A second snowstorm hit the area between Monday night and Wednesday morning, knocking out 67,000 customers in the KCP&L service area. Sheridan and Worth County were not affected. The snow that hit this time was heavy slush, which caused tree and limb damage which caused the outages. The power was out as far north as Chillicothe.
Although Monday evening was clear and it looked like the promised storm might not materialize, it struck with full force over the night with high winds and heavy snow. Northeast Nodaway called off school at 12 that day while Worth County did not have school at all either Tuesday or Wednesday. Missouri Western called off classes by 11 while Bedford’s school had early dismissal.
The sectional basketball games that were supposed to have been played Tuesday were moved back to Wednesday. Northeast Nodaway did not have school on Wednesday; that day will be made up at the end of the year. Worth County will make up their snow days at the end of the year, meaning that school will be dismissed on May 21st instead of the originally scheduled May 16th.
A final round of snow hit the area Wednesday morning, creating difficult driving conditions. By mid-afternoon, most of the roads had cleared, although the road from Sheridan to Ravenwood was still treacherous. School resumed for both Worth County and Northeast Nodaway Thursday and Friday although Worth County’s bus routes were restricted to hard surfaces only.
As with the first storm, the second storm’s biggest impact was south of the area. The storm reached historic proportions in Oklahoma, shutting down all the roads in the Panhandle area at one point.
There were four injuries in accidents attributable to the snowstorm in Missouri Highway Patrol Troop H. In one, the Patrol reports that three people were injured in a one-vehicle accident on I-35 at the 97.6 mile marker at around 1:15 p.m. The accident occurred as a 1997 Jeep driven by Nicholas Cote (27) of Azle, TX was southbound and encountered slush and lost control and ran off the east side, overturning and landing on its wheels in the median. Cote received moderate injuries. A passenger, Kayla Bellows (21), also received moderate injuries. A two year old child received minor injures and they were all taken to Harrison County Hospital. All three were wearing safety devices at the time of the accident. The Jeep was totaled and was towed from the scene.
The other accident happened at around 11:48 p.m., one mile west of Stewartsville. The Patrol reports that a 2003 Ford Expedition driven by Rebekah Younger (34) of St. Joseph was westbound on 36 when it skidded off the south side of the roadway. Younger received minor injuries and was taken to Heartland Regional Medical Center. She was wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident. The Expedition received minor damage.
Wind gusts were as high as 30 miles per hour around Sheridan. However, there were places where the wind gusted as high as 40-50 miles per hour. And at its worst, the storm produced nearly hurricane force winds. There were hundreds of cars crashed or stranded while there were six people killed in Kansas due to the storm.
Another area hit heavily by the storm was off to the north, where Wisconsin got as much as 15 inches of snow and Michigan was hit hard as well, according to The Weather Channel. In Wisconsin, there were more than 440 stranded vehicles and crashes. The snow was so heavy in places that it threatened buildings. In northeast Kansas, for instance, a Macy’s was evacuated as three to four feet of snow on the roof caused an evacuation due to safety concerns.
In Colorado, east of Colorado Springs, a school had to bring back students to the school after they tried to dismiss students early but had to bring them back after whiteout conditions made it impossible to drive in.
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