A intense winter storm brought high winds and heavy snow to parts of Kansas on Sunday November 25th.  The snow began to fall as early as 4 am across parts of north central Kansas and overspread the rest of northeast Kansas through the morning.  Thunder snow was reported at times across the area with snow fall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour at the height of the storm.  In addition, the impacts were significant not only from the intensity of the snow but from the combination of northwest winds that gusted 40-55 mph through the duration of the storm.  This produced near zero visibility and interstate 70 was closed for a time from Topeka west due to the blizzard conditions on Sunday afternoon.

Blizzard in JACKSON, KANSAS
From 25-NOV-18 08:00:00 to 25-NOV-18 17:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Several reports measured 6 to 8 inches of snow across Jackson county by storms end around 5 pm on Sunday.  The snow started to fall around 9 am with intense heavy snow falling between noon and 4 pm.  Northwest winds gusting 40-50 mph also occurred causing blizzard conditions across the county.  Hoyt reported the greatest snow depth at 8.3 inches.

Blizzard in RILEY, KANSAS
From 25-NOV-18 08:00:00 to 25-NOV-18 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Reports from multiple agencies including law enforcement and spotters reported zero visibility due to strong winds and heavy snow between 8 am and 2 pm on Sunday morning. Thunder snow was also reported indicating the intensity of the snowfall rates which were 1-2 inches per hour.  Total snow accumulations measured and estimated 5 to 8 inches across Riley county from this storm.  The ASOS at Manhattan airport also reported visibility one quarter mile in heavy snow with winds gusting 45 to 50 mph between 9 am and 1 pm.

Blizzard in REPUBLIC, KANSAS
From 25-NOV-18 04:00:00 to 25-NOV-18 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Reports from multiple agencies including law enforcement and KDOT reported zero visibility due to strong winds and heavy snow between 5am and 10am on Sunday morning.  Total snow accumulations estimated 5 to 10 inches across the county.

Blizzard in CLOUD, KANSAS
From 25-NOV-18 04:00:00 to 25-NOV-18 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Reports from multiple agencies including law enforcement and KDOT reported zero visibility due to strong winds and heavy snow between 5am and 10am on Sunday morning. Thunder snow was also reported indicating the intensity of the snowfall rates.  Total snow accumulations estimated 5 to 10 inches across Cloud county.

Blizzard in OTTAWA, KANSAS
From 25-NOV-18 05:00:00 to 25-NOV-18 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Reports from multiple agencies including law enforcement and KDOT reported zero visibility due to strong winds and heavy snow between 5am and 10am on Sunday morning. Thunder snow was also reported indicating the intensity of the snowfall rates.  Total snow accumulations estimated 5 to 7 inches across Ottawa county from this storm. Most of that fell within a 6 hour window between 6am and noon Sunday.

Blizzard in WASHINGTON, KANSAS
From 25-NOV-18 05:00:00 to 25-NOV-18 15:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Reports from multiple agencies including law enforcement and spotters reported zero visibility due to strong winds and heavy snow between 5am and 10am on Sunday morning. Thunder snow was also reported indicating the intensity of the snowfall rates.  Total snow accumulations measured and estimated 8 to 12 inches across Washington county from this storm. Most of that fell within a 6 hour window between 6am and noon Sunday.  Parts of highway 36 were impassable and closed for a time during the storm.

Blizzard in CLAY, KANSAS
From 25-NOV-18 06:00:00 to 25-NOV-18 15:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Reports from multiple agencies including law enforcement and spotters reported zero visibility due to strong winds and heavy snow between 6 am and 11 am on Sunday morning. Thunder snow was also reported indicating the intensity of the snowfall rates.  Total snow accumulations measured and estimated 5 to 10 inches across
Clay county from this storm. Most of that fell within a 6 hour window between 6am and noon Sunday.

Blizzard in DICKINSON, KANSAS
From 25-NOV-18 07:00:00 to 25-NOV-18 15:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Reports from multiple agencies including law enforcement and spotters reported zero visibility due to strong winds and heavy snow between 7 am and noon on Sunday morning. Thunder snow was also reported indicating the intensity of the snowfall rates.  Total snow accumulations measured and estimated 5 to 7 inches across
Dickinson county from this storm. Most of that fell within a 6 hour window between 7 am and noon Sunday.

Blizzard in MARSHALL, KANSAS
From 25-NOV-18 06:00:00 to 25-NOV-18 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Reports from multiple agencies including law enforcement and spotters reported zero visibility due to strong winds and heavy snow between 6 am and 2 pm on Sunday morning. Thunder snow was also reported indicating the intensity of the snowfall rates which were 1-2 inches per hour.  Total snow accumulations measured and estimated 8 to 12 inches across Marshall county from this storm.

