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WWUS43 KGLD 180202
WSWGLD
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
802 PM MDT MON MAR 17 2025
COZ091-092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ080-081-181200-
/O.CON.KGLD.WS.A.0003.250319T0600Z-250319T1800Z/
KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-
THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TRENTON, GRINNELL, LEOTI, ST. FRANCIS,
ATWOOD, HOXIE, OBERLIN, PALISADE, GRAINFIELD, TRIBUNE, BIRD CITY,
SHARON SPRINGS, CULBERTSON, QUINTER, COLBY, HILL CITY, CHEYENNE
WELLS, BURLINGTON, OAKLEY, MCCOOK, NORTON, STRATTON NE, GOODLAND,
AND ARAPAHOE
802 PM MDT MON MAR 17 2025 /902 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2025/
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP
TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 65 MPH.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO, NORTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL KANSAS, AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW 1/4 MILE DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AND MAY MAKE TRAVEL
TREACHEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING. PLAN ON SLICK AND
TREACHEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT
THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. VERY STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE. A COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY
SNOW MAY LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW
TUESDAY NIGHT AFTER SUNSET. STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 65 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE DURING THE RAIN AND TRANSITION PERIOD CREATING TRAVEL
CONCERNS INITIALLY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO PRIOR TO 12 AM
MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND
EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 WHERE A HEAVIER SNOW BAND MAY TRY TO FORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
PERSONS SHOULD DELAY ALL TRAVEL, IF POSSIBLE. IF TRAVEL IS
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR
SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY. LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND
THE MOTORIST AHEAD OF YOU, AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION. AVOID SUDDEN BRAKING OR ACCELERATION, AND BE ESPECIALLY
CAUTIOUS ON HILLS OR WHEN MAKING TURNS. MAKE SURE YOUR CAR IS
WINTERIZED AND IN GOOD WORKING ORDER.
TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 70 COULD BECOME DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO
FALLING OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY. WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS OFTEN LEAD TO DISORIENTATION, RESULTING IN A
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY.
JN
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