Winter Weather — Pottawatomie, Kansas

2007-01-20 to 2007-01-21 · Pottawatomie, Kansas

Event narrative

Five to six inches of snow was reported by cooperative observers to have fallen countywide. Some isolated amounts near 7 inches were reported in the southern part of the county.

Wider weather episode

A winter storm system swept into the Central Plains late the third week of January. Extremely cold temperatures throughout the atmosphere associated with this system allowed only snow to fall across northeast Kansas. The heaviest snowfall was reported during the evening hours on Saturday the 20th and during the early morning hours Sunday the 21st. Once the storm had exited the region Sunday morning, 3-8 of snow was reported across the county warning area. The highest amounts...generally 6 to 8 inches...were over the western half of the warning area...and lesser amounts of 3 to 6 inches covered the eastern half. An indirect fatality occurred on K-99 in Pottawatomie County on Saturday afternoon when two cars collided on slick roads.

Winds did not seem to be a major factor in this particular episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 10766. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.