Last day of the year severe weather

*Deadly tornado in Cleveland Arkansas this morning


*Thundersleet this morning Kansas City Metro area
*derecho and deadly weather in and around St. Louis metro area

Oklahoma/Arkansas
from the NWS Website in Tulsa, Oklahoma...
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tsa/














Missouri/Illinois
From the St. Louis NWS office...
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/lsx/







Video of storm damage from Robertsville Missouri...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHFkG_3cRvg

Video of Fenton Missouri storm damage video....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rt-V6JAdSE

Sunset Hills aerial video in Missouri.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7FrBwQiphQ

Video of damage from Lindbergh....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgMwVCKr3GU

And from the Jackson Mississippi NWS Page....

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jan/




More Videos...

Rolla, Missouri....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYrTSdbXFJA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGn5RlDImYg


Fort Leonard Wood Missouri
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a9AmN0RQnk




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East Coast Blizzard

I've heard predictions of anywhere between 10 to 20 inches of snow in New York City.  With traveling and the holidays, it is bound to be a huge mess.  Europe this week has been hit hard by snow with people being left stranded in airports over the holidays.  Here it has been very cold since November.  We have had very little in the way of precipitation.


Here's a link to a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIr8Nl22eoE&hd=1

Look at the snow fall amounts...

...NEW HAMPSHIRE...
PIERMONT                             25.0                     
RANDOLPH                             25.0                     
GRAFTON                              24.0                     
UNITY                                18.0                     
NEW LONDON                           13.0                     
WEBSTER 3 SSW                        12.0                     
GOFFSTOWN                            11.3                     
WALPOLE                              11.0                     
WOLFEBORO                            10.7                     
BRISTOL 1 NNW                        10.5                     
KEENE                                10.0                     
ALTON                                 9.5                     
NEWBURY 4 SE                          9.5                     
EATON 3 SSW                           8.0                     
GILFORD                               8.0                     

...NEW JERSEY...
RAHWAY                               32.0 UNION COUNTY        
ELIZABETH                            31.8 UNION COUNTY        
BRICKTOWN                            30.0 OCEAN COUNTY        
LINCOLN PARK                         29.0 MORRIS COUNTY       
LYNDHURST                            29.0 BERGEN COUNTY       
TOMS RIVER                           28.0 OCEAN COUNTY        
LODI                                 27.1 BERGEN COUNTY       
DENNISVILLE                          26.5 CAPE MAY COUNTY     
FANWOOD                              26.0                     
JERSEY CITY                          26.0 HUDSON COUNTY       
CLIFTON                              25.5 PASSAIC COUNTY      
COLTS NECK                           25.0 MONMOUTH COUNTY     
EDISON                               25.0 MIDDLESEX COUNTY    
HARRISON                             25.0                     
BELLEVILLE                           24.8 ESSEX COUNTY        
HASKELL                              24.5                     
NEWARK AIRPORT                       24.2 ESSEX COUNTY        
CHESEQUAKE                           23.2                     
SOMERSET                             22.5 SOMERSET COUNTY     
NORTH CAPE MAY                       21.0 CAPE MAY COUNTY     
ATLANTIC CITY                        20.1 ATLANTIC COUNTY     
PLEASANTVILLE                        20.1 ATLANTIC COUNTY     
MILLBURN                             20.0                     
WRIGHTSTOWN                          19.2 BURLINGTON COUNTY   
VINELAND                             18.7 CUMBERLAND COUNTY   
CAPE MAY                             18.0                     
NORTHFIELD                           17.5                     
SOUTH RIVER                          16.5                     
WHITE HORSE                          16.0 MERCER COUNTY       
PRINCETON                            15.0 MERCER COUNTY       
MALAGA                               13.5 GLOUCESTER COUNTY   
TABERNACLE                           12.5                     
PENNSAUKEN                           12.0 CAMDEN COUNTY       
HOPATCONG                             7.2 SUSSEX COUNTY       

