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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this winter storm warning at Jan 14, 2017, 10:08 AM MST for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; 6 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It took effect at Jan 15, 2017, 3:00 AM MST. It was in force for 38 hr. 25 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 14, 2017, 10:08 AM MST (17:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 15, 2017, 3:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2017, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 38 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 10:15 AM MST | ICE STORM | Trenton, NE | POWER OUTAGE. MORE THAN 500 AFFECTED. |
| Jan 15, 10:34 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | Benkelman, NE | POWER OUT IN BENKELMAN AND SURROUNDING AREA. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 15, 10:34 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | Benkelman, NE | POWER OUT IN BENKELMAN AND SURROUNDING AREA. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 15, 1:53 PM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | Wray, CO | ABOUT 1/8 INCH OF ICE. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 15, 2:45 PM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.12 | 12 Nnw Stratton Ne, NE | ABOUT 1/8 INCH OF ICE. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 15, 4:59 PM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Goodland, KS | ICE ACCRETION TOTAL AS OF THE 5PM MST OBSERVATION AT THE NWS GOODLAND OFFICE. |
| Jan 16, 5:00 AM MST | ICE STORM 0.25 | Culbertson, NE | 0.25 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN. 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Jan 16, 5:00 AM MST | ICE STORM 0.26 | Goodland, KS | 0.26 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN. 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Jan 16, 7:30 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 6 N Wild Horse, CO | |
| Jan 16, 7:36 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.33 | Atwood, KS | CALLER REPORTS 0.75 INCH OF RAIN AND ABOUT 0.33 INCH OF ICE. |
| Jan 16, 7:45 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Flagler, CO | IN THE LAST HOUR SNOW INTENSITY HAS PICKED UP WITH THE VISIBILITY AT A QUARTER TO A HALF MILE. |
| Jan 16, 8:06 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Oberlin, KS | ABOUT ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ON TREE BRANCHES AND DECK. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 16, 8:18 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | 10 S Brewster, KS | SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 0.5 AND 0.75 INCH OF ICE. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 16, 8:54 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | 9 Se Benkelman, KS | MEASURED ON FENCING. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 16, 9:07 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Cheyenne Wells, CO | |
| Jan 16, 9:22 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Colby, KS | CURRENT ICE BUILDUP...BEGINNING TRANSITION TO SNOW |
| Jan 16, 10:30 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Gem, KS | HALF INCH ACCUMULATION. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 16, 10:36 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | St. Francis, KS | ABOUT ONE HALF INCH OF SNOW IN WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS TO EAST. |
| Jan 16, 12:20 PM MST | SNOW 5.5 | Yuma, CO | LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING. |
| Jan 16, 2:24 PM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Haigler, NE | |
| Jan 16, 2:28 PM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Trenton, NE | |
| Jan 16, 2:35 PM MST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | Sharon Springs, KS | |
| Jan 16, 2:37 PM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Burlington, CO | 1 INCH OF SNOW |
| Jan 16, 2:51 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 2 E Vona, CO | |
| Jan 16, 3:09 PM MST | SNOW 7 | 1 E Flagler, CO |
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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 1199 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
924 WWUS43 KGLD 141708 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1008 AM MST SAT JAN 14 2017 ...HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS STILL EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHERN KANSAS AND MOVE NORTH. WHILE A FEW SHOWERS CANT BE RULED OUT MOST OF TODAY WILL REMAIN DRY WITH MEASURABLE FREEZING RAIN SPREADING SOUTH TO NORTH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT CHANGING TO SLEET SUNDAY. THIS WILL BE A PROLONGED EVENT WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT PARTICULARLY IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS. HEAVY SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. LOCATIONS IN THE ICE STORM WARNING ARE STILL ON TRACK TO HAVE IMPACTS TO BOTH TRAVEL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES...THOUGH THERE COULD BE A DELAY ON THE ICING ONSET UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING. COZ090>092-KSZ001>003-013-014-027-NEZ079>081-150115- /O.UPG.KGLD.WS.A.0001.170115T0900Z-170117T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.WS.W.0001.170115T1000Z-170117T0200Z/ YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS- DECATUR-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...ARAPAHOE... