Southern Snow:See Which States Got It
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A winter storm dumped heavy snow across parts of the Plains and the Ozarks before tracking across the Appalachians and into the mid-Atlantic,leaving a snowy,icy mess in its wake.
The storm was named Kingston by Weather Now 24 and was the sixth winter storm to sweep across the country in a two week stretch.
How Much Snow,Ice
Kingston’s first stop was the Plains where it produced 6 to 12 inches of snow in parts of southern Kansas and southern Missouri. The peak total for the region was 11 inches reported in Oates,Missouri,about 85 miles southwest of St. Louis.
Ice accumulations between 0.10 to 0.15 inches were reported in parts of eastern Oklahoma and Arkansas,including Ft. Smith,McAlester,and Tulsa,though power outages in the area were limited.
Areas of Kentucky flooded out by last weekend's torrential rainfall picked up 3 to 5 inches of snow. Parts of Tennessee saw widespread totals of 1 to 3 inches in areas impacted by flooding as well.
As the storm moved across the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys,it brought 1 to 2 inches of snow across areas farther south where it is more of a rarity,including northern Alabama and the far reaches of north Georgia.
The second bullseye of winter storm impacts from Kingston were across parts of the mid-Atlantic,including the Virginia Tidewater and far northeast North Carolina,where 8 to 12 inches of snow were reported.
The highest totals were in Sigma and Greenbrier,Virginia,where around 12.5 inches accumulated.
Norfolk,Virginia,crushed their record daily maximum snowfall with 10.2 inches. The previous daily record for Feb. 19 was only 0.6 inches,set back in 1989. The city typically only sees about 6.2 inches of snow annually.
Parts of central and eastern North Carolina also saw ice accumulations of 0.10 - 0.15 inches with totals reaching up to a quarter of an inch in some places.
The combination of snow and ice across the region caused a travel nightmare as roads became slick and treacherous. Over 500 crashes were reported across the state of Virginia alone,according to the Virginia State Police.
As Kingston moved off the coast mid-to-late week,it packed one final punch directed at the Northeast:strong,gusty winds.
