Up to an estimated six inches of snow fell over a small part of extreme northwest corner of Phillips county on this Tuesday. Most of the northern and western parts of the county were covered by 3 to 4 inches, with less elsewhere.
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Up to an estimated six inches of snow fell over a small part of extreme northwest corner of Phillips county on this Tuesday. Most of the northern and western parts of the county were covered by 3 to 4 inches, with less elsewhere. Only 0.6 was measured at Phillipsburg. Around 5 AM CST, a shield of snow began moving into north central Kansas from the west. This initial burst of snow moved out of Phillips county by 730 AM CST, and out of north central Kansas by 9 AM CST. The area of precipitation in the deformation zone was still organizing during the morning, but by early afternoon, a well-defined shield of snow extended from eastern Colorado across northwest Kansas into south central Nebraska. North central Kansas was on the southeastern fringe of this snowy system. Steady light to occasionally moderate snow fell across northern and western portions of Phillips county from 1 PM CST until 530 PM CST. During the evening, one last band of light snow traversed Phillips, Smith, and Jewell counties between 7 and 1030 PM CST, but with little additional accumulation as winds were gusting between 30 and 35 kt. Phillips and Smith county schools cancelled classes.
At 6 AM CST, a stationary front extended from the Great Lakes to Oklahoma to 988 mb low pressure near Pueblo, Colorado. Through the day, this low moved east-northeast across Kansas, arriving at Kansas City by 9 PM CST and filling to 993 mb. In the upper-levels, a longwave trough was over the western United States. A strong shortwave trough was moving through it, over the Desert Southwest. As this trof moved over the Plains, a low formed over Kansas. By 6 PM CST, 500 mb winds had strengthened to 120 kt at Oklahoma City. By dawn the next day, the low was over Wisconsin.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Storm total snowfall amounts across the county ranged anywhere from less than 1 inch to 6 inches, with the highest reports coming from the far northwest corner.
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