National Weather Summary for February 12,2014 from weatherunderground.com

Weather Underground midday recap for Wednesday, February 12,2014

A major ice and snow storm swept through the Southeast Wednesday, bringing a wide variety of wintry precipitation. Significant ice accumulation up to a quarter of an inch in Georgia and the Carolinas not only made road travel very dangerous, it also cut power to several hundred thousand customers by the afternoon.

Meanwhile, heavy snow developed in the colder air of the storm, and many areas received several inches of snow. Nearly 8 inches of snow will be possible for parts of the North Carolina by the time the storm has moved on.

Farther to the south, Severe Thunderstorm Watches were posted for central Florida in anticipation of heavy rain from strong thunderstorms moving off the Gulf of Mexico. The heaviest of this rain was moving into the St. Petersburg area in the later afternoon.

Elsewhere, a plume of Pacific moisture continued to be pointed at the West Coast, aiding in more rain and some high elevation snow mainly in far northern California and southern Oregon.

The Northeast could only manage afternoon temperatures in the 20s and 30s, while the Southeast was cool in the 30s and 40s, aside from Florida. The Southwest saw temperatures int he 60s and 70s, while the Northwest saw temperatures in the 40s and 50s.