Severe Storms and Heavy Rain the Mississippi Valley and Midwest; Widespread Heat in the Central US

Severe thunderstorms and showers have the potential for large hail, a few strong tornadoes, damaging winds with gusts over 75 mph, and localized flash flooding across parts of the Mid/Upper Mississippi Valley and Midwest. A widespread heat wave will continue across the Central U.S. and Midwest today. Fire weather concerns persist in the Southwest into the central Rockies and northern California. Read More >

Here are the observed snowfall totals from Wednesday February 24th. The accumulating snows were confined to parts of southeast MO and southern IL. Perryville, MO was the big winner picking up 7 inches! A swath of 1 to 3 inches was common from parts of Wayne County, MO northeast into the Carbondale and Mount Vernon, IL areas. Many areas that show a 0 on the map picked up a trace of snow from this system.

Most locations picked up between 1 to 2 inches of rain from this sytem. Parts of southeast MO and southern IL saw over 2 inches of precipitation (combined rain and snow). Here are a few of the precipitation totals across the area for the 48 hour period ending at 8pm on February 24th:

Carbondale, IL: 2.59"
Cape Girardeau, MO: 2.22"
Evansville, IN: 1.62"
Poplar Bluff, MO: 1.59"
Paducah, KY: 1.49"

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Severe Storms and Heavy Rain the Mississippi Valley and Midwest; Widespread Heat in the Central US

Snowfall and Precipitation Amounts from February 23-24, 2016