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WWUS43 KGLD 250243
WSWGLD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
742 PM MST SUN MAR 24 2002

...WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES CONTINUE TONIGHT FOR 
PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS...SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND EASTERN 
COLORADO...

.LIGHT SNOW CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA THIS 
EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX INCHES WERE REPORTED FROM 
GOODLAND KANSAS TO BURLINGTON COLORADO. MOUNT SUNFLOWER...THE 
HIGHEST POINT IN KANSAS...ALSO REPORTED SIX INCHES. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 
THREE TO FIVE INCHES WERE COMMON ELSEWHERE IN THE TRI-STATE AREA. 

INTERSTATE 70 CONTINUED TO BE CLOSED FROM LIMON COLORADO TO HAYS 
KANSAS. OTHER ROADS WERE ALSO CLOSED. KANSAS HIGHWAY 25 WAS CLOSED 
NEAR THE THOMAS/RAWLINS COUNTY LINE DUE TO A TRUCK THAT JACKKNIFED 
ACROSS BOTH LANES. OBVIOUSLY...TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED DURING THE 
REST OF THE NIGHT. 

COZ091-KSZ001-002-013-014-250829-
CHEYENNE KS-KIT CARSON COUNTY CO-RAWLINS KS-SHERMAN KS-THOMAS KS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOODLAND...COLBY AND BURLINGTON

...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT...
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH 
OF ACCUMULATION LIKELY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FROM 6 TO 8 
INCHES. 

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COZ090-092-KSZ003-004-015-016-027>029-NEZ079>081-250530-
CHEYENNE COUNTY CO-DECATUR KS-DUNDY NE-GOVE KS-GRAHAM KS-
HITCHCOCK NE-LOGAN KS-NORTON KS-RED WILLOW NE-SHERIDAN KS-WALLACE KS-
YUMA COUNTY CO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCCOOK...BENKELMAN...OBERLIN...NORTON...
HILL CITY AND YUMA

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT...
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH 
OF ACCUMULATION LIKELY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FROM 3 TO 5 
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 

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MENTZER