Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 3, 2000

Name: Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 3, 2000
Start: 2000-01-03T06:00
End: 2000-01-03T16:00
Location: Kansas

January 3, 2000 · NWS DDC · 27 events in 27 counties and zones

Snow fell across the entire CWA with all locations receiving at least 3 inches. much heavier snow fell.

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.

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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.

Snow fell across the entire CWA with all locations receiving at least 3 inches. In a narrow band about 25 miles wide...much heavier snow fell. Southeast Rush, all of Pawnee, all of Stafford, northeast Hodgeman and southeast Ness received 6 or more inches of snow. More than a foot fell in a 5 to 10 mile wide band along northern Pawnee county with a 15 inch maximum reported in northeast Pawnee county.

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Event by event

27 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Barber

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Barber forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.229, -98.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Clark

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Clark forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.236, -99.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Comanche

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Comanche forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.191, -99.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Edwards

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Edwards forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.888, -99.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Ellis

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Ellis forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.915, -99.317 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Finney

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Finney forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.044, -100.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Ford

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Ford forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.692, -99.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Grant

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Grant forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.562, -101.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Gray

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Gray forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.738, -100.438 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Hamilton

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 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, Haskell

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Haskell forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.562, -100.871 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Hodgeman

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Hodgeman forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.088, -99.898 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Kearny

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Kearny forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.000, -101.320 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Kiowa

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Kiowa forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.558, -99.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Lane

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Lane forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.481, -100.466 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Meade

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Meade forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.238, -100.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Morton

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 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, Ness

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Ness forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.479, -99.916 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Pawnee

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Pawnee forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.181, -99.237 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Pratt

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Pratt forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.648, -98.740 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Rush

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Rush forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.523, -99.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Scott

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Scott forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.482, -100.907 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Seward

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Seward forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.193, -100.851 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Stafford

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Stafford forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.031, -98.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Stanton

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 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, Stevens

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Stevens forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.192, -101.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Trego

When: January 3, 6:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Trego forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.914, -99.873 (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.

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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: 5131810, 5131811, 5131812, 5131813, 5131814, 5131815, 5131816, 5131817, 5131818, 5131819, 5131820, 5131821, 5131822, 5131823, 5131824, 5131825, 5131826, 5131827, 5131828, 5131829, 5131830, 5131831, 5131832, 5131833, 5131834, 5131835, 5131836.