Sunday, March 2, 2008

Blizzard Warning, Goodland, KS

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
11:11 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008
...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON...
.NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL COMBINE WITH
MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW TO PRODUCE VISIBILITIES AT OR
BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE FOR PARTS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA. FOR THE
REST OF THE AREA VISIBILITIES WILL BE HIGHER AND PRECIPITATION
WILL INITIALLY START AS RAIN BEFORE GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO
SNOW
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-SHERMAN-THOMAS-
WALLACE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON...
CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...GOODLAND...COLBY...
SHARON SPRINGS...BENKELMAN...TRENTON
1111 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2008 /1211 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008/
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST /9 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST /9 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH
NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH TO PRODUCE VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW
ONE QUARTER MILE A BIT LATER THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO THE
EARLY EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS AND FALLING OR BLOWING SNOW
WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...WITH TRAVEL BECOMING
DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. MONITOR LOCAL FORECASTS BEFORE DECIDING
TO VENTURE OUTSIDE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AND YOU BECOME STRANDED...
STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES.

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