Kansas, 2006

Winter Weather in Kansas, March 20 to 21, 2006

March 20 to 21, 2006 · NWS TOP · 12 events in 12 counties and zones

Light snow lasted around 24 hours and began during the early morning hours of the 20th and continued until the early morning hours of the 21st. Snow was mixed with some sleet at times and created hazardous driving conditions.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 12 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
12

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.

Light snow lasted around 24 hours and began during the early morning hours of the 20th and continued until the early morning hours of the 21st. Snow was mixed with some sleet at times and created hazardous driving conditions. Amazingly, only one indirect injury was reported although numerous accidents occurred. Snowfall totals were quite varied across the listed counties and ranged from one to six inches. The largest amounts...in the three to six inch range...occurred across Clay, Jackson, Nemeha and Ottawa counties. Marshall county reported four to six inches with a few locations slightly more.

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 Mar 19, 10:30 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 10:30 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

12 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Brown

When
March 20, 3:00 AM CST to March 21, 3:00 AM CST
Where
Brown forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.827, -95.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Clay

When
March 20, 3:00 AM CST to March 21, 3:00 AM CST
Where
Clay forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.350, -97.165 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Dickinson

When
March 20, 3:00 AM CST to March 21, 3:00 AM CST
Where
Dickinson forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
38.867, -97.153 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Geary

When
March 20, 3:00 AM CST to March 21, 3:00 AM CST
Where
Geary forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.002, -96.752 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Jackson

When
March 20, 3:00 AM CST to March 21, 3:00 AM CST
Where
Jackson forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.417, -95.794 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Jefferson

When
March 20, 3:00 AM CST to March 21, 3:00 AM CST
Where
Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.236, -95.383 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Marshall

When
March 20, 3:00 AM CST to March 21, 3:00 AM CST
Where
Marshall forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.784, -96.523 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Nemaha

When
March 20, 3:00 AM CST to March 21, 3:00 AM CST
Where
Nemaha forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.784, -96.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Ottawa

When
March 20, 3:00 AM CST to March 21, 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, Pottawatomie

When
March 20, 3:00 AM CST to March 21, 3:00 AM CST
Where
Pottawatomie forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.379, -96.342 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Riley

When
March 20, 3:00 AM CST to March 21, 3:00 AM CST
Where
Riley forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.297, -96.735 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Wabaunsee

When
March 20, 3:00 AM CST to March 21, 3:00 AM CST
Where
Wabaunsee forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
38.953, -96.205 (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 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, March 2006

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: 5494558, 5494559, 5494560, 5494561, 5494562, 5494563, 5494564, 5494565, 5494566, 5494567, 5494568, 5494569.