...NEW YORK...
GREAT KILLS                          29.0 RICHMOND COUNTY     
HARRIMAN                             26.0 ORANGE COUNTY       
MONROE                               26.0 ORANGE COUNTY       
TUXEDO PARK                          26.0 ORANGE COUNTY       
PINE PLAINS                          25.0 DUTCHESS COUNTY     
MARINE PARK                          24.5 KINGS COUNTY        
EAST POESTENKILL                     24.0 RENSSELAER COUNTY   
NORTH HILLSDALE                      24.0 COLUMBIA COUNTY     
SHEEPSHEAD BAY                       24.0 KINGS COUNTY        
TALLMAN                              24.0 ROCKLAND COUNTY     
NORTH MASSAPEQUA                     23.5 NASSAU COUNTY       
SOUNDVIEW PARK HOMES                 22.5 BRONX COUNTY        
BEDFORD PARK                         22.0 BRONX COUNTY        
ELTINGVILLE                          22.0 RICHMOND COUNTY     
LARCHMONT                            22.0 WESTCHESTER COUNTY  
MOUNT VERNON                         22.0 WESTCHESTER COUNTY  
LEVITTOWN                            21.9 NASSAU COUNTY       
MIDDLE VILLAGE                       21.5 QUEENS COUNTY       
FLUSHING                             21.0 QUEENS COUNTY       
KINDERHOOK                           21.0 COLUMBIA COUNTY     
WEST HAVERSTRAW                      21.0 ROCKLAND COUNTY     
BRONX ZOO                            20.9 BRONX COUNTY        
BAYSIDE                              20.5 QUEENS COUNTY       
NORTH CHATHAM                        20.3 COLUMBIA COUNTY     
GHENT                                20.0 COLUMBIA COUNTY     
NYC/CENTRAL PARK                     20.0 NEW YORK COUNTY     
YONKERS                              19.5 WESTCHESTER COUNTY  
UPTON                                18.8 SUFFOLK COUNTY      
NORTH BABYLON                        18.5 SUFFOLK COUNTY      
NEW PALTZ                            18.1 ULSTER COUNTY       
AVERILL PARK                         18.0 RENSSELAER COUNTY   
RICHMOND HILL                        18.0 QUEENS COUNTY       
COLD SPRING                          17.0 PUTNAM COUNTY       
MAPLECREST                           17.0 GREENE COUNTY       
NEW HYDE PARK                        16.8 NASSAU COUNTY       
NEWBURGH                             16.5 ORANGE COUNTY       
LONG BEACH                           16.0 NASSAU COUNTY       
WEST ISLIP                           16.0 SUFFOLK COUNTY      
GREEN ISLAND                         15.8 ALBANY COUNTY       
NYC/JFK AIRPORT                      15.5 QUEENS COUNTY       
ISLIP AIRPORT                        14.2 SUFFOLK COUNTY      
NYC/LA GUARDIA                       14.0 QUEENS COUNTY       
WAPPINGERS FAL                       14.0 DUTCHESS COUNTY     
ALBANY 1 SW                          13.0 ALBANY COUNTY       
HUNTERSLAND                          12.0 SCHOHARIE COUNTY    
MILTON                               11.0 SARATOGA COUNTY     
SCHENECTADY                           6.8 SCHENECTADY COUNTY  

...PENNSYLVANIA...
FOLCROFT                             14.0                     
BENSALEM                             13.0                     
PHILADELPHIA INTL ARPT               12.4                     
CLIFTON HEIGHTS                      11.7                     
WYNNEWOOD                            11.0                     
CHESTERBROOK                         10.0                     
EAST NANTMEAL                         7.0                     
QUAKERTOWN                            7.0                     
BLAKESLEE                             6.3                     
POCONO SUMMIT                         4.3                     
ALLENTOWN                             2.8                     

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First accumulating snow of the season.  We have had dry conditions this fall.  The international airport in Minneapolis has been closed today with over 17 inches of snow there.
The morning actually began with moderate temperatures -- mid 40's.  It started raining about 06:00.  Some people who were out and didn't hear the forecast were fooled into wearing light jackets.  That had the potential of being a fatal mistake, for within about an hour the temperatures dropped drastically.

I took some pix from I-70 and Blue Ridge



By afternoon, bands of light snow were moving in and the temps had dropped to the lower 20s.  There was no mention of accumulation in the forecasts I heard.





The snow started coming in pretty heavy by about 19:30, with some accumluation.  The temps had dropped to the teens.  The snow moved out of the area by 04:00.


Though there was not much snow, there was drifting with the fierce winds -- up to the mid 40 mph range, and there were some treacherous roads.  I think the effects of this storm were badly underrated in the Kansas City Metro area.  The temps by morning were about 08 degrees.


Signs of Kansas City Missouri's failing infrastructure were everywhere -- from 169 highway having to be closed due to a water main break in the same area that it broke two years ago, to a water main  break at 96th and Wornall that spectacularly turned a house and yard into a winter wonderland as well as to the city of Kansas City yet again this year refusing to clean off any streets leaving drivers to fend for themselves.

















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