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Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Flash Flooding Likely in the Central Plains into the Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast

Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. Read More >

Cyclogenesis off the New England coast anchored by strong blocking ridge over Greenland allowed for the first shot of true arctic air southward across the Great Lakes behind an Alberta Clipper December 4th and set the stage for the first significant Lake Effect Snow event across northwest Indiana and southwest Michigan.  Lake Effect Snow bands developed in earnest Saturday evening December 4th and continued into Tuesday night on the 7th.

4 day storm total snowfall

 

 Below is a table highlighting the highest snowfall amounts.

 

LOCATION SNOW AMT   LOCATION SNOW AMT
Wanatah 4.4 ESE 10.0   Hudson 4.6 N 5.8
Leesburg 6.7 ESE 9.7   La Porte 6.2 N 5.6
Granger 2.9 W 9.7   Valparaiso 3.9 ENE 5.6
Granger 1.6 N 9.5   LaGrange 1.3 ENE 5.4
La Porte 1.2 E 9.3   Mishawaka 2.5 SE 5.4
La Porte 1.6 SW 9.1   Middlebury 2.6 WSW 5.2
Goshen 1.2 WNW 8.8   Wakarusa 2.4 NNE 5.1
Kingsbury 0.3 WNW 8.5   Plymouth 1.1 SSE 5.1
Goshen 3.0 WSW 8.4   Westville 4.7 ESE 5.0
Walkerton 5.7 ENE 8.2   Columbia City 5.4 N 5.0
La Porte 2.3 ESE 7.5   Kingsbury 5.0 ENE 4.9
South Bend 4.6 SE 7.2   Valparaiso 4.6 NNE 4.9
Goshen 1.9 NW 7.1   Valparaiso 0.9 NNW 4.9
Elkhart 3.1 SSE 6.9   Plymouth 2.5 WSW 4.8
Mishawaka 3.9 ENE 6.9   Valparaiso 1.8 N 4.5
Elkhart 4.8 SW 6.8   Mishawaka 5.9 SE 4.5
Millersburg 0.5 SW 6.3   Fort Wayne 9.0 WSW 4.4
Albion 3.7 S 5.9   Syracuse 0.9 SW 4.3
Chesterton 4.2 E 5.9   Valparaiso 1.3 NNE 4.3
Butler 0.5 NNE 5.8   Valparaiso 0.4 SSW 4.2

 

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