National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

     AS OF THIS WRITING...IT IS LIKELY THAT MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS
     WILL RECEIVE ACCUMULATING SNOW BY SATURDAY MORNING. TO VIEW
     CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS...CLICK HERE. TWO QUESTIONS
     THAT OFTEN COME TO MIND ARE:
     1) WHAT IS THE LATEST DATE OF MEASURABLE SNOWFALL IN CENTRAL...SOUTH
     CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS?
     2) HAVE SNOWSTORMS OCCURRED BEFORE IN THE WICHITA COUNTY WARNING AREA
     DURING APRIL?
     THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LATEST DATES OF MEASURABLE SNOWFALL...1/2 INCH
     OR GREATER...FOR CENTRAL...SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS:
     IN CENTRAL KANSAS:
     RUSSELL: APRIL 12TH, 1959 (1.0 INCH)
     LINCOLN 1ESE: APRIL 16TH, 1921 (3.0 INCHES)
     SALINA: APRIL 11TH, 1953 (1.2 INCHES)
     MCPHERSON: APRIL 16TH, 1921 (1.5 INCHES)
     IN SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS:
     WICHITA: APRIL 12TH, 1959 (0.8 INCH) AND APRIL 12TH, 1957 (0.7 INCH)
     HUTCHINSON 10SW: APRIL 12TH, 1957 (0.5 INCH)
     ARKANSAS CITY: APRIL 13TH, 1957 (2.4 INCHES)
     NOTE: IN 1957...ARKANSAS CITY ALSO MEASURED 3.5 INCHES ON APRIL 12TH.
     IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS:
     CHANUTE: APRIL 18TH, 1953 (1.0 INCH)
     INDEPENDENCE: APRIL 18TH, 1953 (0.5 INCH)
     IOLA 1W: APRIL 18TH, 1953 (1.0 INCH)
     ALTHOUGH VERY RARE...SNOWSTORMS HAVE OCCURRED DURING APRIL IN CENTRAL
     ...SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE GREATEST
     SNOW EVENTS ON RECORD:
     APRIL 1ST, 1901: MCPHERSON IS OVERWHELMED WITH ONE FOOT. REPORTS FROM
     NEIGHBORING AREAS ARE VERY LIMITED...SO DETAILS AS TO AREAL EXTENT ARE
     VERY LIMITED.
     APRIL 3RD, 1920: MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS IS COVERED WITH 6-12 INCHES OF
     HEAVY WET SNOW.
     APRIL 7TH & 8TH, 1938: WIDESPREAD 6-9 INCH SNOWFALLS WREAK HAVOC IN
     MOST AREAS.
     APRIL 11TH, 1953: RUSSELL IS BURIED WITH 8.2 INCHES OF HEAVY WET
     SNOW.
     APRIL 12TH & 13TH, 1959: COTTONWOOD FALLS...13 INCHES. OF THE TOTAL
     4 INCHES OCCURRED ON THE 12TH AND 9 INCHES ON THE 13TH. WITH DAYTIME
     TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S...GREATEST DEPTH WAS 6 INCHES.
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