000
NOUS43 KGLD 091202
PNSGLD

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
500 AM MST THU FEB 09 2012

...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...

IN 2002 THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND ONE TO THREE INCHES OF 
SNOW CREATED NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS ON 
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 9TH. WINDS WERE SUSTAINED AT 40 TO 50 MPH WITH 
GUSTS TO NEAR 70 MPH...WHICH REDUCED VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE IN 
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND CREATED THREE TO FOUR FOOT SNOW DRIFTS. 
THESE WINDS WERE ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY TEMPERATURES IN THE 
TWENTIES...WHICH CREATED WIND CHILL READINGS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 
DEGREES BELOW ZERO. INTERSTATE 70 WAS CLOSED...ALONG WITH MANY OTHER 
COUNTY ROADS ACROSS THE REGION. THE STRONG WINDS BLEW DOWN 4 
TO 8 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN 
NORTON COUNTY.

$$