Heavy Snow, Republic
- When
- December 2, 11:00 PM CST to December 3, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Republic forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.828, -97.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Kansas, December 2 to 3, 1997
Three to five inches of snow fell from North Central Kansas into the portion of Northeast Kansas along the Nebraska boarder.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS TOP wrote it up.
Three to five inches of snow fell from North Central Kansas into the portion of Northeast Kansas along the Nebraska boarder.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Cloud
- When
- December 2, 11:00 PM CST to December 3, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cloud forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.480, -97.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Washington
- When
- December 2, 11:00 PM CST to December 3, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.784, -97.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Clay
- When
- December 2, 11:00 PM CST to December 3, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -97.165 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Marshall
- When
- December 2, 11:00 PM CST to December 3, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marshall forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.784, -96.523 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Nemaha
- When
- December 2, 11:00 PM CST to December 3, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Nemaha forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.784, -96.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Dense Fog in Nebraska, December 2, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, December 2, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 2 to 3, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 2 to 3, 1997
- Strong Wind in Rhode Island, December 2, 1997
- Winter Storm in Kansas, December 2 to 3, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 2 to 3, 1997
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, December 2, 1997
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, December 2, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 2 to 3, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 2 to 4, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 2, 1997
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, December 1997
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5624508, 5624509, 5624510, 5624511, 5624512, 5624513.