Winter Weather, Platte
- When
- January 23, 10:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.381, -94.774 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Missouri, January 23, 2000
Snow affected northern sections of the Kansas City metro area from late morning through early afternoon. Although accumulations were only around 1 inch, most of the snow fell in a two-hour period between 1 and 3 pm.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Snow affected northern sections of the Kansas City metro area from late morning through early afternoon. Although accumulations were only around 1 inch, most of the snow fell in a two-hour period between 1 and 3 pm. During that time, visibility at Kansas City International Airport was reduced to less than a mile, and dropped as low as a quarter mile. With visibility reduced and untreated roads becoming hazardous very quickly, approximately 800 traffic accidents were reported in the Kansas City metro area, killing 12 and injuring over 100. A chain-reaction crash on Interstate 29 near Platte City, in which as many as 30 vehicles were involved, resulted in 10 fatalities.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Clay
- When
- January 23, 10:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.311, -94.421 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Jackson
- When
- January 23, 10:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.009, -94.346 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Kansas, January 23, 2000
- Hail in Louisiana, January 23, 2000
- Flood in California, January 23 to 24, 2000
- Flood in California, January 23 to 24, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 23, 2000
- Freezing Fog in New Jersey, January 23 to 24, 2000
- Ice Storm in Georgia, January 23, 2000
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 23 to 24, 2000
- Winter Storm in Kansas, January 23, 2000
- Freezing Fog in Delaware, January 23 to 24, 2000
- Winter Storm in California, January 23 to 25, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, January 23 to 24, 2000
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, January 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5128621, 5128622, 5128623.