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...BIRD CITY...ATWOOD...OBERLIN... GOODLAND...COLBY...SHARON SPRINGS...BENKELMAN...CULBERTSON... TRENTON...STRATTON NE...PALISADE...MCCOOK 1008 AM MST SAT JAN 14 2017 /1108 AM CST SAT JAN 14 2017/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MST /4 AM CST/ SUNDAY TO 7 PM MST /8 PM CST/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MST /4 AM CST/ SUNDAY TO 7 PM MST /8 PM CST/ MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SLEET UP TO ONE HALF INCH AND SNOW UP TO 4 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...WINTRY MIX BEGINS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MODERATE SNOW BEGINS SUNDAY NIGHT AND LASTS THROUGH MONDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * LOCATIONS... * HAZARD TYPES... 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. && $$ KSZ004-015-016-028-029-041-042-150115- /O.CON.KGLD.IS.W.0001.170115T0000Z-170116T1800Z/ NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY... QUINTER...GRINNELL...GRAINFIELD...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 1008 AM MST SAT JAN 14 2017 /1108 AM CST SAT JAN 14 2017/ ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ MONDAY... * IMPACTS... HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES...TREE DAMAGE ALSO POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATING ICE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE A CHANGE TO SNOW ON MONDAY. ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD END MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE TO AT LEAST ONE QUARTER INCH...RESULTING IN A THICK COATING OF ICE ON ROADS...POWER LINES AND TREES. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. && $$
9 follow-up statements
027 WWUS43 KGLD 141927 CCA WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1227 PM MST SAT JAN 14 2017 ...HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS STILL EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHERN KANSAS AND MOVE NORTH. WHILE A FEW SHOWERS CANT BE RULED OUT MOST OF TODAY WILL REMAIN DRY WITH MEASURABLE FREEZING RAIN SPREADING SOUTH TO NORTH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT CHANGING TO SLEET SUNDAY. THIS WILL BE A PROLONGED EVENT WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT PARTICULARLY IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS. HEAVY SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. LOCATIONS IN THE ICE STORM WARNING ARE STILL ON TRACK TO HAVE IMPACTS TO BOTH TRAVEL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES...THOUGH THERE COULD BE A DELAY ON THE ICING ONSET UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING. COZ090>092-KSZ001>003-013-014-027-NEZ079>081-150730- /O.UPG.KGLD.WS.A.0001.170115T0900Z-170117T0000Z/ /O.COR.KGLD.WS.W.0001.170115T1000Z-170117T0200Z/ YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS- DECATUR-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...ARAPAHOE... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...BIRD CITY...ATWOOD...OBERLIN... GOODLAND...COLBY...SHARON SPRINGS...BENKELMAN...CULBERTSON... TRENTON...STRATTON NE...PALISADE...MCCOOK 1227 PM MST SAT JAN 14 2017 /127 PM CST SAT JAN 14 2017/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MST /4 AM CST/ SUNDAY TO 7 PM MST /8 PM CST/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MST /4 AM CST/ SUNDAY TO 7 PM MST /8 PM CST/ MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SLEET UP TO ONE HALF INCH AND SNOW UP TO 4 TO 6 INCHES. * TIMING...WINTRY MIX BEGINS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MODERATE SNOW BEGINS SUNDAY NIGHT AND LASTS THROUGH MONDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. 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. && $$ KSZ004-015-016-028-029-041-042-150730- /O.CON.KGLD.IS.W.0001.170115T0000Z-170116T1800Z/ NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY... QUINTER...GRINNELL...GRAINFIELD...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 1227 PM MST SAT JAN 14 2017 /127 PM CST SAT JAN 14 2017/ ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ MONDAY... * IMPACTS... HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES...TREE DAMAGE ALSO POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATING ICE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE A CHANGE TO SNOW ON MONDAY. ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD END MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE TO AT LEAST ONE QUARTER INCH...RESULTING IN A THICK COATING OF ICE ON ROADS...POWER LINES AND TREES. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. && $$
511 WWUS43 KGLD 142011 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 111 PM MST SAT JAN 14 2017 ...HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS STILL EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHERN KANSAS AND MOVE NORTH. WHILE A FEW SHOWERS CANT BE RULED OUT MOST OF TODAY WILL REMAIN DRY WITH MEASURABLE FREEZING RAIN SPREADING SOUTH TO NORTH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT CHANGING TO SLEET SUNDAY. THIS WILL BE A PROLONGED EVENT WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT PARTICULARLY IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS. HEAVY SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. LOCATIONS IN THE ICE STORM WARNING ARE STILL ON TRACK TO HAVE IMPACTS TO BOTH TRAVEL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES...THOUGH THERE COULD BE A DELAY ON THE ICING ONSET UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING. KSZ004-015-016-028-029-041-042-150600- /O.CON.KGLD.IS.W.0001.170115T0000Z-170116T1800Z/ NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY... QUINTER...GRINNELL...GRAINFIELD...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 111 PM MST SAT JAN 14 2017 /211 PM CST SAT JAN 14 2017/ ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ MONDAY... * IMPACTS... HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES...TREE DAMAGE ALSO POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATING ICE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE A CHANGE TO SNOW ON MONDAY. ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD END MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE TO AT LEAST ONE QUARTER INCH...RESULTING IN A THICK COATING OF ICE ON ROADS...POWER LINES AND TREES. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. && $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001>003-013-014-027-NEZ079>081-150600- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0001.170115T1000Z-170117T0200Z/ YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS- DECATUR-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...ARAPAHOE... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...BIRD CITY...ATWOOD...OBERLIN... GOODLAND...COLBY...SHARON SPRINGS...BENKELMAN...CULBERTSON... TRENTON...STRATTON NE...PALISADE...MCCOOK 111 PM MST SAT JAN 14 2017 /211 PM CST SAT JAN 14 2017/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MST /4 AM CST/ SUNDAY TO 7 PM MST /8 PM CST/ MONDAY... * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 6 INCHES, ISOLATED UP TO 7 INCHES. * TIMING...WINTRY MIX BEGINS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MODERATE SNOW BEGINS SUNDAY NIGHT AND LASTS THROUGH MONDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. && $$
879 WWUS43 KGLD 150603 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1103 PM MST SAT JAN 14 2017 ...HIGH IMPACT WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS STILL EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS AND MOVE NORTH OVERNIGHT AND CHANGE TO SLEET SUNDAY. THIS WILL BE A PROLONGED EVENT WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT PARTICULARLY IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS. HEAVY SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. LOCATIONS IN THE ICE STORM WARNING ARE STILL ON TRACK TO HAVE IMPACTS TO BOTH TRAVEL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. KSZ004-015-016-028-029-041-042-151600- /O.CON.KGLD.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170116T1800Z/ NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY... QUINTER...GRINNELL...GRAINFIELD...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 1103 PM MST SAT JAN 14 2017 /1203 AM CST SUN JAN 15 2017/ ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ MONDAY... * IMPACTS... HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES...TREE DAMAGE ALSO POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. ACCUMULATING ICE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE A CHANGE TO SNOW ON MONDAY. ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD END MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE TO AT LEAST ONE QUARTER INCH...RESULTING IN A THICK COATING OF ICE ON ROADS...POWER LINES AND TREES. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. && $$ COZ090>092-KSZ001>003-013-014-027-NEZ079>081-151600- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0001.170115T1000Z-170117T0200Z/ YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS- DECATUR-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...ARAPAHOE... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...BIRD CITY...ATWOOD...OBERLIN... GOODLAND...COLBY...SHARON SPRINGS...BENKELMAN...CULBERTSON... TRENTON...STRATTON NE...PALISADE...MCCOOK 1103 PM MST SAT JAN 14 2017 /1203 AM CST SUN JAN 15 2017/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MST /4 AM CST/ SUNDAY TO 7 PM MST /8 PM CST/ MONDAY... * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION BEGINS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MODERATE SNOW BEGINS SUNDAY NIGHT AND LASTS THROUGH MONDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. && $$
945 WWUS43 KGLD 150945 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 245 AM MST SUN JAN 15 2017 ...WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .A WINTER STORM IS BEGINNING TO IMPACT THE REGION AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SPREAD FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS NORTHWARD. SEVERAL WAVES OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY EVENTUALLY TRANSITIONING TO SNOW BY THIS EVENING FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH ARE STILL EXPECTED IN THE AREA OF THE ICE STORM WARNING...AS WELL AS SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. PARTS OF EASTERN COLORADO AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WILL SEE LESS ICE BUT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE MONDAY. HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL TEND TO BE OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. COZ090-152000- /O.CAN.KGLD.WS.W.0001.170115T1000Z-170117T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KGLD.WW.Y.0001.170115T1200Z-170117T0200Z/ YUMA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY 245 AM MST SUN JAN 15 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...WITH BRIEF ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING. MODERATE SNOW BEGINS SUNDAY TONIGHT AND LASTS THROUGH MONDAY...TAPERING OFF MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH ON MONDAY. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ004-015-016-028-029-041-042-152000- /O.CON.KGLD.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170116T1800Z/ NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY... QUINTER...GRINNELL...GRAINFIELD...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 245 AM MST SUN JAN 15 2017 /345 AM CST SUN JAN 15 2017/ ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ MONDAY... * IMPACTS... HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE ALSO POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE INCH OF SLEET POSSIBLE. