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Heavy Snow Across the Northern Plains and Great Lakes; Strong Winds for the East

Travel conditions will be challenging across the northern Plains, Great Lakes and east coast through Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Heavy snow, blizzard conditions, for the upper Midwest and Great Lakes region through Thanksgiving to be followed by another strong storm for the Plains, Great Lakes and Northeast this weekend. Strong winds are expected with these systems adding to travel difficulties Read More >

Overview

Freezing rain occurred across the area New Year's Eve evening into the morning hours New Year's Day. Ice accumulation generally ranged from a tenth of an inch to just less than three quarters of an inch. The higher amounts occurred across central Missouri, with portions of extreme southwestern MO and south central MO seeing very little, if any, ice accumulations. Scattered power outages and a few downed tree limbs occurred as a result of the ice accumulations across the area.

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Total Ice Accumulation - Dec 31, 2020 - Jan1, 2021    
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