Heavy Snow, Stanton
- When
- March 18, 10:00 PM CST to March 19, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stanton forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.563, -101.784 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Kansas, March 18 to 19, 1999
Heavy snow produced the following amounts: Stanton county 12 inches, Elkhart in Morton county 10 inches, Hamilton county 6 inches and Stevens county near Hugoton 12 inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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.
Heavy snow produced the following amounts: Stanton county 12 inches, Elkhart in Morton county 10 inches, Hamilton county 6 inches and Stevens county near Hugoton 12 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Hamilton
- When
- March 18, 10:00 PM CST to March 19, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.999, -101.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Morton
- When
- March 18, 10:00 PM CST to March 19, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morton forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.191, -101.799 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Stevens
- When
- March 18, 10:00 PM CST to March 19, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stevens forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.192, -101.312 (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
- Wildfire in Florida, March 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 18, 1999
- Strong Wind in New York, March 18, 1999
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, March 18, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Texas, March 18, 1999
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 18, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 18 to 19, 1999
- Strong Wind in Maryland, March 18, 1999
- Strong Wind in Delaware, March 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Texas, March 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Texas, March 18 to 19, 1999
- Flooding in Arkansas, March 18 to 21, 1999
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, March 1999
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5691995, 5691996, 5691997, 5691998.