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING TRANSITIONING TO SLEET THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN SNOW TONIGHT. MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD END MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH MONDAY. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE TO AT LEAST ONE QUARTER INCH...RESULTING IN A THICK COATING OF ICE ON ROADS...POWER LINES AND TREES. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. && $$ COZ091-092-KSZ001>003-013-014-027-NEZ079>081-152000- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0001.170115T1000Z-170117T0200Z/ KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-DECATUR- SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...ARAPAHOE... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...BIRD CITY...ATWOOD...OBERLIN... GOODLAND...COLBY...SHARON SPRINGS...BENKELMAN...CULBERTSON... TRENTON...STRATTON NE...PALISADE...MCCOOK 245 AM MST SUN JAN 15 2017 /345 AM CST SUN JAN 15 2017/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST /8 PM CST/ MONDAY... * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET POSSIBLE. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN NORTHWEST KANSAS. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING TRANSITIONING TO SLEET BY MIDDAY AND SNOW BY TONIGHT. MODERATE SNOW BEGINS LATE TONIGHT AND LASTS THROUGH MONDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH MONDAY. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. 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. && $$
701 WWUS43 KGLD 151822 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1122 AM MST SUN JAN 15 2017 ...WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .A WINTER STORM IS CURRENTLY IMPACTING THE REGION AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SPREAD FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS NORTHWARD. SEVERAL WAVES OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY EVENTUALLY TRANSITIONING TO SNOW BY THIS EVENING FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH ARE STILL EXPECTED IN THE AREA OF THE ICE STORM WARNING...AS WELL AS SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. PARTS OF EASTERN COLORADO AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WILL SEE LESS ICE BUT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE MONDAY. HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL TEND TO BE OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. KSZ004-015-016-028-029-041-042-160600- /O.CON.KGLD.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170116T1800Z/ NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY... QUINTER...GRINNELL...GRAINFIELD...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 1122 AM MST SUN JAN 15 2017 /1222 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017/ ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ MONDAY... * IMPACTS... HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE ALSO POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH. * SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE INCH OF SLEET POSSIBLE. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON TRANSITIONING TO SLEET AND THEN SNOW TONIGHT. MODERATE SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD END MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE TO AT LEAST ONE QUARTER INCH...RESULTING IN A THICK COATING OF ICE ON ROADS...POWER LINES AND TREES. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. && $$ COZ091-092-KSZ001>003-013-014-027-NEZ079>081-160600- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170117T0200Z/ KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-DECATUR- SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...ARAPAHOE... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...BIRD CITY...ATWOOD...OBERLIN... GOODLAND...COLBY...SHARON SPRINGS...BENKELMAN...CULBERTSON... TRENTON...STRATTON NE...PALISADE...MCCOOK 1122 AM MST SUN JAN 15 2017 /1222 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST /8 PM CST/ MONDAY... * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET POSSIBLE. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN NORTHWEST KANSAS. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING TRANSITIONING TO SLEET BY MIDDAY AND SNOW BY TONIGHT. MODERATE SNOW BEGINS LATE TONIGHT AND LASTS THROUGH MONDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. 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. && $$ COZ090-160600- /O.CON.KGLD.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170117T0200Z/ YUMA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY 1122 AM MST SUN JAN 15 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...WITH BRIEF ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING. MODERATE SNOW BEGINS SUNDAY TONIGHT AND LASTS THROUGH MONDAY...TAPERING OFF MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
