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Heavy Snow and Disruptive Ice in the Upper Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Southern Plains

A late season winter storm will produce a combination of heavy snow and disruptive ice starting this evening in the Northern Plains and moving into the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes by tonight continuing through Thursday. Severe thunderstorms will likely produce severe wind gusts, large hail, a few tornadoes, and heavy rainfall across the southern and central Plains today. Read More >

Overview

A complex and wide-reaching winter storm moved from the Mid-Mississippi Valley into the Tennessee Valley on Tuesday the 13th of February, and into the Mid Atlantic and New England on the 14th and 15th of February. This strong storm produced widespread snowfall across the Mid Atlantic and New England. The heaviest hit areas were the Adirondack Mountains in New York and Northern Vermont where over 2 feet of snow fell! Across Pennsylvania totals ranged from a few inches in the far Southeast to around 20 inches in the Northeast.
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