Light snow on December 8, 2013 left icy patches on the KC Metro roads. On the morning of December 9 a college student lost control of her car on a icy spot on the road, and collided with the center barricade.
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The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
Light snow on December 8, 2013 left icy patches on the KC Metro roads. On the morning of December 9 a college student lost control of her car on a icy spot on the road, and collided with the center barricade. She passed away as a result of the incident.
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 Dec 9, 5:25 AM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 525 AM CST Mon Dec 9 2013 .SHORT TERM...(Today through Wednesday) Issued at 319 AM CST MON DEC 9 2013 There will be several small chances for precipitation on the southern and northern extremes of the forecast area over the next few days. The first chance will be this evening as a positively tilted trough swings through the Central Plains and into the Lower Missouri Valley. A very strong upper jet is situated along the edge of the upper PV anomaly and very strong QG forcing will develop this evening as the wave moves east. This will tighten up the temperature gradient aloft leading to strong frontogenesis in the 600mb to 500mb layer. The strong coupled forcing will produce a narrow corridor of snow from southern Kansas through southern Missouri. Depending on how narrow (or broad) this band of snow is and where it exactly it sets up, there could be several inches of snow. Right now, this looks to be south of our forecast area, but the band may be broad enough to spread some light snow across the southern half of our southernmost counties. The second round will come Tuesday night as a clipper dives down the western edges of the main longwave trough over central to eastern sections of the CONUS and Canada. The strongest forcing with this clipper looks to stay in Iowa and the Upper Midwest but there could be some snow move into our far northern counties as the wave quickly transits through the region. With either of these systems, the chances for anything to accumulate looks very low and have only mentioned slight chances for snow. We look to continue the relatively dry pattern from the last few weeks/month, which has helped to extend the drought that developed this Summer across northern Missouri. With regards to temperatures, continued cooler than normal conditions are expected. The only significant change to the current temperature trends were to lower temperatures on Wednesday. In the wake of the Tuesday night clipper system, another very strong and cold high pressure center will push into the region. Strong cold advection should mostly offset diurnal warming and temperatures may be steady or falling through the day, especially across northern Missouri. .LONG TERM...(Thursday through Sunday) Issued at 319 AM CST MON DEC 9 2013 Main concern in the extended period will revolve around a storm system that could bring a potential ice/snow storm to area. This system would affect the area in the Friday/Friday night time frame. Otherwise the other concern will be the continuation of the below normal temperatures. Models are in good agreement at the onset of the the extended period. Northwest flow aloft and surface high pressure residing over the area Thursday morning will provide a very cold start to the day. However, high pressure will shift east during the day and "warm" air will begin to advect into the region. This will occur ahead of an upper level system which is progged as a closed low over the extreme southwestern CONUS on Thursday. This low will move into the Four Corners region Thursday night becoming an open wave. Friday this open shortwave will move into the Plains states as moisture spreads northward into the region out of the Gulf ahead of the system. The precipitation type with this system is tricky right now as subtle changes in surface features and timing will dictate whether we will experience liquid or freezing rain. The 00Z GFS shows precipitation would hold off until Friday afternoon providing for above freezing temperatures and a cold rain. The 00Z ECMWF is slightly faster with the onset of precipitation and a few degrees cooler at the surface which would provide for a freezing rain scenario during the day Friday. Both models depict a cold front moving through the area Friday night which would change precipitation over to freezing rain or snow. In any case, this system will have to be monitored closely during the upcoming days. The upper shortwave will move through the area by early Saturday morning providing for the potential for very light snow which will shift east of the area by Saturday afternoon. Saturday, high temperatures will continue to be well below average with highs in the upper 20s to mid 30s. However, temperatures should begin to moderate through the second half of the weekend into early next week with highs in the upper 30s to the lower 40s on Monday. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Tuesday Morning) Issued at 525 AM CST MON DEC 9 2013 VFR conds will prevail through the TAF period with sct-bkn mid-level clouds today giving way to clear skies tonight. Winds will be out of the northwest today between 5-10kts but will back to the southwest this evening while remaining between 5-10kts. && .EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. MO...NONE. && SHORT TERM...CDB LONG TERM...73 AVIATION...73
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 454 AM CST MON DEC 9 2013 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-101100- 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- 454 AM CST MON DEC 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND -10 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI. THERE IS SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW ALONG AND SOUTH OF LINE FROM LA CYGNE... KANSAS TO CLINTON... MISSOURI THIS EVENING. NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARDS TO TIMING AND TEMPERATURES WHICH WOULD GREATLY IMPACT POSSIBLE ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. CDB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Light snow on December 8, 2013 left icy patches on the KC Metro roads. On the morning of December 9 a college student lost control of her car on a icy spot on the road, and collided with the center barricade and an 18-wheeler. She passed away as a result of the incident.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Weather, Platte | 2013-12-09 | 18 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
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