Ice Storm — Bourbon, Kansas

2025-01-05 to 2025-01-06 · Bourbon, Kansas

Event narrative

Light, freezing drizzle turned into mixed precipitation, with freezing drizzle, snow, and freezing rain occurring between January 4-6, 2025. A flat ice measurement of 0.5 inches was reported in Bourbon County, which converts to 0.20 inches of radial ice.

Wider weather episode

Light drizzle began to move into southeast Kansas and the Missouri Ozarks during the early morning hours on January 4, 2025, which turned into freezing drizzle once temperatures dropped below freezing in the afternoon. Across the area, a range of surface temperatures led to mixed precipitation types, with rain, freezing rain, and snowfall measurements up to 5.4 inches in central Missouri, lasting through January 6, 2025. The higher snowfall amounts were found towards northern Missouri, especially near Kansas City and St. Louis. Additionally, an ice storm brought freezing rain amounts between 0.25 to 0.60 inches, which caused approximately 5,000 power outages across southeast Kansas and the Missouri Ozarks, numerous trees and limbs down, several accidents, and numerous roads across Kansas to be closed.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1231388. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.