Heavy Snow, Republic
- When
- December 9, 7:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Republic forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.828, -97.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Kansas, December 9, 1997
Three to six inches of snow fell along and north of a line from Abilene in Dickinson County to Oskaloosa in Jefferson County. Locally higher amounts fell near the Nebraska border.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 13 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
- 13
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 six inches of snow fell along and north of a line from Abilene in Dickinson County to Oskaloosa in Jefferson County. Locally higher amounts fell near the Nebraska border. Some specific amounts reported were Whiting 6 inches, Sabetha 9 inches, Washington 6 to 7 inches and Marysville 4 to 6 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
13 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Cloud
- When
- December 9, 7:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cloud forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.480, -97.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Ottawa
- When
- December 9, 7:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.133, -97.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Washington
- When
- December 9, 7:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.784, -97.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Clay
- When
- December 9, 7:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -97.165 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Marshall
- When
- December 9, 7:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.784, -96.523 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Nemaha
- When
- December 9, 7:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nemaha forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.784, -96.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Brown
- When
- December 9, 7:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.827, -95.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Riley
- When
- December 9, 7:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Riley forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.297, -96.735 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Pottawatomie
- When
- December 9, 7:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.379, -96.342 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Jackson
- When
- December 9, 7:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.417, -95.794 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Jefferson
- When
- December 9, 7:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.236, -95.383 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Geary
- When
- December 9, 7:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Geary forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.002, -96.752 (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
- Hurricane in Guam, December 9 to 16, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 9 to 10, 1997
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Kansas, December 9 to 24, 1997
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, December 9, 1997
- Dense Fog in Illinois, December 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 9 to 10, 1997
- Dense Fog in Missouri, December 9, 1997
- Winter Storm in Missouri, December 9, 1997
- High Wind in California, December 9 to 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 9 to 10, 1997
- Dense Fog in Indiana, December 9, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, December 9, 1997
More
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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: 5624531, 5624532, 5624533, 5624534, 5624535, 5624536, 5624537, 5624538, 5624539, 5624540, 5624541, 5624542, 5624543.