A narrow band of heavy snow developed late in the day.
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A narrow band of heavy snow developed late in the day.
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 11, 5:33 AM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 533 AM CST Tue Feb 11 2014 ...Updated aviation section... .SHORT TERM...(Today and tonight) ISSUED AT 219 AM CST TUE FEB 11 2014 The mid level shortwave over western Kansas was moving into central and eastern Kansas early this morning. The snow that had developed Monday afternoon and evening over southwest Kansas was poised to move out of south central Kansas early this morning as evident in the radar mosaic. Have adjusted early morning weather and pops to diminish and end before sunrise. Low level cloudiness continues across the central High Plains and over western Kansas. There will be a few breaks around through sunrise but clouds should diminish from northwest to southeast across western Kansas during the morning hours as upper level ridging and subsidence builds into the central High Plains. Surface high pressure that continues to nose into the central High Plains from the Midwest will slowly move east today. Pressure will be lowering somewhat over eastern Colorado. The resulting pressure gradient will bring increasing southerly winds to western Kansas today. In spite of more sunshine and increased low level mixing, temperatures will be hard pressed to climb out of the mid and upper 20s from Dodge City east as the cold high pressure continues its grip. Farther west, temperatures should climb well into the 30s over the far southwest corner where snow cover has been the lightest. Overnight low temperatures tonight will be tricky as increasing high level cloudiness and a westerly downslope component to the winds will counteract widespread snow cover over much of central and southwest Kansas. The previous min temperature forecast showed a bias toward coldest temperatures in the mid teens where snow cover is the deepest. Have adjusted that area a little to reflect where significant snowfall occurred Monday night. Elsewhere, lows could stay in the lower 20s around Elkhart and in the area from Scott City to Wakeeney. .LONG TERM...(Wednesday through Monday) ISSUED AT 252 AM CST TUE FEB 11 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 with a slight increase in clouds across western Kansas. There will generally be a downslope component to the wind this week with winds meandering from the southwest to northwest as the aforementioned upper level disturbances move through the Northern Plains. The main problem with the temperature forecast is the effect of snow cover. Melting will be a slow process, especially since ground temperatures are below freezing. Nevertheless, a gradual warming trend can be expected through Saturday as the snow melt continues, with highs possibly reaching into the 60s or even low 70s by Saturday. A brief cooldown is expected Sunday into Monday in the wake of a shortwave trough. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Wednesday morning) ISSUED AT 531 AM CST TUE FEB 11 2014 MVFR ceilings AOA030 will be found around the terminals this morning. Skies will then clear late this morning. Winds will generally be out of the south southwest at 5 to 10 knots this morning increasing to 10 to 15 knots this afternoon. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 28 14 33 23 / 0 0 0 0 GCK 30 15 37 24 / 0 0 0 0 EHA 38 23 49 30 / 10 0 0 0 LBL 32 16 38 25 / 10 0 0 0 HYS 26 17 36 24 / 0 0 0 0 P28 24 13 37 22 / 10 0 0 0 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...Gerard LONG TERM...Hovorka_42 AVIATION...Hovorka_42
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 421 AM CST TUE FEB 11 2014 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-121100- 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- 421 AM CST TUE FEB 11 2014 /321 AM MST TUE FEB 11 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC GERARD
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
858 AM CST TUE FEB 11 2014
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1200 AM SNOW 7 S BUTTERMILK 37.01N 99.34W
02/11/2014 M9.6 INCH COMANCHE KS PUBLIC
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JFINCHThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall of 7 inches was reported at a location 6 miles east of Acres.
Snowfall of 8 inches was reported at a location 5 miles north of Plains City.
Snowfall of 9.6 inches was reported at a location 7 miles south of Buttermilk.
Snowfall of 5.5 inches was reported at a location 4 miles northeast of Ryus.
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: 504446, 504447, 504448, 504449.