028 WWUS43 KGLD 160613 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1113 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2017 ...WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... .AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW AS THE WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO LIFT OUT ACROSS THE PLAINS STATES TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE AREA OF THE ICE STORM WARNING. PARTS OF EASTERN COLORADO AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WILL SEE LESS ICE BUT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL TEND TO BE OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. KSZ004-015-016-028-029-041-042-161600- /O.CON.KGLD.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170116T1800Z/ NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY... QUINTER...GRINNELL...GRAINFIELD...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 1113 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2017 /1213 AM CST MON JAN 16 2017/ ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ MONDAY... * IMPACTS... HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE ALSO POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...GREATER THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. * SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE INCH OF SLEET POSSIBLE. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. MODERATE SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD END MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE TO AT LEAST ONE QUARTER INCH...RESULTING IN A THICK COATING OF ICE ON ROADS...POWER LINES AND TREES. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. && $$ COZ091-092-KSZ001>003-013-014-027-NEZ079>081-161600- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170117T0200Z/ KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-DECATUR- SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...ARAPAHOE... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...BIRD CITY...ATWOOD...OBERLIN... GOODLAND...COLBY...SHARON SPRINGS...BENKELMAN...CULBERTSON... TRENTON...STRATTON NE...PALISADE...MCCOOK 1113 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2017 /1213 AM CST MON JAN 16 2017/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST /8 PM CST/ MONDAY... * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST KANSAS. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. MODERATE SNOW IS POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. && $$ COZ090-161600- /O.CON.KGLD.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170117T0200Z/ YUMA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY 1113 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...WITH BRIEF ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT AND TAPER OFF BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
452 WWUS43 KGLD 160956 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 256 AM MST MON JAN 16 2017 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TODAY... .AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST AS THE WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO LIFT OUT ACROSS THE PLAINS STATES THIS MORNING WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST KANSAS THIS MORNING. SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WILL SEE LESS ICE BUT MODERATE SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL TEND TO BE OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AFTER SUNRISE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. EASTERN COLORADO WILL SEE LESS ICE AND SNOW TOTALS TODAY. COZ091-092-162000- /O.CAN.KGLD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170117T0200Z/ /O.EXA.KGLD.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170117T0200Z/ KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...ARAPAHOE...CHEYENNE WELLS 256 AM MST MON JAN 16 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...WITH BRIEF ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ004-015-016-028-029-041-042-161800- /O.CON.KGLD.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170116T1800Z/ NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY... QUINTER...GRINNELL...GRAINFIELD...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 256 AM MST MON JAN 16 2017 /356 AM CST MON JAN 16 2017/ ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ THIS MORNING... * IMPACTS... HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE ALSO POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET POSSIBLE. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW AFTER SUNRISE. MODERATE SNOW IS POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE TO AT LEAST ONE QUARTER INCH...RESULTING IN A THICK COATING OF ICE ON ROADS...POWER LINES AND TREES. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. && $$ KSZ001>003-013-014-027-NEZ079>081-162000- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170117T0200Z/ CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. FRANCIS...BIRD CITY...ATWOOD... OBERLIN...GOODLAND...COLBY...SHARON SPRINGS...BENKELMAN... CULBERTSON...TRENTON...STRATTON NE...PALISADE...MCCOOK 256 AM MST MON JAN 16 2017 /356 AM CST MON JAN 16 2017/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE ALSO POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW AFTER SUNRISE. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. MODERATE SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE NOW OCCURRING OR ARE IMMINENT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST BEFORE VENTURING OUTSIDE. && $$ COZ090-162000- /O.CON.KGLD.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170117T0200Z/ YUMA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY 256 AM MST MON JAN 16 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...WITH BRIEF ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
