December 2nd and 3rd snow event

Overview

Slow moving upper level low pressure system brought the first significant snow of the season to parts of southern Kansas and northwest Oklahoma on December 2nd and 3rd. Locations generally between and south of Wichita and Dodge City received the higher snowfall totals. Some locations between Dodge City and Woodward Oklahoma picked-up around a foot of snow!

Picture by Janet Salazar

Photos & Video

Photos & Video

Map of snowfall reports

Crude snowfall map showing where the heaviest snow fell.

Radar animation showing the long period of time the area was affected by precip

Day cloud phase distinction from GOES-16 showing there snow vs clouds are located

Near Arlington, KS right now. Not sure how much we got, but the railing on the porch looks like 2.5-3” pic.twitter.com/0uHnMBq7nn
— Jan SteenðŸ¸ðŸ¹ðŸ»ðŸ·ðŸ¥ƒ (@jmsteen) December 3, 2020

Roads on the northwest side are basically untouched this morning. This is 37th between Tyler and Ridge. @ErikaPaigeWX @rnllwilliamswx @LisaTeachman @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/F3dxOYOYn5
— Mike Youman (@Youman18) December 3, 2020

Traffic is backed up at US-54 at I-135 W. Find an alternative route. #ICTtraffic #kswx pic.twitter.com/4SRxh9Gh9p
— WichitaKDOT (@WichitaKDOT) December 3, 2020

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