Ice Storm, Clay
- When
- December 27, 6:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.311, -94.421 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm in Missouri, December 27, 1996
Three drivers were injured in a multi-vehicle pileup due to icy conditions along northbound Interstate 35 in Liberty. A few miles to the south, a tanker carrying gasoline tipped over closing a half-mile stretch of Interstate 35 for 30 minutes.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
Three drivers were injured in a multi-vehicle pileup due to icy conditions along northbound Interstate 35 in Liberty. A few miles to the south, a tanker carrying gasoline tipped over closing a half-mile stretch of Interstate 35 for 30 minutes. A total of 20 vehicles were involved in the two accidents.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Dense Fog in Florida, December 27, 1996
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 27 to 28, 1996
- High Wind in Utah, December 27, 1996
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, December 27, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, December 27 to 28, 1996
- Winter Storm in Illinois, December 27 to 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 27, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 27 to 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 27, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 27 to 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 27, 1996
- Blizzard in Washington, December 27 to 28, 1996
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, December 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5581728.