Winter Storm, Barber
- When
- February 5, 4:00 AM CST to February 6, 1:00 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)
Winter Storm in Kansas, February 5 to 6, 2002
Four to five inches of snow fell and there was an isolated report of six inches at a location 18 miles southwest of Medicine Lodge.
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.
- 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
- 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 DDC wrote it up.
Four to five inches of snow fell and there was an isolated report of six inches at a location 18 miles southwest of Medicine Lodge.
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 Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 5, 2:33 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 2:33 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 233 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2002 DAYS 1-2... MIX OF PRECIP ACROSS CWA AT 08Z. MOSTLY LIGHT SNOW SOUTHEAST OF DDC BUT A FEW REPORTS OF FZRA. THINK ATMOSPHERE SHOULD COOL ENOUGH TO ASSURE SNOW FOR TODAY BUT WILL HAVE TO WATCH THAT TO DETERMINE FINAL FORECAST INFO. MODELS SEEM TO BE HANDLING WELL THE UPPER SYSTEM THAT WAS OVER EASTERN WYOMING AT 00Z. SHOULD DROP SOUTH INTO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO BY 18Z. SHOWING GOOD DIFLUENT FLOW OVER EASTERN HALF OF CWA. MOISTURE AVAILABLILITY NOT TOO BAD AND SOUNDINGS SHOW FAVORABLE SNOW GROWTH REGION. HOWEVER, LIFT DOES NOT APPEAR TO SUPPORT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION. THE BEST AREA SHOULD BE OVER SOUTHEAST BUT DO NOT THINK WE CAN SQUEEZE OUT MORE THAN AN INCH OR TWO BY TONIGHT. WILL PROBABLY GO WITH CATAGORICAL POPS FOR SOUTHEAST AND TAPER BACK TO 30-50 FOR NORTH AND WEST. WILL BE UNDER CAA AT LOW LEVELS TODAY AND EXPECT TEMPS TO BE FAIRLY STEADY AROUND 30-35 FOR MOST LOCATIONS. FOR TONIGHT...GOING TO KEEP LIKELY POPS FOR SOUTHEAST EARLY AND 20-30 POPS TOWARD THE CENTRAL PART OF CWA. UPPER WAVE SHOULD BE EAST OF AREA BY 06Z WEDNESDAY AND WE SHOULD SEE CLEARING UNDER STRONG NVA. MODELS AGREE ON LOWER AND MID LEVEL WARMING PRETTY GOOD BY WEDNESDAY. WILL CERTAINLY WILL STILL HAVE SOME SNOW COVER SO MAY GO A BIT COOLER THAN GUIDANCE TEMPS FOR WEDNESDAY. DAYS 3-7... NO CHANGES PLANNED. PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE FOR COORDINATION ONLY. OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE DODGE CITY ZONE FORECAST. DDC 29 20 40 19 / 70 20 0 0 GCK 28 16 40 19 / 60 0 0 0 EHA 34 20 45 20 / 50 0 0 0 LBL 33 20 43 20 / 50 0 0 0 HYS 25 19 40 18 / 30 0 0 0 P28 34 24 40 20 / 80 60 0 0 .DDC...NONE. FCSTID = 15/18
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Clark
- When
- February 5, 4:00 AM CST to February 6, 1:00 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)
Winter Storm, Ford
- When
- February 5, 4:00 AM CST to February 6, 1:00 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)
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
- Dense Fog in California, February 5 to 6, 2002
- Cold in District of Columbia, February 5, 2002
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, February 5 to 6, 2002
- Winter Storm in Alabama, February 5 to 6, 2002
- Winter Storm in Texas, February 5, 2002
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, February 5 to 6, 2002
- Winter Storm in Texas, February 5, 2002
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, February 5 to 6, 2002
- Winter Storm in Mississippi, February 5 to 6, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Texas, February 5, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Arkansas, February 5 to 6, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, February 5 to 6, 2002
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, February 2002
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: 5282879, 5282880, 5283520.