Weather Underground midday recap for Thursday,February 20,2014
Severe thunderstorms watches were issued across parts of the southern
Plains and deep south on Thursday, while blizzard warnings were issued
across the upper Midwest.
A cold frontal boundary extended from the Southwest to the southern
Plains on Thursday. This system interacted with a warm, muggy air mass
from the Gulf of Mexico to trigger showers and thunderstorms over
portions of eastern Texas, southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana.
Just to the north, low pressure ushered a mixture of rain, hail and snow
across the central Plains and the upper Midwest, as the heaviest snow
showers impacted Iowa and Minnesota. Washington, Iowa, reported a midday
total of 0.75 inches of hail, while Fort Madison, Iowa, reported a
midday total of 2.07 inches of rain. Moderate showers and thunderstorms
also trekked across the Ohio Valley and Northeast, as Galesburg, Ill.,
reported a midday total of 1.82 inches of rain.
Most of the Eastern Seaboard experienced above normal temperatures on
Thursday as a frontal boundary ushered warm, muggy air across the
Southeast and the lower Mid-Atlantic. Immokalee Regional Airport, Fla.,
recorded a midday high of 89 degrees, while Sumter, S.C., recorded a
midday high of 86 degrees.
Out west, a cold front drove rainy weather over Washington and Oregon,
while high elevation snow showers moved across the Cascades and the
northern Rockies. Asotin, Wash., reported a midday total of 4.2 inches
of snow, while Chelan, Wash., reported a midday total of 4.0 inches of
snow. The Southwest stayed clear of precipitation on Thursday.
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