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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this winter storm warning at Jan 31, 2016, 1:56 PM CST for 13 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It took effect at Feb 1, 2016, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 36 hr. 59 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
- Jan 31, 2016, 1:56 PM CST (19:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 1, 2:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 8 Nnw Stratton, CO | |
| Feb 1, 3:25 PM CST | SNOW 1 | St. Francis, KS | VISIBILITY RANGING FROM A 1/4 MILE TO A MILE |
| Feb 1, 4:15 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Colby, KS | |
| Feb 1, 4:15 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Clarkville, CO | |
| Feb 1, 4:30 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Bird City, KS | |
| Feb 1, 5:58 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Goodland, KS | |
| Feb 1, 6:27 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 9 Nne Kit Carson, CO | |
| Feb 1, 6:27 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Kit Carson, CO | |
| Feb 1, 6:45 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Clarkville, CO | |
| Feb 1, 11:17 PM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Se Benkelman, NE | NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Feb 1, 11:30 PM CST | SNOW 5 | St. Francis, KS | |
| Feb 1, 11:45 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 7 N Hill City, KS | TWO INCHES OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS. ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED. |
| Feb 2, 12:14 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Oakley, KS | VISIBILITY 1/2 MILE OR LESS. SOME DRIFTING. |
| Feb 2, 5:30 AM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Oakley, KS | 0.77INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT. |
| Feb 2, 6:01 AM CST | SNOW 8.8 | Goodland, KS | OFFICIAL NWS OBSERVATION. BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES. DRIFTS TO 2 FEET TALL WITH A COUPLE A LITTLE HIGHER. |
| Feb 2, 6:13 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Hoxie, KS | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT. ESTIMATED MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW. SNOW DEPTH RANGES FROM BARE GROUND 1.5+ FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Feb 2, 6:20 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Culbertson, NE | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 2, 6:46 AM CST | SNOW 10 | Yuma, CO | ESTIMATE OF 10 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IN YUMA. DRIFTS UP TO 3 FEET. MANY ROADS CLOSED INCLUDING HWY 385 AND HWY 36. |
| Feb 2, 6:48 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Hill City, KS | SHERIFF MEASURED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW NOW IN HILL CITY. |
| Feb 2, 6:54 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Bogue, KS | 7 TO 8 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IN BOGUE. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Feb 2, 6:58 AM CST | SNOW 0 | St. Francis, KS | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS GROUND BLIZZARD...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW BAND. DRIFTS 2-3 FEET. |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Colby, KS | |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Grainfield, KS | |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 9.5 | 1 E Hill City, KS | |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 10 | 1 E St. Francis, KS | 10+ INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED. DRIFTS UP TO 4 FEET. |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 10 | Norton, KS | |
| Feb 2, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 14.3 | Park, KS | |
| Feb 2, 7:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 9 Nne Kit Carson, CO | ALSO HAS 4 FOOT DRIFTS |
| Feb 2, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 1 E Hill City, KS | VISIBILITY HAS BEEN A QUARTER OF MILE FOR AT LEAST THE LAST HALF HOUR. |
| Feb 2, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 10 | 12 Nw Goodland, KS | WHITE OUT CONDITIONS, ROADS CLOSED. |
| Feb 2, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 10 | Burlington, CO | |
| Feb 2, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 14 | Sharon Springs, KS | |
| Feb 2, 8:20 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Vernon, CO | 3 FOOT DRIFTS. RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER. |
| Feb 2, 8:20 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Clarkville, CO | 8 TO 9 INCHES. 3 TO 4 FOOT DRIFTS. RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER |
| Feb 2, 8:39 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | Oberlin, KS | |
| Feb 2, 9:06 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 4 E Hoxie, KS | REPORT OF 12 INCHES OF SNOW WITH 4 FEET DRIFTS. |
| Feb 2, 9:27 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Kirk, CO | RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER. 6 TO 8 INCHES ESTIMATED. 3 FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Feb 2, 9:27 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Oakley, KS | UPDATED SNOW TOTAL. CURRENT VISIBILITY 1/4SM TO 100 YARDS. LESS AT TIMES. |
| Feb 2, 9:27 AM CST | SNOW 10 | Clarkville, CO | RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER. 8 TO 10 INCHES ESTIMATED. 3 FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Feb 2, 9:27 AM CST | SNOW 10 | Idalia, CO | RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER. 8 TO 10 INCHES ESTIMATED. 3 FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Feb 2, 9:27 AM CST | SNOW 10 | Yuma, CO | RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER. 8 TO 10 INCHES ESTIMATED. 3 FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Feb 2, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Joes, CO | |
| Feb 2, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 14 | Bird City, KS | 12 TO 14 ESTIMATED. |
| Feb 2, 10:40 AM CST | SNOW 14 | Bird City, KS | 12 TO 14 ESTIMATED. |
| Feb 2, 10:43 AM CST | SNOW 12.8 | Atwood, KS | RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER. 0.89 LIQUID. |
| Feb 2, 10:52 AM CST | SNOW 14 | St. Francis, KS | 12 TO 14 INCHES. |
| Feb 2, 2:40 PM CST | SNOW 11 | Colby, KS | DRIFTS TO 3 FEET. REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Feb 2, 2:40 PM CST | SNOW 13 | Hoxie, KS | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Feb 2, 3:04 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 7 Nw Atwood, KS | DRIFTS OF 3 FEET IN SOME SPOTS. |
| Feb 2, 3:10 PM CST | SNOW 9 | 19 N Parks, NE | DRIFTS WERE UP TO 6 FT IN AREAS |
| Feb 2, 3:11 PM CST | SNOW 12 | Haigler, NE | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Feb 2, 3:46 PM CST | SNOW 15 | Park, KS | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Feb 2, 3:49 PM CST | SNOW 12 | Wray, CO | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Feb 2, 3:51 PM CST | SNOW 10.5 | Eckley, CO | DRIFTS UP TO THREE FEET |
| Feb 2, 4:11 PM CST | SNOW 9 | 11 N Atwood, KS | DRIFTS AS HIGH AS 3 FEET IN AREAS...VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Feb 2, 4:22 PM CST | SNOW 14 | Bird City, KS | |
