...LIBERAL...KISMET 1141 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 /1041 AM MST TUE FEB 19 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM THURSDAY. * SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS: ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH EXACT SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...CURRENT THINKING IS THAT SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS RAIN WEDNESDAY BEFORE CHANGING TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN, SLEET AND SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE BECOMING LESS LIKELY, SOME ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWER LINES AND POSSIBLY EVEN ON ROAD SURFACES DEPENDING ON EXACT TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ FINCH
11 follow-up statements
931 WWUS43 KDDC 192110 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 310 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM HEADED TO SOUTHWEST KANSAS... .A HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE...ALTHOUGH A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS AS WELL. KSZ030-031-043>046-062>066-076>081-087>090-200500- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.130220T1200Z-130222T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD... HUDSON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 310 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM THURSDAY. * SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH EXACT SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS, CURRENT THINKING IS THAT 8 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DIGHTON TO DODGE CITY TO PRATT. LESSER AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED FURTHER SOUTH AND WEST AND SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD MIX IN WITH THE SNOW. THEREFORE, SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 6 TO 10 INCHES FOR PLACES LIKE GARDEN CITY...MEADE...ASHLAND...AND MEDICINE LODGE. * MAIN IMPACT...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SCOTT CITY TO NESS CITY TO LA CROSSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE BECOMING MUCH LESS LIKELY...SOME ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWER LINES AND POSSIBLY EVEN ON ROAD SURFACES DEPENDING ON EXACT TEMPERATURES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE NORTH AT 15 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN CAUSE SLICK SIDEWALKS AND ROADS DEPENDING ON THE TEMPERATURE OF THE PAVEMENT. FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD LEAD TO SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS AS EARLY AS 6 AM WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ KSZ061-074-075-084>086-200500- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.A.0001.130220T1200Z-130222T0000Z/ HAMILTON-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET 310 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 /210 PM MST TUE FEB 19 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM THURSDAY. * SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH EXACT SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...CURRENT THINKING IS THAT SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS RAIN WEDNESDAY BEFORE CHANGING TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE BECOMING MUCH LESS LIKELY...SOME ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWER LINES AND POSSIBLY EVEN ON ROAD SURFACES DEPENDING ON EXACT TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ FINCH
463 WWUS43 KDDC 192123 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 323 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM HEADED TO SOUTHWEST KANSAS... .A HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE...ALTHOUGH A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS AS WELL. KSZ030-031-043>046-062>066-076>081-087>090-200500- /O.EXT.KDDC.WS.W.0001.130220T0900Z-130222T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD... HUDSON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 323 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN IN MEADE AND COLDWATER AROUND 3 OR 4 AM WEDNESDAY AND THEN SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH 8 AM. * SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH EXACT SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS... CURRENT THINKING IS THAT 8 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DIGHTON TO DODGE CITY TO PRATT. LESSER AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED FURTHER SOUTH AND WEST AND SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD MIX IN WITH THE SNOW. THEREFORE... SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 6 TO 10 INCHES FOR PLACES LIKE GARDEN CITY...MEADE...ASHLAND...AND MEDICINE LODGE. * MAIN IMPACT...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE BECOMING MUCH LESS LIKELY...SOME ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWER LINES AND POSSIBLY EVEN ON ROAD SURFACES DEPENDING ON EXACT TEMPERATURES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE NORTH AT 15 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN CAUSE SLICK SIDEWALKS AND ROADS DEPENDING ON THE TEMPERATURE OF THE PAVEMENT. FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD LEAD TO SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS AS EARLY AS 6 AM WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ KSZ061-074-075-084>086-200500- /O.EXT.KDDC.WS.A.0001.130220T0900Z-130222T0000Z/ HAMILTON-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET 323 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 /223 PM MST TUE FEB 19 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...RAIN, SNOW OR SLEET WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM WEDNESDAY AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AND SLEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH EXACT SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...CURRENT THINKING IS THAT SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS RAIN WEDNESDAY BEFORE CHANGING TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE BECOMING MUCH LESS LIKELY...SOME ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWER LINES AND POSSIBLY EVEN ON ROAD SURFACES DEPENDING ON EXACT TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ FINCH
