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Regional Outbreaks of Severe Weather Through Early Next Week; Early Season Heat Wave across the South

Active spring pattern across the center of our nation with several episodes of severe weather and heavy rainfall expected into next week. The potential for very large hail, long track tornadoes, severe wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes and flash flooding are in the outlook. Furthermore, dangerous early season heat wave continues for the Gulf Coast states into early next week. 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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