| Feb 2, 4:30 PM CST | SNOW 12.5 | Gove, KS | |
| Feb 2, 4:33 PM CST | SNOW 12 | 10 Ssw Goodland, KS | |
| Feb 2, 6:03 PM CST | SNOW 11 | Rexford, KS | DRIFTS AROUND 5.5 FEET...VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 100 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
978 WWUS43 KGLD 311956 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1256 PM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION MONDAY INTO TUESDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE FOUR CORNERS REGION ON SUNDAY NIGHT...ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...AND INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION BY LATE TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS REGION AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-010700- /O.UPG.KGLD.WS.A.0001.160201T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.WS.W.0001.160201T1200Z-160203T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON... GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY... QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 1256 PM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 /156 PM CST SUN JAN 31 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ MONDAY TO 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ MONDAY TO 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...THE ENTIRE TRI STATE REGION. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION FROM EARLY MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE BULK OF THE SNOWFALL SHOULD OCCUR FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL...ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...COULD CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING REDUCED VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. && $$
9 follow-up statements
729 WWUS43 KGLD 010814 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 114 AM MST MON FEB 1 2016 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-011615- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0001.160201T1200Z-160203T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON... GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY... QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 114 AM MST MON FEB 1 2016 /214 AM CST MON FEB 1 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ EARLY THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE ENTIRE TRI STATE REGION. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE BULK OF THE SNOWFALL SHOULD OCCUR FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL...ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...COULD CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING REDUCED VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. && $$
042 WWUS43 KGLD 011014 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 314 AM MST MON FEB 1 2016 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-012100- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0001.160201T1200Z-160203T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON... GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY... QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 314 AM MST MON FEB 1 2016 /414 AM CST MON FEB 1 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE ENTIRE TRI STATE REGION. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE BULK OF THE SNOWFALL SHOULD OCCUR FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL...ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...COULD CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING REDUCED VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. && $$
187 WWUS43 KGLD 012012 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 112 PM MST MON FEB 1 2016 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-020700- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON... GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY... QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 112 PM MST MON FEB 1 2016 /212 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE ENTIRE TRI STATE REGION. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. * TIMING...GOING INTO TONIGHT...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION INTO TUESDAY MORNING...TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...EASTERLY 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...BECOMING NORTH-NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL...ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...COULD CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING REDUCED VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. && $$
466 WWUS43 KGLD 020235 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 735 PM MST MON FEB 1 2016 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-021200- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON... GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY... QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 735 PM MST MON FEB 1 2016 /835 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE ENTIRE TRI STATE REGION. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 13 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST BECOMING NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL...ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY COULD CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. && $$
533 WWUS43 KGLD 020345 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 845 PM MST MON FEB 1 2016 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-021200- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON... GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY... QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 845 PM MST MON FEB 1 2016 /945 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE ENTIRE TRI STATE REGION. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 13 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. HIGHEST AMOUNTS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL...ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY COULD CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. && $$
