At a Glance

Winter Storm Diego dumped heavy snow and damaging ice across the Southeast Dec. 8-9.Diego snarled traveled and knocked out power to over 400,000 customers.The top snow total was 34inches at Mount Mitchell in western North Carolina.

Winter Storm Diego crippled parts of the southeastern United States as it produced a swath of heavy snow and damaging ice across the region Dec. 8-9, stranding motorists on highways and knocking out power to more than 400,000 at the height of the storm.

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Diego's top snow total was 34inches at Mount Mitchell in western North Carolina. Whitetop in far southwestern Virginia had the second-most snow with 24 inches.

The contours show the snow history for Diego in the East.

Officially, 11.5inches of snow was measured in Richmond, Virginia, Dec. 9.That'sthe city's second-highest calendar-day snowfall .

Roanoke, Virginia, reported a snow total of 15 inches Dec. 9 –the city's heaviest calendar-day snowfall for the month of December – with 2 inches of that falling in an hour. Cars were seen off the road on Interstate 81 near Roanoke that afternoon.

Asheville Regional Airport in North Carolina picked up 11.1 inches of snow Dec. 8-9, its third-highest December snowfall on record.

Farther east, Raleigh-Durham International Airport received7 inches of snow from Diego, its highest December snowfall total in at least 60 years.

Charlotte, North Carolina, received 2.7 inches of snow/sleet Dec. 9, vaulting the month to the .

Lubbock, Texas, officially received 10 inches of snow Dec. 8, ranking as one of the snowiest calendar days on record there.

Snow and ice also spread toward parts of northern Arkansas, southern Missouri and northwestern Tennessee on Dec. 8 and into that night.

The ice knocked out power and downed treesin Craighead County, Arkansas.

Before arriving in the South, heavy rain and high-elevation snow caused problems in Southern California Dec. 6.

Mudslides and flash flooding forced evacuations and necessitated several rescues while higher elevations in the southern Sierra Nevada picked up 6 inches of snowfall.

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Diego also spread snow through the higher terrain of the southern Rockies Dec. 6-7.

Diego's Snow and Ice Totals

All totals below are for snow unless otherwise indicated.

Arkansas: 2.5 inches in Dennard;1 inch of ice in HarrisburgCalifornia: 6 inches at Alpine Meadows Ski ResortColorado: 6.5 inches near SkywayDelaware: 1 inch in SeafordGeorgia: 8 inches in Sky Valley; 0.25 inches of ice near Lake Tamarack and ElbertonKentucky:8 inches near Cranks and Majestic; 0.28inches of ice in ScottsvilleMaryland:6.3 inches near RidgeMissouri: 2 inches in Kennett; 0.20 inches of ice in CardwellNevada: 12 inches at Mount CharlestonNew Mexico: 5 inches near Kennaand Red RiverNorth Carolina:34 inches at Mount Mitchell; 11.1 inches at Asheville Regional Airport; 7 inches in Raleigh; 2.7 inches in CharlotteOklahoma: 3 inches in ElginSouth Carolina: 13 inches near Glassy Mountain; 0.25 inches of ice in Rock HillTennessee: 12 inches near Kingsport and Mountain City; 0.30 inches of ice in Coxvilleand Paris; 0.25inches of ice in Westmoreland with reports of snapped tree branchesTexas:10inches in Lubbock; 3 inches in Wichita FallsVirginia:24 inches in Whitetop; 14.3 inches in Roanoke; 11.5inches in RichmondWest Virginia: 20 inches near Ellison and Sweet Springs

Vehicles pass a stranded Jaguar in the median of U.S. 1 in Raleigh, N.C., on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. Gentle snow turned to sleet, then rain Monday, and was expected to freeze overnight. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)