A slow-moving weather system brought moderate to heavy snow across much of the CO/NE/KS region from the morning hours of January 20 through the morning of January 21. Highest snow accumulations of 6-8 inches were reported south of Interstate 70 in western Kansas.
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The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
A slow-moving weather system brought moderate to heavy snow across much of the CO/NE/KS region from the morning hours of January 20 through the morning of January 21. Highest snow accumulations of 6-8 inches were reported south of Interstate 70 in western Kansas.
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 Jan 20, 4:35 AM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
335 AM MST SAT JAN 20 2007
.DISCUSSION...WILL BE ISSUING A SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN HALF
THE FORECAST AREA WITH AN EXPECTED THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF
SNOWFALL BETWEEN THIS AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING.
AN AREA OF SNOW IS CURRENTLY MOVING NORTHWARD FROM THE PANHANDLE
REGION AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS. EXPECT THIS
AREA TO CONTINUE MOVING NORTH AS THE UPPER LOW CURRENTLY MOVING
THROUGH SOUTHERN ARIZONA MOVES INTO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO BY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON. THE UPPER LOW CONTINUES INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS BY
SUNDAY MORNING. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO FALL LATE
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING AS THE STRONGEST AREA OF
DYNAMICS LIFTS OUT AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW. SNOWFALL RATES TAPER
OFF ON SUNDAY...BUT EXPECT VERY LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES TO CONTINUE
THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS COOLER AND DRYER AIR WORKS INTO
THE AREA AND THE DYNAMICS FROM THE SECONDARY UPPER TROUGH MOVING
INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.
AN UPPER RIDGE AMPLIFIES OVER THE WESTERN U.S. DURING THE MIDDLE
AND LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO RISE THROUGH
THE WEEK WITH DRY CONDITIONS.
&&
.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...SNOW ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR KSZ002-
KSZ003-KSZ004-KSZ014-KSZ015-KSZ016-KSZ028-KSZ029-KSZ042.
NE...SNOW ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR NEZ080-
NEZ081.
CO...NONE.
&&
LOCKHARTHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 557 AM MST FRI JAN 19 2007 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-201845- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 557 AM MST FRI JAN 19 2007 /657 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY NEAR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES TONIGHT AND ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE IN THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE COMMON BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. LOCKHART
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Five to seven inches of snow reported across Wichita county.
Six to eight inches of snow reported across Logan county.
Six to eight inches of snow reported across Gove county.
Five to six inches of snow reported across Sherman county.
Five to eight inches of snow reported across Thomas county.
Six to eight inches of snow reported across Sheridan county.
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, January 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: 7686, 7683, 7685, 7680, 7681, 7682.