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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


On January 14-15, 2018, a prolonged period of mainly light snow moved through the area. The snow was very fluffy in nature, with totals of 2 to 7 inches noted area-wide.

For some locations, including La Crosse, Wisconsin, this snowfall more than doubled the total snow for the winter season so far. Some minor blowing and drifting snow was noted across the open areas of southeast Minnesota and northeast Iowa, with several accidents attributed to the wintry weather.

A list of snowfall reports and a snowfall map are available below, with a comprehensive regional listing of snow reports also available.

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Radar loop of snow crossing the area January 14-15, 2018.
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