Heavy Snow in Kiowa, Kansas

Heavy Snow January 5, 2024 · Kiowa, Kansas

What the National Weather Service wrote

Five inches of snow was measured at Haviland.

The wider storm

A low surface pressure developed over the Panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma on the 4th and 5th of January, lifting moist air northward into colder air at the surface over western Kansas. Snow developed on the overnight of the 4th into the 5th, with many first measured reports coming in around 7 am. Snowfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches were common before the snow tapered off during the afternoon.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1152824. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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