Washington storm history

Eight inches of heavy wet snow measured. Power outages have been reported around the county. Emergency Management reported that numerous power lines have been taken down due to tree branches falling on power lines. This in turn damaged power poles which totaled around 1.6 million…

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 includin…

Personal weather station.

A COOP observer in Washington measured 14.5 inches of snow from this storm. Another CoCoRaHS observer 7.8 miles SSE of Greenleaf measured 14.1 inches of snow. Local network of observations including Concordia ASOS reported periods of visibility down below one quarter mile and win…

Sheriffs office reported minor tree damage in Barnes.

Half dollar size hail, also estimating 50 mph winds.

Estimated 60 mph winds.

Report from mping.

Mping report of 1 inch tree limbs broken, shingles blown off. Time estimated from radar.

Measured 8 inches of snow 4 miles southeast of Morrowville in Washington County.

Half dollar sized hail reported.

Tree limbs 1 inch in diameter blown down. Pea to nickel sized hail also reported.

Wind gust of 60 mph. Nickel sized hail also reported.

Nickel sized hail reported.

Nickel sized hail reported.

Measured on a personal weather station.

Measured on a personal weather station.

Ping pong ball sized hail reported via mping.

Half dollar sized hail reported.

Quarter sized hail reported via mping.

A tree limb at least 10 inches in diameter knocked down.

Numerous large trees snapped, estimated at 10 inches in diameter. House damage also reported from falling trees.

Outbuilding destroyed.

Portion of a roof lifted off a large metal outbuilding.

Tree limb at least six inches in diameter knocked down.

Fifteen power poles snapped on Eagle Road.

Quarter sized hail reported.

Ping pong ball sized hail reported.

Quarter sized hail reported.

Quarter sized hail reported.

Quarter sized hail reported from spotter network.

Ping pong ball sized hail reported.

The Kansas mesonet showed wind chills of -25 to -40F for much of the day on December 22nd. That data was available via http://mesonet.k-state.edu/weather/windchill/ .

KS-WS-13: Palmer 0.6 SSW measured 1 inch of snow on top of a glaze of ice from a flash freeze event with drizzle and freezing drizzle Wednesday night before the Arctic front arrived. Northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph caused some blowing and drifting of snow while wind chills droppe…

Wind gust of 60 mph.

Nickel sized hail reported.