During the day freezing drizzle moved through, coating surfaces with a few hundredths of an inch of ice. The icy roads lead to numerous slide offs, rollovers, and accidents.
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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.
During the day freezing drizzle moved through, coating surfaces with a few hundredths of an inch of ice. The icy roads lead to numerous slide offs, rollovers, and accidents. There were two injury accidents, one in Sherman County and one in Thomas County.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
An injury accident occurred at exit 9 on I-70 in the morning from a vehicle rolling over due to the icy roadway. Estimated the time in the morning of the accident.
An injury accident occurred at MM 62 near Mingo on I-70. Two vehicles were involved in the accident, with one of them rolling over. Only one person was injured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, December 2017
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 731032, 731033.