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Below Normal Temperatures and Lake Effect Snow in the Eastern U.S.

Well below normal temperatures will continue across much of the eastern U.S. into Monday. Cold Weather Advisories have been issued from the Ohio Valley down to the northern Gulf Coast and southeast U.S. Heavy lake effect snow continues into Monday east of Lakes Erie and Ontario. Lake Effect Snow Warnings remain in effect. Read More >

Overview

A weather disturbance pushing across east Kentucky led to widespread snow from the evening of February 17th through the early morning hours of February 18th. For most areas, 3 to 5 inches of snow were reported. This snowfall led to difficult travel during the overnight hours into the early morning hours. In addition, there were some additional power outages caused by breaking trees during the day on the 18th. Many of these trees still had ice on them from the past week. Difficult travel conditions were also noted during the overnight hours from the 17th to the 18th.