052 WWUS43 KDDC 200439 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1039 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS HEADED TOWARDS SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE, PRODUCING MORE THAN 15 INCHES OF SNOW IN PLACES. A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE, IN A FEW AREAS. KSZ061-074-075-084>086-201245- /O.UPG.KDDC.WS.A.0001.130220T0900Z-130222T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.WS.W.0001.130220T0900Z-130222T0000Z/ HAMILTON-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET 1039 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 /939 PM MST TUE FEB 19 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN...SNOW OR SLEET WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AND SLEET BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THE EXACT SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...CURRENT THINKING IS THAT SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY BEFORE CHANGING TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ONLY SNOW IS EXPECTED EARLY THURSDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE NOT EXPECTED...SOME ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWER LINES AND POSSIBLY EVEN ON ROAD SURFACES DEPENDING ON EXACT TEMPERATURES. 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>046-062>066-076>081-087>090-201245- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.130220T0900Z-130222T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD... HUDSON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1039 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN IN THE MEADE AND COLDWATER AREAS AROUND 3 OR 4 AM WEDNESDAY AND THEN SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH 8 AM. * SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH EXACT SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...THE CURRENT THINKING IS THAT 8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DIGHTON TO DODGE CITY TO PRATT. LESSER AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED FURTHER SOUTH AND WEST...AND SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD MIX IN WITH THE SNOW. THEREFORE... SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 6 TO 10 INCHES FOR PLACES LIKE GARDEN CITY...MEADE...ASHLAND...AND MEDICINE LODGE. * MAIN IMPACT...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE NOT EXPECTED...SOME ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWER LINES AND POSSIBLY EVEN ON SOME ROAD SURFACES DEPENDING ON EXACT TEMPERATURES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE NORTH AT 15 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN CAUSE SLICK SIDEWALKS AND ROADS DEPENDING ON THE TEMPERATURE OF THE PAVEMENT. FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD LEAD TO SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS AS EARLY AS 9 AM WEDNESDAY. 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. && $$ 12
676 WWUS43 KDDC 201040 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 440 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LOW WILL TRACK FROM CALIFORNIA TO ARIZONA TODAY...AND FROM NEW MEXICO TO SOUTHWEST KANSAS THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE WITH THIS STORM...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-201900- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ 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 440 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 /340 AM MST WED FEB 20 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD 6 TO 12 INCHES. A CORRIDOR OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS FROM WAKEENEY TO HAYS...SOUTH TO CIMARRON TO DODGE CITY WILL SEE 12 TO 16 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. * MAIN IMPACT...A SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION TO ALL TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY...AS SNOW AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES OR MORE WILL LIKELY LEAD TO IMPASSIBLE ROADS AND FORCE ROAD CLOSURES. * OTHER IMPACTS...A SOUTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY AND ALSO RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH. 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. && $$ UMSCHEID
409 WWUS43 KDDC 201726 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1126 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LOW WILL TRACK FROM CALIFORNIA TO ARIZONA TODAY... AND FROM NEW MEXICO TO SOUTHWEST KANSAS THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE WITH THIS STORM...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. KSZ030-031-043>046-062>066-076>081-087>090-210500- /O.EXT.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD... HUDSON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1126 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD 10 TO 20 INCHES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM DIGHTON TO NESS CITY TO HAYS. * MAIN IMPACT...A SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION TO ALL TRAVEL... ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS SOME ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSIBLE. ROAD CLOSURES MAY OCCUR AS WELL. * OTHER IMPACTS...A SOUTHEAST WIND AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY AND ALSO RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH. 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. && $$ KSZ061-074-075-084>086-210500- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ HAMILTON-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET 1126 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 /1026 AM MST WED FEB 20 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD 6 TO 12 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...A SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION TO ALL TRAVEL... ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...A SOUTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY AND ALSO RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ FINCH
