Widespread rainfall amounts in excess of an inch were observed, with amounts in excess of two inches at Galena. As colder air plunged across the region on the 7 th , wintry precipitation was observed for the first time this season. A mix of rain and sleet was observed mainly over areas north of a line from Neosho to Fort Leonard Wood. A series of upper level disturbances moved over the central U.S. through the 9 th , as the cold and moist air mass remained over the Ozarks, producing periods of rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow. Over south central Missouri, were temperatures were slightly warmer , storms with sleet and hail developed on the evening of the 8 th .
Precipitation amounts for the three-day period averaged around one half inch, water equivalent.
Another cold front moved across the region on the 12 th . Rainfall amounts averaged around one half inch in south central Missouri, and around a tenth of an inch over southwest Missouri. The rain changed briefly to snow before ending. However, no significant accumulation was reported. After a dry period which lasted through the 22 nd , rainfall returned to the Ozarks for the Thanksgiving weekend, as a strong storm system moved from New Mexico to the Missouri Bootheel.