A late winter storm brought a variety of winter weather across southeast Kansas and portions of southwest, west central and central Missouri, during the morning and afternoon hours of March 2nd. Strong low pressure developed over Arkansas the evening of March 1st, which moved copious amounts of moisture northward across the region. An arctic air mass moved through the area that early morning, dropping temperatures 20 to 30 degrees in six hours. Before the snow started, a shallow layer of warm air aloft provided an hour or two of freezing rain, mixed with heavy sleet at times. Between one tenth and one quarter of an inch of ice accumulated on roadways before the heavy snow began. Between four to nine inches of snow fell northwest of a line from Stone County, northeast across Greene, Webster, Laclede, Pulaski and Phelps counties in less than eight hours. The heaviest snow fell in a band 30 miles wide from near Columbus, Kansas, eastward across Joplin, Greenfield, Bolivar and Buffalo. Whiteout conditions were common over southwest and west central Missouri during the morning as northerly winds up to 40 mph caused considerable blowing and drifting snow. Numerous car accidents and indirectly related weather injuries were reported during the storm.

Winter Storm in VERNON, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in WEBSTER, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in GREENE, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in CEDAR, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in BENTON, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in HICKORY, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in CAMDEN, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in JASPER, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in LACLEDE, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in LAWRENCE, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in BARTON, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in PHELPS, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in MARIES, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in MORGAN, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in NEWTON, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in BARRY, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in STONE, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in ST. CLAIR, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in PULASKI, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in MILLER, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in DADE, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in DALLAS, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in MCDONALD, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
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Winter Storm in POLK, MISSOURI
From 02-MAR-02 02:00:00 to 02-MAR-02 14:00:00 (CST)
Property damage: 0K
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