Snowstorm - March 20th-21st, 2010

A winter storm brought heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain to southeast Kansas and portions of the Missouri Ozarks Saturday and Sunday. Heavy snow fell from southeast Kansas into southwest and west central Missouri with accumulations ranging from 4 to 10 inches. These snow accumulations generally occurred west of a line from Cassville to Bolivar to Versailles, or west of Highway 65. Locally higher amounts near one foot fell in southeast Kansas and west central Missouri.

The snow was followed a by a period of freezing rain that produced ice accumulations of one tenth to locally one quarter of an inch across far southwest Missouri. This area included western Greene, Barry, Lawrence, and northern Stone counties. The ice accumulations resulted in localized power outages. Snow amounts were highly variable along the highway 65 corridor ranging from inches just to the west. The following are snow accumulations from volunteer and cooperative observers across southeast Kansas and the Missouri Ozarks. The totals below are separated into snow...and ice and sleet final amount for each location.

THE FOLLOWING ARE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM VOLUNTEER AND COOPERATIVE

OBSERVERS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS.

THE TOTALS BELOW ARE SEPARATED INTO SNOW...AND ICE AND SLEET
CATEGORIES...THEN BY AMOUNT...AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE
FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION.

SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT

 INCHES  LOCATION                 ST  COUNTY           TIME
 ------  -----------------------  --  --------------   -------
 12.00   FORT SCOTT               KS  BOURBON          0800 AM
 12.00   3 S JERICO SPRINGS       MO  DADE             0800 AM
  9.70   LOCKWOOD                 MO  DADE             0800 AM
                 6 INCHES OF SNOW REMAINS ON GROUND
  8.00   DADEVILLE                MO  DADE             0800 AM
  8.00   2 S HORTON               MO  VERNON           0800 AM
  8.00   6 S GOLDEN CITY          MO  JASPER           0722 AM
  8.00   LAMAR                    MO  BARTON           0820 PM
  8.00   6 N LAMAR                MO  BARTON           0707 PM
                 BRT 200
  7.50   3 NE MONETT              MO  LAWRENCE         0800 AM
  7.00   4 W PITTSBURG            MO  HICKORY          0722 AM
                 CWIP REPORT.
  7.00   APPLETON CITY            MO  ST. CLAIR        0630 AM
                 OBSER RECIEVED 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH 6
                 INCHES SNOW DEPTH.
  7.00   6 SSW EL DORADO SPRINGS  MO  CEDAR            0328 PM
                 ELGANEATGMAIL.COM
  6.50   1 NW MONETT              MO  LAWRENCE         1017 PM
  6.20   1 S FORT SCOTT           KS  BOURBON          0335 PM
                 FROM E-SPOTTTER.
                 KJEFFERSATBOURBONCOUNTYKS.ORG
  6.00   MILLER                   MO  LAWRENCE         0800 AM
  6.00   1 W SARCOXIE             MO  JASPER           0722 AM
                 CWIP REPORT.
  6.00   COLUMBUS                 KS  CHEROKEE         0630 AM
                 HWY 69 CLOSED IN COLUMBUS DUE TO SNOW DRIFT.
  6.00   5 S ASH GROVE            MO  GREENE           1009 PM
                 OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE MEASURED 6 INCHES IN
                 WESTERN GREENE COUNTY.
  6.00   DADEVILLE                MO  DADE             0919 PM
  6.00   3 NW COLE CAMP           MO  BENTON           0727 PM
  6.00   JERICO SPRINGS           MO  CEDAR            0620 PM
                 COOP OBSERVER IN JERICHO SPRINGS JUST
                 MEASURED SIX INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION.
  6.00   CROSS TIMBERS            MO  HICKORY          0620 PM
                 CWIP OBSERVER IN CROSS TIMBERS MEASURED 6
                 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION.
  5.50   JOPLIN                   MO  JASPER           0725 PM
  4.00   4 S ASH GROVE            MO  GREENE           0800 AM
  4.00   5 W NEOSHO               MO  NEWTON           0630 AM
  4.00   FLEMINGTON               MO  POLK             0555 PM
                 COOP OBSERVER IN FLEMINGTON MEASURED FOUR
                 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. A PUBLIC REPORT
                 FROM HUMANSVILLE ALSO MEASURED FOUR INCHES.
  4.00   LAMAR                    MO  BARTON           0446 PM
                 THE BARTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
                 DIRECTOR RELAYED TO THE NWS THAT FOUR INCHES
                 OF SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED. NUMEROUS VEHICLE
                 ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON.
  4.00   STOCKTON                 MO  CEDAR            0441 PM
                 CEDAR COUNTY S.O. RELAYED TO THE NWS THAT
                 APPROXIMATELY FOUR INCHES OF SNOW HAS
                 ACCUMULATED. THEY HAVE RESPONDED TO 13
                 VEHICLE ACCIDENTS THIS AFTERNOON.
  3.00   5 SE CASSVILLE           MO  BARRY            0722 AM
                 CWIP REPORT.

SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT

 INCHES  LOCATION                 ST  COUNTY           TIME
 ------  -----------------------  --  --------------   -------
  0.10   JOPLIN                   MO  JASPER           0930 AM
                 ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE EIGHTH OF AN INCH ON
                 ELEVATED OBJECTS.
  0.00   CARL JUNCTION            MO  JASPER           0851 AM
                MINOR GLAZE OF ICE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ON
                ELEVATED SURFACES DUE TO FREEZING RAIN

THE FOLLOWING IS A COUNTY SUMMARY OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...

COUNTY            SNOW ACCUMULATION

KANSAS:

BOURBON           8 TO 12 INCHES
CRAWFORD          6 TO 10 INCHES
CHEROKEE          5 TO 9 INCHES

MISSOURI:

VERNON            6 TO 10 INCHES
BARTON            6 TO 10 INCHES
JASPER            5 TO 9  INCHES
NEWTON            4 TO 7  INCHES
MCDONALD          2 TO 5  INCHES
ST. CLAIR         6 TO 10 INCHES
CEDAR             6 TO 10 INCHES
DADE              5 TO 10 INCHES
LAWRENCE          4 TO 8  INCHES
BARRY             3 TO 7  INCHES
STONE             1 TO 4  INCHES
CHRISTIAN         1 TO 4  INCHES
GREENE            1 TO 6  INCHES
POLK              1 TO 8  INCHES
HICKORY           4 TO 8  INCHES
BENTON            6 TO 10 INCHES
MORGAN            4 TO 8  INCHES
CAMDEN            2 TO 8  INCHES
MILLER            TRACE
DALLAS            TRACE TO 4 INCHES
WEBSTER           TRACE TO 1 INCH
TANEY             TRACE
MARIES            NONE
LACLEDE           NONE
WRIGHT            NONE
DOUGLAS           NONE
OZARK             NONE
HOWELL            NONE
TEXAS             NONE
PULASKI           NONE
PHELPS            NONE
DENT              NONE
SHANNON           NONE
OREGON            NONE