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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS

March 13, 2020Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this winter storm warning at Mar 13, 2020, 3:29 PM CDT for Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 2020, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2020, 3:14 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS

Counties Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Mar 13, 3:02 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 3:02 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 5:45 AM CDT, 9 hours 44 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 13, 11:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 13, 11:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 13, 12:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1155 AM MDT FRI MAR 13 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1150 AM     SNOW             4 E VERNON              39.93N 102.20W
03/13/2020  E0.3 INCH        YUMA               CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORT OF ABOUT ONE QUARTER INCH SO FAR.

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Local storm report, Mar 13, 3:13 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
213 PM MDT FRI MAR 13 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0210 PM     SNOW             CULBERTSON              40.23N 100.84W
03/13/2020  E2.0 INCH        HITCHCOCK          NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            1/4 MILE VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW, SOME
            MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ON HIGHWAY.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.