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Snow Squalls May Impact New Year's Eve Travel from the Great Lakes to the Northeast; Heavy Rain Returns to California

An Alberta clipper will bring lake effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes, with the highest snow totals downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario. Snow squalls may impact New Year's Eve travel during the evening and overnight hours across parts of the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, and Northeast. Heavy rain will bring a flash flooding threat for southern California on New Year's Eve into New Year's Day. Read More >

Copious rainfall innundates the area August 19-21 2007

 

Heavy rainfall along a stationary front across the midwest the last few days has dropped substantial amounts of rainfall from the Upper Mississippi Valley into the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. Below are maps of each of the last 3 days for the region, including maps of the local area. At the very bottom is a list of recorded rainfall amounts across the area from local observers and observation sites at local airports.

August 19

Rainfall Map across the Southern Great Lakes 

 

August 20

August 20th Rainfall totals for the Southern Great Lakes 

 

August 21

August 21st Rainfall Totals for the Southern Great Lakes 

 

    Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Total
Ft. Wayne - FWA IN 0.00 0.71 3.40 1.58 5.69
South Bend - SBN IN 0.07 0.60 1.43 0.00 2.10
Lima - AOH OH 0.00 0.35 3.26 0.31 3.92
Benton Harbor - BEH MI 0.17 2.52 0.94 0.01 3.64
Defiance - DFI OH 0.03 0.88 5.93 0.31 7.15
Goshen IN 0.07 0.70 2.77 0.01 3.55
North Webster - IWX IN 0.06 0.88 4.11 0.02 5.07
            0.00
Warsaw (7-7) IN 0.00 0.09 2.19 3.10 5.38
Angola (7-7) IN 0.00 0.02 2.82 2.08 4.92
Napoleon (8-8) OH  0.00 0.49 3.38 1.98 5.85
Knox (7-7) IN 0.00 0.06 2.62 1.31 3.99
Marion (7-7) IN 0.00 0.01 0.25 2.72 2.98
Rochester (7-7) IN 0.00 0.00 1.27 2.27 3.54
Montpelier OH 0.00 1.00 2.23 1.99 5.22
Bluffton IN  0.00 0.18 0.46 3.35 3.99
            0.00
6 mi N of FWA IN         4.95
Pandora OH 0.00 0.00 2.03 6.18 8.21
Columbus Grove OH       7.41 7.41
Van Wert  OH         7.50
            0.00
Plymouth (7-7) IN 0.00 0.20 2.40 2.23 4.83
Huntington (7-7) IN 0.00 0.00 0.77 4.31 5.08
Berne (7-7) IN 0.00 0.21 0.31 3.08 3.60
Monticello (7-7) IN 0.00 0.12 0.80 1.96 2.88
Winona Lake (7-7) IN 0.00 0.00 3.42 1.84 5.26
3SE Ft Wayne (7-7) IN 0.00 0.01 0.73 5.32 6.06
             

 

(7-7) means a 24 hour total taken at 7am each morning. 

Tuesday amounts are as of 9am.