Hickory storm history

A National Weather Service storm survey determined multiple swaths of straight line winds occurred across Hickory County. One swath that started as a downburst at the ball fields on the southwest side of Wheaton continued east damaging outbuildings and homes through Wheaton. Wind…

Drought improved for portions of the county during the month thanks to limited beneficial rainfall during the month drought. Portions of the County did remain impacted by Moderate (D1) to Abnormally Dry (D0) drought conditions at the end of the month. Impacts were noted in surfac…

Hail to the size of quarters fell in Weaubleau.

Severe (D2) Drought developed first across southeastern portions of the county on the 16th and expanded somewhat into portions of central Missouri by through the 23rd of the month when some rainfall allowed conditions to improve to Moderate (D1) Drought.

Emergency management reported that a roof was blown off of a barn.

Thunderstorm winds damaged large tree limbs at the Damsite Campground at Pomme de Terre Lake.

Thunderstorm winds uprooted a tree and damaged small tree limbs at Outlet Park at Pomme de Terre lake.

State Highway D at Crane Creek was flooded and impassable.

A camper flipped over during a thunderstorm with three minor injuries reported.

A 497 acre wild fire occurred in southern Hickory County near Preston, MO. Firefighters from multiple departments battled the fire and and ultimately contained it.

An arctic airmass slid into the Ozarks during the overnight hours of February 19-20, bringing extreme cold and wind chills in the -10 to -30 degree range across most of the region.

Light snowfall began to push into Hickory County during the early morning hours of February 18 before more moderate to heavy snowfall occurred during the afternoon and evening. Between 3 to 3.8 inches of snow was reported across Hickory County with suspected higher amounts elsewh…

An arctic airmass slid into the Ozarks during the overnight hours of January 20-21 bringing extreme cold and windchills in the -5 to -15 degree range across most of the region.

Precipitation started as a light snow during the evening of January 9 with the snow then continuing overnight into the afternoon hours of January 10. Snow amounts between 4 and 6 inches fell across the county. A public report of a measured storm total of 5 inches of snow was rece…

A period of significant rains fell across the region early in the month with 3 to 5 inches of rainfall measured at some locations. This allowed for drought improvements to Moderate (D1) drought by the end of the month despite little or no rain fall through the last three weeks of…

Extreme (D3) Drought condition expanded back into the county after several weeks of little to no rainfall. Impacts across the region were primarily felt in larger scale agriculture. Farm and stock ponds saw continuing impacts with ground water levels and reservoirs showed modest …

Limited periods of rainfall through the middle the month allowed Severe (D2) Drought to develop across the far northwestern portions of the county. Rainfall returned towards the end of the month allowing for some improvements with all but the far northwestern portion of the count…

State Highway D is closed due to flooding south of Preston.

State Highway P closed due to flooding at Starks Creek.

Quarter to half dollar size hail fell in Hickory County on Highway D.

Hail to the size of ping pong balls fell in Nemo.

Report of quarter size hail.

Report of golf ball size hail.

Report of ping pong ball size hail.

Report of ping pong ball size hail.

Report of quarter size hail.

Report of quarter size hail.

Report of half dollar size hail.

Report of quarter size hail north of Cross Timers at Lucas Ranch Headquarters.

Route P at Starks Creek was flooded and impassable.

Route P at Starks Creek was flooded and impassable and closed by MoDOT.

Route P was closed due to flooding at Starks Creek.

A 24 hour rainfall total of 3.50 inches fell in southern Hickory county.

A broad area of precipitation overspread a below freezing airmass over the Missouri Ozarks. The combination of cold temperatures and precipitation produced widespread reports of a glaze to a tenth of an inch of ice. Roads were impacted and schools closed.

An arctic airmass slid into the Ozarks during the overnight hours of January 13-14 bringing extreme cold and windchills in the -20 to -25 degree range across most of the region.

Enough rain fell towards the middle to end of the month to improve conditions back to Moderate (D1) Drought conditions. Farm and stock ponds continued to see impacts along with ground water levels and reservoirs. Crop loss estimates notated are for limited loses this month though…

No change to the Severe (D2) Drought conditions were noted in December. Farm and stock ponds continued to see impacts along with ground water levels and reservoirs. Monetary crop losses for 2023 beginning January first will be included in future reports when the drought ends and …

No change to the Severe (D2) Drought conditions were noted in November. Farm and stock ponds saw continuing impacts with ground water levels and reservoirs showing limited drought condition improvement. Crop and vegetation growth was showing signs of stress due to limited moistur…

Extreme (D3) Drought condition contracted and was pull out of the county leaving Severe (D2) Drought across the county. Impacts across the region were primarily felt in larger scale agriculture. Farm and stock ponds saw continuing impacts with ground water levels and reservoirs s…

Trees were reported down across County Road 270 west of Highway 83.

Several trees were reported down on County Road 143 south of County Road 270.

Minor roof damage was reported to an older model mobile home.

Extreme (D3) Drought condition expanded back into the western two thirds of the county with Severe (D2) Drought in the remainder of the county. Impacts across the region were primarily felt in larger scale agriculture. Farm and stock ponds saw continuing impacts with ground water…

Periods of rainfall allowed for some improvements in the county through the month. Severe (D2) Drought condition shrank westward through the month though about half the county remained in Severe (D2) Drought with the remainder of the county in Moderate (D1) Drought. Impacts acros…

A 1 foot diameter trees was blown over.

A Mesonet site recorded a wind gust of 65 mph.

A few large limbs were reported down.

Hail up to quarters in size was reported.