Forecast Verification and Winter Storm Review

No tornadoes occurred in my outlooked area for March 2 because a rapidly moving arctic front undercut convection in Texas and Arkansas, and surface based convective initiation never occurred in northern Louisiana despite dew points reaching the upper 60s in the afternoon. Louisiana may have been too far ahead of the forcing associated with the main trough to the west.

This storm did produce 6" of sleet at Clarksville, TN and 0.50" of ice at New Lexington, OH and 0.5" of ice at Panther, WV. Snow amounts include:

6.1"     Hunter, OK 6.0 nne
6.5"     Pea Ridge, AR
8.5"     Anderson, MO 6.8 w
10.3"   Porter, IN
10"     Bruceton Mills, WV
10"     Cherry Grove, WV 6 wsw
9"       Manassas, VA
6"       American University, Washington DC
8.3"    Clarksburg, MD
7"       Ventnor City, NJ

This storm left the contiguous US 57.3% snow covered on March 3rd: