Heavy Snow, Barber
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Barber forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.229, -98.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 25 to 26, 2004
Snow started falling during the evening in the Hays, Ness City and Wakeeney areas early on. The snow spread quickly across the remainder of the area during the night.
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.
- 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
- 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 started falling during the evening in the Hays, Ness City and Wakeeney areas early on. The snow spread quickly across the remainder of the area during the night. Wind speeds reached 20 to 30 mph dropping visibilities to under 1/4 of a mile at times. Snowfall amounts of 3 to 4 inches fell across most of the area. Less amounts of less than 2 inches fell across mainly the south central part of the area but winds did produce much blowing and drifting.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
27 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Clark
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clark forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.236, -99.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Comanche
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.191, -99.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Edwards
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.888, -99.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Ellis
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 38.915, -99.317 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Finney
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Finney forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 38.044, -100.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Ford
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ford forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.692, -99.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Grant
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grant forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.562, -101.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Gray
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gray forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.738, -100.438 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Hamilton
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.999, -101.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Haskell
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.562, -100.871 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Hodgeman
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hodgeman forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 38.088, -99.898 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Kearny
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -101.320 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Kiowa
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.558, -99.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Lane
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lane forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 38.481, -100.466 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Meade
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Meade forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.238, -100.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Morton
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morton forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.191, -101.799 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Ness
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ness forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 38.479, -99.916 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Pawnee
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 38.181, -99.237 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Pratt
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.648, -98.740 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Rush
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rush forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 38.523, -99.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Scott
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Scott forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 38.482, -100.907 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Seward
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Seward forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.193, -100.851 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Stafford
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stafford forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 38.031, -98.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Stanton
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stanton forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.563, -101.784 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Stevens
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stevens forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 37.192, -101.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Trego
- When
- January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Trego forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 25 to 26, 2004
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 25, 2004
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 25 to 26, 2004
- Winter Storm in Maryland, January 25 to 26, 2004
- Cold in New Jersey, January 25, 2004
- Cold in Pennsylvania, January 25, 2004
- Cold in Illinois, January 25, 2004
- Ice Storm in Georgia, January 25 to 27, 2004
- Winter Storm in Ohio, January 25 to 26, 2004
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, January 25, 2004
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, January 25, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 25, 2004
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, January 2004
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5382552, 5382553, 5382554, 5382555, 5382556, 5382557, 5382558, 5382559, 5382560, 5382561, 5382562, 5382563, 5382564, 5382565, 5382566, 5382567, 5382568, 5382569, 5382570, 5382571, 5382572, 5382691, 5382692, 5382693, 5382694, 5382695, 5382696.