Between the late afternoon of Tuesday the 29th and the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday the 30th, the majority of the six-county area received a widespread 2 to 5 inches of snow. The only exception was Phillips County, most of which measured only 1-2.
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The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.
Between the late afternoon of Tuesday the 29th and the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday the 30th, the majority of the six-county area received a widespread 2 to 5 inches of snow. The only exception was Phillips County, most of which measured only 1-2. The balance of accumulating snow targeted the evening hours, generally between 5 PM and 11 PM CST. Strong winds were not a significant player during this event, but at least minor blowing snow issues developed during the overnight hours as sustained north winds increased to 20-30 MPH. According to NWS cooperative observers, a few of the highest totals included 5 near Covert in rural Osborne County, 4.7 at Jewell and 4 at Burr Oak, Natoma and Hunter. Along the far northwest edge of the snow shield, only 1 was reported at Logan and Long Island. On the large scale aloft, forcing was provided by an expansive longwave trough passing through the central United States. On a more localized scale, North Central Kansas snowfall focused underneath a band of mid level frontogenesis evident at 700 millibars, and within the entrance region of a 140+ knot upper jet streak centered from northeast Nebraska into Minnesota.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall totals throughout the county generally ranged from 3 to 5 inches.
Snowfall totals throughout the county generally ranged from 2 to 4 inches.
Snowfall totals throughout the county generally ranged from 3 to 5 inches.
Snowfall totals throughout the county generally ranged from 2 to 4 inches, with the highest totals falling across the southeast half of the county.
Snowfall totals throughout the county generally ranged from 2 to 4 inches, with the highest totals falling across the southeast half of the county.
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