mainly along and north of Highway 36. 6 inches of snow was reported in Fairfax, Gallatin, Sweet Springs, and Brookfield.
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
A winter storm on February 12th through the 13th, brought 4 to 6 inches of snow over portions of the area...mainly along and north of Highway 36. 6 inches of snow was reported in Fairfax, Gallatin, Sweet Springs, and Brookfield.
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 Feb 12, 12:50 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1250 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 .DISCUSSION... HAVE EXPANDED ADVISORIES FURTHER TO THE SOUTH...AND UPGRADED TO A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. FOR THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA AND AREAS JUST NORTH AND EAST OF KANSAS CITY...BIGGER CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON IS WITH ONSET OF PRECIPITATION IN THE NORTHLAND...WHERE FORECAST SOUNDINGS STILL SHOWING ENOUGH OF A WARM NOSE TO SUGGEST AN INITIAL ROUND OF SLEET. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE ABOVE FREEZING AT THAT POINT...BUT STILL MAY CAUSE SOME SLICK ROADS FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE. THEN EXPECT THIS EVENING...A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. WITH AS MUCH WATER AS THE SOUNDINGS ARE SHOWING...BETWEEN 0.6 AND 0.8 THIS EVENING...ACROSS THE METRO AREA...WOULD EXPECT TO SEE A BURST OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL THAT COULD PUT A QUICK 2 INCHES ACROSS THE METRO AREA IN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS. SNOW AT LESS INTENSE RATES SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT...SO WILL GO WITH A 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE FOR KANSAS CITY AND AREAS TO THE EAST OF KANSAS CITY. FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI...AMOUNTS FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST LOOK TO BE ON TRACK...AND WILL LEAVE FORECAST AS IS. NORTHEAST KANSAS WILL LIKELY SEE THE LOWER AMOUNTS BUT AS YOU HEAD INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI...THE AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO GO UP AS 850 WAVE INTENSIFIES OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT...THE 850 THERMAL GRADIENT TIGHTENS...AND NAM SHOWS A PROLONGED PERIOD OF 850 FRONTOGENETIC FORCING ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THUS WILL UPGRADE ADVISORY TO A HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA. WILL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AFTER 18Z MODELS COME IN...AND MAY HAVE TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL TWEEKING TO ADVISORY AND WARNING COVERAGE...BUT LOOKING LIKE AT LEAST PART OF FORECAST AREA SHOULD MAKE THE 6 INCH RANGE. PC && .PREV DISCUSSION... /501 AM CST MON FEB 12 2007/ MAIN FORECAST CONCERN WILL DEAL WITH THE APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM CURRENTLY PUSHING INTO THE ROCKIES. AS THIS SYSTEM GATHERS STRENGTH ACROSS THE PLAINS BY EVENING...A WINTER PRECIPITATION EVENT WILL OVERSPREAD THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. CURRENTLY MOST AREAS ARE ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE DAYTIME HOURS BEFORE THE SURFACE LOW PUSHING INTO ARKANSAS BEGINS TO DRAW COLDER AIR SOUTHWARD. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS WOULD BE FAR NORTHERN MISSOURI WHICH WILL HOVER AROUND THE FREEZING MARK. LOOKING AT RADAR TRENDS AND MODEL FORCING FIELDS...DECIDED TO SCALE BACK A BIT ON POPS TODAY...LOOKS LIKE THE BETTER LIFT ENCROACHES ON WEST/SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA TOWARD 00Z. THE MAJORITY OF ANY PRECIPITATION WHICH FALLS DURING THE DAY SHOULD BE RAIN...EXCEPT SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE/FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE IOWA BORDER. AT THIS TIME SIGNIFICANT ICING IS NOT EXPECTED. WITH THE SURFACE TEMPERATURES LOOKING PRETTY WARM TODAY...AND HEAVIER PRECIPITATION HOLDING OFF TIL 00Z...WENT AHEAD AND DROPPED THE WATCH WHICH WAS TO START AT 12Z TODAY. IN ITS PLACE...ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY FOR ROUGHLY THE NORTHERN THREE TIERS OF COUNTIES RUNNING FROM 00Z TONIGHT THROUGH 18Z ON TUESDAY. LOOKING LIKE THE BETTER FORCING WILL RESIDE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. IN ADDITION...THE ADVISORY AREA WILL HAVE BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES LONGER WHICH WILL ADD TO SNOW TOTALS. STORM TOTAL SNOW GRIDS ARE SIMILAR TO THE OUTPUT GIVEN BY THE 21Z SREF. THE HIGHER TOTALS WILL BE NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER...RANGING FROM BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES...ALTHOUGH SOME ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE IOWA BORDER. DECIDED TO KEEP SNOW TOTALS UNDER WARNING CRITERIA AS THE MODEL CROSS-SECTIONS INDICATED THE BEST LIFT DID NOT COINCIDE WITH THE FAVORABLE DENDRITIC CRYSTAL GROWTH AREA. FURTHER SOUTH WHERE THE CHANGEOVER MAY NOT HAPPEN UNTIL ROUGHLY 06Z...EXPECTING 1 TO 2 INCHES ALONG OUR FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES WITH ROUGHLY 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE METRO AREA. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET MIXED IN WITH RAIN AND SNOW THIS EVENING AS THE COLD AIR FILTERS SOUTHWARD. HOWEVER...POINT SOUNDINGS INDICATE A FAIRLY QUICK CHANGE TO ALL SNOW ONCE THE COLUMN BEGINS TO COOL. ANOTHER CONCERN WITH THIS STORM WILL BE SOME BLOWING SNOW...RESULTING FROM GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW PASSES FROM THE RED RIVER VALLEY INTO ARKANSAS. