COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The Missouri Department of Transportation’s map showing road conditions indicated roads around Mid-Missouri remained covered Monday morning.
The agency’s traveler information map had state highways in Mid-Missouri colored purple just before 7:30 a.m., meaning they remained covered in snow and ice for the most part. However, state troopers covering Mid-Missouri said they had only covered one injury crash between midnight and 4 a.m.
Route UU near Midway in Boone County remained closed.
A winter storm dumped varying amounts of snow and ice on Mid-Missouri starting Saturday. Totals varied but the weather station at the Columbia Regional Airport near Ashland had reported 5.6 inches of snow by Monday morning.
Other locations reported, per the National Weather Service:
- 4 inches at Lake Mykee in Callaway County
- 3 inches in Holts Summit in Callaway County
- 5.3 inches near Boonville in Cooper County
State and local officials continued Monday morning to urge people not to travel, saying the ice mixed in with the snow could make driving particularly hazardous. Schools, organizations and businesses around the area closed their doors Monday because of the conditions.