FYI: Snowstorm on Feb. 20-21 was Wichita, Kansas’ second worst on record, according to the National Weather Service, Wichita, Kan.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1045 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013

…SNOWSTORM OF FEBRUARY 20TH-21ST IS WICHITA’S 2ND WORST ON RECORD…

AS ALL KNOW…OLD MAN WINTER HAS PULLED QUITE A ‘SNOWJOB’ ON THE KANSAS
NEIGHBORHOOD. IN FACT…THE 14.2 INCHES MEASURED AT MID-CONTINENT
AIRPORT MADE THE SNOWSTORM OF FEBRUARY 20TH AND 21ST THE AIR CAPITAL’S
2ND WORST ON RECORD.

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THE 5 WORST SNOWSTORMS EVER TO HIT THE AIR
CAPITAL.

1ST: 15.0 INCHES ON JANUARY 17TH-18TH 1962.
(3.0 INCHES ON THE 17TH; 12.0 INCHES ON THE 18TH.)

2ND: 14.2 INCHES ON FEBRUARY 20TH-21ST 2013.
(6.2 INCHES ON THE 20TH; 8.0 INCHES ON THE 21ST.)

3RD: 13.6 INCHES ON MARCH 15TH-16TH 1970.
(1.8 INCHES ON THE 15TH; 11.8 INCHES ON THE 16TH.)

4TH: 12.8 INCHES ON FEBRUARY 21ST-22ND 1971. *TIED*
(11.6 INCHES ON THE 21ST; 1.2 INCHES ON THE 22ND.)

4TH: 12.8 INCHES ON DECEMBER 23RD-24TH 1918. *TIED*
(10.0 INCHES ON THE 23RD; 2.8 INCHES ON THE 24TH.)

THE 6.2 INCHES MEASURED ON THE 20TH SET A RECORD FOR THE DATE…BREAKING
THE PREVIOUS MARK OF 5.2 INCHES MEASURED IN 1912…101 YEARS AGO.

THE 8.0 INCHES MEASURED ON THE 21ST IS THE SECOND GREATEST SNOWFALL FOR
THE DATE. THE SNOWFALL RECORD FOR FEBRUARY 21ST IS 11.6 INCHES SET IN
1971.

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