Heavy Rainfall Threat Continues in the Southwest on Monday; Record Warmth in the Plains and Midwest

Remnant moisture from Tropical Storm Rachel will persist over portions of the Great Basin and Southwest on Monday, bringing a potential heavy to excessive rainfall risk. Well above average and potentially record breaking temperatures will develop across the Plains and Midwest early this week, spreading into the Lower Mississippi Valley and Southeast midweek. Read More >

A surface trough passed through the area on Friday, bringing much of the region a dusting to up to an inch of snow in the morning. Behind the trough, northwest winds allowed lake effect snows to set up with an intense single band dropping from 3 to nearly 6 inches of snow over parts of Berrien and Cass Counties in Michigan in just over 8 hours. The map below shows snow totals from yesterday with a list of the snowfall reports attached.

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LOCATION             SNOWFALL (INCHES)
WATERVLIET 4 S                         5.5
DOWAGIAC 1 W                           5.0
NILES 2.7 W                            2.0
ANGOLA                                 1.4
HUDSON 4.6 N                           1.3
STEVENSVILLE 1.7 SSE                   1.1
LAGRANGE 1.3 ENE                       0.9
LITCHFIELD 0.3 ENE                     0.8
ANGOLA 4.1 N                           0.8
SOUTH BEND                             0.7
HAMILTON 1.7 E                         0.7
HUDSON 4.1 NNW                         0.6
KENDALLVILLE                           0.5
HILLSDALE 3.2 SW                       0.5
GRANGER 2.9 W                          0.5
ORLAND 6.6 SSW                         0.4
KENDALLVILLE 0.2 W                     0.3
LA PORTE 1.2 E                         0.3
KINGSBURY 1 N                          0.2
DETROIT INT AIRPORT                    0.2
MISHAWAKA 3.9 ENE                      0.2
KINGSBURY 0.3 WNW                      0.2
FORT WAYNE AIRPORT                     0.1
ELKHART 3.1 S                          0.1
WAKARUSA 0.3 WSW                       0.1
WARSAW 3 SE                              T
PERRYSVILLE 4 WNW                        T
O'HARE INTERNATIONAL APT                 T
NEW BUFFALO 0.4 WNW                      T
LANSING ASOS                             T
COLUMBIA CITY 0.5 NNE                    T
ATLANTA 4.1 ENE                          T
ATLANTA 4.4 W                            T
SOUTH BEND 4.6 SE                        T
GRANGER 1.6 N                            T
HUNTINGTON 0.3 W                         T
ELKHART 3.1 SSE                          T
WAKARUSA 2.4 NNE                         T
GOSHEN 1.9 NW                            T
AUBURN 0.8 NE                            T
INDIANAPOLIS                             T
FORT WAYNE 5.4 WSW                       T
CHALMERS 5 W                             T

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Heavy Rainfall Threat Continues in the Southwest on Monday; Record Warmth in the Plains and Midwest

December 12th Snowfall