Kansas, 2005

Winter Weather in Kansas, December 17 to 18, 2005

December 17 to 18, 2005 · NWS TOP · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

Snowfall reached three to six inches . There were a number of accidents and a couple of indirect injuries due to slick and icy snow covered roads.

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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  • Wind
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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
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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 TOP wrote it up.

Snowfall reached three to six inches . There were a number of accidents and a couple of indirect injuries due to slick and icy snow covered roads.

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 Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 16, 2:45 PM CST, 9 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 2:45 PM CST, 9 hours 15 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

4 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Cloud

When
December 17, 12:00 AM CST to December 18, 3:00 AM CST
Where
Cloud forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.480, -97.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Ottawa

When
December 17, 12:00 AM CST to December 18, 3:00 AM CST
Where
Ottawa forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.133, -97.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Republic

When
December 17, 12:00 AM CST to December 18, 3:00 AM CST
Where
Republic forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.828, -97.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Washington

When
December 17, 12:00 AM CST to December 18, 3:00 AM CST
Where
Washington forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.784, -97.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Kansas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, December 2005

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: 5483207, 5483208, 5483209, 5483210.