754 WWUS43 KGLD 020445 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 945 PM MST MON FEB 1 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL GO INTO EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE AREA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM REMAINS ON TRACK TO PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE FOR THOSE IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING. OUTSIDE OF THE BLIZZARD WARNING EXPECT SIMILAR CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES EXCEPT VISIBILITIES WILL BE AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE. KSZ002>004-014>016-NEZ080-081-021200- /O.NEW.KGLD.BZ.W.0001.160202T1100Z-160203T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KGLD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160202T1100Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...TRENTON...MCCOOK 1045 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CST TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...BLIZZARD WARNING GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 25. * TIMING/DURATION...BLIZZARD WARNING 5 AM CST THROUGH 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 9 TO 13 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL WITH RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR AND STRONG WINDS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS AND FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...WITH TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. MONITOR LOCAL FORECASTS BEFORE DECIDING TO VENTURE OUTSIDE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AND YOU BECOME STRANDED... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027>029-041-042-NEZ079-021200- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-LOGAN- GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN 945 PM MST MON FEB 1 2016 /1045 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE ENTIRE TRI STATE REGION EXCEPT NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 25. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 9 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL...ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY COULD CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. && $$
613 WWUS43 KGLD 020953 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 253 AM MST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL GO INTO EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE AREA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE ACROSS THE REGION. POOR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST TODAY WITH EVEN WORSE CONDITIONS LATER THIS MORNING ACROSS THE AREA HIGHLIGHTED BY A BLIZZARD WARNING. KSZ002>004-014>016-NEZ080-081-021800- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160202T1100Z/ /O.CON.KGLD.BZ.W.0001.160202T1100Z-160203T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...TRENTON...MCCOOK 353 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM CST UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BLIZZARD WARNING GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 25. * TIMING/DURATION...BLIZZARD WARNING 5 AM CST THROUGH 6 PM CST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 14 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL WITH RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR AND STRONG WINDS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. ROAD CLOSURES ARE LIKELY...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS AND FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...WITH TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. MONITOR LOCAL FORECASTS BEFORE DECIDING TO VENTURE OUTSIDE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AND YOU BECOME STRANDED... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027>029-041-042-NEZ079-021800- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-LOGAN- GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN 253 AM MST TUE FEB 2 2016 /353 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...THE ENTIRE TRI STATE REGION EXCEPT NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 25. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL...ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY COULD CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE... INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. && $$
025 WWUS43 KGLD 021741 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1041 AM MST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE TRI STATE AREA... AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...STRONG WIND GUSTS...AND REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE IN BOTH WARNED AREAS UNDER BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM SHIFTS EASTWARD. HOWEVER...BLOWING SNOW AND GROUND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXPERIENCED AT TIMES FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN STRONGER WIND GUSTS WITH BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW. WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE AFTER 6 PM CST / 5 PM MST TONIGHT. KSZ002>004-014>016-NEZ080-081-030000- /O.CON.KGLD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...TRENTON...MCCOOK 1141 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS AND FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...WITH TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. MONITOR LOCAL FORECASTS BEFORE DECIDING TO VENTURE OUTSIDE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AND YOU BECOME STRANDED... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES. && $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027>029-041-042-NEZ079-030000- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-LOGAN- GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN 1041 AM MST TUE FEB 2 2016 /1141 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL CREATE BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. && $$
845 WWUS43 KGLD 030003 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 503 PM MST TUE FEB 2 2016 KSZ002>004-014>016-NEZ080-081-030115- /O.EXP.KGLD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON...COLBY... HOXIE...HILL CITY...TRENTON...MCCOOK 603 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING WILL SLOWLY DECREASE. VISIBILITIES WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE...THEREFORE THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001-013-027>029-041-042-NEZ079-030115- /O.EXP.KGLD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/ YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-SHERMAN-WALLACE-LOGAN- GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...GOODLAND...SHARON SPRINGS... OAKLEY...QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN 503 PM MST TUE FEB 2 2016 /603 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING WILL SLOWLY DECREASE. VISIBILITIES WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 31, 1:44 PM CST, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 1:44 PM CST, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1244 PM MST SUN JAN 31 2016
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1244 PM MST SUN JAN 31 2016
HAVE UPDATED THE FORECAST FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR THE ENTIRE TRI STATE REGION. PLEASE REFER TO THE
LATEST WARNING PRODUCT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 217 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016
UPPER FLOW WILL BE ZONAL TODAY AND THEN SOUTHWEST TONIGHT AHEAD OF
AN UPPER TROUGH THAT WILL MOVE INTO NEVADA. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST SO THAT BY MONDAY NIGHT IT SHOULD BE OVER THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. THE LOW WILL THEN MOVE INTO CENTRAL KANSAS
TUESDAY AND NORTHEAST KANSAS TUESDAY NIGHT. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
WILL RESIDE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A SURFACE LOW
WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO MONDAY AND THEN INTO
NORTHCENTRAL OKLAHOMA MONDAY NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO
SOUTHEAST KANSAS TUESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVE INTO NORTHWEST
KANSAS TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT.
