Heavy Snow — Washington, Kansas

2009-11-16 · Washington, Kansas

Event narrative

Eight inches of heavy wet snow measured. Power outages have been reported around the county. Emergency Management reported that numerous power lines have been taken down due to tree branches falling on power lines. This in turn damaged power poles which totaled around 1.6 million dollars in damage between Washington and Marshall Counties.

Wider weather episode

A slow moving storm system produced 6 to 12 inches of heavy wet snow across parts of Northeast Kansas. The heaviest snow and greatest impact occurred along and north of a Concordia to Hiawatha line where numerous power outages due to downed power lines were reported. Very little in the way of snowfall accumulation occurred south of this line since air temperatures were in the lower to middle 30s and the significant accumulation occurred in areas of heavy precipitation while other areas that received snow saw it melt as it fell. Damage estimates of 1.6 million dollars included damage to power poles across Washington, Marshall, Republic and Cloud counties with the worst damage across Washington and Marshall Counties.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 201255. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.