Missouri, 2000

Winter Storm in Missouri, January 17, 2000

January 17, 2000 · NWS DVN · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A winter storm moving along the Canadian border brought warm air northward over a shallow layer of cold air over the Middle Mississippi Valley. This created a broad area of light freezing rain, sleet and freezing drizzle over Eastern Iowa, Northeast Missouri and Northwest Illinois.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 DVN wrote it up.

A winter storm moving along the Canadian border brought warm air northward over a shallow layer of cold air over the Middle Mississippi Valley. This created a broad area of light freezing rain, sleet and freezing drizzle over Eastern Iowa, Northeast Missouri and Northwest Illinois. A few snow flurries or patchy light snow mixed with the freezing precipitation at times. Ice accumulations were light and generally less than a tenth of an inch. However, ground temperatures in the middle and upper 20s allowed for a thin layer of ice to form on many road surfaces. The main band of freezing rain fell 20 miles either side of an axis from Muscatine Iowa to Princeton Illinois. Several accidents were reported.

The radar

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Event by event

2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Clark

When
January 17, 8:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
Where
Clark forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.410, -91.738 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Scotland

When
January 17, 8:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
Where
Scotland forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.453, -92.147 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Storm
A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5134696, 5134697.