Missouri, 2008

Winter Weather in Missouri, November 29 to 30, 2008

November 29 to 30, 2008 · NWS DVN · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Low pressure tracked from Missouri to the Great Lakes region on November 29-30, 2008. This was the first snowfall of the winter season and produced widespread accumulations of 2 to 4 inches.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 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

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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.

Low pressure tracked from Missouri to the Great Lakes region on November 29-30, 2008. This was the first snowfall of the winter season and produced widespread accumulations of 2 to 4 inches.

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 Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 29, 4:00 AM CST, 14 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 4:00 AM CST, 14 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 29, 5:00 AM CST, 13 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
500 AM CST SAT NOV 29 2008

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-301100-
BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO-
CLINTON IA-DELAWARE IA-DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL-
HENDERSON IL-HENRY IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA-
JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA-
MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-
SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-STEPHENSON IL-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL-
WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL-
500 AM CST SAT NOV 29 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST
CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY WHILE IT DIVES SOUTH FROM
THE UPPER MIDWEST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. MAINLY
LIGHT RAIN WILL SPREAD UP ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON...AND
THEN PROGRESS NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA SATURDAY
EVENING. COOLER AIR PUSHING INTO THE AREA WILL CAUSE THE RAIN TO MIX
WITH SNOW BY MID EVENING...AND THEN SWITCH OVER TO ALL SNOW BY
MIDNIGHT IN MOST AREAS. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST THAT AREAS ALONG
AND WEST OF A LINE FROM WILLIAMSBURG...TO MOUNT PLEASANT AND TO
CARTHAGE ILLINOIS MAY SEE AN INCH OF SNOWFALL BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY
MORNING. AREAS FURTHER TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REST OF
THE OUTLOOK AREA WILL RECEIVE A DUSTING TO A HALF INCH. STILL MILD
GROUND CONDITIONS AND AIR TEMPERATURES HOVERING AROUND FREEZING OR
EVEN THE MID 30S TONIGHT...WILL CAUSE MUCH OF THE INITIAL SNOWFALL TO
MELT AND PRODUCE MAINLY WET ROADWAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST THAT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA... WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR BANDS OF LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES
SOUTHEAST OF A FAIRFIELD TO QUAD CITIES TO STERLING ROCK FALLS AXIS.
THE BULK OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED
SURFACES DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY... WITH ROADS MAINLY JUST WET WITH
GROUND AND AIR TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER... AS
TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING SUNDAY NIGHT SOME ROADS MAY BECOME
SLICK AND SNOW COVERED.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF MORE SNOW TO THE OUTLOOK
AREA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...BUT THE
SNOWFALL OBSERVER NETWORK SHOULD BE ACTIVATED. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
DURING AND AFTER THE EVENT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

12/05

The radar

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Event by event

2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Scotland

When
November 29, 6:00 PM CST to November 30, 9:00 PM CST
Where
Scotland forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
40.453, -92.147 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Clark

When
November 29, 8:00 PM CST to November 30, 11:00 PM CST
Where
Clark forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
40.410, -91.738 (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

More

Every storm in Missouri in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, November 2008

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: 137516, 137515.