438 WWUS43 KDDC 202253 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 453 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LOW WILL TRACK FROM CALIFORNIA TO ARIZONA TODAY... AND FROM NEW MEXICO TO SOUTHWEST KANSAS THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE WITH THIS STORM...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. KSZ030-031-043>046-062>066-076>081-087>090-210700- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD... HUDSON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 453 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD 10 TO 20 INCHES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM DIGHTON TO NESS CITY TO HAYS. * MAIN IMPACT...A SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION TO ALL TRAVEL... ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS SOME ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSIBLE. ROAD CLOSURES MAY OCCUR AS WELL. * OTHER IMPACTS...A SOUTHEAST WIND AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY AND ALSO RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH. 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. && $$ KSZ061-074-075-084>086-210700- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ HAMILTON-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET 453 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 /353 PM MST WED FEB 20 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD 6 TO 12 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...A SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION TO ALL TRAVEL... ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...A SOUTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY AND ALSO RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ 12
745 WWUS43 KDDC 210225 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 825 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .A STRONG UPPER LOW WILL TRACK EAST OUT OF ARIZONA INTO NEW MEXICO TONIGHT...THEN LIFT NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS THURSDAY. SNOW WILL REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS. SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. KSZ030-031-043>046-062>066-076>081-087>090-211030- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD... HUDSON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 825 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD 10 TO 20 INCHES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM DIGHTON TO NESS CITY TO HAYS. * MAIN IMPACT...A SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION TO ALL TRAVEL... ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS SOME ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSIBLE. ROAD CLOSURES MAY OCCUR AS WELL. * OTHER IMPACTS...AN EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY RANGING FROM 15 TO 25 MPH. 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. && $$ KSZ061-074-075-084>086-211030- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ HAMILTON-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET 825 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 /725 PM MST WED FEB 20 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD 6 TO 12 INCHES. * MAIN IMPACT...A SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION TO ALL TRAVEL... ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...AN EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY RANGING FROM 15 TO 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ 32
319 WWUS43 KDDC 210853 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 253 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES EARLY THIS MORNING AND OUT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY EVENING. WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY AND WILL EVENTUALLY TAPER FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHEAST BY TONIGHT. KSZ030-031-043>046-062>066-076>081-087>090-220000- /O.EXT.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD... HUDSON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 253 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. * SNOW AMOUNTS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED NORTHEAST OF LINE FROM NESS CITY TO SAINT JOHN. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY BLOWING SNOWFALL AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. VISIBILITY COULD BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL MAKE ROADS VERY DIFFICULT TO CLEAR. SIGNIFICANT SNOW DRIFTS ARE LIKELY. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. * OTHER IMPACTS...AN EAST WIND AT 20 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH TODAY AND WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH. 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. && $$ KSZ061-074-075-084>086-220000- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ HAMILTON-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET 253 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 /153 AM MST THU FEB 21 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. * SNOW AMOUNTS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY BLOWING SNOWFALL AND SNOW PACKED ROADS. VISIBILITY COULD BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL MAKE ROADS VERY DIFFICULT TO CLEAR. SIGNIFICANT SNOW DRIFTS ARE LIKELY. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. * OTHER IMPACTS...AN EAST WIND AT 20 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH TODAY AND WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SUGDEN
