A band of higher snowfall rates moved east across Kit Carson and Yuma counties during the overnight hours. Light rain ahead of the snow squall turned to snow as the band of higher snowfall rates moved through.
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The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
A band of higher snowfall rates moved east across Kit Carson and Yuma counties during the overnight hours. Light rain ahead of the snow squall turned to snow as the band of higher snowfall rates moved through. This caused the visibility to fall to a quarter mile or less for a short time. Wind gusts ranged from 30-50 MPH in the snow squall.
Behind the snow squall, snow amounts around six inches were reported. The highest amount was eight inches near Burlington and in far southeast Yuma 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 Dec 23, 10:47 PM MST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
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4 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Snow Squall. Visibility fell to a quarter mile or less as the snow squall moved through.
Key impacts: icy roadways, near zero visibility.
Snow fall amounts ranged from an inch in the northwest part of the county to the highest amount of eight inches reported near Burlington.
Key impacts: snow packed roadways, blowing and drifting snow.
Snow fall amounts of six to eight inches were reported over the eastern third or so of the county.
Key impacts: snow packed roadways, blowing and drifting snow.
Snow Squall. Visibility of less than a quarter mile was reported at the Burlington airport as the snow band moved through. Similar visibilities were reported at St. Francis and Goodland, KS as the snow squall moved through Cheyenne and Sherman counties in Northwest Kansas. Part of Highway 59 was closed in the Yuma area due to the low visibility in the blowing and drifting snow.
Key impacts: icy roadways, near zero visibility.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, December 2023
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: 1148389, 1149856, 1149858, 1149842.