Upslope surface and boundary layer flow in advance of an upper level short wave trough along with a brief period of frontogenesis set up for a snow event that reached warning criteria at a few locatoins. By the time the snow ended late on the 22nd, there was a 20 to 30 mile-wide swath of 6 to 7 inches of snow, from just east of Sublette in Haskell County through southern Grant and northern…
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Upslope surface and boundary layer flow in advance of an upper level short wave trough along with a brief period of frontogenesis set up for a snow event that reached warning criteria at a few locatoins. By the time the snow ended late on the 22nd, there was a 20 to 30 mile-wide swath of 6 to 7 inches of snow, from just east of Sublette in Haskell County through southern Grant and northern Stevens Counties, and into northwest Morton County near Richfield. From 4 to 5 inches of snow fell inside a line from 15 miles southeast of Syracuse in Hamilton County, to Northwestern Morton County to near Meade, and back to southeastern Hamilton County. A larger area of 2 to 3 inches of snow fell south of a line from north of Syracuse in Hamilton County to near Cimarron in Gray County to northeast of Pratt in Pratt County. North of this line, a trace to one inch of snow fell.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
The largest snow amount reported was six inches at a location 14 miles southeast of Ulysses.
The largest snow amount reported was six inches at a location 10 miles west of Moscow.
The largest snow amount reported was 6 1/2 inches in Sublette.
There were several reports of six inches of snow across northern Seward county.
There were several reports of six inches of snow across western Meade county.
A report of seven inches of snowfall was reported at a location 11 miles ENE of Richfield.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 485896, 485897, 485898, 485899, 485900, 485901.