A fast moving compact upper level low pressure system moved out of the Central Rockies and into western Oklahoma on Tuesday January 28th. This feature brought a large area of heavy snow to western Kansas with much of central and southeast Kansas also being affected.
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The episode as NWS ICT wrote it up.
A fast moving compact upper level low pressure system moved out of the Central Rockies and into western Oklahoma on Tuesday January 28th. This feature brought a large area of heavy snow to western Kansas with much of central and southeast Kansas also being affected.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Reports were sent near Sylvia during the event with a total of 7 inches in the evening of 1/28. Other reports across the county ranged from around an inch to three inches.
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