Kansas, 2001

Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Kansas, February 9, 2001

February 9, 2001 · NWS EAX · 7 events in 7 counties and zones

A strong storm system moved across extreme eastern Kansas on February 9th. Heavy snow fellacross Atchison and Doniphan counties with accumulations from 6 to 8 inches.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 7 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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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
7

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 EAX wrote it up.

A strong storm system moved across extreme eastern Kansas on February 9th. Heavy snow fellacross Atchison and Doniphan counties with accumulations from 6 to 8 inches. The remainder of the area had from 1/4 to 1/2 inch ice accumulations with snow accumulations from 1 to 3 incheson top of the ice. Numerous traffic accidents and additional school closings were reported.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 8, 9:30 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 9:30 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
930 PM CST THU FEB 8 2001

UPDATING TO EXPAND WINTER STORM WARNING SOUTH AND EAST TO ACROSS THE
KANSAS CITY METRO AND INTO PUTNAM AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES TO THE
NORTHEAST.  THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM
JOHNSON COUNTY KS TO LEES SUMMIT TO KIRKSVILLE LINE FOR TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY.  WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY TO
SOUTH FROM PAOLA TO BROOKFIELD WHILE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR MUCH OF AREA FOR TONIGHT.

STRONG UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS AND ASSOCIATED VERTICAL MOTION WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS A STRONG VORT MAX MOVES FROM
NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING...INTO MISSOURI BY MORNING.  CURRENT SFC
ANALYSIS SHOWS STRONG COLD SURGE INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI WITH
TEMPERATURES FALLING TO OR BELOW FREEZING MANY LOCATIONS BY
MIDNIGHT.  STRONG LOW LEVEL JET AND MOISTURE ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE
PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT...HEAVY AT TIMES AHEAD OF APPROACHING UPPER
LEVEL SYSTEM.

.EAX...
MO...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR
M0Z001>008-011>17-020>024-028>030-037-
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR
MOZ024-031-038-043-.
FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR
M0Z006>008-013>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-043>046-053-054-

KS...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR KSZ025-103>105-
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR
KSZ057-.
FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR KSZ025-103>105-057-

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

5 winter storm, 2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Atchison

When
February 9, 2:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where
Atchison forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.532, -95.313 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Doniphan

When
February 9, 2:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where
Doniphan forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.788, -95.147 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Johnson

When
February 9, 2:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where
Johnson forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
38.884, -94.822 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Leavenworth

When
February 9, 2:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where
Leavenworth forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.199, -95.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Linn

When
February 9, 2:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where
Linn forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
38.212, -94.843 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Miami

When
February 9, 2:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where
Miami forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
38.564, -94.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Wyandotte

When
February 9, 2:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where
Wyandotte forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.115, -94.764 (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.
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

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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: 5233639, 5233640, 5233641, 5233642, 5233643, 5233644, 5233645.