Severe Thunderstorms; Excessive Rainfall; Dangerous Heat; Air Quality Concerns

Canadian wildfire smoke will push into the Midwest, worsening air quality. A frontal system brings severe storms from the Northern Plains to the Mid‑Atlantic the next few days. Heavy Gulf Coast rain is possible as we closely monitor tropical development, while monsoonal storms persist in the Southwest with heavy rainfall. Hazardous heat expands from the Plains into the Lower Mississippi Valley. Read More >

Overview

Through sunrise, light snow/flurries and freezing drizzle was occurring across portions of far northern Missouri. Farther south, temperatures were in the upper 30s to lower 40s, with drizzle occurring off and on through the morning. As the surface front continued to sink south and east, the freezing line followed, with a steady transition from drizzle to freezing drizzle. It was around 5 PM that the freezing line reached KCI Airport and freezing rain/drizzle became the primary precipitation type. The front's progression was slow, but once it moved in, temperatures dropped quickly. Freezing rain transitioned to snow between 7 and 8 PM for most across the northern side of the KC metro, while snow continued to be the primary precipitation through the afternoon and into the evening across northern Missouri, before ending around 8 or 9 PM. South of the Missouri river, it was a slower transition from Rain to Freezing Rain (around 7 to 8 PM) to snow (around 11 to Midnight). Overall, the greatest snow fall occurred across northern Missouri into northeastern Kansas.

Snow Totals Reported To the Office Wednesday Morning


Snow in Gardner, KS Tuesday Night (Photo: @ChrisGeorgeKC)	Snow covered streets in Brookside (KCMO) (Photo: NWS Employee)	Snow covering Ice north of Platte City, MO (Photo: NWS Employee)