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Winter Storm Liam Brought a Mess of Snow and Ice to the Plains, South, Midwest and Northeast February 6-7 (RECAP)

At a Glance

Winter Storm Liam spread snow and ice from the Plains and South to the Midwest and Northeast Feb. 6-7.
Difficult travel conditions were observed in some of the major cities in the Northeast.
The heaviest snowfall blanketed the interior Northeast while lighter amounts fell in the Midwest.
Ice accumulations in the interior Northeast led to slick travel conditions, broken tree limbs and some power outages.

Winter Storm Liam slickened a swath of the Plains, Midwest and South Feb. 6 before going on to blanket the Northeast with snow, sleet and freezing rain Feb. 7.

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Snowfall amounts in the Midwest were generally in the 1- to 4-inch range Feb. 6 into early Feb. 7 from northern Illinois, including Chicagoland, to Indiana, southern Lower Michigan, western and central Ohio and western Pennsylvania. This snowfall helped Erie, Pennsylvania, reach its seasonal snowfall record.

A few locations in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania picked up 6 to 9 inches of snow Feb. 7. Harmony, Pennsylvania, measured 8.5 inches of snow.

Parts of central and upstate New York also picked up more than a half-foot of snow, including 7 inches in Ithaca at Cornell University and 7 inches in Glens Falls.

A swath of 5- to 12-inch totals was observed in New Hampshire, with Meredith receiving up to 13 inches of snow.

This led to slick roadways across the Granite State, and multiple accidents had been reported on Route 101, including the one pictured below in Brentwood, New Hampshire.

On the southern end of the wintry precipitation, freezing rain accumulated up to about one-quarter inch around the Cincinnati metro area, as well as other parts of southern and eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, western Maryland and southwestern Pennsylvania. Up to three-quarters of an inch of ice was reported in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, with a half-inch of ice in Thurmont and Oakland, Maryland.

A light glaze of ice was also seen on elevated surfaces in parts of the New York City, Washington D.C. and Philadelphia metros, as well as in Harrisburg, Reading and Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on the morning of Feb. 7.

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Central Park reported one-tenth of an inch of ice while Washington's Dulles Airport measured 0.13 inches of ice. Up to a half-inch of ice was measured in Martinsburg, West Virginia, with one-quarter inch of ice reported in Hartford, South Windsor, New Britain and Meriden, Connecticut.

The icing in Connecticut led to multiple accidents, one of which led to an injury when a car collided with a utility pole on Route 72 in New Britain.

Ice accumulation from a light glaze to around one-quarter inch on elevated surfaces, including bridges and overpasses, was seen in parts of northeastern Arkansas stretching into western Kentucky. A light coating of ice was seen in parts of the Tulsa, Oklahoma, metro overnight Feb. 6.

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Here are some select top snowfall totals by state from Liam: