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Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain Possible through the Weekend

There will be daily chances for scattered thunderstorms across portions of the Central and Eastern U.S. through the weekend, with severe thunderstorms possible in the northern Plains and Upper Midwest. Potential severe storm hazards may include large hail, damaging winds, and a few tornadoes. Storms could also produce heavy rain that may lead to isolated instances of flash flooding. Read More >

February 25-27 Snowstorm

 

A potent upper level low pressure system ejecting out of the southwestern U.S. on the 25th induced intensifying surface low pressure over the southern Missippi Valley which then lifted northeast into western Ohio on the 26th and then into Ontario Canada by the 27th. As this system deepened rapidly, arctic high pressure built southward across the western Lakes with heavy lake effect snow developing during the afternoon of the 26th and which continued into the 27th.

Moderate to heavy snow was widespread across northern Indiana and southwest Michigan with lighter amounts over northwest Ohio. Total snowfall amounts across the area ranged from 6 to 17 inches. The heaviest synoptic snowfall occurred over Kosciusko and Noble counties where a foot was measured at the NWS office and 9 inches reported in Warsaw. Additional lake effect added to the totals over northwest Indiana and southwest Michigan with 16.7 inches reported at the South Bend Airport and where daily snowfall records were broken for the 26th and 27th.

Click for a list of reported storm total snowfall amounts across the area...