Winter Storm — St. Clair, Missouri

2006-11-30 · St. Clair, Missouri

Wider weather episode

A major winter storm caused a combination of freezing rain, sleet, and heavy snow to fall over sections of southwest and central Missouri. The frozen precipitation began on the 30th, the precipitation type was freezing rain and sleet, with ice accumulations up to four inches in some areas. The second wave of precipitation occurred overnight causing large amount of snow to accumulate over the ice. Storm total accumulations ranging from 13 to 17 inches occurred from the Lake of the Ozarks Region, over to Vernon and Cedar counties. Meanwhile other areas north of the Interstate 44 corridor experienced storm totals ranging from seven to 12 inches.

The combination of the ice and snow weighted down all exposed objects. As a matter of fact, some areas experienced disaster as many roofs on businesses, barns, outbuildings, and schools collasped due to the weight of the accumulated precipitation. On Lake of the Ozarks and Pomme De Terre Lake, numerous docks collasped destroying a large number of boats and causing many of them to sink.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 6835. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.