Heavy Snow, Butler
- When
- March 19, 6:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Butler forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.781, -96.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Kansas, March 19, 1998
Low pressure positioned along the Wyoming/Colorado border dropped southeast to the Texas Panhandle early on the morning of the 19th. As the low lifted northeast across Oklahoma and Missouri it intensified, spreading 6-10 inch snowfalls across South-Central Kansas with locally heavier amounts around 1 foot in parts of Sedgwick, Sumner, Cowley and Butler counties.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 11 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
- 11
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 ICT wrote it up.
Low pressure positioned along the Wyoming/Colorado border dropped southeast to the Texas Panhandle early on the morning of the 19th. As the low lifted northeast across Oklahoma and Missouri it intensified, spreading 6-10 inch snowfalls across South-Central Kansas with locally heavier amounts around 1 foot in parts of Sedgwick, Sumner, Cowley and Butler counties. This was the worst snowstorm to hit South-Central Kansas in 27 years.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
11 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Cowley
- When
- March 19, 6:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.238, -96.837 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Greenwood
- When
- March 19, 6:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Greenwood forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.878, -96.233 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Harper
- When
- March 19, 6:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harper forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.192, -98.075 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Harvey
- When
- March 19, 6:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harvey forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.043, -97.427 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Kingman
- When
- March 19, 6:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kingman forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.559, -98.136 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Marion
- When
- March 19, 6:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.359, -97.097 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, McPherson
- When
- March 19, 6:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.392, -97.648 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Reno
- When
- March 19, 6:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Reno forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.953, -98.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Sedgwick
- When
- March 19, 6:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.685, -97.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Sumner
- When
- March 19, 6:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.237, -97.477 (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
- Tornado in Florida, March 19, 1998
- Flash Flood in Florida, March 19 to 20, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 19 to 27, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 19 to 24, 1998
- Flash Flood in Florida, March 19 to 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 19, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 19 to 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 19, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 19 to 31, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 19 to 24, 1998
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: 5633438, 5633439, 5633440, 5633441, 5633442, 5633443, 5633444, 5633445, 5633446, 5633447, 5633448.