Light snow combined with wind gusts near 55 mph created blizzard conditions over Yuma county during the morning hours of April 7. Snow accumulations were generally under an inch, but visibility was reduced to 1/4 mile in blowing snow.
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The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
Light snow combined with wind gusts near 55 mph created blizzard conditions over Yuma county during the morning hours of April 7. Snow accumulations were generally under an inch, but visibility was reduced to 1/4 mile in blowing snow. Elsewhere in eastern Colorado, strong north winds were common during the morning hours with winds gusting 60 to 65 mph across Kit Carson and Cheyenne counties.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 7, 1:37 AM MST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
237 AM MDT FRI APR 7 2006
.DISCUSSION...VERY STRONG STACKED LOW CONTINUES TO MEANDER ALONG
THE KANSAS/NEBRASKA BORDER EARLY THIS MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD RAIN
WRAPPING INTO THE FORECAST AREA ALONG A WELL DEVELOPED TROWAL. THE
EASTWARD EXTENT OF THE RAIN/SNOW LINE WILL BE DIFFICULT TO
DETERMINE AS PHASE CHANGE IS JUST BEGINNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST
WYOMING AND ENTERING NORTHEAST COLORADO AROUND 08Z AS TEMPERATURES
FALL TO AROUND 35. SEE NO REASON TO ADJUST THE HIGH WIND WARNING AT
THIS TIME AS KGLD IS CURRENTLY GUSTING TO 46KT. WILL WATCH THE
LATEST TRENDS AND MAKE LAST MINUTE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FIRST PERIOD
RAIN/SNOW LINE IF NECESSARY. LOWEST VISIBLITY SO FAR HAS BEEN KSNY
WITH 3/4SM -SN. 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY MAY BE DIFFICULT WITH
TEMPERATURES HOVERING AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING...HOWEVER THE
CURRENT PLAN IS TO LET THE BLIZZARD WARNING RIDE.
TIMING STILL LOOKS REASONABLE WITH THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION
OCCURRING BEFORE 18Z. H5 LOW BEGINS TO FILL AND MOVE SOUTHEAST WITH
SOME CLEARING EXPECTED LATE IN THE PERIOD. TRENDED LOWS DOWN
TONIGHT AS SFC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH WITH LIGHT WINDS/CLEAR
SKIES AND GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING EXPECTED.
NO MAJOR CHANGES EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE GRIDS.
&&
.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR
KSZ001-KSZ002-KSZ003-KSZ004-KSZ013-KSZ014-KSZ015-KSZ016-
KSZ027-KSZ028-KSZ029-KSZ041-KSZ042.
NE...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM MDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR
NEZ079-NEZ080-NEZ081.
CO...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR COZ092.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR COZ090-COZ091.
BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL 2 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR COZ090-COZ091.
&&
MCGUIREHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 323 PM MDT THU APR 6 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-071900- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 423 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 /323 PM MDT THU APR 6 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF A MCCOOK NEBRASKA TO GOVE KANSAS LINE. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS BEFORE MOVING OUT OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE TRI STATE AREA...AND SPREAD OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE COMMON. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AROUND SUNSET ON FRIDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO. THE SNOW AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN YUMA AND KIT CARSON COUNTIES...WHERE UP TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MID DAY. AREAS ALONG THE COLORADO AND KANSAS STATE LINE...FROM BENKELMAN TO GOODLAND TO SHARON SPRINGS...AND WEST INTO CHEYENNE COUNTY COLORADO...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS FRIDAY MORNING. RAIN COULD CHANGE OVER TO SNOW WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING...AND WITH THE STRONG WINDS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CANNOT BE RULED OUT FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME. RAIN AND SNOW WILL END BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE AREA ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. JDK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1004 PM MDT THU APR 6 2006 KSZ003-004-NEZ081-070430- DECATUR-NORTON-RED WILLOW- 1104 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR DECATUR...NORTON AND RED WILLOW COUNTIES... SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 1130 PM CDT. THESE SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH...ESPECIALLY FROM MCCOOK NEBRASKA TO NORTON KANSAS. MENTZER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind, 1 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, April 2006
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5494957, 5494958, 5494956.