Winter Storm, Shawnee
- When
- January 23, 2:05 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee forecast zone
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.042, -95.756 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Kansas, January 23, 2000
The storm system mentioned in the previous entry resulted in less than a half inch of snow in the Topeka area yet roads became slick and hazardous resulting in two major traffic accidents near the I-70 and I-470 interchange in west Topeka. The first accident occurred shortly after 2pm when a vehicle driven by a woman slid off the roadway when the woman lost control of the car on a slick overpass.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
The storm system mentioned in the previous entry resulted in less than a half inch of snow in the Topeka area yet roads became slick and hazardous resulting in two major traffic accidents near the I-70 and I-470 interchange in west Topeka. The first accident occurred shortly after 2pm when a vehicle driven by a woman slid off the roadway when the woman lost control of the car on a slick overpass. The car left the roadway and rolled sideways down a hill ejecting all three occupants and resulted in serious injuries to the woman and her two sons who were passengers in the vehicle. One of the boys died two days later from injuries suffered in the accident. The second accident occurred at 3pm a short distance from the first accident and turned fatal when a truck driven by a 76 year old man slid off the roadway, ejected the male driver and struck a concrete barrier.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Storm, Shawnee | 2000-01-23 | 76 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
| Winter Storm, Shawnee | 2000-01-23 | 9 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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
- Hail in Louisiana, January 23, 2000
- Flood in California, January 23 to 24, 2000
- Flood in California, January 23 to 24, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 23, 2000
- Freezing Fog in New Jersey, January 23 to 24, 2000
- Ice Storm in Georgia, January 23, 2000
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 23 to 24, 2000
- Winter Weather in Missouri, January 23, 2000
- Winter Storm in Kansas, January 23, 2000
- Freezing Fog in Delaware, January 23 to 24, 2000
- Winter Storm in California, January 23 to 25, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, January 23 to 24, 2000
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, January 2000
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: 5126874.