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Dangerous Cold Weather for Most of the Country; Rare Winter Storm for the South; Fire Weather Concerns for Southern California

Arctic air will filter south and east through early this week. As this cold air moves across the South, a rare winter storm is forecast to develop from Texas, Gulf Coast States into the Southeast through early this week. Several new daily record low temperatures are expected, including new record-low maximum temperatures. For Southern California, fire weather concerns increase this week. Read More >

The remnants of Hurricane Isaac moved across the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys over Labor Day weekend. Heavy rainfall fell across central and southern Illinois and Indiana. The gradient in heavy rainfall was sharp across the local area, with southern portions of the Northern Indiana CWA (county warning area) receiving the most rain. Areas across southern lower Michigan, northwest Ohio and far northern Indiana saw less than a half inch of rain. The maps below show rainfall totals across the area. Click on any image to enlarge.

   

24 hour rainfall, ending 9/1/12 24 hour rainfall, ending 9/2/12
24 hour rainfall, ending 9/3/12 Regional Rainfall totals from the MRCC
 

Published 9/4/12
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