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• Wintertime Storm Inga brought parts of the South their fourth dose of snow and ice this winter.
• Snowfall and sleet were reported in the western Florida Panhandle for the third time this season.
• Upwards to a foot of snow was measured in portions of the E, even as far south as Due north Carolina.
• The Midwest too saw snow from Inga.

Winter Tempest Inga brought a mess of snow and ice to parts of the Midwest, South and East January. xiv-17, 2018. The worst impacts were in the Due south where Inga snarled travel and caused hundreds of accidents.

After Inga finished its journey, snow and sleet covered the ground in parts of all 50 states on Jan. 17.

Shaded in blue and yellow is the snowfall that Inga produced in the Midwest, South and Due east Jan. 14-17, 2018 (NOAA)

(MORE: Winter Tempest Central | Inga Impacts)

Inga'southward South Recap

Snow was reported every bit far south as Panama Urban center and Destin, Florida, early on Jan. 17, and sleet accumulated on vehicle tops and grassy areas in Pensacola, Florida, overnight Jan. 16-17. This was the 3rd snow consequence of the winter in northern Florida.

(MORE: Florida's Third Snow/Ice Event This Winter)

Snowfall also fell in Mobile County, Alabama, overnight January. xvi-17. Mobile Regional Airport officially measured 0.ane inches of snow and sleet, making it only the second time on record that two measurable snow events occurred in the same winter – January 1977 existence the other.

In Atlanta, 2.iii inches of snow was recorded Jan. 16-17, shutting down schools, triggering major delays at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and making roads treacherous.

Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham International Airport picked up three.five inches and 5.9 inches of snow, respectively.

Equally much as a pes of snow was measured in Teer, North Carolina, some 15 miles northwest of Chapel Loma.

In western North Carolina, Waynesville (height: iii,800 feet) picked up 3.5 inches of snow in just 2 hours early January. 17.

Farther west, portions of the Austin, San Antonio and Houston metros picked up light freezing rain and sleet accumulations Jan. 16, leading to numerous accidents. Country Highway 225 in Deer Park, due east of Houston, was closed Tuesday afternoon, and de-icing of Pike 146 at the Fred Hartman Bridge led to delays in that area during the evening commute.

Sleet drifts had topped a half-foot in portions of the Houston metro area by late Jan. 16. Bridges and overpasses remained icy early Jan. 17, as temperatures plunged into the upper teens and 20s.

Icy atmospheric condition were too reported to the east of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, resulting in accidents virtually Canton.

With 0.eight inches of snow measured Tuesday in Jackson, Mississippi, it was enough to slicken roads, causing a tanker truck to jackknife on Interstate 55 northbound. The highway had to be shut down Jan. sixteen to remove the truck. Early Jan. 17, every Mississippi county reported icy roads.

Interstate 49 was closed much of January. 16 in the immediate Shreveport, Louisiana, area due to wintry travel atmospheric condition. The city officially received i.8 inches of snow, marking the first time an inch or more than had accumulated in the city since 3.1 inches was recorded on Feb. 25, 2015.

Inga brought some impressive snowfall totals to western Kentucky Jan. 15-xvi, including 9 inches in Murray and 8.1 inches at the National Weather condition Service function in Paducah. Upwardly to 8.5 inches of snow was measured in northern Arkansas near Omaha.

Snow-covered roads were reported in the Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee, metro areas Jan. 15-sixteen, where 1 to 3 inches had fallen.

Here are some select top snowfall totals by land in the Due south from Inga.

• Alabama: four inches about Waverly
• Arkansas: viii.five inches near Omaha
• Georgia: 5 inches near Cornelia
• Kentucky: 9 inches most Murray
• Louisiana: 3.1 inches near Delhi
• Mississippi: 3 inches in Tylertown
• Due north Carolina: 12 inches near Teer
• South Carolina: 4.5 inches in Wellford
• Tennessee: seven inches near Dover and Paris
• Texas: iii.4 inches in Hughes Springs

Inga's Northeast Recap

Inga was a minor to locally moderate snow issue for much of the Northeast region.

A low-cal dusting of snow blanketed the Washington D.C. metro surface area, which amounted to 0.4 inches at Reagan-National Airport, while the New York City metro area saw a mix of low-cal rain and snow. Officially, Primal Park reported 0.4 inches of snow, but Newark measured an inch.

Other parts of the Northeast had picked upwards over 6 inches of snowfall, including E Machias, Maine (11 inches), Stockbridge, Massachusetts (11 inches), Rosendale, New York (10 inches), Loysville, Pennsylvania (9.5 inches), Dover, New Hampshire (8 inches), Canaan, Connecticut (7 inches), and Wantage, New Bailiwick of jersey (vi.4 inches).

Inga's Midwest Epitomize

An intense lake-enhanced band of snowfall hammered Wisconsin's Doore Canton peninsula with over a human foot of snowfall Jan. 14-15.

Generally, from 2 to 5 inches of snow fell across the Midwest Jan. 15, including 4.4 inches in Rockford, Illinois, 4.1 inches at the National Weather Service office near Chicago, 3.ix inches at Madison-Dane County Airport in Madison, Wisconsin, and 2 inches in Indianapolis.

A few reports of 6 inches of snowfall came in from near La Crosse, Wisconsin, and in the town of Streator, Illinois, early Jan. xv. Localized totals topping a half-human foot were reported in southeastern Missouri.

PHOTOS: Winter Storm Inga

"I don't mind it. I like the common cold," said Jean Cloutier every bit she shoveled her driveway on Grove Street in Lewiston on Wednesday. "I'm hoping the snowfall plow comes by and gives me some more," joked Cloutier. (Daryn Slover/The Lewiston Sun-Journal via AP)

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Source: https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/2018-01-14-winter-storm-inga-midwest-northeast-south-snow-forecast-mid-january

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