Blizzard, Barber
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Barber forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.229, -98.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard in Kansas, March 7 to 8, 1998
Blizzard conditions occurred across the area. Almost all of the highways were closed for several hours with 30 to 40 mph winds causing zero or near zero visibilities.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 27 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
- 27
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 DDC wrote it up.
Blizzard conditions occurred across the area. Almost all of the highways were closed for several hours with 30 to 40 mph winds causing zero or near zero visibilities. Final snowfall totals ranged from 3 to 4 inches in Finney...Seward and Comanche counties to 6 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 8 feet in some areas.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
27 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, Clark
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Clark forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.236, -99.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Comanche
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Comanche forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.191, -99.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Edwards
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Edwards forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.888, -99.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Ellis
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ellis forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.915, -99.317 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Finney
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Finney forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.044, -100.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Ford
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ford forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.692, -99.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Grant
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Grant forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.562, -101.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Gray
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Gray forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.738, -100.438 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Hamilton
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hamilton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.999, -101.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Haskell
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Haskell forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.562, -100.871 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Hodgeman
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hodgeman forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.088, -99.898 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Kearny
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kearny forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -101.320 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Kiowa
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kiowa forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.558, -99.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Lane
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lane forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.481, -100.466 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Meade
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Meade forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.238, -100.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Morton
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Morton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.191, -101.799 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Ness
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ness forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.479, -99.916 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Pawnee
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pawnee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.181, -99.237 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Pratt
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pratt forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.648, -98.740 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Rush
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rush forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.523, -99.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Scott
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Scott forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.482, -100.907 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Seward
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Seward forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.193, -100.851 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Stafford
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Stafford forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.031, -98.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Stanton
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Stanton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.563, -101.784 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Stevens
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Stevens forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.192, -101.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Trego
- When
- March 7, 1:46 PM CST to March 8, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Trego forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.914, -99.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, March 7 to 8, 1998
- Blizzard in Kansas, March 7 to 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, March 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, March 7 to 30, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, March 7, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, March 7, 1998
- Hail in Mississippi, March 7, 1998
- Winter Storm in Kansas, March 7 to 12, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 7, 1998
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 7 to 12, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 7, 1998
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, March 1998
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: 5638703, 5638704, 5638705, 5638706, 5638707, 5638708, 5638709, 5638710, 5638711, 5638712, 5638713, 5638714, 5638715, 5638716, 5638717, 5638718, 5638719, 5638720, 5638721, 5638722, 5638723, 5638724, 5638725, 5638726, 5638727, 5638728, 5638729.