Missouri, 2023

Heavy Snow in Missouri, February 15 to 16, 2023

February 15 to 16, 2023 · NWS EAX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A winter weather system brough 6+ inches of snow across Atchison and Nodaway Counties in far NW Missouri on Feb 16th.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 EAX wrote it up.

A winter weather system brough 6+ inches of snow across Atchison and Nodaway Counties in far NW Missouri on Feb 16th.

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Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Atchison

When
February 15, 10:00 PM CST to February 16, 3:00 PM CST
Where
Atchison forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
40.431, -95.428 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A winter weather system brought 6+ inches of snow to Atchison County on Feb 16th. Rockport received 6 per a CoCoRaHS observation.

Heavy Snow, Nodaway

When
February 15, 10:00 PM CST to February 16, 3:00 PM CST
Where
Nodaway forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
40.361, -94.883 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A winter weather system brought 6+ inches of snow to Nodaway County on Feb 16th. 8.5 of snow was reported 5 WSW of Hopkins and Maryville reported 6 of snow.

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1081509, 1081510.