CURRENT RADAR HAS RETURNS OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF KIT CARSON
AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN COLORADO. THERE MAY BE SOME LIGHT SNOW
FALLING IN THAT AREA. PLAN TO INCLUDE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT
SNOW THIS MORNING UNTIL AROUND 15Z
GFS AND NAM MOISTURE AND FORCING LOOK GOOD AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES
THROUGH FROM 06Z MONDAY THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY. MODELS ARE IN DECENT
AGREEMENT WITH THE PATH OF THE LOW AND IT IS FAVORABLE FOR THE FA
RECEIVING SNOW. FORCING BEGINS AROUND 06Z MONDAY AND ENDS NO LATER
THAN 00Z WEDNESDAY. GFS FORCING ENDS AT 18Z TUESDAY. THE BEST
FORCING AND MORE INTENSE SNOWFALL OCCURS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY
NIGHT. THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A DRY SLOT WHICH HAS PLAGUED
SYSTEMS EARLIER THIS WINTER. WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS INDICATE THAT
PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ALL SNOW THROUGH THE ENTIRE TIME. SNOW
AMOUNTS ARE STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN, ESPECIALLY THE UNUSUALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS. SINCE THE LOW IS PROGGED TO TAKE A FAVORABLE TRACK
WILL CONTINUE AMOUNTS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS FORECAST WHICH ARE A
GOOD BLEND BETWEEN THE LOWER AND HIGHER AMOUNTS. ONE EXCEPTION IS
THAT HIGHER AMOUNTS SHOULD BE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70.
PLAN TO KEEP ONGOING WATCH IN ORDER TO WAIT FOR ONE MORE MODEL RUN
SO THAT THE SYSTEM CAN BE SAMPLED MORE. THIS WOULD HELP REFINE SNOW
AMOUNTS FOR PURPOSES OF UPGRADING THE WATCH. HOWEVER, PLAN TO EXTEND
THE WATCH TO INCLUDE ALL OF TUESDAY SINCE THERE WILL BE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DURING THIS TIME EVEN THOUGH SNOWFALL
RATES WILL BR DECREASING.
MAX TEMPERATURES TODAY SHOULD RISE INTO THE LOWER TO MID 40S WITH
UPPER 40S IN THE FAR EASTERN FA. MAX TEMPERATURES TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 20S TO AROUND 30. MIN TEMPERATURES
SUNDAY NIGHT WILL COOL TO THE LOWER TO MID 20S. LOW TEMPERATURES
MONDAY NIGHT WILL FALL TO THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S. SINGLE
DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT.
.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 104 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016
FAIRLY QUIET LONG TERM PERIOD EXPECTED WITH NO PRECIPITATION IN
THE FORECAST. A VERY WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH COMES THROUGH ON
WEDNESDAY ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE DEPARTING SYSTEM BUT WILL NOT
HAVE SUFFICIENT MOISTURE. A SHORTWAVE RIDGE FOLLOWS ON THURSDAY
FOLLOWED QUICKLY BY A SOMEWHAT STRONG TROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY. THAT SYSTEM MAY BRING A FEW FLURRIES BUT ONCE AGAIN
MOISTURE WILL BE LACKING FOR ANYTHING MORE SIGNIFICANT. RIDGE WILL
THEN SLOWLY REBUILD ACROSS THE ROCKIES NEXT WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES
WILL BE BELOW NORMAL THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1047 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016
VFR TO IFR CONDITIONS FORECAST FOR THE TAFS. NO IMPACT TO
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON OR MOST OF THE EVENING. WINDS WILL TURN
TO THE EAST THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE NIGHT AS THE SURFACE RIDGE MOVES
THROUGH. BEHIND THE RIDGE A BAND OF SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA
FROM THE WEST TONIGHT...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE SNOW FALLING WEST
OF THE TAF SITES. AS THIS BAND MOVES NORTH THE MAIN SNOW EVENT
MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTH DURING THE MORNING. ANTICIPATE AN HOUR OR
TWO LULL INBETWEEN THE SEPARATE SNOW EVENTS. EXPECT MORE IMPACT
TO THE TAF SITES WITH THE SNOW DURING THE MORNING AS
CEILING/VISIBILITY LOWERS TO IFR.
&&
.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ MONDAY TO 5 PM MST
/6 PM CST/ TUESDAY FOR KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042.
CO...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY FOR
COZ090>092.
NE...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ MONDAY TO 5 PM MST
/6 PM CST/ TUESDAY FOR NEZ079>081.
&&
UPDATE...JN
SHORT TERM...FS
LONG TERM...024
AVIATION...JTLHazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 4:02 AM CST, 9 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 302 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-011015- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 302 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 /402 AM CST SUN JAN 31 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO THIS EVENING AND THEN SPREAD EAST OF THE COLORADO BORDER OVERNIGHT. ROADS MAY BECOME SNOWPACKED AND SLICK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... A STRONG WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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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.