A storm system brought primarily freezing rain to the region beginning overnight January 16 and then transitioning to all rain by the afternoon of January 17. 30 .
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The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
A storm system brought primarily freezing rain to the region beginning overnight January 16 and then transitioning to all rain by the afternoon of January 17. Flat ice accumulations ranged from a trace up to 0.30 . Some sporadic power outages were reported. Some snow was also reported, but little if any accumulation.
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 Jan 17, 5:52 AM CST, 13 minutes earlier.
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5 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Flat inc accumulation of 0.17 inches reported by ASOS unit 1 mile north northeast of Pomona.
The National weather Service Office reported 0.20 inches of flat ice and .10 inches of radial ice. Widespread reports of 0.10 inch of radial ice reported around the county.
Cooperative Observer 3 miles north northeast of Northview reported 0.10 inches of radial ice with a conversion to flat ice of 0.25 inches. Other reports of up to 0.30 inches of ice accretion on tree limbs from Law Enforcement.
Radial ice accretion in Seymour and around the county on tree limbs and power lines of 0.10 inches in which converts to a flat ice measurement of approximately 0.25 inches.
Flat ice accumulation of 0.25 inches reported by ASOS 1 mile north northwest of Vichy.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, January 2020
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: 872328, 872324, 872325, 872326, 872327.