Heavy Snow in Kansas, March 10 to 11, 2000

Name: Heavy Snow in Kansas, March 10 to 11, 2000
Start: 2000-03-10T20:00
End: 2000-03-11T09:00
Location: Kansas

March 10 to 11, 2000 · NWS ICT · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $250,000
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.

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Event by event

4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Wilson

When: March 10, 8:00 PM CST to March 11, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Wilson forecast zone
Property damage: $250,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.559, -95.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

During the night of the 10th and 11th, a late season winter storm produced a narrow swath of 6 to 8 inch snowfalls across extreme southeast Kansas. Possessing a high water content, the heavy snow caused widespread damage to trees, power lines and about 30 power poles. Approximately 2,600 to 2,700 people experienced power outages lasting the duration of the weekend. In addition to reports from trained AGTAP spotters, reports were also received from the co-operative observer network and area newspapers.

Heavy Snow, Neosho

When: March 10, 8:00 PM CST to March 11, 9:00 AM 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, Montgomery

When: March 10, 8:00 PM CST to March 11, 9:00 AM 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: March 10, 8:00 PM CST to March 11, 9:00 AM 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.

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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, March 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: 5132738, 5132739, 5132740, 5132741.