A small area of heavy snow fell on Morton county.
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A small area of heavy snow fell on Morton 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 26, 11:47 PM CST, 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1147 PM CST THU FEB 26 2015 ...UPDATED AVIATION SECTION... .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 304 PM CST THU FEB 26 2015 A WEAK UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS TONIGHT WITH INCREASING CLOUDS FROM WEST TO EAST. SOME LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT TOWARDS THE COLORADO BORDER AND SPREAD EAST TOWARDS DIGHTON TO DODGE CITY AND ASHLAND BY DAWN. ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES, WITH NEAR 3 INCHES AT ELKHART. AREAS EAST OF MEADE AND GARDEN WILL ONLY SEE A TRACE OR A LIGHT DUSTING THAT INCLUDES DODGE CITY. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE CURRENT WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY, FROM MIDNIGHT TILL NOON FRIDAY, FOR SNOW FOR THE FAR WEST 10 COUNTIES FROM GARDEN CITY TO MEADE AND WEST. SOME 600 MB FRONTOGENESIS WILL SET UP TOWARDS MORNING FROM ELKHART TOWARDS LIBERAL WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE COLD AND AROUND 7 TO 12 DEGREES WITH LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS BECOMING EASTERLY. WINDS PICK UP TO 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE FAR WEST NEAR ELKHART WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING POSSIBLE. FOR FRIDAY, EXPECT AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE MORNING, TO TAPER TO FLURRIES WITH CLOUDY SKIES AS WEAK UPPER LIFT DECREASES. HIGHS WILL CONTINUE TO BE COLD WITH AROUND 20 TO 25 DEGREES. WINDS INCREASE, AS COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST INTO THE MISSOURI VALLEY, WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 151 PM CST THU FEB 26 2015 THE ISENTROPIC LEVELS FROM I288 TO I308 FROM BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF INDICATE THAT MOISTURE AND LIFT WILL BE IMPROVING FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. AT THIS TIME THE BETTER ISENTROPIC LIFT AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE APPEARS TO BE CONFINED TO FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS BEFORE 06Z SATURDAY. THIS AREA OF LIFT AND MOISTURE WILL THEN SPREAD NORTH AND EAST THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY. THE PREVIOUS GRIDS HAVE A GOOD HANDLE OF THE ONSET AND TRACK OF THIS PRECIPITATION FRIDAY NIGHT SO WILL NOT STRAY FAR ON TIMING. DID INCREASE THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION BETWEEN 12Z AND 18Z BASED TRACK OF A 400MB PV ANOMALY ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. MOISTURE AND LIFT IN THE I288 TO I308 LEVEL WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT SO WILL KEEP THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION GOING, HOWEVER THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR A PERIOD OF STEADIER AND HEAVIER PRECIPITATION APPEARS TO DEVELOP TOWARDS 12Z SUNDAY AS 850MB TO 700MB FRONTOGENESIS IMPROVES. AT THIS TIME THE NAM AND GFS BOTH SUGGEST THAT THIS AREA OF MOISTURE AND FRONTOGENESIS WILL BE LOCATED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN 06Z SUNDAY AND 18Z SUNDAY. GIVEN THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MODELS ON WHERE THIS AREA OF FRONTOGENESIS WILL BE EARLY SUNDAY ALONG WITH THE LOCATION OF THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF THE 250MB JET WILL PLACE THE HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE WEEKEND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50. SNOW TOTALS OF 3 TO NEAR 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS IN THIS AREA WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY WARM ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE COLD DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND SURFACE PRESSURES ALONG THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES BEGIN TO FALL. BASED ON THIS WARMING THE CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW THAT IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT SOUTH OF DODGE CITY. AS THE LOWER LEVELS CONTINUE TO WARM DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY ANY SNOW THAT DOES DEVELOP DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY NORTH OF DODGE IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE 32 DEGREES DURING THE DAY. AT THIS TIME CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ON THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS WARMING SO WILL STAY CLOSE TO THE LATEST CREXTENDEDFCST_INIT FOR HIGHS ON MONDAY. THE LOWER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO WARM MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE MOVES EAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS MONDAY NIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. THIS WARMING WILL BE SHORT LIVED HOWEVER GIVEN THAT ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS WESTERN KANSAS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1147 PM CST THU FEB 26 2015 MODELS FOCUS A FEW INCHES OF SURFACE UPSLOPE AND ISENTROPIC LIFT INDUCED SNOWFALL ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS OVERNIGHT. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY FIELDS SUGGEST THE LOWEST CEILINGS WILL BE FOUND IN THE FAR WEST AND MVFR MAY BE THE WORST CASE SCENARIO EAST OF GCK. HOWEVER, A PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOW MAY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY OR LESS THAN A MILE MAINLY AT EITHER GCK OR HYS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 8 21 13 28 / 10 60 60 80 GCK 9 20 13 28 / 50 70 50 50 EHA 10 18 12 32 / 80 80 60 40 LBL 10 19 14 30 / 80 90 70 60 HYS 7 21 12 26 / 10 10 30 70 P28 10 22 14 28 / 10 50 50 90 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ FRIDAY FOR KSZ061>063-074>076-084>087. && SHORT TERM...KRUSE LONG TERM...BURGERT AVIATION...RUSSELL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 320 PM CST THU FEB 26 2015 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-272130- 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- 320 PM CST THU FEB 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... ELEVATED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK. LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK. LIMITED SNOW RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... FRIDAY... ELEVATED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK. LIMITED SNOW RISK. SATURDAY... ELEVATED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK. ELEVATED SNOW RISK. SUNDAY... LIMITED ICE ACCUMULATION RISK. ELEVATED SNOW RISK. MONDAY... LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK. LIMITED ICE ACCUMULATION RISK. LIMITED SNOW RISK. TUESDAY... LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK. LIMITED SNOW RISK. WEDNESDAY... ELEVATED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK. LIMITED SNOW RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/?N=HWO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall from 5 to 6 inches was reported across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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