Blizzard in Brown, Kansas

Blizzard March 4, 2025 – March 5, 2025 · Brown, Kansas

What the National Weather Service wrote

Video taken by a storm chaser showed near zero visibilities in heavy falling and blowing snow and winds of 40-70 mph in Fairview Kansas on highway 36. This corresponded to area ASOS that showed visibilities also falling to between one half and one quarter mile.

The wider storm

An extremely intense low pressure system moved into Missouri during the evening of March 4th. Northwest winds on the backside of the storm increased and rain changed to snow bringing a brief 3-4 hour period of blizzard conditions to parts of northeast Kansas. Snowfall amounts ranged from 1-3 inches however northwest winds of 40-70 mph combined with falling snow to reduce visibilities to one quarter mile or less in open areas for several hours.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1230411. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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