A vigorous upper level storm system moved out of New Mexico late Saturday, March 18th, sending overrunning moisture northward into Kansas.  A stationary front along the Kansas-Oklahoma border served as a focusing boundary for precipitation, which began as rain on Sunday, March 19th, then quickly changed to snow Sunday night and continued much of the day Monday, March 20th.  When the system finally exited Southwest Kansas late Monday, heavy snow covered much of the area.  A 60-mile wide band of 8 to 10 inches of snow fell along a line centered from Ness City to Garden City to Ulysses to 10 miles north of Hugoton, with a 25-mile wide tongue of 8 to 10 inches of snow also from Sublette southeastward to Meade.  Two small pockets of 10 to 11 inches of snow fell within the 60-mile wide band: one in the central part of Haskell County; and the second one from northwest Hodgeman County into extreme eastern Finney County.  A large area of 6 to 8 inches of snowfall surrounded the band of higher amounts, and was west and north of a line from Wakeeney to LaCrosse to Minneola to just south of Meade to Liberal to Elkhart.  East of this line, a 10 to 20-mile wide band of snow with 4 to 5 inch amounts.  The southeastern part of the DDC CWA received 2 inches of snow or less from this storm.

Blizzard in GRAY, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Blizzard in HAMILTON, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Blizzard in STANTON, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Blizzard in CLARK, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Blizzard in TREGO, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Blizzard in EDWARDS, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Blizzard in ELLIS, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Blizzard in GRANT, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Blizzard in HODGEMAN, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Blizzard in LANE, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Blizzard in HASKELL, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Blizzard in KEARNY, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Blizzard in MEADE, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Blizzard in MORTON, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Blizzard in NESS, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Blizzard in PAWNEE, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Blizzard in RUSH, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Blizzard in SCOTT, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Blizzard in SEWARD, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Blizzard in STEVENS, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Blizzard in FINNEY, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Blizzard in FORD, KANSAS
From 19-MAR-06 20:00:00 to 21-MAR-06 06:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY