During the late afternoon icy conditions from blowing snow across I-70 caused a vehicle to roll over in western Sherman county.
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During the late afternoon icy conditions from blowing snow across I-70 caused a vehicle to roll over in western Sherman 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 Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 7, 4:27 PM MST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 427 PM MST SUN FEB 7 2016 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 226 PM MST SUN FEB 7 2016 UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL BE NORTHERLY TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SUBSIDENCE WILL PRODUCE DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FA TONIGHT AND MONDAY. POPS WILL BE NIL DURING THIS TIME. THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD MAINTAIN BREEZY WINDS TONIGHT WITH DECREASING SPEEDS MONDAY AS THE GRADIENT RELAXES. MIN TEMPERATURES SHOULD COOL TO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S TONIGHT. MAX TEMPERATURES SHOULD REACH THE MID AND UPPER 30S MONDAY. SOME TEMPERATURES NEAR 40 COULD BE REALIZED OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN FA. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 226 PM MST SUN FEB 7 2016 THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW CONTINUES TO REMAIN FROM THE NORTHWEST...WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT FROM THE RIDGE OVER THE GREAT BASIN UNTIL THE END OF THE WEEK. THE ONLY CHANGE HAS BEEN TO DELAY THE PASSAGE OF THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH THIS COMING WEEKEND ONE MORE DAY. TUESDAY A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. HIGH TEMPERATURES THE REST OF THE WEEK WILL WARM ABOVE NORMAL. DRY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD IN THE DRY LAMINAR NORTHWEST UPPER LEVEL FLOW. TUESDAY WILL BE BREEZY AS THE WARMER TEMPERATURES ALLOW THE STRONGER LOW LEVEL WINDS TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE. AM STILL ANTICIPATING THE SNOWFIELD TO HAVE ENOUGH OF A COOLING EFFECT TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF MIXING. HOWEVER IF THE SNOWFIELD DECREASES FASTER AND WARM AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THE FRONT IS STRONGER...THE WINDS WILL BE HIGHER THAN FORECAST. CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE WIND STRENGTH WILL BE SIMILAR TO TODAY. NEXT SUNDAY ALSO LOOKS TO BE BREEZY BEHIND A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL ACCOMPANY THE SHORT WAVE AS THE TROUGH FLATTENS THE RIDGE AND MOVES ONTO THE PLAINS. CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE THE FRONTAL PASSAGE SUNDAY WILL BE DRY AS WELL. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 427 PM MST SUN FEB 7 2016 VFR CONDITIONS THRU FORECAST PERIOD WITH ONLY FEW-SCT HIGH CLOUDS AFFECTING THE AREA. WINDS NW 20-30KTS THRU 06Z MONDAY...THEN DROPPING DOWN TO 15-25KTS. WIND SHEAR FOR BOTH TAF SITES THRU 06Z MONDAY...NNW AROUND 50KTS. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...FS LONG TERM...JTL AVIATION...JN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 348 AM MST SUN FEB 7 2016 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-081645- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 348 AM MST SUN FEB 7 2016 /448 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Close to sunset icy conditions from blowing snow across I-70 caused a vehicle to roll over near mile marker 12. The driver, the only occupant, received minor injuries from the accident.
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