Heavy Snow — Washington, Kansas

2009-11-16 · Washington, Kansas

Event narrative

Heavy wet snow measured at 12 inches four miles southeast of Morrowville in Washington County. Residents are without power and one mile of power poles are reported to be snapped from the weight of snow on lines. Damage estimate of 1.6 million is for combined county total including Washington, Marshall, Republic and Cloud 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 201262. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.