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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 >

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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