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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 >

Overview

Arctic airmass brought cold temperatures and lake effect snow to the area. SW Lower MI was most impacted by the lake effect snow as a single band of 1-2" per hour snowfall rates dropped into Berrien/Cass counties around 8 pm on January 6th and lingered overnight.  After a lull in lake effect on Friday morning, another dominant band formed during afternoon and affected South Haven to north of Three Rivers during the afternoon.  8 to 14 inches fell overnight across northern Berrien County with 48 hour totals of 19 to 24 inches across far northern/northeast Berrien County. Wind chills Thursday night into Friday morning ranged from 5 to 15 below zero. 
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