Winter Storm, Phillips
- When
- February 5, 9:00 PM CST to February 7, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Phillips forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.785, -99.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Kansas, February 5 to 7, 1997
An upper level disturbance was responsible for a widespread snow of 2 to 4 inches across North Central Kansas. For some areas, this was the first "real" snow of the winter season.
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 GID wrote it up.
An upper level disturbance was responsible for a widespread snow of 2 to 4 inches across North Central Kansas. For some areas, this was the first "real" snow of the winter season.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Smith
- When
- February 5, 9:00 PM CST to February 7, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Smith forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.785, -98.785 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Jewell
- When
- February 5, 9:00 PM CST to February 7, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jewell forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.785, -98.218 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Rooks
- When
- February 5, 9:00 PM CST to February 7, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rooks forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -99.325 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Osborne
- When
- February 5, 9:00 PM CST to February 7, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Osborne forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -98.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Mitchell
- When
- February 5, 9:00 PM CST to February 7, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Mitchell forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.393, -98.209 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 5 to 6, 1997
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 5 to 7, 1997
- Flash Flood in New York, February 5, 1997
- Dense Fog in Montana, February 5 to 6, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 5 to 7, 1997
- Winter Storm in New Hampshire, February 5, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, February 5, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, February 5 to 6, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 5, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 5, 1997
- Flood in Kentucky, February 5 to 7, 1997
- Flood in Kentucky, February 5 to 7, 1997
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, February 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: 5585058, 5585059, 5585060, 5585061, 5585062, 5585063.