Kansas, 2011Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 10, 2011
January 10, 2011 · NWS TOP · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
A prolonged snow event began during the pre-dawn hours of Monday January 10th across Northeast Kansas. Snow fell during the early morning hours and accumulated in many areas to between 4 and 6 inches.
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- 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.
A prolonged snow event began during the pre-dawn hours of Monday January 10th across Northeast Kansas. Snow fell during the early morning hours and accumulated in many areas to between 4 and 6 inches. The snow stopped for a period of several hours during the late morning and early afternoon hours before re-developing by 3pm local time. Another 1 to 3 inches of accumulation then occurred through 11 pm Monday January 10th. All told there were several counties that did receive 6 to 9 inches of snowfall in a period of 18 to 24 hours. Those counties have been noted in stormdata. We have included a snowfall map however it must be noted that 1-3 inches of snow did fall the previous day across the counties bordering Nebraska which has inflated the totals on this map.
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 Jan 9, 11:40 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 11:40 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 9, 10:48 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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</html>Heavy Snow, Shawnee
- When
- January 10, 1:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- 39.042, -95.756 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Shawnee County received anywhere from 6 to 9 inches of snowfall during a 18 to 24 hour period ending just before midnight on January 10th. The NWS office in Topeka measured over 9 inches of snow during this period of time. The winds were light during the snowfall event and the intensity was not heavy therefore the impacts were mitigated to an extent.
Heavy Snow, Jackson
- When
- January 10, 1:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 39.417, -95.794 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Jackson County received anywhere from 6 to 9 inches of snowfall during a 18 to 24 hour period ending just before midnight on January 10th. Reports of of Jackson County indicated 7 to 9 inches of snow had accumulated during this time frame. The winds were light during the snowfall event and the intensity was not heavy therefore the impacts were mitigated to an extent.
Heavy Snow, Jefferson
- When
- January 10, 1:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 39.236, -95.383 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Jefferson County received anywhere from 6 to 9 inches of snowfall during a 18 to 24 hour period ending just before midnight on January 10th. Reports of of Jefferson County indicated 7 to 9 inches of snow had accumulated during this time frame. The winds were light during the snowfall event and the intensity was not heavy therefore the impacts were mitigated to an extent.
- 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.
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- Winter Storm and Extreme Cold in South Carolina, January 10 to 13, 20111 death · 1 injured · 19 events
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, January 10, 2011$716,000 · 25 events
- Ice Storm in Georgia, January 10, 2011$253,000 · 17 events
- Ice Storm in Georgia, January 10, 2011$158,000 · 13 events
- Winter Weather in Missouri, January 10 to 11, 201137 events
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 10 to 13, 201118 events
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 10, 201118 events
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 10 to 11, 201116 events
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Florida, January 10, 20111 injured · 0.75 in hail · 2 events
- Winter Weather in Iowa, January 10 to 11, 20119 events
- Winter Weather in Kansas, January 10 to 11, 20117 events
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: 268437, 268438, 268439.