958 WWUS43 KDDC 211638 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1038 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES EARLY THIS MORNING AND OUT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY EVENING. WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY AND WILL EVENTUALLY TAPER FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHEAST BY TONIGHT. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-220000- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ 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 1038 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 /938 AM MST THU FEB 21 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY WILL BE ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM HUGOTON TO GARDEN CITY AND DODGE CITY AND NORTHWARD TO WAKEENEY. ANOTHER BAND OF HEAVIER SNOW TODAY WILL BE FROM KINSLEY TO LACROSSE. LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN FAR WESTERN KANSAS AT PLACES LIKE SYRACUSE, JOHNSON AND ELKHART WHERE UP TO 6 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS STILL POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT DUR TO SNOW PACKED ROADS. VISIBILITY COULD BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. * OTHER IMPACTS...A NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND AT 20 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO 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. && $$ FINCH
835 WWUS43 KDDC 211838 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1238 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY EVENING. WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY AND WILL EVENTUALLY TAPER FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHEAST BY TONIGHT. KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-211945- /O.CAN.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW 1238 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 /1138 AM MST THU FEB 21 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE SNOW HAS TAPPERED OFF TO FLURRIES ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-220000- /O.CON.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...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 1238 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW AMOUNTS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION. THE HEAVIEST SNOW THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM JETMORE TO NESS CITY TO HAYS. * MAIN IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT DUR TO SNOW PACKED ROADS. VISIBILITY COULD BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. * OTHER IMPACTS...A NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND AT 20 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO 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. && $$ FINCH
270 WWUS43 KDDC 212357 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 557 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...THE WINTER STORM IS FINALLY WINDING DOWN... .AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST, WINTER WEATHER WILL RAPIDLY WIND DOWN THIS EVENING. THEREFORE, NO MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-220100- /O.EXP.KDDC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130222T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON... LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY... LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 557 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW RAPIDLY DECREASED BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM CST. LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY IN THE WAKEENEY, HAYS AND LARDED AREAS. THUS, THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST. $$ 12
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 19, 5:54 AM CST, 5 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 5:54 AM CST, 5 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 554 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 ...UPDATED FOR AVIATION... .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 337 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 THREE SYNOPTIC LOWS WERE AFFECTING NORTH AMERICA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE EASTERNMOST LOW WAS EXITING THE EASTERN CANADIAN MARITIMES. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY AN UPPER LOW ENTERING THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THE WESTERNMOST LOW WAS DIGGING SOUTHWARD JUST OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST...WHICH IS THE LOW THAT WILL CAUSE OUR HIGH-IMPACT WINTER WEATHER EVENT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE 250MB UPPER LEVEL CHART AT 19.00Z INDICATED A 150 KNOT JET STREAK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOW WHICH WILL ALLOW THE CONTINUED DIGGING OF THE TROUGH INTO CALIFORNIA TODAY. MID AND LOW LEVEL COLD ADVECTION WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS IN THE WAKE OF THE GREAT LAKES LOW. A LOW LEVEL ARCTIC FRONT AT THE SURFACE EXTENDED FROM NEAR THE IOWA-MISSOURI BORDER NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA. 09Z SURFACE OBSERVATION DEWPOINTS SUGGEST THE LEADING EDGE OF THE ARCTIC BOUNDARY IS PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT FARTHER SOUTHWEST THAN THE 3HR NAM12 MODEL WAS FORECASTING. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 337 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 THE SENSIBLE WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE RATHER UNEVENTFUL AHEAD OF THE STORM. THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT WERE LARGELY UNCHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. THE ARCTIC FRONT AT THE SURFACE WILL CONTINUE ITS PUSH SOUTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS MORNING...REACHING NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS BY MID DAY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS AIRMASS WILL NOT REACH WEST CENTRAL OR SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...SO HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD REACH THE MID TO UPPER 40S EVERYWHERE. SURFACE WIND BY LATE AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHEAST IN RESPONSE TO LOWERING PRESSURE ACROSS COLORADO. FOR TONIGHT...THE WIND WILL BACK TO MORE OF AN EAST SOUTHEAST DIRECTION...