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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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 forecasters said that day
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NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 28, 5:42 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 28, 5:42 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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</html>Winter Storm, Putnam
- When
- November 28, 7:00 PM CST to November 29, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 40.479, -93.016 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter storm oved across the area evening of the 28th, through the overnight hours and exited the region by mid-afternoon on the 29th. Snow reports gathered on the 29th yielded up to around 7 inches in Putnam county and as much as 10 inches in the surrounding areas.
Winter Storm, Schuyler
- When
- November 28, 7:00 PM CST to November 29, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Schuyler forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 40.470, -92.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter storm oved across the area evening of the 28th, through the overnight hours and exited the region by mid-afternoon on the 29th. Snow reports gathered on the 29th yielded yielded the greatest snowfall report of 10 inches in Schuyler county and similar to a couple to few inches less in surrounding areas.
Winter Storm, Sullivan
- When
- November 28, 7:00 PM CST to November 29, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sullivan forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 40.211, -93.111 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter storm oved across the area evening of the 28th, through the overnight hours and exited the region by mid-afternoon on the 29th. Snow reports gathered on the 29th yielded up to around 7 inches in Sullivan county and as much as 10 inches in the surrounding areas.
Winter Storm, Adair
- When
- November 28, 7:00 PM CST to November 29, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Adair forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 40.191, -92.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter storm oved across the area evening of the 28th, through the overnight hours and exited the region by mid-afternoon on the 29th. Snow reports gathered on the 29th yielded up to around 7 inches in Adair county and as much as 10 inches in the surrounding areas.
Winter Storm, Linn
- When
- November 28, 7:00 PM CST to November 29, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Linn forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 39.870, -93.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter storm oved across the area evening of the 28th, through the overnight hours and exited the region by mid-afternoon on the 29th. Snow reports gathered on the 29th yielded reports in the 5 to 10 inch range in surrounding areas, though no official reports were received within Linn county.
Winter Storm, Macon
- When
- November 28, 7:00 PM CST to November 29, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Macon forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 39.831, -92.565 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter storm oved across the area evening of the 28th, through the overnight hours and exited the region by mid-afternoon on the 29th. Snow reports gathered on the 29th yielded up to around 9.5 inches in Macon county and as much as 10 inches in the surrounding areas.
Winter Storm, Randolph
- When
- November 28, 7:00 PM CST to November 29, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 39.440, -92.497 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter storm oved across the area evening of the 28th, through the overnight hours and exited the region by mid-afternoon on the 29th. Snow reports gathered on the 29th yielded up to around 6 inches in Randolph county and as much as 10 inches in the surrounding areas.
Winter Storm, Mercer
- When
- November 28, 7:00 PM CST to November 29, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 40.422, -93.569 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter storm oved across the area evening of the 28th, through the overnight hours and exited the region by mid-afternoon on the 29th. Snow reports gathered on the 29th yielded up to around 5 to 7 inches to the south in Grundy and east in Putnam and Sullivan counties. While no official reports were received in Mercer, estimated to have a received around 5 inches or greater in portions of the county.
Winter Storm, Grundy
- When
- November 28, 7:00 PM CST to November 29, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 40.114, -93.565 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter storm oved across the area evening of the 28th, through the overnight hours and exited the region by mid-afternoon on the 29th. Snow reports gathered on the 29th yielded up to around 5 inches in Grundy county and as much as 7 plus inches in the surrounding areas to the east and northeast.
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1302033, 1302035, 1302037, 1302039, 1302040, 1302042, 1302043, 1302046, 1302047.