759 WWUS43 KGLD 161751 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1051 AM MST MON JAN 16 2017 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TODAY... .FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES TO TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST AS THE WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO LIFT OUT ACROSS THE PLAINS. MODERATE SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL TEND TO BE OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. EASTERN COLORADO WILL SEE LESS ICE AND SNOW TOTALS TODAY. KSZ004-015-016-028-029-041-042-170200- /O.CAN.KGLD.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170116T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KGLD.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170117T0200Z/ NORTON-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY... QUINTER...GRINNELL...GRAINFIELD...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 1051 AM MST MON JAN 16 2017 /1151 AM CST MON JAN 16 2017/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW UP TO 2 INCHES AND CONTINUED ICY TRAVEL CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IN AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...WITH BRIEF ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ001>003-013-014-027-NEZ079>081-170200- /O.CON.KGLD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170117T0200Z/ CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. FRANCIS...BIRD CITY...ATWOOD... OBERLIN...GOODLAND...COLBY...SHARON SPRINGS...BENKELMAN... CULBERTSON...TRENTON...STRATTON NE...PALISADE...MCCOOK 1051 AM MST MON JAN 16 2017 /1151 AM CST MON JAN 16 2017/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...WITH ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE ALSO POSSIBLE. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. * TIMING...MODERATE SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. 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. && $$ COZ090>092-170200- /O.CON.KGLD.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170117T0200Z/ YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...ARAPAHOE... CHEYENNE WELLS 1051 AM MST MON JAN 16 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...WITH BRIEF ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
815 WWUS43 KGLD 170000 WSWGLD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 500 PM MST MON JAN 16 2017 KSZ001>003-013-014-027-NEZ079>081-170100- /O.CAN.KGLD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170117T0200Z/ CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-DECATUR-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. FRANCIS...BIRD CITY...ATWOOD... OBERLIN...GOODLAND...COLBY...SHARON SPRINGS...BENKELMAN... CULBERTSON...TRENTON...STRATTON NE...PALISADE...MCCOOK 500 PM MST MON JAN 16 2017 /600 PM CST MON JAN 16 2017/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WINTER STORM THAT AFFECTED THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS REGION HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. EVEN THOUGH THE ICE AND SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION, ROADWAYS MAY STILL BE ICY IN SPOTS AS THE MELTING SNOW AND ICE REFREEZES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. $$ COZ090>092-KSZ004-015-016-028-029-041-042-170100- /O.CAN.KGLD.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170117T0200Z/ YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-NORTON-SHERIDAN- GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...ARAPAHOE... CHEYENNE WELLS...NORTON...HOXIE...HILL CITY...OAKLEY...QUINTER... GRINNELL...GRAINFIELD...TRIBUNE...LEOTI 500 PM MST MON JAN 16 2017 /600 PM CST MON JAN 16 2017/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM THAT AFFECTED THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS REGION HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. EVEN THOUGH THE ICE AND SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION, ROADWAYS MAY STILL BE ICY IN SPOTS AS THE MELTING SNOW AND ICE REFREEZES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. $$
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 14, 5:04 AM MST, 5 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 5:04 AM MST, 5 hours 4 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion...CORRECTED
National Weather Service Goodland KS
504 AM MST Sat Jan 14 2017
.SHORT TERM...(Today and tonight)
Issued at 502 AM MST Sat Jan 14 2017
Our forecast area is still on track for winter storm, however
changes were made to ongoing forecast to reflect latest trends.
GFS/GEFS remain outliers in evolution of upper level pattern and
ECMWF/NAM and other guidance were favored for timing, blends, and
adjustments.
A dry air mass is in place over our CWA roughly below 800mb. Mid to
high level moisture is increasing across the region, but forcing
remains weak. This dry layer will be prohibitive to measurable
precipitation through at least 00Z and there are some indications
in short range and high resolution guidance that this will not be
overcome until late tonight for the majority of our CWA. In fact
consensus of short range guidance would not support measurable
precipitation until after midnight for our entire CWA and then on
the far southeast until 12Z Sunday. ECMWF still supports potential
light freezing rain as early as 00Z, but confidence is diminished
in impacts for the majority of our CWA until later.
A colder near surface layer advertised by the NAM and implied by
much colder Tw from ECMWF/ARW/NMM may support more in the way of
sleet accumulations one may areas of moderate precipitation begin to
slide across our CWA. This would obviously decrease freezing rain
accumulations and shift impacts from being primarily focused on
power outages to just travel. In any case travel will be very
difficult once this event gets underway with worst conditions Sunday
through Monday.
ECMWF/NAM both show the closed low tracking Sunday night and Monday
in such a way as to support a deformation band forming in our
central or western CWA and a complete change over to snow Monday.
Based on conservative QPF/snow ratios we could see 8" or higher.
This may be dependent on the slower upper low track of ECMWF/NAM and
slightly better snow ratios. I trended snow totals upwards as
previous blends were being influenced downward by the GFS which
likely is not handling this track very well and is a large outlier.
