Plains, Midwest Blizzard Snow Totals
Nebraska has reached the 30 inch mark this afternoon, and the Tri-Cities area has broken several winter records. The National Weather Service office in Grand Island, Nebraska reports that 24 and 48-hour snowfall records have been broken in Hastings and Grand Island, among other records.
Chris Burt, author of "Extreme Weather", a comprehensive guide to which I frequently refer, adds: "According to AccuWeather 25.0" of snow fell in 24 hours in Chambers, NE on 3/19-20. If true, this would constitute an all-time state snowfall record for Nebraska, eclipsing the previous record for 24 hours of 24.0� recorded on 2/11/1965 at Hickman, NE."
Also the NWS in Lincoln, Illinois reports that the blizzard conditions experienced this morning are the first such conditions in 24 years.
The following are the highest snow amounts by state (one NWS report, one SnowMatrix) as of 3 PM Central time this Tuesday afternoon:
GREELEY, NE: 30.0"
FARMINGTON CANYON, UT: 26.0"
Hastings, NE: 22.5" (SnowMatrix)
MURDO, SD: 16.0"
BADGER PASS, MT: 14.0"
MANKATO, KS: 12.0"
CALHOUN LAKE CITY, IA: 11.0"
WELD, CO: 10.1"
Torrington, WY: 8.0" (SnowMatrix)
NIOBRARA, WY: 7.0"
NAUVOO, IL: 6.2"
LURAY, MO: 6.0"
Prior Lake, MN: 6.0" (SnowMatrix)
Macomb, IL: 6.0" (SnowMatrix)
DENVER, CO: 5.5"
BATESVILLE, OH: 3.8"
FORT MITCHELL, KY: 3.5"
HEMLOCK, MI: 1.5"
Snow has also been reported on observations today in Washington, D.C., Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York but no specific amounts have been reported yet.
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