Kansas, 2004

Heavy Snow in Kansas, November 23, 2004

November 23, 2004 · NWS EAX · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

A Thanksgiving eve snowstorm left 6 to 8 inches of snow across the area. Numerous tree limbs and powerlines were downed.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
4

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 EAX wrote it up.

A Thanksgiving eve snowstorm left 6 to 8 inches of snow across the area. Numerous tree limbs and powerlines were downed.

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 Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 23, 3:08 AM CST, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 23, 3:08 AM CST, 52 minutes before
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The radar

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

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Event by event

4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Johnson

When
November 23, 4:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where
Johnson forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
38.884, -94.822 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Leavenworth

When
November 23, 4:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where
Leavenworth forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.199, -95.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Wyandotte

When
November 23, 4:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where
Wyandotte forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.115, -94.764 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Miami

When
November 23, 4:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where
Miami forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
38.564, -94.838 (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

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5428061, 5428062, 5428063, 5428064.