Historic Blizzard Event Outcomes

The low pressure system that swept across the eastern part of the U.S. was truly a historic event.  There were several records broken, but not any of them were in the South because it was all rain and thunderstorms.  The records were made in the snowy part of the low pressure system.  I will address the reported maximum amounts of snow located in each state and mention what locations have had record snow amounts:

Texas - 6 inches in Roby, Sweetwater, and Clyde.
Oklahoma - 21 inches 6 miles east of Owasso near Valley Park.
Kansas - 19 inches in Fort Scott.
Arkansas - 14 inches in Sulphur Springs.
Missouri - 23 inches in Warrensburg.
Nebraska - 6.9 inches in Omaha.
Illinois - 22.5 inches with a total of 24.5 inches on the ground 5 miles north-northeast of Addison.
Iowa - 17.5 inches 1 mile southeast of Keokuk.
Indiana - 17 inches 4 miles east of Chesterton.
Wisconsin - 20.5 inches in Middleton.
South Dakota - 10 inches 1 mile south of Brookings.
Minnesota - 11.6 inches in Pipestone.
Michigan - 18 inches in Hudsonville.
Ohio - 9.25 inches in Napoleon

Now these are some pretty impressive maximum totals for these states and a lot of these states have new snowfall records that were broken either for a particular day or for the entire month from this amazing winter event.  There wasn't much said for ice, sleet, and freezing rain totals as they did not make as much of an impact as the snow did.  There were some places that recorded 2 to 3 inches of sleet and then however much snow accumulated on it or was accumulated prior to the sleet accumulation.  The other frozen precip. does not have a record amount to speak of like snow does.

The thing that all of these states and many more states are concerned about is the low temperatures.  The temperatures are extremely cold in the Great Plains states, but what is even more bone chilling is the wind chill.  Here are the current temperatures at this time for the U.S.



There are a lot of single digits and even some negative single digits.  Now this is how it feels outside with the wind chill.



Some very very cold weather when most locations it feels like its in the negative single digits and even a small amount of locations are in the negative twenties!  Unfortunately, this is only the beginning of the cold temperatures and how cold it feels outside.  Here is the reason why.

You will notice that there is a light shade of blue from Wisconsin all the way down to the Texas/Mexico border.  This light blue is wind chill advisory and what this means is that the cold air and wind will combine to make it feel much colder than what it is.  This means that the current current temperatures and the current wind chill will be even colder in the early morning hours of tomorrow.  Keep yourself bundled if you have to go out in locations where the temperature is extremely cold.  Best way to prevent from frostbite or hypothermia would be to stay indoors.