A couple of rounds of mixed wintry precipitation impacted southwest and central Missouri. Round 1 occurred December 15 and round 2 December 16.
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 SGF wrote it up.
A couple of rounds of mixed wintry precipitation impacted southwest and central Missouri. Round 1 occurred December 15 and round 2 December 16. Storm totals snows were generally 2 to 3 inches of snow from Lebanon to Rolla, Missouri. A few locations also reported a glaze to 1/10 of an inch of ice.
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 Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 15, 5:45 PM CST, 12 hours 45 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Cooperative observer in Appleton City Reported a storm total of 3. 3 inches of snow.
Cooperative observer 3 NW of Cole Camp reported a storm total of 1.6 inches of snow.
Cooperative Observer 1 mile east of Stockton reported a storm total of 1.2 inches of snow.
Cooperative observer 4 miles northeast of Fort Leonard Wood reported a storm total of 2.0 inches of snow.
Cooperative Observer 1 mile north of Phelps observed 3.5 inches of snow.
Several rounds of precipitation fell across the county during the day and evening hours. Rain, freezing rain and snow all occurred producing a glaze of ice and a dusting of snow that caused roads to become icy. There was 1 fatality as a vehicle lost control on an ice covered roadway and struck a pedestrian that was standing near another vehicle that had crashed prior to this 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, Barry | 2019-12-16 | 59 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | Indirect |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, December 2019
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: 868734, 868732, 868733, 868735, 868736, 868646.