Global Warming Clobbers Wichita; Only Winter Storm Worse Was in 1962

The Wichita Eagle is reporting:

A snowstorm elbowed its way into the record books as it laid siege to Wichita and much of the rest of Kansas on Thursday, bringing traffic to a virtual standstill.

Overnight snowfall was so heavy that whiteout conditions were being reported Thursday in and near Wichita as the morning commute began – and again later in the day in south-central, western and northern Kansas.

More than 100 traffic accidents had been reported countywide by mid-evening. Even a plane got stuck in the snow at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport.

“The majority of activity across the state of Kansas has come to a stop,” the Kansas Adjutant General’s Office reported in a statement Thursday.

A rare thundersnow storm dumped several inches of snow on Wichita just before dawn Thursday; as the storm pulled out of the area by evening, the total was 14.2 inches. Only the storm of Jan. 17-18, 1962, delivered more snow: 15 inches.

And so it goes.

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