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...WHICH WILL ALLOW DRIER AIR FROM THE MENTIONED ARCTIC AIRMASS TO PULL WESTWARD TOWARD WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS. WITH THE WINDS STAYING UP IN THE 12 TO 16 KNOT RANGE TONIGHT...WE SHOULD SEE TEMPERATURES BOTTOMING OUT IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S NORTHEAST OF A DIGHTON TO STAFFORD LINE...AND UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30 SOUTHWEST OF THAT LINE. THE FIRST WAVE OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE MOVING IN AROUND 09Z...WITH THE LOW STRATUS ADVECTING NORTHWARD THROUGH WEST TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA BY THIS TIME AS WELL...THE PRECURSORS TO OUR UPCOMING STORM (AS DISCUSSED IN THE LONG TERM SECTION). .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 337 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 THE MAIN FOCUS OF THIS EXTENDED FORECAST SHIFT WAS SPENT ON THE CHANGES AND ADJUSTMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE MODELS ARE TRENDING MORE IN FAVOR TOWARD A SOLUTION THAT TRACKS A SURFACE SLOW ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTH TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BY LATE THURSDAY. THESE TYPES OF TRACKS ARE QUITE FAVORABLE FOR BANDED SNOWFALL ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS. THE GENERAL TREND OF THE LATEST ECMWF IS ALSO SLIGHTLY FARTHER SOUTH THAN PREVIOUS RUNS. ALL OF THE MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT ABOUT A PERIOD OF IMPRESSIVE ISENTROPIC LIFT OCCURRING AS THE LEADING NOSE OF THE JET APPROACHES WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE, AS EASTERLY SURFACE WINDS TRANSPORT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE UPSLOPE. THE BEST CHANCES FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE ACROSS THE COLDER SECTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS AS OPPOSED TO THE WARMER SOUTHWEST REGIONS. WITH TIME A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW COULD BE POSSIBLE AS THE ISENTROPIC LIFT BECOME MORE INTENSE AND CAUSES SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH LIFT FOR DYNAMIC COOLING, AND LIFTING A SATURATED LAYER INTO THE MORE FAVORABLE DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE. THE MODELS IN GENERAL ARE PROBABLY ALL OVER-FORECASTING THE 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTALS TO SOME EXTENT, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES TOWARD THE STATE LINE. THE REASON IS THAT THE WARM LAYER ALOFT WILL LIKELY SPREAD FARTHER NORTH THAN THE MODELS PREDICT, ALLOWING A PERIOD OF SLEET TO DEVELOP BEFORE SNOW BANDING FROM THE COLD DEFORMATION AXIS CAN DEVELOP. THE 6 INCH TOTALS NEAR THE STATE LINE CAN PROBABLY CAN BE CUT IN HALF, HOWEVER, SINCE A PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND/OR FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY TO OCCUR BEFORE SNOWS DEVELOP OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS, AREAS SOUTH OF A GARDEN CITY TO LARNED LINE HAVE THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR A MIXED PHASE PRECIPITATION WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW ON TOP OF A COUPLE OF TENTHS OF AN INCH OR MORE OF ICE (A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET). IN LIGHT OF THE CONCERN FOR EXCESSIVE MIXED PHASE OR EVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER BANDED SNOW AMOUNTS AS THE NAM IS ATTEMPTING TO DEVELOP FARTHER WEST, THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED FARTHER SOUTHWEST TO COVER AREAS FROM AROUND SYRACUSE TO LIBERAL. ADDITIONALLY A MAJOR SHIFT TO MUCH HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH TO AROUND GARDEN CITY AND DODGE CITY WERE MADE AS HIGHER CONFIDENCE IS BEING GAINED IN THE LIKELY AXIS OF HEAVY BANDED SNOW. A WIDESPREAD FOOT OF SNOW ACROSS THE AREA NORTH OF HIGHWAY K-96 IS APPEARING MORE LIKELY. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 551 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MOST OF THIS TAF PERIOD BEFORE VISIBILITY BEGINS TO DETERIORATE LATE IN THE PERIOD (AFTER 09 UTC WEDNESDAY). A WIND SHIFT TO THE EASTERLY DIRECTION IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH SURFACE WINDS MIXING ENOUGH TO SEE GUSTS AROUND 25 KNOTS THROUGH 00 UTC. GUSTS WILL CEASE THOUGH THE EVENING BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN ONCE THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASES ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ADVECTION WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD STRATUS AND PROBABLY SOME MVFR FOG INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY THE VERY END OF THE TAF PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 50 28 30 26 / 0 20 90 100 GCK 50 28 32 26 / 0 20 70 100 EHA 51 30 38 30 / 0 20 50 80 LBL 52 30 35 31 / 0 30 70 80 HYS 45 22 27 24 / 0 10 90 100 P28 51 28 30 29 / 0 20 90 100 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-075>081-086>090. && SYNOPSIS...UMSCHEID SHORT TERM...UMSCHEID LONG TERM...RUSSELL AVIATION...RUSSELL
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 19, 4:35 AM CST, 7 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 435 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-201045- 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- 435 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013 /335 AM MST TUE FEB 19 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT, WHICH MAY CAUSE SLICK ELEVATED SURFACES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL KANSAS, BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE SEE THE WINTER STORM WATCH MESSAGE FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. ICE AND SNOW AMOUNTS RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ARE APPRECIATED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC 33
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Sources
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