SREF mean is near the current forecast, however the SREF plume shows
how large the spread between various members with minimal
clustering. Heaviest band may not impact as large of an area and
there is still the possibility that sleet could diminish totals.
This large ensemble spread is reflecting this uncertainty.
Regarding highlights: As a result in the drier early trend I delayed
the onset of the Ice Storm Warning until 00Z and the Winter Storm
Watch until 09Z. I am still confident in measurable (potentially
high impact) ice accumulations where the Ice Storm Warning is in
place, though if sleet dominates our amounts may need to be trimmed.
Regarding the Watch: Confidence in freezing rain or sleet/snow
amounts are still somewhat low due to potential for more sleet
Sunday and spread in snow totals Sunday night and Monday. Due to the
delay in onset and complications of impacts I felt it was best to
hold off on upgrading the watch.
.LONG TERM...(Tuesday through Friday)
Issued at 159 AM MST Sat Jan 14 2017
Forecast concerns will be affects of upcoming storm on temperatures
at the beginning this period, and the next chance of precipitation
toward the end of the period. Satellite showing a progressive flow
over most of the Pacific with an amplified/split flow over the
western portion of the North America.
Temperatures at the beginning of this period look to be problematic
depending on the extent/amount of ice/snow this upcoming storm will
drop on the area. There definitely looks like there will be a lot of
ice around over the current ice storm warning area. There is still
some uncertainty on how much snow and where it will fall. All in all
the entire forecast area looks to be covered with a decent amount of
snow and/or ice. So the first couple of days I reduced the the maxes
a few degrees. This will have to be looked at and adjusted again.
Through this entire period there is a big spread in both the
deterministic and ensemble output. This is all because the models
are having a hard time resolving what happens with the incoming
trough after it moves to our east. This also has affects on how the
models handle the end of the week trough. The deterministic output
at times toward the end of the period is out of phase with each
other. Currently the forecast builder gave me pops Friday and couple
of periods beyond. Depending on the deterministic output and the
ensemble output, they would indicate the possibility of
precipitation occurring 24 to 48 hours before that.
Because of this uncertainty and disagreement, left alone the pops
the forecast builder gave me. Hopefully the output can start getting
into better agreement.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Sunday morning)
Issued at 502 AM MST Sat Jan 14 2017
VFR conditions are expected to prevail at both KGLD and KMCK
terminals through at least the early evening. Winds will remain
light and variable. Models have trended slower on onset of
freezing precipitation and this delay was reflected in this TAF
update with FZRA and MVFR cigs delayed until 09z. I still can't
rule out a few pockets of rain or freezing rain before this period
but confidence is very low in coverage and decision was made to
limit mention. Freezing precipitation is not currently expected at
KMCK during this TAF period, though conditions will be
deteriorating after this TAF period.
&&
.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...Winter Storm Watch from late tonight through Monday afternoon
for KSZ001>003-013-014-027.
Ice Storm Warning from 5 PM MST /6 PM CST/ this afternoon to 11
AM MST /noon CST/ Monday for KSZ004-015-016-028-029-041-042.
CO...Winter Storm Watch from late tonight through Monday afternoon
for COZ090>092.
NE...Winter Storm Watch from late tonight through Monday afternoon
for NEZ079>081.
&&
SHORT TERM...DR
LONG TERM...BULLER
AVIATION...DRHazardous weather outlook, Jan 14, 5:26 AM MST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 526 AM MST SAT JAN 14 2017 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-151230- YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS- DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE- GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 526 AM MST SAT JAN 14 2017 /626 AM CST SAT JAN 14 2017/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE REGION BY THIS EVENING. FREEZING RAIN AND POSSIBLY SLEET WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS AND THEN OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AFTER MIDNIGHT. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL MAINLY BE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM NORTON TO COLBY TO SHARON SPRINGS...THOUGH THEY CANT BE RULED OUT TO THE NORTHWEST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A NORTON TO OAKLEY TO TRIBUNE LINE. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. THE RESULTING ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LEAD TO TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...TREE DAMAGE...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE SNOW AMOUNTS FOR SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AND THE ONSET FOR PRECIPITATION FOR NORTHWEST LOCATIONS. BE SURE TO STAY UPDATED WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS OF ACCUMULATING ICE...SNOW...OR WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE WOULD BE APPRECIATED BY PHONE OR SOCIAL MEDIA.
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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.