
A strong atmospheric river moving into northern California later Tuesday will bring a threat for moderate to heavy rainfall and flooding, gusty to high winds, and mountain snows for parts of the Northwest U.S. through at least Wednesday. Gusty winds and isolated rain and snow showers will continue in the Northeast U.S. Tuesday behind a cold front. Read More >
Topeka, KS
Weather Forecast Office

A winter storm moved across the region beginning Wednesday January 20th and continued through much of the day Thursday January 21, 2016. Folks across north central Kansas have been reporting some impressive snow totals from the winter storm. Much of north central Kansas received between 5 and 9 inches of snow with the highest amount of 10 inches coming in from Barnes. The storm system was slow moving with snow beginning Wednesday evening over north central Kansas, and then it just pivoted over the area for much of Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Eventually the snowfall started spreading east across northeast and east central Kansas. However the system weakened as the snow moved east so snow amounts were lower.
Below are some images of the snow from around the area.
 
Left: A four legged friend hunting through the snow near Fort Riley, KS Photo courtesy of Bonnie Congdon
Right: Snow piling up in the back yard near Junction City, KS Photo courtesy of Christine Jones
 
More fun in the snow near Manhattan, KS Photo courtesy of Jared Ireland
 
Dogs enjoying the snow near Manhattan, KS on Thursday January 21, 2016
Photo courtesy of Karen Kryschtal
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                National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
                National Weather Service
                Topeka, KS
                1116 NE Strait Avenue
                                Topeka, KS 66616-1667
                
785-234-2592
                
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