Ice Storm, Crawford
- When
- January 28, 4:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.507, -94.852 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm in Kansas, January 28, 2001
Periods of freezing rain developed over portions of southeast Kansas during the early morning hours. Around one quarter of an inch of ice accumulated on trees, but no major traffic problems were reported.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 SGF wrote it up.
Periods of freezing rain developed over portions of southeast Kansas during the early morning hours. Around one quarter of an inch of ice accumulated on trees, but no major traffic problems 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 Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 28, 3:28 AM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 3:28 AM CST, 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 328 AM CST SUN JAN 28 2001 FORECAST CHALLENGES ABOUND THIS MORNING. PRIMARY CONCERN IS WHAT TO DO WITH EXISTING WINTER STORM WARNING. 07Z SURFACE ANALYSIS DEPICTED INVERTED TROUGH SITUATED ALONG OR JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW ON THE LEE SIDE OF THIS TROUGH HAS KEPT DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT OF WIND IN THE SPRINGFIELD AREA...WHERE TEMPERATURES HAVE REMAINED ABOVE FREEZING. AFFECTS ALSO NOTED TOWARDS JOPLIN AS WELL...WHERE READINGS HAVE BOUNCED BETWEEN 33 AND 34 DEGREES THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. STRONG WAA PROGGED BY THE ETA/AVN LATER TODAY...AND HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT THE ETA INITIALIZED AND PROGS BL TEMPERATURES TOO COLD THROUGH THIS MORNING. AS A RESULT...EXPECT CONTINUED ICING PROBLEMS THIS MORNING NORTHWEST OF THE INVERTED TROF. WILL KEEP ICE STORM WARNING UP IN THIS AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE MY DOUBTS THAT MUCH FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL SOUTH OF THIS LINE...GIVEN QUESTIONABLE THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES AND QPF AMOUNTS. FOR CONTINUITY SAKE AND ALSO FOR POTENTIAL OF FREEZING RAIN EARLY...WILL HOIST A FREEZING RAIN/WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ALONG THE I-44 CORRIDOR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ANTICIPATE CHANGEOVER TO ALL RAIN MAY OCCUR RAPIDLY AS H85 TEMPERATURES WARM QUICKLY TO BETWEEN 6C AND 8C COURTESY OF STRENGTHENING 850MB LLJ. CONCERNS TONIGHT TURN TOWARDS CONVECTION AND POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. STRONG QG FORCING PROGGED BY ETA/AVN MODELS LATER TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...WITH GOOD DIVERGENCE NOTED AT 300 MB AND 60KT 850MB LLJ SETTING UP AS WELL. WILL HIT THUNDER WORDING A LITTLE HARDER THAN GOING FORECAST AND ALSO STICK IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT ACROSS THE SW. SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO SLOWLY WARM OVERNIGHT AS WELL...AND WILL BRING CURRENT FORECAST TEMPERATURES UP CLOSER TO A MAV/FWC BLEND. RAIN THREAT TO END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY MONDAY AS DRY SLOT ROTATES AROUND THE SRN SIDE OF DEEPENING SFC LOW. COULD SEE SOME LIGHT WRAP-AROUND PRECIPITATION MONDAY NIGHT BUT NOT MUCH TO NOTE ATTM. NO CHANGES MADE TO EXTENDED PACKAGE THIS MORNING. DAY CREW MAY NEED TO ASSESS POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT SNOW ON WEDNESDAY AS WEAK SYSTEM ROTATES INTO THE NRN PLAINS. FCSTID = 18 SGF 40 40 47 32 / 100 100 90 30 JLN 42 41 46 31 / 100 100 90 30 UNO 40 40 51 34 / 60 100 100 40 VIH 38 37 48 34 / 80 100 90 50 .SGF... MO...ICE STORM WARNING FOR SUNDAY FOR ZONES MOZ055>057... MOZ066>069...MOZ077-MOZ078. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR SUNDAY FOR ZONES MOZ079>080... MOZ088>091...MOZ093>094. KS...ICE STORM WARNINjG FOR SUNDAY FOR ZONES KSZ073...KSZ097. HUDSON
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice Storm, Bourbon
- When
- January 28, 4:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Bourbon forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.855, -94.849 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 28 to 29, 2001
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Oklahoma, January 28, 2001
- Ice Storm in Iowa, January 28 to 29, 2001
- Ice Storm in Illinois, January 28 to 29, 2001
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 28 to 29, 2001
- Winter Storm in Kansas, January 28, 2001
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 28, 2001
- Ice Storm in Missouri, January 28, 2001
- Winter Storm in Kansas, January 28, 2001
- Winter Storm in Iowa, January 28 to 29, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 28 to 29, 2001
- High Wind in Utah, January 28, 2001
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5228690, 5228691.