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 >

Here's a snowfall map of reports we received at the NWS for the storm of the 8th of Dec, 2013.

See this map on: https://www.erh.noaa.gov/ctp/pnsmaps/snow/archive/snowfall_12082013.php

The tight gradient along the Mason-Dixon Line was due to a very intense west-to-east band of snow which set up during the morning and early afternoon, producing 1-2" per hour rates. Those rates are quite unusual. As a note, the 7.5 inch report in West York is highly suspect, though, as a meteorologist from West York also sent a report of less than 5 inches.

snow map from public and spotter reports for 8Dec2013