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MIDDAY TUESDAY AS LIFT PUSHES TO THE EAST AND MOISTURE BECOMES MORE SHALLOW. NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE GRIDS. ONCE AGAIN THE REGION WILL STAY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. MANY LOCATIONS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WILL EXPERIENCE LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. IF DEEPER SNOW PACK DOES MATERIALIZE SOME AREAS COULD DIP BELOW ZERO. SAW && /ISSUED 1138 PM CST SUN FEB 11 2007/ AVIATION... FOR THE 06Z TAFS... MAIN CONCERN THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS REMAINS PRECIPITATION TYPE TOWARD THE END OF THE CYCLE. IN THE SHORT TERM...MVFR CEILINGS HAVE ENVELOPED THE AREA WITH A STEADY DROP WEST OF THE KS/MO BORDER DUE TO EASTERLY UPSLOPE. THESE SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY STEADY AROUND 2KFT AGL OVERNIGHT...WITH VISIBILITIES GENERALLY IN THE 4-6SM RANGE AS SOME PATCHY LIGHT DRIZZLE ACCOMPANIES THE MODEST WARM AIR/MOISTURE ADVECTION. CURRENT FORECAST CALLS FOR THE WEAK WARM FRONT STRETCHING ACROSS NEBRASKA AND IOWA TO DISSOLVE TOWARD DAYBREAK AS A SECONDARY FRONT DEVELOPS FROM KTUL-KSGF-KSTL. THIS WILL ALLOW WINDS TO BACK INTO THE EAST AND EVENTUALLY NORTHEAST. HOWEVER...WITH THE AIRMASS ALREADY IN PLACE...THIS IS NOT A COLD ADVECTION DIRECTION AND AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA TOWARD NOON...RAIN IS EXPECTED. GENERALLY SPEAKING... TEMPERATURES WILL DECREASE WITH HEIGHT SO PILOTS WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER A FAIRLY PROGRESSIVE RAIN TO SNOW CHANGEOVER BETWEEN 5-7KFT AGL. AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TRACKS INTO ARKANSAS MONDAY EVENING...WINDS OVER NW MO WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE AND BEGIN TO SHIFT INTO THE NORTHEAST. GUSTS OF 25 TO 30KTS MAY BECOME FREQUENT TOWARD DAYBREAK TUESDAY. THE TIMING OF THE COLD AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GRADUAL WIND SHIFT REMAINS QUESTIONABLE...AND MAY NOT OCCUR AT THE KANSAS CITY TERMINALS UNTIL MIDNIGHT TUESDAY. FOR THIS REASON HAVE DELAYED THE ONSET OF SNOWFALL AND REDUCED THE CHANCES FOR BOTH KMKC/KMCI. BOOKBINDER && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO... HEAVY SNOW WARNING FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO NOON TUESDAY FOR MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-032-033-040 SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO NOON TUESDAY FOR MOZ001>006-011>015-020-023- WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO NOON TUESDAY FOR MOZ021-022-028>031-037>039-044>046. KS...SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO NOON TUESDAY FOR KSZ025-KSZ102. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO NOON TUESDAY FOR KSZ103>105. WFO EAX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 109 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-131915- ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE- JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER- PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR- BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY- RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD- CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 109 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF RAIN HAS DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING. THIS EVENING..COLD AIR WILL BEGIN TO FILTER SOUTHWARD AS PRECIPITATION RATES INCREASE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE STRETCHING FROM SAINT JOSEPH TO MACON AS THIS REGION WILL EXPERIENCE THE CHANGE FROM RAIN TO SNOW QUICKER THAN AREAS TO THE SOUTH. HOWEVER...A HEAVY SNOWBAND IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A UNIONVILLE TO KEYTESVILLE LINE RESULTING IN HIGHER SNOW TOTALS IN THE 5 TO 7 INCH RANGE. FAR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...GENERALLY ALONG A MOUND CITY KANSAS TO SEDALIA LINE MAY NOT SEE PRECIPITATION CHANGE TO ALL SNOW UNTIL MIDNIGHT WHICH WILL RESULT IN MUCH LIGHTER SNOW AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY WHICH WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BY MID TO LATE MORNING TUESDAY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME DRIFTING OF THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IN THE RANGE OF 5 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF A KEYTESVILLE TO BROOKFIELD TO UNIONVILLE LINE. FURTHER WEST...ALONG AND NORTH OF A SAINT JOSEPH TO CHILLICOTHE LINE...3 TO 5 INCHES AREA EXPECTED. FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METRO 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES ANTICIPATED SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. DEROCHE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Four to six inches of snow, fell across the county.
Four to six inches of snow fell across the county.
Four to six inches of snow fell across the county.
Four to six inches of snow fell across the county.
Four to six inches of snow fell across the county.
Four to six inches of snow fell across the county. Eastbound Interstate 70 was closed for a time, due to a truck accident.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, February 2007
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: 15456, 15458, 15459, 15460, 15461, 15462.