A band of heavy snowfall developed roughly along I-70 across Sherman and Thomas counties, with lesser amounts over Sheridan county. Snowfall reports ranged from 10 inches at Kanorado, to 6 inches at Colby and 4-5 inches across Sheridan county despite ground temperatures in the 40s.
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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.
The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
A band of heavy snowfall developed roughly along I-70 across Sherman and Thomas counties, with lesser amounts over Sheridan county. Snowfall reports ranged from 10 inches at Kanorado, to 6 inches at Colby and 4-5 inches across Sheridan county despite ground temperatures in the 40s. The snowfall amounts quickly diminished just outside of Sherman, Thomas, and Sheridan counties, with a couple inches or less being reported.
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 Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 22, 2:59 PM MST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 406 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-231230- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 406 PM MDT MON APR 22 2013 /506 PM CDT MON APR 22 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING AS SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY ENDING AS A MIX OF SNOW AND DRIZZLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. JRM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy snow, 1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall reports ranged from 7 to 10 inches across the county.
Snowfall amounts of 6 inches were reported across the western half of the county, with 5 inches reported across the eastern half.
Snowfall amounts ranged from 4-5 inches across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, April 2013
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: 439040, 439044, 439046.