Winter Weather — Sherman, Kansas

2025-12-04 to 2025-12-05 · Sherman, Kansas

Event narrative

Sherman county dispatch reported multiple slide offs due to very slick conditions along Interstate 70. The slick conditions were from re-freeze of light snow from earlier in the day, followed by brief periods of freezing drizzle, freezing rain and freezing fog. The NWS in Goodland measured 0.02 inches of ice accumulation from all of this combined at the office. Interstate 70 was closed from Goodland to the Kansas/Colorado line for around an hour the morning of the 5th due to the conditions.

Key Impacts: slick roadways, icy driving conditions.

Wider weather episode

A portion of Interstate 70 closed the morning of the 4th due to very slick conditions, and a report of multiple slide offs due to freezing fog and freezing drizzle overnight. That evening melting snow refroze compounding the already slick roadways.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1296254. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.