On Tuesday, February 10th, an upper level short wave moved from Nevada to the central Rockies. This upper level disturbance then crossed the|central high plains late Tuesday, approaching a mid-level frontogenesis, boundary along the 700mb baroclinic zone.
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The episode as NWS DDC wrote it up.
On Tuesday, February 10th, an upper level short wave moved from Nevada to the central Rockies. This upper level disturbance then crossed the|central high plains late Tuesday, approaching a mid-level frontogenesis, boundary along the 700mb baroclinic zone. The mid-level baroclinic zone remained nearly stationary across southern sections of southwest and south central Kansas into early Wednesday evening. Some snow started early on Tuesday afternoon across northeastern Finney County, where a small area of 5 to 7 inches of snow fell. Another area of 5 to 6 inches of snow fell across southwest and northwest Kiowa County. Then, a narrow band of heavier snow formed along the mid-level baroclinic zone overnight Tuesday night, and dropped a 20 to 35 mile wide band of snow from 5.5 inches to 9.6 inches. This band was from far western Haskell County to near Meade in Meade County to near Ashland in Clark County, to south of Buttermilk in southern Comanche County. The highest snowfall amount reported was along the Kansas/Oklahoma state line, south of Buttermilk. There was a narrow area surrounding this heavier band where 2 to 4 inches of snow fell, south of a line from northeastern Grant County to southwestern Gray County to near Clark County State Lake, to north of Lewis in Edwards County.
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 10, 5:15 AM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 515 AM CST Mon Feb 10 2014 ...Updated aviation section... .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 347 AM CST MON FEB 10 2014 The 00z upper air analysis showed the strong mid/upper level westerly flow continuing to extend from the California/Oregon coast across the northern and central Plains into the Ohio Valley. Embedded shortwave troughs were moving out over the central Plains and into the Intermountain West tonight. A well defined area of light snow, associated with the shortwave and an area of strong 700 millibar frontogenesis, was moving out of western into central and southeast Kansas early this morning. && .SHORT TERM...(Today and tonight) ISSUED AT 347 AM CST MON FEB 10 2014 The snow will be ending across southwest Kansas before sunrise but there could be some lingering light snow along the Highway 281 corridor until around 9am. Will cancel portions of the Winter Weather Advisory where the snow has tapered off in the southwest but keep it going in south central Kansas. The shortwave over the Intermountain West is progged to move out into the central and southern Plains this evening. All of the mesoscale and global models are indicating some precipitation with this wave. The short range models are showing a band of increasing mid level frontogenesis across southeast Colorado through far southwest Kansas and the Oklahoma/Texas panhandles during the 21z-03z time frame. Have increased pops across the far southwest into the likely category with decreasing pops farther north. Have also increased snowfall amounts into the 1-2 inch range from Johnson and Elkhart toward Meade. The snow should be winding down by midnight tonight as the mid level forcing moves southeast into central Oklahoma. .LONG TERM...(Tuesday through Sunday) ISSUED AT 228 AM CST MON FEB 10 2014 The extended forecast looks dry with an upper level ridge building across the western US this week then shifting eastward to the Plains this weekend. A series of upper level shortwave are progged to move through the Northern Plains this week but look to only affect the wind direction and a slight increase in clouds across western Kansas. A downslope component of the wind is expected this week into the weekend with winds meandering from the southwest to northwest as the aforementioned upper level disturbances move through the Northern Plains. A warming trend is expected during the extended period with highs starting out Tuesday ranging from the upper 20s across central Kansas to around 40 degrees across the KS/CO border then warming into the upper 50s and lower 60s by this weekend. Lows will start out Wednesday morning in the upper teens and lower 20s increasing into the 30s by this weekend. One caveat with the increased temperatures is how quickly the snowpack across the region will melt. Any snowpack remaining by late this week could decrease temperatures across that area. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Tuesday morning) ISSUED AT 513 AM CST MON FEB 10 2014 VFR conditions will prevail today with overcast conditions AOA040 during the day increasing to AOA080 this evening. Winds will generally be from the northeast at 5 to 10 knots shifting to the southeast this evening. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 16 6 30 20 / 20 30 0 0 GCK 18 8 33 21 / 20 30 0 0 EHA 23 14 40 26 / 30 60 10 0 LBL 21 10 35 22 / 20 60 10 0 HYS 13 2 28 20 / 10 10 0 0 P28 17 7 28 17 / 30 20 10 0 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY until 9 AM CST this morning FOR KSZ031- 045-046-064>066-078>081-088>090. && SYNOPSIS...Gerard SHORT TERM...Gerard LONG TERM...Hovorka_42 AVIATION...Hovorka_42
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 727 AM CST MON FEB 10 2014 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-111330- 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- 727 AM CST MON FEB 10 2014 /627 AM MST MON FEB 10 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM AROUND JOHNSON AND ELKHART TO MEADE, WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS FARTHER NORTH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall of 7.0 inches was reported 12 miles NNW of Kalvesta.
Snowfall of 5.5 inches was reported 9 miles east of Kalvesta.
Snowfall of 6 inches was reported at a location 3 miles south of Lewis.
Snowfall of 6 inches was reported at a location 7 miles south of Centerview.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, February 2014
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: 504441, 504442, 504443, 504444.