Kansas, 2022Winter Weather in Kansas, March 17 to 18, 2022
March 17 to 18, 2022 · NWS ICT · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
Central Kansas experienced snow, blowing snow, and limited visibilities as the storm system blew through causing some inconveniences to the area.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Central Kansas experienced snow, blowing snow, and limited visibilities as the storm system blew through causing some inconveniences to the area.
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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 17, 5:37 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 5:37 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
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</html>Winter Weather, Russell
- When
- March 17, 9:52 PM CST to March 18, 3:31 AM CST
- Where
- Russell forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 38.915, -98.762 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A total of 3 inches of snow was reported along with intermittent blowing snow causing visibilities to be less than one mile.
Winter Weather, Sedgwick
- When
- March 18, 4:18 AM CST to 8:45 AM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 37.685, -97.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Widespread snow fell across the county the highest amount coming in from the Mount Hope vicinity of 3 inches. Snow amounts of 1.5 to 2 inches were also common across the northern section of the county.
- 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.
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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: 1016747, 1016748.