Storm Impacting the Northwest U.S.; Fire Weather Conditions in Southern California; Severe Weather in the South

A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >

Snowfall - March 24th, 2013

National Weather Service, Springfield, MO

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A strong upper level storm system pushed across the Missouri Ozarks and southeast Kansas in the early morning hours on March 24th through much of the day. A surface low associated with this system lifted north from the Gulf coast into the Ohio Valley. Rain early in the event changed over to all snow as colder air began to sweep into the area from the northwest. The heaviest snow occurred over a part of extreme southeast Kansas into west central and central Missouri where 5 to 7 inches of snow occurred. Snow amounts diminished rather quickly further to the south where a trace to generally 3 inches of snow occurred. Snow amounts were somewhat limited by the higher angle of the sun in late March.