A few hours after midnight snow began to move into Northwest Kansas from the west. Wind gusts of 30-40 MPH occurred with the snow.
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
A few hours after midnight snow began to move into Northwest Kansas from the west. Wind gusts of 30-40 MPH occurred with the snow. The band of heavy snow from Colorado moved into Northwest Kansas during the late morning, gradually weakening in the early afternoon. Near blizzard conditions occurred under the band of snow as it proceeded eastward. Total snowfall amounts ranged from almost 10 inches near the Cheyenne/Rawlins County line to an inch or so south of I-70.
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 Nov 26, 3:59 AM CST, 16 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 638 PM MST Mon Nov 25 2019 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-270145- Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins- Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove- Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow- 638 PM MST Mon Nov 25 2019 /738 PM CST Mon Nov 25 2019/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... Light snow is expected to develop over the region after midnight from west to east, picking up in intensity towards sunrise on Tuesday morning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... A Winter Storm Warning is in effect on Tuesday for areas along and north of Interstate 70. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect on Tuesday for areas south of Interstate 70. Dangerous travel conditions associated with heavy snow and near blizzard conditions are expected by late Tuesday morning through the evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters in the Tri-State area are encouraged to report snow accumulations to the National Weather Service in Goodland. Snow reports may be submitted via social media or by telephone.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall amounts ranged from 9.5 inches at Bird City to around 7 inches near the Cheyenne/Sherman County line. Highway 36 was closed from St. Francis west during the storm.
Snowfall amounts ranged from 9.5 inches to 5 inches across the county.
Snowfall amounts ranged from 4 to 7.5 inches across the county.
Snowfall amounts ranged from 8.5 to 3 inches across the county.
Snowfall amounts ranged from 6.6 inches to 2 inches across the county.
Snowfall amounts ranged from seven to three inches across the county.
Snowfall amounts ranged from 7.5 inches to around 4 inches across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, November 2019
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 865873, 865874, 865875, 865877, 865878, 865879, 865876.