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WWUS43 KGLD 191505
WSWGLD
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
905 AM MDT WED MAR 19 2025
COZ090-091-KSZ001>004-013>016-028-029-NEZ079>081-191800-
/O.CON.KGLD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-250319T1800Z/
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-
SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-LOGAN-GOVE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OAKLEY, GRINNELL, BENKELMAN, PALISADE,
NORTON, BURLINGTON, QUINTER, ST. FRANCIS, WRAY, CULBERTSON,
STRATTON NE, BIRD CITY, COLBY, TRENTON, MCCOOK, HOXIE, HILL CITY,
GOODLAND, YUMA, GRAINFIELD, OBERLIN, AND ATWOOD
905 AM MDT WED MAR 19 2025 /1005 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2025/
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/
TODAY...
* WHAT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO
ONE INCH EAST OF US HIGHWAY 83. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 65 MPH.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO, NORTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS, AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ TODAY.
* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS AND WEIGHT OF SNOW ON TREE LIMBS MAY
DOWN POWER LINES AND COULD CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AND
POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP BELOW 1/4
MILE DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD
CONDITIONS. STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE TREE DAMAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
CONDITIONS CAN DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN WINTER WEATHER SITUATIONS.
ALLOW EXTRA TIME IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. KEEP A FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.
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.
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT
WHICH WILL PRODUCE EXTREME HARDSHIP OR LOSS OF LIFE FOR UNPROTECTED
LIVESTOCK.
COZ092-KSZ027-041-042-191800-
/O.CON.KGLD.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-250319T1800Z/
CHEYENNE-WALLACE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CHEYENNE WELLS, TRIBUNE, ARAPAHOE, LEOTI,
AND SHARON SPRINGS
905 AM MDT WED MAR 19 2025 /1005 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2025/
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT /1 PM
CDT/ TODAY...
* WHAT...SNOW. LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. WINDS
GUSTING AS HIGH AS 60 MPH.
* WHERE...IN COLORADO, CHEYENNE COUNTY. IN KANSAS, GREELEY, WALLACE,
AND WICHITA COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON MDT /1 PM CDT/ TODAY.
* IMPACTS...ROADS, ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL LIKELY
BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS.
STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE TREE DAMAGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THE STRONG WINDS COMBINING WITH THE AREAS
THAT RECEIVED SNOW WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONAL
VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO A MILE OR LESS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR ROAD CONDITIONS IN
KANSAS, NEBRASKA, AND COLORADO CALL 511. DO NOT USE GPS FOR
ALTERNATE ROUTES OR GO AROUND BARRICADES.
PERSONS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 70 WILL EXPERIENCE TRAVEL DELAYS AND
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL.
PERSONS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING ALL TRAVEL. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE
EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
SRF
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