Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 27 to 28, 2001

Name: Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 27 to 28, 2001
Start: 2001-01-27T12:00
End: 2001-01-28T04:00
Location: Kansas

January 27 to 28, 2001 · NWS DDC · 27 events in 27 counties and zones

Snow began falling around noon in the far southwest corner and spread northeast during the day. The snow continued into the pre-dawn hours on the 28th.

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 began falling around noon in the far southwest corner and spread northeast during the day. The snow continued into the pre-dawn hours on the 28th. More than four inches fell in all areas. A large area of greater than six inches fell south of a line from Syracuse to Dighton to Jetmore to far southeast Ellis county. This area of heavier snow was north of a line from Ashland to St. John. Two pockets of 10 to 14 inches fell from Elkhart to Sublette and from Kinsley to Larned.

The radar

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Event by event

27 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Clark

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Clark forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.236, -99.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Barber

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Barber forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.229, -98.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Comanche

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Comanche forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.191, -99.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Edwards

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Edwards forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.888, -99.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Ellis

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Ellis forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.915, -99.317 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Finney

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Finney forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.044, -100.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Ford

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Ford forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.692, -99.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Grant

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Grant forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.562, -101.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Gray

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Gray forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.738, -100.438 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Hamilton

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Hamilton forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.999, -101.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Haskell

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Haskell forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.562, -100.871 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Hodgeman

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Hodgeman forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.088, -99.898 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Kearny

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Kearny forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.000, -101.320 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Kiowa

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Kiowa forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.558, -99.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Lane

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Lane forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.481, -100.466 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Meade

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Meade forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.238, -100.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Morton

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Morton forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.191, -101.799 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Ness

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Ness forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.479, -99.916 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Pawnee

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Pawnee forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.181, -99.237 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Pratt

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Pratt forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.648, -98.740 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Rush

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Rush forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.523, -99.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Scott

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Scott forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.482, -100.907 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Seward

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Seward forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.193, -100.851 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Stafford

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Stafford forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.031, -98.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Stanton

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Stanton forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.563, -101.784 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Stevens

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Stevens forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.192, -101.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Trego

When: January 27, 12:00 PM CST to January 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where: Trego forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
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 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Kansas, January 2001

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5231140, 5231141, 5231142, 5231143, 5231144, 5231145, 5231146, 5231147, 5231148, 5231149, 5231150, 5231151, 5231152, 5231153, 5231154, 5231155, 5231156, 5231157, 5231158, 5231159, 5231160, 5231161, 5231162, 5231163, 5231164, 5231165, 5231166.