High Plains Drifter

. . . 4 to 6" of snow across portions of southwest KS . . .

A fairly quick moving storm system along a strong sub-tropical jet produced a swatch of 4 to 6" of snow across portions of southwest KS mainly from Garden City to Scott City northwest to Ness City and Hays.  Here in Dodge we only managed about 1.5" or so, however 30-40mph winds overnight created some drifts as high as 12 to 15".  It’s damn cold out there… 15°F now with 30 mph winds continuing… it won’t get out of the teens today (the 13th) or the 14th!  Meanwhile, back east… what a major crippling blizzard with upwards of 15 to 30" of snow possible over portions of interior New England region.   

Here's the storm total summary for Southwest KS: 

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS  1030 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007     .TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON     .DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.     ..REMARKS..    0429 PM     SNOW             8 N BIG BOW             37.68N 101.56W  02/12/2007  M2.0 INCH        STANTON            KS   CO-OP OBSERVER    0457 PM     SNOW             14 N DEERFIELD          38.18N 101.13W  02/12/2007  E3.0 INCH        KEARNY             KS   CO-OP OBSERVER    0610 PM     SNOW             NE HOLCOMB              37.99N 100.99W  02/12/2007  M3.0 INCH        FINNEY             KS   CO-OP OBSERVER    0628 PM     SNOW             3 NE ULYSSES            37.61N 101.32W  02/12/2007  E3.0 INCH        GRANT              KS   CO-OP OBSERVER    0645 PM     SNOW             ALEXANDER               38.47N 99.55W  02/12/2007  E3.0 INCH        RUSH               KS   CO-OP OBSERVER    0648 PM     HEAVY SNOW       1 E ALEXANDER           38.47N 99.53W  02/12/2007  M5.0 INCH        RUSH               KS   CO-OP OBSERVER    0650 PM     SNOW             ENE GARDEN CITY         37.98N 100.86W  02/12/2007  M5.0 INCH        FINNEY             KS   CO-OP OBSERVER     REPORTED 4 TO 5 INCHES AND STILL SNOWING.    0651 PM     HEAVY SNOW       E LA CROSSE             38.53N 99.31W  02/12/2007  M5.0 INCH        RUSH               KS   CO-OP OBSERVER     MEASURED 5.25 INCHES SNOW DEPTH    0655 PM     SNOW             14 W KALVESTA           38.05N 100.54W  02/12/2007  M2.5 INCH        FINNEY             KS   CO-OP OBSERVER    0659 PM     SNOW             16 NW GARDEN CITY       38.14N 101.07W  02/12/2007  M4.0 INCH        FINNEY             KS   CO-OP OBSERVER    1017 PM     HEAVY SNOW       E JETMORE               38.08N 99.89W  02/12/2007  M5.0 INCH        HODGEMAN           KS   PUBLIC