A storm system brought accumulating snow to far southern Missouri. The heaviest snow fell across southwest Missouri where 3 to 5 inches fell across southern McDonald and southern Barry counties, with lesser amounts further north towards highway 60.
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
A storm system brought accumulating snow to far southern Missouri. The heaviest snow fell across southwest Missouri where 3 to 5 inches fell across southern McDonald and southern Barry counties, with lesser amounts further north towards highway 60.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Estimated storm total snowfall was reported on social media of 5.0 inches in Pineville.
Several social media posts estimating snow across the county from 3 to 5 inches, with the greatest amounts across the southern portion of the county. Estimates of 3.0 inches was reported in Butterfield and Wheaton, 3.5 inches in Exeter and 1 mile south of Golden. A measured 5.0 inches was reported via social media in Washburn and an estimated 5 inches was reported in Seligman.
Widespread 1 to 3 inch snow amounts were reported across the county via social media. Estimates of 2.5 inches in Forsyth and Branson and 1.5 inches in Ridgedale and 1 West Northwest of Walnut Shade.
Widespread 1 to 4 inches of snow was reported via social media across the county. An estimated to to 4.5 inches fell near Reeds Springs, with 2.5 to 3 inches near Silver Dollar City.
A social media post reported an estimated 1.5 inches of snow in Duenweg.
Widespread 1 to 3 inches of of snow was reported across Lawrence county. A public report estimated 3.2 inches fell 1 mile northwest of Verona.
Widespread 1 to 2 inches of snow fell across the county. An estimated 2.0 inches was reported via social media in Highlandville.
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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: 927546, 927547, 927548, 927549, 927551, 927552, 927550.