High wind behind a vigorous storm moving out of Kansas (that produced tornadoes the night before) caused some damage across the area.
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The episode as NWS DDC wrote it up.
High wind behind a vigorous storm moving out of Kansas (that produced tornadoes the night before) caused some damage across the area.
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 Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 24, 4:08 AM CST, 5 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION - CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 408 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 .DAYS 1-2... TIMING OF SNOW AND HOW MUCH WE GET WILL BE THE MAIN FORECAST PROBLEMS FOR THE SHORT TERM. THUNDERSTORMS THAT SPREAD OVER MOST OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS EVENING HAVE MOVED INTO OUR FAR EASTERN CWA AS OF 08Z. WV LOOP HAS THE DRYSLOT STARTING TO MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHWEST KS. AT 05Z, THE CENTER OF THE SFC LOW WAS OVER EASTERN CO/NW KS, WITH PLENTY OF 50 DEWPOINTS STILL POURING NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE LOW. THE SYSTEM SHOULD MOVE EASTWARD TODAY, AND WRAP AROUND PRECIP SHOULD BEGIN AFFECTING OUR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES BY LATER THIS MORNING. LOOKING AT THE TOP DOWN APPROACH AND MODEL SOUNDINGS, IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE WRAP AROUND WILL BE SNOW WHILE ANY LINGERING PRECIP IN THE EAST WILL STAY AS RAIN BEFORE MIXING WITH AND CHANGING OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MADE SOME TWEAKS TO POPS, BUT KEPT THE OVERALL TREND OF SNOW STARTING IN THE NORTHWEST AND GRADUALLY MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD BY THE END OF THE DAY. THE CENTER OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS A BIT FAR NORTH FOR OUR CWA TO GET THE MAXIMUM SNOWFALL. ACCORDINGLY, THE GFS AND NAM BOTH HAVE THEIR HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS OVER NEBR AND FAR NW KS. STILL, IT LOOKS LIKE WE GET A DECENT TROWAL ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW, AND THE NAM STILL HAS SOME FRONTOGENESIS BANDS DIPPING INTO OUR NORTHWESTERN CWA. THEREFORE, WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE BLIZZARD WARNING GOING. THE NAM AND GFS HAVE BACKED OFF A BIT ON SNOWFALL AMOUNTS, KEEPING THEM IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE IN OUR NORTH. THIS SEEMS REASONABLE AND GOES PRETTY WELL WITH WHAT WE HAVE GOING. LOCATIONS FURTHER SOUTH INCLUDING DDC MAY SEE A BIT OF SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER, DO NOT THINK THAT THERE WILL BE MUCH ACCUMULATION, AND IF VISIBILITIES ARE LIMITED BY SNOW IT WILL ONLY BE FOR A SHORT TIME. WILL KEEP JUST THE HIGH WIND WARNING GOING FOR THE SOUTHERN AREAS, AND LIKE PREVIOUS SHIFTS WILL MENTION BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW. SNOW WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF BY THIS EVENING, AND SHOULD BE COMPLETELY DONE WITH BY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE LOW MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. AS FOR TEMPERATURES, WITH CURRENT TEMPS IN THE 50S IN OUR EASTERN COUNTIES AND COLD AIR COMING DOWN THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW, FALLING TEMPS OR EARLY HIGHS LOOK LIKE A PRETTY GOOD BET TODAY. LINGERING CLOUDS WILL PREVENT LOWS TONIGHT FROM DROPPING OFF TOO MUCH, SO KEPT READINGS IN THE 20S. HIGHS ON SUNDAY WILL BE LIMITED BY SNOW IN THE NORTH, BUT WITH 850MB TEMPS RECOVERING THE SOUTH WILL SEE HIGHS IN THE 40S AND LOW 50S. LOWS SUNDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE IN THE 20S. .DAYS 3-7... NO MAJOR CHANGES IN GOING EXTENDED FORECAST. && .AVIATION... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CLEARED THE AREA WITH VFR CEILINGS IN THEIR WAKE. AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES EAST BY 18Z THE SURFACE WINDS WILL SHIFT AND INCREASE ABRUPTLY FROM THE NORTHWEST TO 3O TO 50KTS WITH LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES BELOW 3 MILES AND AT TIMES BELOW 1/4 MILE IN BLOWING SNOW THROUGH 6 TO 12Z SUNDAY. THEN CEILINGS SHOULD BE BACK TO VFR WITH WINDS DECREASING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 46 26 46 25 / 50 40 0 0 GCK 40 24 43 23 / 80 30 0 0 EHA 36 24 51 26 / 80 20 0 0 LBL 41 25 50 24 / 50 30 0 0 HYS 44 25 39 22 / 90 80 0 0 P28 54 29 48 27 / 50 40 0 0 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT FOR KSZ030-031-043>046-061>063- 074-075. HIGH WIND WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR KSZ064>066-076>081-084>090. && FN26/06
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 500 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-251100- TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 500 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 /400 AM MST SAT FEB 24 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WATER FLOWING OVER COUNTRY ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM NORTH AND WEST OF AN ELKHART TO DIGHTON LINE. A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH KANSAS TODAY. VERY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL KICK IN BY LATE MORNING...BLOWING AT 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 TO 60 MPH AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...SNOW WILL WRAP AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW...MAINLY AFFECTING AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF A JOHNSON TO LACROSSE LINE. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...HOWEVER...THE PRIMARY PROBLEM WILL BE BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER A QUARTER MILE FOR SEVERAL HOURS...AND A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT. SOUTH OF THE JOHNSON TO LACROSSE LINE...THERE WILL BE LESS SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL BE LESS OF A PROBLEM. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. THE SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER...REPORTS OF SNOW AMOUNTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. 26
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
15 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 76 MPH wind gust was recorded at Syracuse at 958 AM CST.
A 66 MPH gust occurred at the Garden City airport at 1144 CST.
Power poles were blown down 3 miles west of Syracuse and two vehicles were blown into the ditch.
A 67 mph gust was recorded at the Hugoton airport.
A 61 mph wind gust was recorded at the Scott City airport.
A 68 mph gust was recorded at the Johnson City airport.
Some shingle damage was reported in Garden City...along with some minor fence damage.
A 63 mph gust was recorded at the Liberal airport.
A 68 mph gust was recorded at the Scott City airport at 1356 CST.
An estimated 70 mph gust caused a power pole at a sub-station to lean and the resulting damage caused power in Lakin to be shut off for several hours.
A 73 mph gust was recorded in Elkhart at 1455 CST.
A 75 mph gust was recorded at the Hays airport at 1655 CST.
Power poles were blown down 5 miles west of Pratt.
Power poles were blown down on K23 and Road R. Minor damage was also done to and old gas station in Cimarron.
A roof was blown off a n old school house 4 miles east of Ulysses. Power poles were also blown down 5 miles south of Ulysses. Grain storage bins were destroyed about 6 miles north of Ulysses.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, February 2007
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: 18439, 18440, 18441, 18442, 18443, 18444, 18445, 18446, 18447, 18448, 18449, 18450, 18451, 18452, 18453.