Schuyler storm history

Flash flooding caused pavement over a culvert to give way. This caused the front end of a vehicle, to fall through the roadway. While attempting to get out of the vehicle, a 32 year old male, was swept away by the current and drowned.

Winter storm oved across the area evening of the 28th, through the overnight hours and exited the region by mid-afternoon on the 29th. Snow reports gathered on the 29th yielded yielded the greatest snowfall report of 10 inches in Schuyler county and similar to a couple to few inc…

Downed wires reported in Greentop.

The ASOS at Kirksville Airport reported wind chills ranging between -20 and -24 degrees between midnight and 10 am on Feb 18th with sub zero temperatures. Wind chills dropped to -20 degrees or colder again between 3 am and 8 am on Feb 20th, with temperatures between -5 and -7 deg…

Social media photo of quarter size hail from Queen City.

Estimated 60 to 70 mph wind gusts were reported in Queen City.

Multiple large tree limbs downed and 5 power poles downed or damaged in Lancaster.

Volunteer fire fighter records a 60 mph measured gust on a personal weather station.

The nearest AWOS or ASOS site to Schuyler County was Kirksville Airport. The high and low temperatures at Kirksville airport were as follows: Jan 12: High: 29 Low: 10 Jan 13: High: 10 Low: -13 Jan 14: High: -6 Low: -17 Jan 15: High: 0 Low: -17 Jan 16: High: 6 Low: -9 Jan 19: High…

Schuyler County began January 2024 within extreme (D3) and severe drought (D2). Widespread snowfall helped Schuyler County improve to moderate drought (D1) by the January 16th issuance of the US Drought Monitor, with additional precipitation improving Schuyler County to D0 (abnor…

Extreme drought continued through all of December 2023 for Schuyler County.

Extreme (D3) drought continued through the entire month of November 2023 for Schuyler County.

Schuyler County experienced severe to extreme drought through the month of October.

Severe to extreme drought impacted all of Schuyler 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 Schuyler 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 severe 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 severe drought, and …

By mid to late 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. Impacts from this drought still appear to be minor,…

Golf ball sized hail was reported in NW Schuyler County.

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.

Several reports from across the area indicated around 6-8 inches of snow Schuyler County.

Trained spotters and COOP Observers in the area reported 5-6 inches of snow.

Through the afternoon on December 15th strong wind caused sustained winds in the 40 to 50 mph range, with frequent gusts well over 60 mph. While most ASOS and AWOS stations recorded gusts around 65 mph, there were several reports of higher winds and damage representative of aroun…

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 snow moved into far northwest Missouri on the morning of January 25, by mid day roughly 6 inches of snow fell, and by the end of the event roughly 6 to 7 inches of snow fell across the county.

Light snow fell off and on through the day on Thursday, accumulating about an inch; however, by mid to late afternoon the snow picked up intensity. One to two inch per hour snow rates were reported across the area for periods. Numerous reports of very low visibility due to very h…

Freezing rain occurred through much of the night going into January 11, and caused around a quarter to one-third inch accumulation. This occurred prior to about 2 to 3 inches of snow falling. This resulted in several auto accidents.

A gas station sign in Queen City was damaged due to strong thunderstorm winds.

Telephone poles were blown down by strong winds.

While light freezing drizzle occurred off and on February 5, the bulk of the freezing rain fell during the overnight period on February 6 into February 7. Over the course of the event Schuyler County received approximately a quarter inch of ice accumulation. Numerous vehicle acci…

Between 8 and 12 inches of snow fell across Schuyler County, with most of it falling over the course of the first 12 hours. Light snow continued into the next day (January 12), but was fairly light, and only accounted for 1 to 2 inches.

Blizzard conditions started after a few hours of lightly to moderately falling snow. Once the heavy snow arrived winds gusted up to 45 mph for nearly 4 hours, creating whiteout conditions, officially measured by the ASOS at KIRK as sub-quarter mile for that duration. Despite the …

The drought of 2018 continued for Schuyler County, however an influx of some moisture brought some minor relief to the county. Conditions improved from D3 to D2 during the month of September, but the impacts and losses of several crops were already felt across the region. The amo…

Schuyler County reached or maintained D3 drought status for the entire month. While rain did move into the area through the month, the ground was dry enough from the below normal precipitation and above normal temperatures through the month to warrant D3 status maintenance. The d…

The abnormally dry summer continued into and through July for Schuyler County. The Drought Monitor put the county in D3 and maintained it into August. As of yet, the breadth and magnitude of the impacts are unknown.

Starting at the very end of May and going into June the US Drought Monitor at the University of Nebraska declared portions of Schuyler County in a D2 or worse drought. While impacts from this drought would be felt through the summer, it's unclear if any drought impacts were felt …

Trees, power lines, and other miscellaneous damage was reported the next day by local media.

To finish off a prolonged freezing rain event across northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri light rain lifted north into far northern Missouri causing ice to accumulate through the day on Sunday and overnight into Monday morning. Several trained weather spotters from across nort…

Several areas across northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri saw ice accumulations approaching a quarter inch as well as sleet ranging from a quarter to a half inch in most locations, with some locations reporting over an inch of sleet. Once the sleet ended another 3 to 4 inches …

Water was over Highway 136 east of Lancaster.

Water was over Highway 136 east of Highway 63.