Heavy Snow in Thomas, Kansas

Heavy Snow March 7, 2011 – March 8, 2011 · Thomas, Kansas

Death

$15K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Six inches of snow was reported in Colby. Just as the light snow was beginning before midnight, a traffic fatality occurred when a vehicle attempted to pass another on US Highway 24 in Thomas County and the driver lost control. Other slide-off accidents occurred in the county early Tuesday (March 8) morning with no injuries reported.

The wider storm

A storm system moved out of the Rockies and onto the plains, producing a band of heavy snow across portions of northwest Kansas. The most significant snow fell along a line from Tribune and Leoti, northeast to Hoxie. Six to eight inches of snow was reported by cooperative observers. Elsewhere, snowfall amounts of two to four inches were common.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 282091. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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