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The latest National Weather Service storm total report from Wichita, Kansas indicates that the 14.2" so far is the second biggest snowstorm since records began in 1888. According to the latest hourly report, snow has now ended. Elsewhere in Kansas, unofficial reports were as high as 18". From the NWS:
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON .DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE. ..REMARKS.. 0440 PM HEAVY SNOW WICHITA MID CONTINENT A 37.66N 97.44W 02/21/2013 M14.2 INCH SEDGWICK KS OFFICIAL NWS OBS OFFICIAL STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR WICHITA THROUGH 440 PM. 0448 PM HEAVY SNOW NASHVILLE 37.44N 98.42W 02/21/2013 M18.0 INCH KINGMAN KS LAW ENFORCEMENT 0448 PM HEAVY SNOW SPIVEY 37.45N 98.17W 02/21/2013 M14.0 INCH KINGMAN KS TRAINED SPOTTER 0448 PM HEAVY SNOW KINGMAN 37.65N 98.11W 02/21/2013 M14.0 INCH KINGMAN KS EMERGENCY MNGRThe NWS chart shows the previous top 20 snowstorms at Wichita:
This storm will also make February 2013 a top-20 snowiest month and the 5th snowiest February at Wichita:
[Update] Here are some unofficial reports of 12" or more:
THE TOTALS BELOW ARE SEPARATED INTO SNOW...AND ICE AND SLEET CATEGORIES...THEN BY AMOUNT...AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION. SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME ------ ----------------------- -- -------------- ------- 18.00 NASHVILLE KS KINGMAN 0448 PM 14.20 WICHITA MID CONTINENT A KS SEDGWICK 0440 PM OFFICIAL STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR WICHITA THROUGH 440 PM. 14.00 NORWICH KS KINGMAN 0503 PM 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING WITH TOTAL OF 14 INCHES ON GROUND. 14.00 SPIVEY KS KINGMAN 0448 PM 14.00 KINGMAN KS KINGMAN 0448 PM 14.00 CLEARWATER KS SEDGWICK 0348 PM 14.00 WICHITA MID CONTINENT A KS SEDGWICK 0346 PM OFFICIAL STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR WICHITA. 14.00 CLEARWATER KS SEDGWICK 0245 PM 13.50 HUTCHINSON KS RENO 0554 PM STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL RANGED FROM 12 TO 15 INCHES IN THE HUTCHINSON AREA. 13.10 HUTCHINSON KS RENO 1142 AM 13.00 8 E KINGMAN KS KINGMAN 0644 PM 13.00 ELLSWORTH KS ELLSWORTH 0429 PM STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 13.00 N LYONS KS RICE 0404 PM SNOWFALL REPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTY RANGE FROM 12 TO 14 INCHES. 13.00 MCPHERSON KS MCPHERSON 1203 PM 12.80 1 E HAYSVILLE KS SEDGWICK 0457 PM 12.50 WICHITA MID CONTINENT A KS SEDGWICK 0246 PM OFFICIAL STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SO FAR FOR WICHITA. 12.00 4 ESE MARQUETTE KS MCPHERSON 0535 PM 12.00 MCPHERSON KS MCPHERSON 0534 PM STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS 11.8 INCHES WITH DEPTH AT 11.0 INCHES. 12.00 SALINA KS SALINE 0438 PM SNOW TOTAL WAS REPORTED TO BE 11.7 INCHES 12.00 LYONS KS RICE 1016 AM DRIFTS OF UNSPECIFIED DEPTH ALSO REPORTED. 12.00 5 N EL DORADO KS BUTLER 0930 AM RURAL REPORTS OF 12 INCHES OF SNOW NORTH OF EL DORADO.
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