Heavy Snow in Cherokee, Kansas

Heavy Snow December 12, 2000 – December 13, 2000 · Cherokee, Kansas

Death

$10K

Damage as recorded

The wider storm

A major winter storm dropped 8 to 12 inches of snow in southeast Kansas. The hardest hit areas were in Cherokee County where up to 14 inches fell near Galena and Columbus. In addition to numerous accidents reported by law enforcement officers over the area, heavy snowfall collapsed a carport onto a car in Baxter Springs, killing the individual in the car. No other serious injuries were reported.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5167428. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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