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The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.
During mainly a 24-hour period centered between 6 a.m. CDT on Monday the 25th and 6 a.m. CDT on Tuesday the 26th, this six-county North Central Kansas area endured its last hurrah of wintry precipitation for the 2023-24 season. This was not a truly major event, with most places measuring only 1-5 inches of snow along with a glaze of ice, although relentless north-northwest winds frequently gusting 35-50 MPH reduced visibility in the heavier snow bands. As for official snow amounts within the domain, a few of the highest measurements per several NWS and CoCoRaHS observers featured: 4.5 ten miles west-northwest of Stockton, 4.1 at Webster Lake Dam, 3.5 in Smith Center and 3 in Natoma. Meanwhile, along the eastern fringes of the area in far eastern Jewell/Mitchell counties, there were no local ground-truth measurements available, but NOHRSC analysis and nearby reports out of far western Republic/Cloud counties strongly suggest that a narrow, north-south band straddling the county lines likely totaled 4-6. As for icing, although detailed reports were limited, the NWS Cooperative Observer in Lebanon reported a glaze of one-tenth of an inch.
Delving deeper into this event's meteorological background and timing, the main feature in the mid-upper levels was a large-scale trough that tracked along a path centered from Colorado on the afternoon of the 24th, into the heart of Kansas/Nebraska on the 25th, and to Iowa by daybreak on the 26th. At the surface, a strong low pressure center (ranging mainly 986-992 millibars) progressed from far southeastern Colorado on the afternoon of the 24th, to northeast Kansas by daybreak on the 25th, to the IA/MN/WI border area by the morning of the 26th. With North Central Kansas positioned slightly north-through-west of this low pressure track, strong north-northwest winds were the norm on the 25th into the morning of the 26th...driving near-blizzard conditions at times. Temperatures within the area through this snow event were somewhere in the 20s F. As for timing, widespread rain (along with some non-severe thunderstorms) blossomed across much of North Central Kansas from the evening of Sunday the 24th into the pre-dawn hours of the 25th. However, through 7 a.m. CDT on the 25th, mainly only western Phillips County had changed over to snow. Following a lull in steady precipitation through much of the morning and early afternoon (except for some light freezing drizzle or flurries), the primary snow event got underway between 2-4 p.m. CDT and persisted late into the night, as a widespread shield of snow (with embedded bands of varying intensity) pivoted over the area before gradually departing/fading away between 3-6 a.m. CDT on the 26th. In the wake of this storm, the fresh snow cover did not blanket the landscape for long, as high temperatures into the 50s on the 27th and near-70 on the 28th sparked a swift melt.
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 Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 24, 5:02 PM CST, 11 hours 58 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Hastings NE 247 PM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 252000- Phillips-Smith-Jewell-Rooks-Osborne-Mitchell-Valley-Greeley-Nance- Sherman-Howard-Merrick-Polk-Dawson-Buffalo-Hall-Hamilton-York- Gosper-Phelps-Kearney-Adams-Clay-Fillmore-Furnas-Harlan-Franklin- Webster-Nuckolls-Thayer- 247 PM CDT Sun Mar 24 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and portions of north central Kansas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Southerly wind gusts of 40 to 50 MPH are possible this afternoon and evening, mainly southeast of a line from Phillipsburg to Red Cloud to Geneva. Chances for thunderstorms will increase late this afternoon and evening, and a few of these storms could become severe, mainly between 4pm and midnight. Threats include hail to the size of half dollars and wind gusts up to 60 MPH. The highest risk is across north central Kansas, but there is some chance for severe storms to reach as far north as the Interstate 80 corridor. After midnight, rain will start to change to snow from northwest to southeast. Before the switchover to snow, a period freezing rain will be possible, with a light glaze to around a tenth of an inch of ice accumulation possible by daybreak west of Highway 281. In addition, northwest wind gusts of 40 to 50 MPH are also possible by early Monday morning, mainly in areas northwest of a line from Beaver City to Greeley, Nebraska, where a blizzard warning goes into effect at 1 AM CDT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Rain will continue to transition to snow from west to east across the local area Monday morning, with a period of freezing rain possible before a complete transition over to snow. This could result in an additional light glaze to up to one tenth of an inch of ice accumulation Monday morning, mainly for areas along and west of a line from Osborne, Kansas to Fullerton, Nebraska. In addition, strong northwest winds will spread across the area Monday into Monday night, with wind gusts of 45 to 55 MPH possible. This would result in in poor visibility and hazardous travel in any bands of heavier snow that develop. As a result, a winter weather advisory as well as a blizzard warning have been issued for parts of the local area. Please see the latest winter weather statements for additional information. Finally, wind chill values will fall below zero across much of Nebraska Tuesday morning with readings as low as 10 degrees below zero possible in spots primarily north of Interstate 80. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any hail or damaging winds that occur today, along with any wintry precipitation tonight through Monday. && More information may be obtained at the following web page: https://www.weather.gov/hastings Rossi
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Measured and estimated snowfall totals ranged from 1 to 4 inches.
Measured and estimated snowfall totals ranged from 1 to 5 inches.
Measured and estimated snowfall totals ranged from 1 to 4 inches.
Measured and estimated snowfall totals ranged from 1 to 4 inches.
Measured and estimated snowfall totals ranged from a trace to 3 inches.
Measured and estimated snowfall totals ranged from a trace to 3 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, March 2024
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1169289, 1169290, 1169291, 1169292, 1169293, 1169294.