Blizzard in GEARY, KANSAS
From 25-NOV-18 08:00:00 to 25-NOV-18 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Reports from multiple agencies including law enforcement and spotters reported zero visibility due to strong winds and heavy snow between 8 am and 2 pm on Sunday morning.  Total snow accumulations measured and estimated 5 to 7 inches across Geary county from this storm.

Blizzard in MORRIS, KANSAS
From 25-NOV-18 09:00:00 to 25-NOV-18 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Reports from multiple agencies including law enforcement and spotters reported zero visibility due to strong winds and heavy snow between 10 am and 2 pm on Sunday.  Total snow accumulations measured and estimated 5 to 6 inches across Morris county from this storm.

Blizzard in NEMAHA, KANSAS
From 25-NOV-18 07:00:00 to 25-NOV-18 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Broadcast Media

Reports from multiple agencies including law enforcement and media reported zero visibility due to strong winds and heavy snow between 9 am and 2 pm on Sunday.  Total snow accumulations measured and estimated 8 to 12 inches across Nemaha county from this storm.  KSNT TV meteorologist Matt Miller broadcast live from Nemaha county showing the near zero visibility mainly from 9 am until early afternoon across the county.

Blizzard in POTTAWATOMIE, KANSAS
From 25-NOV-18 08:00:00 to 25-NOV-18 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Broadcast Media

Reports from multiple agencies including law enforcement and media reported zero visibility due to strong winds and heavy snow between 9 am and 2 pm on Sunday.  Total snow accumulations measured and estimated 6 to 10 inches across Pottawatomie county from this storm.

Blizzard in WABAUNSEE, KANSAS
From 25-NOV-18 07:00:00 to 25-NOV-18 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Reports from Kansas highway patrol through Wabaunsee county showed blizzard conditions with near zero visibility from around 10am through 2pm on Sunday.  Winds gusting to 50 mph combined with very heavy falling snow caused horrible driving conditions across the area mainly during the late morning into mid afternoon time period. Snowfall estimates and measurements ranged from 5 to 7 inches across the county.

Blizzard in BROWN, KANSAS
From 25-NOV-18 08:00:00 to 25-NOV-18 17:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Broadcast Media

KSNT reporters along the Brown/Nemaha county line reported around 6 inches of snow along with near zero visibility during the storm on Sunday.  The heaviest snows occurred between 8 am and 2 pm.  The snow ended by 5 pm on Sunday.  North winds gusting 40-45 mph also occurred during the falling snow.

Blizzard in SHAWNEE, KANSAS
From 25-NOV-18 08:00:00 to 25-NOV-18 17:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Snow began falling across Shawnee county around 8 am and became heavy around noon. Thunder snow occurred between noon and 2 pm with lightning detected in ASOS observations at KTOP.  Snow fell at the rate of over 1 per hour between noon and 4 pm.  The official NWS measurement was 6 inches at the NWS Topeka office in Topeka.  Other measurements and estimates ranged from 5 to 7 inches across the county.  Winds gusted 40 to 50 mph during the snowfall causing blizzard conditions especially between noon and 4 pm.

Blizzard in OSAGE, KANSAS
From 25-NOV-18 10:00:00 to 25-NOV-18 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Reports from the turnpike and highway 75 running through Osage county indicated zero visibility due to heavy snow and winds gusting 35 to 45 mph from noon through 4 pm on Sunday.  Total snowfall depths were difficult to measure due to the blowing nature of the snow however the northern half of the county received 5 to 6 inches with the highest report of 6 inches 3 NNE of Burnlingame in Osage county.

Blizzard in JEFFERSON, KANSAS
From 25-NOV-18 10:00:00 to 25-NOV-18 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: COOP Observer

Reports from COOP and other sources showed measured and estimated snow of 6 to 8 inches across Jefferson county from the storm.  Six inches was measured 3 SSW of Valley Falls and 7.5 inches of snow was measured at McLouth.  Winds gusting 35 to 45 mph were also occurring during the heaviest snows between noon and 4 pm causing blizzard conditions.

Blizzard in DOUGLAS, KANSAS
From 25-NOV-18 10:00:00 to 25-NOV-18 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: ASOS

Between noon and 4 pm the ASOS at Lawrence municipal airport showed visibility of one quarter mile in heavy snow with winds gusting 40-50 mph.  Total snow amounts varied across the county with most spots receiving 4 to 6 inches with the heaviest amounts north of I-70.