Howard storm history

Power Pole downed in rural Howard County.

Multiple tree limbs and wires down just north of New Franklin.

Several reports of downed wires and power outages southeast of Fayette.

Multiple reports of downed powerlines near Route A south of Bunker Hill.

Social media photos of multiple trees and limbs down between Franklin and New Franklin.

Several reports of downed power lines northwest of New Franklin.

MPING report of trees down Herndon Street.

Downed wires and power outages in the Glasgow area.

Downed wires near County Road 345 near Franklin/New Franklin.

Downed wires near County Road 433 near Rocheport.

Downed tree and wires near Chancellor Street in New Franklin.

Several downed trees and wires near County Road 419 south of Fayette.

Multiple broken power poles south of Fayette.

Downed tree limbs and wires near Route 240.

Downed tree and wires near County Road 448.

A major winter storm impacted the region Saturday Jan 4th through late night Sunday Jan 5th/early morning Monday Jan 6th. For Howard County, major impacts occurred during the evening hours of Jan 4th, when freezing drizzle impacted the area, and especially during the morning and …

Large tree limbs and power wires down across Fayette with power outages. Large tree downed at Highway 124 and 101.

Tree limbs and wires down with power outages.

Around 1 pm on February 8th, a power line was downed along County Road 434 near the intersection of County Road 427 in southeast Howard County due to 40 to 45 mph SW wind gusts. With 40-45 WSW wind gusts, RH around 30 percent, and near record warm temperatures, the fire spread ra…

Southern Howard County began January 2024 within severe drought (D2). Widespread snowfall helped Howard County improve to moderate drought (D1) by the January 16th issuance of the US Drought Monitor, with additional precipitation improving Howard County to D0 (abnormally dry) by …

Severe drought continued through all of December 2023 in Howard County.

Severe (D2) drought continued through the entire month of November for Howard County.

Howard County experienced extreme drought for the vast majority of October, with conditions improving slightly to severe drought by the end of the month.

Severe to extreme drought impacted all of Howard County in September 2023.

Max heat indices during the afternoons of August 19th through August 25th, 2023 primarily ranged from the 110 to 120 degree range.

Extreme Drought (D3) persisted through the month of August in Howard County.

After another relatively dry month across the area central and northern Missouri saw generally deteriorating drought conditions. By the middle to end of the month almost the entire area was covered in D3 extreme drought conditions.

After 2 months of relatively dry conditions portions of Missouri were brought into extreme drought conditions. According to the Advanced Hydrologic Precipitation Service page there was a deficit of 2-5 inches across May and June which led to the declaration of and maintenance of …

By early May conditions had become much drier from the wet early start to early spring. By mid to late spring the area became deficit of normal rainfall by several inches, resulting in a declaration of severe (D2) drought. By May 30, extreme (D3) was declared due to the ongoing d…

Hen egg sized hail was reported near New Franklin.

Hen egg sized hail was reported in New Franklin.

Three inch hail fell near Fayette. No damage was reported with this hail report.

An arctic air mass sent temperatures below zero along with strong winds. Minimum wind chills across the region generally ranged from -30 to -40 degrees between roughly 10 am on 12/22 to noon on 12/23.

Significant precipitation deficits yielded D2 drought conditions continuing into November before improving to D1 or better by November 29th.

Significant precipitation deficits continued into October with severe to extreme drought persisting through the month. Howard County began October with a fairly small area in D2 and D3, but by October 11th, D2 had expanded to the entire county with D3 remaining on the southern ed…

September saw little relief within a narrow strip of land just east of the Kansas City metro and just south of the Missouri River. Severe drought was declared in July by the UNL drought monitor, and given minimal rain through September there was no improvement. By September 27, t…

August saw little relief within a narrow strip of land just east of the Kansas City metro and just south of the Missouri River. Severe drought was declared in July by the UNL drought monitor, and given only a couple inches of rain for the month there was no improvement. The droug…

A severe lack of rain along a narrow corridor, generally tracing the Missouri River east of Kansas City caused a declaration of severe drought (D2) for Howard County. While the effects and impacts of this drought have not been felt as of yet, the severe drought conditions continu…

Most of the area had roughly 6 to 8 inches of snow between the morning of the 10th and the morning of the 11th. No high impacts were felt as a result of this event.

Periods of moderate to heavy snow moved through the area during the morning hours on February 17. The highest totals were generally in the 5 to 7 inch range.

Roughly 8 to 12 inches of snow fell overnight on the 1st, going into the early morning hours on the 2nd of February. More snow moved in a few hours later, but did not appear to contribute significantly to the totals.

In the third night of bitter cold across the area, temperatures dropped well below zero and with winds around 10-20 mph wind chills overnight going into Sunday morning dropped to around 20 to 30 below.

In the second night of bitter cold across the area, temperatures dropped well below zero and with winds around 10-20 mph wind chills overnight going into Monday morning dropped to around 20 to 30 below.

In the first night of bitter cold across the area, temperatures dropped well below zero and with winds around 10-20 mph wind chills overnight going into Sunday morning dropped to around 20 to 30 below.

Light to moderate freezing rain formed early morning on New Year's Day. This freezing rain quickly accreted between a quarter to three quarters inch before sunrise. Shortly after sunrise the freezing rain switched to light snow, which persisted for the bulk of the remaining day t…

Law enforcement dispatch reported a tree over County Road 209, just north of Fayette.

State Highway Z was closed due to flooding.