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Heavy Rain Continues in Florida; Cold Front Brings Thunderstorms and Showers to Central US

Scattered areas of heavy rain continue to produce isolated flash flooding across the Florida peninsula. Anomalous moisture will combine with a cold front and will bring heavy rain and scattered flash flooding across the Mid-South, Ohio and Tennessee Valleys today and Tuesday. Above average temperatures will continue to be found ahead of the cold front from the Midwest to the Northeast. Read More >

Overview

A surface low tracking northeast across southern Wisconsin brought widespread wintry precipitation to central and southern Wisconsin on February 22nd, 2023. Across central Wisconsin, precipitation remained primarily all snow during much of the event, while southern parts of Wisconsin saw accumulating sleet and freezing rain. 

Freezing rain resulted in icing reports from 0.10'' near Dodgeville, Wisconsin to 0.75'' near Burlington and Franksville, where Ice Storm Warnings were in effect. Racine, Kenosha, and Walworth counites were hit particularly hard. The combination of 0.50 to 0.75'' of ice accumulating on trees and powerlines, and strong winds throughout the duration of the event led to numerous power outages. Some of these power outages lasted for 1 to 2 days. 

 

 

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Image from the SPC HREF showing the sharp transition from snow (blue), to areas that saw accumulating sleet and mixed precipitation (purple), and freezing rain (red).
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