Ice Storm, Dent
- When
- December 15, 9:45 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dent forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.607, -91.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm in Missouri, December 15, 2000
Light freezing rain produced ice accumulations of one quarter to one half inch over a broad area of central and south central Missouri. The icing caused numerous accidents and several large pileups on I-44 between Lebanon and Rolla.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 15 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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 SGF wrote it up.
Light freezing rain produced ice accumulations of one quarter to one half inch over a broad area of central and south central Missouri. The icing caused numerous accidents and several large pileups on I-44 between Lebanon and Rolla. Due to significant ice accumulations near Tuscumbia, a tree fell onto a power line, causing power outages to a few hundred people on the western side of town.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
15 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice Storm, Douglas
- When
- December 15, 9:45 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.933, -92.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Howell
- When
- December 15, 9:45 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Howell forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.774, -91.886 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Laclede
- When
- December 15, 9:45 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Laclede forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.658, -92.590 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Maries
- When
- December 15, 9:45 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Maries forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.162, -91.925 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Oregon
- When
- December 15, 9:45 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Oregon forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.687, -91.403 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Phelps
- When
- December 15, 9:45 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Phelps forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.877, -91.792 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Pulaski
- When
- December 15, 9:45 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.825, -92.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Shannon
- When
- December 15, 9:45 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Shannon forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.157, -91.400 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Texas
- When
- December 15, 9:45 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Texas forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.317, -91.965 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Miller
- When
- December 15, 9:45 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Miller forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.215, -92.428 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Ozark
- When
- December 15, 9:45 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ozark forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.649, -92.445 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Camden
- When
- December 15, 9:45 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Camden forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.027, -92.766 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Wright
- When
- December 15, 9:45 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wright forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -92.469 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Morgan
- When
- December 15, 9:45 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.424, -92.886 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- High Wind in Oregon, December 15, 2000
- Winter Storm in Utah, December 15, 2000
- Storm Surge in Washington, December 15, 2000
- High Wind in Oregon, December 15, 2000
- High Wind in Washington, December 15, 2000
- Blizzard in North Dakota, December 15 to 16, 2000
- High Wind in Idaho, December 15, 2000
- Ice Storm in Iowa, December 15 to 16, 2000
- Winter Weather in Illinois, December 15, 2000
- Ice Storm in Illinois, December 15 to 16, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Montana, December 15, 2000
- Blizzard in Montana, December 15 to 16, 2000
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, December 2000
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: 5168011, 5168012, 5168013, 5168014, 5168015, 5168016, 5168017, 5168018, 5168019, 5168020, 5168021, 5168022, 5168023, 5168024, 5168025.