Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 27 to 28, 2000

Name: Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 27 to 28, 2000
Start: 2000-01-27T10:44
End: 2000-01-28T12:00
Location: Kansas

January 27 to 28, 2000 · NWS ICT · 18 events in 18 counties and zones

18 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 18 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 18

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.

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Event by event

18 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Kingman

When: January 27, 10:44 AM CST to January 28, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Kingman forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.559, -98.136 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Harper

When: January 27, 10:44 AM CST to January 28, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Harper forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.192, -98.075 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Sumner

When: January 27, 10:44 AM CST to January 28, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Sumner forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.237, -97.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Barton

When: January 27, 12:43 PM CST to January 28, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Barton forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.479, -98.756 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A slow-moving winter storm produced widespread 6-8 inch snowfalls across most of central, south-central and southeast Kansas from the morning of the 27th thru midday on the 28th. Reports were also received from amateur radio operators, law enforcement and emergency managers.

Heavy Snow, Rice

When: January 27, 12:43 PM CST to January 28, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Rice forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.347, -98.201 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, McPherson

When: January 27, 12:43 PM CST to January 28, 2:00 AM CST
Where: McPherson forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.392, -97.648 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Reno

When: January 27, 12:43 PM CST to January 28, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Reno forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.953, -98.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Harvey

When: January 27, 12:43 PM CST to January 28, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Harvey forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.043, -97.427 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Butler

When: January 27, 12:43 PM CST to January 28, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Butler forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.781, -96.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Sedgwick

When: January 27, 12:43 PM CST to January 28, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Sedgwick forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.685, -97.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Cowley

When: January 27, 12:43 PM CST to January 28, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Cowley forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.238, -96.837 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Greenwood

When: January 27, 4:00 PM CST to January 28, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Greenwood forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.878, -96.233 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Elk

When: January 27, 4:00 PM CST to January 28, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Elk forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.454, -96.244 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Wilson

When: January 27, 4:00 PM CST to January 28, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Wilson forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.559, -95.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Neosho

When: January 27, 4:00 PM CST to January 28, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Neosho forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.559, -95.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Chautauqua

When: January 27, 4:00 PM CST to January 28, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Chautauqua forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.150, -96.245 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Montgomery

When: January 27, 4:00 PM CST to January 28, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Montgomery forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.193, -95.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Labette

When: January 27, 4:00 PM CST to January 28, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Labette forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.191, -95.298 (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

Every storm in Kansas in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5127362, 5127364, 5127365, 5127356, 5127357, 5127358, 5127359, 5127360, 5127361, 5127363, 5127366, 5127367, 5127368, 5127369, 5127370, 5127371, 5127909, 5127910.