Winter Weather in Missouri, January 19 to 20, 2016

Name: Winter Weather in Missouri, January 19 to 20, 2016
Start: 2016-01-19T17:00
End: 2016-01-20T05:00
Location: Missouri

January 19 to 20, 2016 · NWS PAH · 11 events in 11 counties and zones

Around one inch of snow fell across southeast Missouri. A period of freezing rain and sleet occurred at the onset, especially from Cape Girardeau south and southwest.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 11 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: 11

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 PAH wrote it up.

Around one inch of snow fell across southeast Missouri. A period of freezing rain and sleet occurred at the onset, especially from Cape Girardeau south and southwest. The freezing rain produced a thin glaze of ice on roads that resulted in dangerous travel conditions. A number of accidents were reported due to the ice, which was difficult to see. One-quarter inch of sleet and freezing rain was measured at Poplar Bluff before the changeover to snow. The synoptic situation was favorable for a winter weather event. A 500 mb shortwave trough lifted northeast from the southern high Plains to the mid and upper Mississippi Valley. At the surface, a weak low pressure system moved eastward into southern Arkansas.

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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 19, 2:55 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 2:55 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 19, 12:16 PM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1216 PM CST TUE JAN 19 2016

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-201100-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
1216 PM CST TUE JAN 19 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THE ENTIRE AREA HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING
TONIGHT. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED ON AVERAGE.
REFER TO THE WARNING FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. 3 TO 5
INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED ON AVERAGE. THE SNOW WILL BE
ENDING FROM THE NORTHWEST TO THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE WEDNESDAY
MORNING HOURS.

ANOTHER WINTER WEATHER EVENT IS POSSIBLE LATER IN THE WEEK...AND
MAY BRING A WINTRY MIX OF ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND OR ICE
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE ENCOURAGED.

The radar

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Event by event

11 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Butler

When: January 19, 5:00 PM CST to January 20, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Butler forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.716, -90.407 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Ripley

When: January 19, 5:00 PM CST to January 20, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Ripley forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.653, -90.864 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Stoddard

When: January 19, 5:00 PM CST to January 20, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Stoddard forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.856, -89.944 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Bollinger

When: January 19, 6:00 PM CST to January 20, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Bollinger forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.322, -90.026 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Carter

When: January 19, 6:00 PM CST to January 20, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Carter forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.941, -90.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Wayne

When: January 19, 6:00 PM CST to January 20, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Wayne forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.113, -90.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Cape Girardeau

When: January 19, 8:00 PM CST to January 20, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Cape Girardeau forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.384, -89.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Perry

When: January 19, 8:00 PM CST to January 20, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Perry forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.707, -89.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Scott

When: January 19, 9:00 PM CST to January 20, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Scott forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.053, -89.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Mississippi

When: January 19, 11:00 PM CST to January 20, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Mississippi forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.828, -89.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, New Madrid

When: January 19, 11:00 PM CST to January 20, 5:00 AM CST
Where: New Madrid forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.595, -89.652 (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

Every storm in Missouri in 2016 Every state in 2016 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, January 2016

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: 611275, 611281, 611283, 611274, 611277, 611284, 611276, 611280, 611282, 611278, 611279.