Snowfall and Precipitation Amounts from February 23-24, 2016

Here are the observed snowfall totals from Wednesday February 24th. The accumulating snows were confined to parts of southeast MO and southern IL. Perryville, MO was the big winner picking up 7 inches! A swath of 1 to 3 inches was common from parts of Wayne County, MO northeast into the Carbondale and Mount Vernon, IL areas. Many areas that show a 0 on the map picked up a trace of snow from this system.

Most locations picked up between 1 to 2 inches of rain from this sytem. Parts of southeast MO and southern IL saw over 2 inches of precipitation (combined rain and snow). Here are a few of the precipitation totals across the area for the 48 hour period ending at 8pm on February 24th:

Carbondale, IL: 2.59"
Cape Girardeau, MO: 2.22"
Evansville, IN: 1.62"
Poplar Bluff, MO: 1.59"
Paducah, KY: 1.49"