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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 winter storm moved through the Upper Mississippi River Valley on Thursday, January 11, 2018. Initially, temperatures were above freezing and precipitation fell as rain. Then, a strong cold front moved across the region, causing precipitation to quickly change over to snow. A flash freeze occurred for many areas, meaning wet roads from the rainfall quickly froze and became icy as temperatures dropped.

Snow amounts ranged from a Trace up to 5 inches with the highest amounts falling across portions of southeast Minnesota into north central Wisconsin.

Travel was impacted throughout the day with several school closures across northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and north central Wisconsin. 

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January 11, 2018 Snowfall
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