Winter Weather in Missouri, December 8 to 9, 2018

Name: Winter Weather in Missouri, December 8 to 9, 2018
Start: 2018-12-08T18:00
End: 2018-12-09T05:00
Location: Missouri

December 8 to 9, 2018 · NWS PAH · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

A low pressure system moved east across Mississippi and Alabama, spreading a wintry mix into extreme southern parts of southeast Missouri. S.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 5 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: 2
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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.

A low pressure system moved east across Mississippi and Alabama, spreading a wintry mix into extreme southern parts of southeast Missouri. Most of the impacts were felt south of U.S. Highway 60, especially from southern Butler County to New Madrid County. The primary type of precipitation was freezing rain, which glazed surfaces with up to one-tenth inch of ice. Roads became slick and hazardous, including Interstate 55. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a couple of accidents with injuries in Stoddard and New Madrid Counties. The injuries were not serious.

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 Dec 8, 2:33 PM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 2:33 PM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 3:00 PM CST, 3 hours before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Paducah KY
300 PM CST Sat Dec 8 2018

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-091100-
Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton-
White-Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-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-
300 PM CST Sat Dec 8 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern
Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast
Missouri.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

A wintry mix of snow, sleet and some freezing rain is expected
tonight along the southern borders of Missouri and Kentucky. Up to
an inch of sleet and snow is possible with some minor icing from
freezing rain. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect tonight for
those areas. Please see the Winter Weather Advisory for details.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Locally heavy rainfall is possible Thursday Night and Friday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Any reports of wintry precipitation tonight would be appreciated.

PS

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

5 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Butler

When: December 8, 6:00 PM CST to December 9, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Butler forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 36.716, -90.407 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Ripley

When: December 8, 6:00 PM CST to December 9, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Ripley forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 36.653, -90.864 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Stoddard

When: December 8, 6:00 PM CST to December 9, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Stoddard forecast zone
Injuries: 0 direct, 1 indirect
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 36.856, -89.944 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, New Madrid

When: December 8, 7:00 PM CST to December 9, 5:00 AM CST
Where: New Madrid forecast zone
Injuries: 0 direct, 1 indirect
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 36.595, -89.652 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Mississippi

When: December 8, 7:00 PM CST to December 9, 5:00 AM CST
Where: Mississippi forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 36.828, -89.291 (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 2018 Every state in 2018 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, December 2018

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 790983, 790984, 790985, 790986, 790987.