Winter Weather — Platte, Missouri

2021-04-20 · Platte, Missouri

Event narrative

An accident along I-635 just north of the Missouri River was fatal for one motorist. Icy roads have not been determined officially as the cause, but with 2 to 4 inches of snow on the roads causing slick conditions that morning it's strongly plausible as a contributor to the accident. A vehicle was travelling south along I-635 and crashed head on into a semi. This took place south of Horizons Parkway along I-635, but north of the Missouri River.

Wider weather episode

With slick roads causing accidents across the Kansas City Metro one such accident proved fatal, just on the Missouri side of the Missouri River along I-635 near where it intersects with Horizons Parkway. Icy roads have not been determined officially as the cause, but with icy roads that day it's strongly plausible as a contributor to the accident.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 952206. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.