Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena - CIG

KANSAS, NorthwestHail accompanied by 60-70 mph winds.Sheridan County8 SE Tasco 26 2230CST0 0Hail (0.75)Gove County14 SE Gove 26 2330CST0 0Hail (1.00)KANSAS, SoutheastKSZ032>033-047>053-067>069-082Russell - Lincoln - Barton - Ellsworth - Saline - Rice - Mcpherson - Marion - Chase - Reno - Harvey - Butler -Kingman07081700CST1000CST0 0BlizzardLow pressure positioned over the Utah/Colorado border moved east-southeast to along the Red River on the 7th & 8th. As the lowintensified, 6-8 inch snowfalls combined with gusty northeast winds of 40-50 mph to whip up 7-10 foot drifts. Most businesses andhighways were closed for 2-3 days. Lesser snowfalls around 3 inches prevailed across Reno, Kingman and Harvey counties but withgusty northeast winds of 40 mph 3-6 foot drifts resulted.KSZ032>033-047>050- Russell - Lincoln - Barton - Ellsworth - Saline - Rice - Reno - Harper067-09116172000CST1000CST0 0 1MIce StormLow pressure moving slowly northeast across Oklahoma and southern Kansas induced a strong, sub-freezing northeast surfaceupslope that, when combined with strong 850-mb warm advection, produced widespread freezing rain across Central and parts ofSouth-Central Kansas. The freezing rain combined with northeast winds of 20-30 mph to produce 1/2-1 inch of glazing acrossCentral Kansas with the greater accumulation across Russell and Barton counties. Extensive damage to trees, power lines and powerpoles resulted including a 300-foot radio tower that toppled over in northern Russell County.KSZ051>052-067>070-082>083-091>093Mcpherson - Marion - Reno - Harvey - Butler - Greenwood - Kingman - Sedgwick - Harper - Sumner -Cowley19 0600CST1500CST0 0Heavy SnowLow pressure positioned along the Wyoming/Colorado border dropped southeast to the Texas Panhandle early on the morning of the19th. As the low lifted northeast across Oklahoma and Missouri it intensified, spreading 6-10 inch snowfalls across South-CentralKansas with locally heavier amounts around 1 foot in parts of Sedgwick, Sumner, Cowley and Butler counties. This was the worstsnowstorm to hit South-Central Kansas in 27 years.Ellsworth County2 SE Black Wolf 29 1945CST0 0Hail (0.75)Lincoln County2 NE Westfall 29 1955CST0 0Hail (0.88)Barton CountyAlbert29 2315CST0 0Hail (1.00)Russell County9 S Russell 29 2325CST0 0Hail (0.75)Lincoln CountyVesper30 0004CST0 0Hail (0.75)KSZ099Montgomery31 0812CST0815CST0 0 100KHigh Wind (G65)High winds around 75 mph tore the roof off a restaurant in Coffeyville.KANSAS, SouthwestKSZ030>031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090KSZ044-061-063Storm Data and Unusual Weather PhenomenaTimePath PathNumber ofEstimatedLocal/ Length WidthPersonsDamageLocation DateStandard (Miles) (Yards) Killed Injured Property Crops Character of StormMarch 1998Trego - Ellis - Scott - Lane - Ness - Rush - Hamilton - Kearny - Finney - Hodgeman - Pawnee - Stafford -Stanton - Grant - Haskell - Gray - Ford - Edwards - Kiowa - Pratt - Morton - Stevens - Seward - Meade -Clark - Comanche - Barber07081346CST0300CST0 0BlizzardBlizzard conditions occurred across the area. Almost all of the highways were closed for several hours with 30 to 40 mph windscausing zero or near zero visibilities. Final snowfall totals ranged from 3 to 4 inches in Finney...Seward and Comanche counties to6 inches in Morton count...7 inches in Gray county and 8 to 10 inches in Stafford...Pratt and Ford counties. Drifts were as high as 8feet in some areas.Lane - Hamilton - Finney11 0600CST0 0Extreme ColdExtremely cold temperatures occurred with gusty winds. Temperatures fell to 2 degrees at Dighton...6 degrees at Garden City with a67 61