As the storm which dumped ice across much of our CWA on December 10th and 11th pulled northeastward into central Kansas on the 14th, cold air wrapped around the deepening system and resulted in heavy snow across a large part of DDC���s CWA.  Before the snow ended on Saturday, December 15th, over a foot of snow had fallen across parts of Ellis, Rush, Pawnee and northwestern Edwards, southeastern Hodgeman and a small portion of northeastern Ford counties.  The highest snowfall amount reported was 13.5 inches in Hays.  Strong north to northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph accompanied the snow, causing drifts as high as five feet in the Hays and Schoenchen areas and closing some roads in Ellis County.   Greater than 8 inches fell east of a line from 5 miles east of Wakeeney in Trego County to near Ness City of Ness County to the northwest tip of Hodgeman County to near Cimarron in Gray County, and north of a line from Cimarron to Dodge City in Ford County to Kinsley in Edwards County to Larned in Pawnee County.  Greater than 4 inches of snow fell surrounding the area described above, basically east of a line from 10 miles north of Dighton in Lane county to 5 miles east of Garden City to near Liberal in Seward County, then north of a line from near Liberal to Meade in Meade County to Ashland in Clark County to just south of Pratt in Pratt County.  Generally 2 to 4inchesof snow fell across the southern tier of counties along the Oklahoma border, with 2 inches or less of snow falling in the far western counties of Hamilton, Stanton, Morton, Kearny, and Grant, most of Scott, western Stevens, western Finney and northwestern Haskell.

Heavy Snow in NESS, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 17:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Heavy Snow in KIOWA, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 17:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Heavy Snow in ELLIS, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 17:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Heavy Snow in TREGO, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 17:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Heavy Snow in HODGEMAN, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 17:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Winter Weather in SCOTT, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 10:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in SEWARD, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 10:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in KEARNY, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 10:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in LANE, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 10:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in CLARK, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 10:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in BARBER, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 10:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in FINNEY, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 10:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in GRANT, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 10:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Heavy Snow in STAFFORD, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 17:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Heavy Snow in RUSH, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 17:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Heavy Snow in GRAY, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 17:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Heavy Snow in RUSH, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 17:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in STANTON, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 10:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in STEVENS, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 10:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Heavy Snow in PAWNEE, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 17:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Heavy Snow in MEADE, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 17:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Heavy Snow in FORD, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 17:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: NWS Employee

Seven inches of snow was reported 2 miles west of Dodge City.

Winter Weather in MORTON, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 10:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in PRATT, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 10:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in COMANCHE, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 10:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in EDWARDS, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 10:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in HAMILTON, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 10:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in HASKELL, KANSAS
From 14-DEC-07 10:00:00 to 15-DEC-07 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Trained Spotter