A mixture of freezing rain, sleet and snow developed across eastern Kansas during the early morning hours of Saturday December 21st.  Widespread snow, sleet and freezing rain overspread the area during the afternoon of the 21st with the height of the storm occurring between 5pm Saturday and 3am Sunday.  Freezing rain accumulating to around one quarter inch across parts of the area while snowfall amounts of 6 to 9 inches were common across other areas north of interstate 70 by Sunday morning the 22nd. Impacts were mainly limited to hazardous travel with numerous accidents reported. Only sporadic power outages were noted.

Winter Storm in ANDERSON, KANSAS
From 21-DEC-13 10:00:00 to 22-DEC-13 03:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: COOP Observer

One quarter (0.25) inches of ice was reported at Colony. This was in addition to around one half inch of sleet and a half inch of snow.

Winter Storm in COFFEY, KANSAS
From 21-DEC-13 10:00:00 to 22-DEC-13 03:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Public

One quarter (0.25) inches of ice was reported at Burlington. This was in addition to around one half inch of sleet and one inch of snow.

Winter Storm in FRANKLIN, KANSAS
From 21-DEC-13 10:00:00 to 22-DEC-13 03:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: COOP Observer

One quarter (0.25) inch of ice was reported at Lane. This was in addition to around one half inch of sleet and two inches of snow.

Winter Storm in DICKINSON, KANSAS
From 21-DEC-13 15:00:00 to 22-DEC-13 03:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: COOP Observer

Nine inches of snow was measured at Enterprise in Dickinson County.

Winter Storm in GEARY, KANSAS
From 21-DEC-13 15:00:00 to 22-DEC-13 03:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Eight to nine inches of snow was measured 2 miles southwest of Junction City.  The actual measurement was 8.5 inches.

Winter Storm in WABAUNSEE, KANSAS
From 21-DEC-13 13:00:00 to 22-DEC-13 03:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: COOP Observer

A cooperative observer reported 5.2 inches of snow along with a light glaze of around one tenth of an inch of ice at Mcfarland.

Winter Storm in RILEY, KANSAS
From 21-DEC-13 13:00:00 to 22-DEC-13 03:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: COOP Observer

A cooperative observer measured 8.5 inches of snow at the Kansas State University campus in Manhattan.

Winter Storm in POTTAWATOMIE, KANSAS
From 21-DEC-13 13:00:00 to 22-DEC-13 03:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: COOP Observer

A cooperative observer measured 8.0 inches of snow at Blaine.

Heavy Snow in MARSHALL, KANSAS
From 21-DEC-13 15:00:00 to 22-DEC-13 03:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Observer measured 7.7 inches of snow at Axtell.  Other measurements and estimates from across Marshall County suggested widespread 5 to 8 inches of snow had fallen from this storm.

Heavy Snow in CLAY, KANSAS
From 21-DEC-13 15:00:00 to 22-DEC-13 03:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Observer measured 9.0 inches of snow at Clay Center.  Other measurements and estimates from across Clay County suggested widespread 6 to 9 inches of snow had fallen from this storm.

Heavy Snow in OTTAWA, KANSAS
From 21-DEC-13 15:00:00 to 22-DEC-13 02:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Observer measured 6.5 inches at Minneapolis with widespread 5 to 7 inch reports across Ottawa County from the storm.

Heavy Snow in WASHINGTON, KANSAS
From 21-DEC-13 15:00:00 to 22-DEC-13 02:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Observer measured 7.0 inches of snow 3 ENE of Greenleaf in Washington County.  Another CoCoRaHS observer measured 8.8 inches at Barnes in Washington County.

Winter Storm in MORRIS, KANSAS
From 21-DEC-13 12:00:00 to 22-DEC-13 03:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: COOP Observer

Six inches of snow was measured at White City in Morris County.

Winter Storm in NEMAHA, KANSAS
From 21-DEC-13 15:00:00 to 22-DEC-13 03:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: COOP Observer

A cooperative observer measured 11.0 inches of snow at Baileyville in Nemaha County.

Winter Storm in BROWN, KANSAS
From 21-DEC-13 15:00:00 to 22-DEC-13 03:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Social Media

Public reports via facebook measured 7 to 7.5 inches of snow at Hiawatha and Robinson in Brown County.

Winter Storm in JACKSON, KANSAS
From 21-DEC-13 15:00:00 to 22-DEC-13 03:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Public

Public reported 6 inches of snow 2 miles north northwest of Meriden in Jackson County. A light glaze from freezing rain was also reported.

Winter Storm in JEFFERSON, KANSAS
From 21-DEC-13 15:00:00 to 22-DEC-13 03:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Public

Public reported 6 inches of snow 3 miles southwest of Valley Falls in Jefferson County. A light glaze from freezing rain was also reported but no measurement of ice was provided.

Winter Storm in DOUGLAS, KANSAS
From 21-DEC-13 15:00:00 to 22-DEC-13 03:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: NWS Employee

A combination of NWS, spotters and COOP reports provided measurements of 5 to 7 inches of snow across mainly the northern half of Douglas County.  Around one tenth of an inch of ice from freezing rain also occurred.