At a Glance
- Izzy dumped heavy snow from the Northern Plains into the South and interior Northeast.
- Izzy also produced ice accumulations in parts of the Carolinas and northeast Georgia.
- Strong winds and coastal flooding are impacted the Northeast coastline.
Winter Storm Izzy dumped heavy snow from parts of the Northern Plains into the South and interior Northeast, as well as accumulating ice, snarling travel.
The warm side of the system also spawned tornadoes in southwest Florida. See the link below for the latest on all of those impacts.
Izzy got its start in the Northern Plains on January 13.
Parts of northern North Dakota and western Minnesota picked up 8 to 12 inches of snow from Izzy from Jan. 13-14. Snowfall in the Twin Cities ranged from 1 to 2 inches on the northeast side of the metro to almost 6 inches on the southwest side.
Snow fell at the rate of 1 inch per hour in Des Moines, Iowa, which ended up with 14.3 inches of snow, the heaviest snowstorm in Des Moines Since Dec. 8-9, 2009 and their eighth heaviest two-day snowfall in records since Nov. 1884.
In Missouri, up to 8 inches of snow fell near Kirksville. From 3 to 6 inches was measured in the Kansas City metro area, while generally 1 to 3 inches fell in St. Louis. In the Ozarks, a few totals reached 6 to 8 inches in southwest Missouri near Branson.
A foot of snow was reported in both Harrison and just south of Canaan, Arkansas. Snow fell at the rate of 2.5 inches in one hour near Pindall, Arkansas. One to two inches was reported both in Ft. Smith and on the north and west sides of the Little Rock metro.
Around 1 to 2 inches of snow was reported in the Memphis metro.
Up to 9 inches of snow was reported in Rankin County, Mississippi, just northeast of Jackson. Branches and trees were downed and vehicles stranded near Canton, Mississippi, according to WAPT meteorologist Christopher Pipkin. Power outages from wet, heavy snow were reported in Corinth, Mississippi.
The Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina, metro, officially picked up 6.5 inches of snowfall. That's makes it the heaviest snowstorm there since 2011.
Asheville, North Carolina, officially picked up 10.4 inches of snowfall. The higher elevations of western North Carolina measured up to 21 inches of snow, and wind gusts up to 75 mph were clocked in Blowing Rock.
Accumulating ice also became a problem. Up to quarter inch of ice was reported in parts of northern South Carolina and North Carolina. Numerous trees and power lines were reported downed near Newberry, South Carolina.
The heaviest snow totals from Izzy, however, occurred in northeast Ohio, northwest Pennsylvania and western New York, with enhancement of cold air flowing over the Great Lakes.
27 inches of snow was measured in Ashtabula, Ohio, while in the Buffalo metro area, 23.4 inches was measured near Kenmore, New York.
From 7 to 15 inches of snow was measured in the Cleveland metro area, while 5 to 10 inches of snow piled up in Pittsburgh.
Heavy snow trapped motorists on a freeway over 10 hours in Toronto.
Parts of upstate New York and Vermont picked up over a foot of snow.
Closer to the coast and Interstate 95 urban corridor, rain, wind and coastal flooding were the main headaches.
Coastal flooding closed Main Street in Niantic, Connecticut, produced 2 feet of inundation near Rye, New Hampshire, and waves overtopped the sea wall in Kennebunkport, Maine.
Winds gusted from 60 to 70 mph along parts of the coasts of Long Island, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Izzy even prompted severe thunderstorm warnings for parts of the New York City Tri-state in the pre-dawn hours on Jan. 17. Thunderstorm wind gusts up to 66 mph downed wires in a few locations along the Jersey shore.
Less than 1 inch of snow fell at both New York City's Central Park and Philadelphia International Airport.
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