Heavy Snow — Marshall, Kansas

2009-11-16 · Marshall, Kansas

Event narrative

Estimated 7 inches of heavy wet snow reported 6 miles east of Marysville. Rolling Hills Electric Cooperative stated at around 750 power poles were snapped due to downed lines in Republic, Washington and Marshall Counties. The 1.6 million dollar damage estimate is for all counties combined.

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 201257. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.