Winter Storm — Rawlins, Kansas

2006-12-19 to 2006-12-21 · Rawlins, Kansas

Event narrative

Three to five inches of snow fell on top of 1/2 inch of ice. Six people were injured when their vehicle skidded on icy roads 10 miles south of Atwood. The vehicle left the road and hit a shed.

Wider weather episode

A slow-moving low pressure system produced significant snow and ice accumulations across eastern Colorado, southwest Nebraska and western Kansas. Snow totals of 6-12 inches were common along the Kansas-Colorado border, with 1/2-11/2 inch ice accumulations further east in the Norton and Hill City areas. This storm produced widespread power outages and brought down a communications tower in Norton county, as well as affecting many counties with heavy tree damage and loss of utility poles. Storm totals for each county include... Cheyenne: 6-9 snow, 1/4 ice. Rawlins: 3-5 snow, 1/2 ice. Decatur: 1 snow, 1 ice. Norton 1 snow, 1 ice. Sherman 5-10 snow, 1/4 ice. Thomas 3-5 snow, 1/2 ice. Sheridan: 4-6 snow, 3/4 ice. Graham: 2-4 snow, 1 ice. Wallace: 5 snow, 1/4 ice. Logan 2 snow, 1/2 ice. Gove: 2 snow, 1 ice. Greeley: 6 snow, 1/4 ice. Wichita: 3 snow, 1/2 ice.

Damage estimates are not yet available.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 9758. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.