Laclede storm history

Excessive rain caused flash flooding along the Osage Fork River at Auburn Road. A 53 year old female attempted to drive across the flooded low water crossing and her vehicle became disabled. The victim exited the vehicle and attempted to swim to shore but was unsuccessful.

A band of snow impacted Interstate 44 resulting in reduced visibilities and snow and ice covered pavement leading to a multiple vehicle accident northeast of Lebanon, with numerous injuries and 1 fatality.

Extreme cold temperatures were responsible for a death of a 52 year old female walking home in Lebanon.

Numerous car accidents were reported across the county due to slick road conditions from light freezing drizzle. There was one indirect fatality and several indirect injuries from an accident near Phillipsburg. Missouri Highway Patrol reported another accident involving several c…

Lightning struck a cattle rancher as he was checking his cattle. The rancher and one calf were killed from the bolt.

Tropical Storm Erin remnants impacted areas of Laclede County. Flash flooding occurred county wide causing road closures to a section of Highway 32 near Pinetree Road, West Elm Road between Drury Road and Springfield Road, a section of Route BB northwest of Sleeper and north of R…

Flash flooding occured over a low water crossing located along Riley Drive approximately 2.5 miles northeast of Sleeper. A van carrying eight passengers tried to cross the low water bridge and was swept off of the road. All eight people were washed downstream. Six of the passenge…

A light glaze of freezing drizzle began in the morning hours of December 22nd and lasted approximately one hour before transitioning to snow. The CoCoRaHS observer MO-LD-26 5 miles northwest of Phillipsburg reported 3.0 inches of snowfall. Roads became completely covered and slic…

A light glaze of freezing drizzle began in the morning hours of December 22nd and lasted approximately one hour before transitioning to snow. The CoCoRaHS observer MO-LD-26 5 miles northwest of Phillipsburg reported 3.0 inches of snowfall.resulting in periodic blowing snow. Due t…

Catastrophic tree and power line damage resulted across all of Laclede County from the storm.

Quarter sized hail was reported.

Severe (D2) drought remained but shifted across portions of the county during the month. Conditions worsened through the month after continued limited rainfall during the month. The remainder of the county was impacted by Moderate (D1) drought conditions at the end of the month. …

Severe (D2) drought developed across the county during the month. Conditions through the month saw some improvement after a record dry August. Limited rainfall occurred during the month of September to allow for some improvement by the end of the month. By the end of the month, t…

State Highway FF was closed at Bear Creek due to flooding.

State Highway BB was closed due to flooding.

State Route B was closed due to flooding along Cobb Creek.

State Route O was closed due to flooding.

State Route J was closed due to flooding.

Flooding occurred along the Osage Fork at State Highway J.

State Highway Z was closed due to flooding.

Route J was closed due to flooding.

State Highway J at Parks Creek and other stream crossings was flooded and impassable.

Route BB at Dry Auglaize Creek was flooded and impassable.

Route FF at Bear Creek and Cottonwood Creek was flooded and impassable between James and Knoxville Roads.

Route FF at Bear Creek was flooded and impassable.

Flooding on some of the lanes along County Road 144 and full ditches were reported.

Numerous pictures and reports of hail in Lebanon with maximum size hail at 1 inch in diameter. The hail accumulated several inches deep in Lebanon.

Hail to the size of quarters fell in Falcon.

Large trees were downed near Morgan.

A barn was destroyed just north of Morgan.

A 62mph non thunderstorm wind gust was measured in Lebanon.

Hail to the size of quarters fell in Lebanon.

A 64 mph non thunderstorm wind gust was measured in Lebanon.

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 Laclede County during the early morning hours of February 18 before more moderate to heavy snowfall occurred during the afternoon and evening. Up to 2 inches of snow was reported across Laclede County, causing multiple schools to close. Additiona…

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 3 and 6 inches fell across the county. A public report of a measured storm total of 5.5 inches of snow was re…

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 northern third of the county with Severe (D2) and Moderate (D1) 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 wit…

A large tree was snapped from the trunk, with many other smaller branches broken and strewn about.

Public report of 2.99 inches of measured storm total rainfall.

Multiple large tree branches were reported down with power outages reported as well.

Multiple large trees were reported blown over. Several larger branches were also broken at the old Junior High School.

Report of trees uprooted and large tree limbs damaged.

State Highway J was closed due to flooding south of Evergreen at the Osage Fork Gasconade River and Parks Creek.

Report of quarter size hail.

A swath of baseball to 3 inch size hail fell north of Lebanon.