Heavy Snow in Missouri, November 30, 2006

Name: Heavy Snow in Missouri, November 30, 2006
Start: 2006-11-30T13:00
End: 2006-11-30T23:59
Location: Missouri

November 30, 2006 · NWS EAX · 18 events in 18 counties and zones

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $6,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 18

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.

A very strong upper level storm system tracked from southern Oklahoma into southeast Missouri, November 30th through December 1st. Moisture from the Gulf of Mexico streamed into the region over a cold air mass. Accumulating snow was noted south of a Kansas City to Kirksville line.|Areas north of that line had only trace amounts or no snow at all. Along and south of that line heavy snow was observed. 2 to 6 inches of snow was found from around Kansas City, extending northeast to Kirksville. A band of 6 to 10 inches of snow, prevailed from Lee's Summit and Pleasant Hill, northeast through Higginsville and Macon. 10 to 16 inches of snow was common from Butler to Harrisonville, extending northeast through Clinton, Warrensburg, Sedalia, Boonville, and Moberly.|Butler and Clinton, both came in with new daily snowfall records of 18 inches. Moberly also set a one day snowfall record of 15 inches.|Travel was extremely dangerous and Interstate 70 had to be closed for a time. Several structures collapsed due to the weight of the snow, in Bates and Henry counties. The snow ended in the morning hours of December 1st.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 30, 12:36 PM CST, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 12:36 PM CST, 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 30, 5:59 AM CST, 7 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

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Event by event

18 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Bates

When: November 30, 1:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Bates forecast zone
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 38.257, -94.340 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A greenhouse collapsed due to the weight of the snow near Butler. The snow was as deep as 18 inches in portions of the county.

Heavy Snow, Cass

When: November 30, 2:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Cass forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 38.647, -94.355 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Nine inches of snow reported in the extreme northwest part of county, increasing to as much as 15 inches in the extreme southeast.

Heavy Snow, Jackson

When: November 30, 3:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Jackson forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 39.009, -94.346 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Two inches of snow fell in downtown Kansas City, ranging to around ten inches near Lone Jack in the extreme southeast portion of the county.

Heavy Snow, Henry

When: November 30, 4:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Henry forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 38.385, -93.793 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy snows of up to 18 inches fell across the county. The Samaritan Thrift Shoppe in Clinton, received major damage due to a roof collapse from the weight of the snow.

Heavy Snow, Johnson

When: November 30, 4:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Johnson forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 38.744, -93.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Nine to fifteen inches of snow reported across the county.

Heavy Snow, Lafayette

When: November 30, 4:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Lafayette forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 39.066, -93.785 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Six to ten inches of snow reported across the county.

Heavy Snow, Ray

When: November 30, 4:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Ray forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 39.352, -93.990 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A trace of snow in the northwest corner, ranging to 6 inches near the Missouri River.

Heavy Snow, Carroll

When: November 30, 5:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Carroll forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 39.427, -93.505 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Three to eight inches of snow reported across the county.

Heavy Snow, Cooper

When: November 30, 5:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Cooper forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 38.844, -92.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Pettis

When: November 30, 5:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Pettis forecast zone
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 38.728, -93.285 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Ten to as much as seventeen inches of snow, fell across the county.

Heavy Snow, Chariton

When: November 30, 6:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Chariton forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 39.515, -92.963 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Six to fourteen inches of snow reported across the county.

Heavy Snow, Howard

When: November 30, 6:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Howard forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 39.143, -92.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Ten to fifteen inches of snow reported across the county.

Heavy Snow, Livingston

When: November 30, 6:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Livingston forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 39.782, -93.548 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The extreme northwest corner of the county had no snow, while the snow measured up to 6 inches in the southeast corner.

Heavy Snow, Saline

When: November 30, 6:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Saline forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 39.137, -93.202 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Six to fourteen inches of snow, fell across the county.

Heavy Snow, Linn

When: November 30, 7:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Linn forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 39.870, -93.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Around 1 inch of snow in the northwest corner of the county, ranging to 10 inches in the southeast corner.

Heavy Snow, Macon

When: November 30, 7:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Macon forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 39.831, -92.565 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Six to twelve inches of snow reported across the county.

Heavy Snow, Randolph

When: November 30, 7:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Randolph forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 39.440, -92.497 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Ten to seventeen inches of snow, fell across the county.

Heavy Snow, Adair

When: November 30, 8:00 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Adair forecast zone
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 40.191, -92.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Three to eight inches of snow across the county.

What these are

Heavy Snow: Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Missouri in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, November 2006

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5591, 5595, 5606, 5602, 5608, 5611, 5626, 5594, 5597, 5622, 5596, 5604, 5616, 5629, 5612, 5619, 5625, 5491.