Kansas, 2001

Winter Storm in Kansas, January 29 to 30, 2001

January 29 to 30, 2001 · NWS GID · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

The final part of a large winter storm moved across north-central Kansas on January 29th and 30th. While the heaviest snow fell to the north in Nebraska, another round of 3 to 5 inches of snow blanketed north-central Kansas.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
3

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 GID wrote it up.

The final part of a large winter storm moved across north-central Kansas on January 29th and 30th. While the heaviest snow fell to the north in Nebraska, another round of 3 to 5 inches of snow blanketed north-central Kansas. Teamed with the snow which fell just 2 days prior, snow depths of 6 to 9 inches were common across the region. The total snow depth in Ionia and Burr Oak was listed at 9 inches on January 30th. Mankato had 8 inches of snow on the ground and Smith Center, 6 inches.

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 Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 29, 9:27 AM CST, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 9:27 AM CST, 33 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
927 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001

ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY TODAY FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA COUNTIES
AND EASTERN KANSAS COUNTIES.  HEAVY SNOW CURRENTLY FALLING
ACROSS THESE COUNTIES PER KUEX...AND CALLS TO COUNTIES YIELD HEAVY
SNOW FALLING AT A RATE OF ONE INCH PER HOUR.  WILL RANGE NEW SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THIS NEW ADVISORY AREA.

.GID...WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY FOR
       VALLEY...GREELEY...SHERMAN...HOWARD...NANCE...MERRICK...
       POLK...BUFFALO...HALL...ADAMS...HAMILTON...YORK...
       CLAY...FILLMORE

       WINTER STORM WATCH TUESDAY FOR DAWSON...GOSPER...
       PHELPS...KEARNEY...FURNAS...HARLAN...FRANKLIN

       SNOW ADVISORY TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR DAWSON...GOSPER...
       PHELPS...KEARNEY...FURNAS...HARLAN...FRANKLIN

       SNOW ADVISORY TODAY FOR WEBSTER...NUCKOLLS...THAYER
       ...SMITH...JEWELL...MITCHELL

FAY

The radar

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

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Event by event

3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Jewell

When
January 29, 10:00 AM CST to January 30, 4:00 PM CST
Where
Jewell forecast zone
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
39.785, -98.218 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Phillips

When
January 29, 10:00 AM CST to January 30, 4:00 PM CST
Where
Phillips forecast zone
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
39.785, -99.347 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Smith

When
January 29, 10:00 AM CST to January 30, 4:00 PM CST
Where
Smith forecast zone
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
39.785, -98.785 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

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

More

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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: 5230402, 5230403, 5230404.