January 21-24, 2013 Snowfall Accumulation

Heavy to Excessive Rainfall in the Central Appalachians; Severe Weather in the Mid-South; Hot Weather in Southern California

Heavy to excessive rainfall may lead to flooding today over southwest Pennsylvania into northern West Virginia, and western Maryland. Severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening in the Mid-South and across Eastern North Carolina. An extended period of hot weather is forecast for parts of coastal southern California including Los Angeles from today through Thursday. Read More >

4 Day Lake Effect Snowfall Accumulation

Cold temperatures and persistent northwesterly flow have caused significant snowfall accumulations in areas downwind of Lake Michigan. The map below shows total snowfall accumulations for the past 4 days. We have received some reports of locally higher amounts, but generally 6-12 inches of snow has been common across Berrien and Cass counties in Michigan and La Porte and St. Joseph counties in Indiana.

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LOCATION                                            VALUE
BLOOMINGDALE                                        18.0
MUSKEGON ASOS                                       15.8
Stevensville 1.7 SSE                                14.9
Niles 2.7 W                                         14.2
Buchanan 1.3 WNW                                    10.5
(WA9RON)La Porte 1.3 SSW                            8.0
GRAND RAPIDS ASOS                                   6.9
SOUTH BEND ASOS                                     6.7
(KA9WNQ)La Porte 1.7 SW                             6.5
(W9OPR)Wheatfield 1.4 ENE                           6.0
Valparaiso 5.5 SSW                                  5.9
Elkhart 4.8 SW                                      5.5
KINGSBURY 1 N                                       5.4
(N9ROM)Trail Creek 4.5 ESE                          4.7
BUFFALO                                             4.0
MINNEAPOLIS                                         4.0
ROANOKE                                             4.0
ST LOUIS                                            4.0
Valparaiso 4.3 SW                                   3.8
Goshen 1.9 NW                                       2.3
DETROIT INT AIRPORT                                 2.2
Plymouth 2.5 WSW                                    2.1
Angola 1.2 S                                        2.0
Columbus 9.3 NNE                                    2.0
LANSING ASOS                                        1.8
Valparaiso 0.9 NNW                                  1.7
WANATAH 2 WNW                                       1.7
(KB9GPW)North Judson 3.9 SW                         1.5
MILWAUKEE                                           1.4
New Albany 2.8 SSE                                  1.4
North Judson 5.7 ESE                                1.3
(W9AL)North Judson 5.7 ESE                          1.3
Mishawaka 5.9 SE                                    1.2
De Motte 0.8 NNW                                    1.0
Bellevue 4.9 S                                      1.0
Lima 2.7 NE                                         0.8
Angola 4.1 N                                        0.7
Rochester 2.4 NW                                    0.6
Marion 4.2 SSE                                      0.6
FRANCESVILLE 2 SW                                   0.5
Fort Wayne 9.1 SE                                   0.5
Valparaiso 1.8 N                                    0.5
Northwood 2.8 ENE                                   0.5
ROCHESTER                                           0.5
Fort Wayne 2.6 NE                                   0.4
Huntington 0.3 W                                    0.4
Galloway 3.1 N                                      0.4
Anna 3.1 NNW                                        0.4
O'HARE INTERNATIONAL APT                            0.4
(N9ZMY)Logansport 0.9 E                             0.3
Yorktown 1.1 NNW                                    0.3
Woodburn 2.8 WSW                                    0.2
Bluffton 3.0 ENE                                    0.2
Bradford 2.3 NW                                     0.2
McClure 3.4 SSE                                     0.2
BLUFFTON 1 N                                        0.1
Kokomo 7.2 WNW                                      0.1
Urbana 0.3 ENE                                      0.1
Napoleon 0.3 NNW                                    0.1
PAULDING                                            0.1
CHALMERS 5 W                                        0.0
Frankfort 4.9 ENE                                   0.0
(K9EFY)Flora 0.3 S                                  0.0
Marion 5.6 NE                                       0.0
Bluffton 4.1 N                                      0.0
INDIANAPOLIS                                        0.0
MARION 2 N                                          0.0
Defiance 0.9 E                                      0.0
PERRYSVILLE 4 WNW                                   0.0
Woodburn 3 N                                        0.0
WEST LAFAYETTE 6 NW                                 0.0