Winter Storm — Cass, Missouri

2025-01-04 to 2025-01-06 · Cass, Missouri

Event narrative

A major winter storm impacted the region Saturday Jan 4th through late night Sunday Jan 5th/early morning Monday Jan 6th. For Cass County, major impacts began on the afternoon of the 4th, when freezing drizzle moved into the county. Roads immediately became icy, and Highway 7 was shut down just north of Pleasant Hill. Up to 0.25 of ice accumulation was reported, including at the WFO in Pleasant Hill. Snow began the morning of the 5th, and continued throughout the day, with the heaviest snow occurring during the afternoon hours of the 5th. The WFO in Pleasant Hill received 8.4 of snow, with up to 10 reported in Raymore. 8 of snow was reported in Peculiar, with 6.5 in Harrisonville.

Wider weather episode

On January 4, 2025, a potent mid latitude extratropical cyclone began impacting the region. First, this brought freezing drizzle to the area on the afternoon and evening hours of Jan 4th, with major impacts to roadways across the KC metro. Freezing rain transitioned to sleet, and then finally snow late evening on the 4th and into the morning hours of the 5th. Heavy snow paired with wind gusts up to 35 to 40 mph yielded blizzard conditions across the region. Snow finally came to an end from west to east late Sunday (Jan 5th) night into early Monday (Jan 6th) morning.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1222155. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.