At a Glance

Winter Storm Indra was a cross-country system Jan. 20 to 24.Indra's snow impacted travel in parts of the Rockies, Plains and Midwest.Blizzard conditions were reported in parts of the central High Plains.

Winter Storm Indra was a cross-country system that spread snow and ice from the West to the Plains, Midwest and parts of the interior Northeast Jan. 20 to 24. Indra also produced blizzard conditions in parts of the central High Plains, mainly on Jan. 22.

Indra was named on the afternoon of Jan. 20 as the National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings for much of Utah, including Salt Lake City, satisfying the population criterion (at least 2 million) for naming.

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Indra brought snow from California's Sierra Nevada to the Plains and Midwest Jan. 20 to 23 before producing a wintry mess of snow, sleet and freezing rain in the interior Northeast Jan. 23 to 24.

It was slow-going, or not going at all, on Interstate 80 over Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada on the evening of Jan. 19.

Thundersnow was reported in the northern Sierra Nevada late morning on Jan. 20.

The Colorado Department of Transportation east of Denver International Airport to Limon, Colorado, then , near the Kansas state line, due to snow and wind on the morning of Jan. 22.

Icy conditions prompted a , west of Topeka, as well.

Poor travel conditions also forced a in southeastern Wyoming on the morning of Jan. 22, from Laramie to Rawlins.

Zero visibility in snow and blowing snow was reported by the Kit Carson County, Colorado, sheriff department just outside of Burlington, Colorado, on the morning of Jan. 22. An estimated 1 inch of snow fell in 45 minutes in Yuma, Colorado.

South of Denver in Douglas County, Colorado, snow drifts up to 3 feet were reported on Jan. 22.

Some freezing drizzle broke out on the morning of Jan. 22 in Chicago, Des Moines and , and and Lincoln, Nebraska.

Interstate 94 in southwestern Lower Michigan was covered in a sheet of ice on the afternoon of Jan. 22, when freezing rain from Indra accreted on the highway.

Freezing rain also forced a closure of Detroit Metropolitan Airport late Jan. 22 into early Jan. 23.

Snow totals of 6 inches or more were measured on Jan. 23 from southeastern Nebraska to central and southern Iowa, northwestern Illinois, southern Wisconsin and northern Michigan.

The top snowfall amount in the Midwest was 14 inches in the northern Lower Michigan town of Royston.

Parts of the Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin, metro areas saw 5 to 7 inches of snow.

Light freezing rain led to slick roads in parts of western North Carolina early Jan. 23, triggering accidents on Interstate 40 near Old Fort, about 20 miles east of Asheville.

There were even some on the morning of Jan. 23 in parts of Central and East Texas in the Austin, San Antonio and Houston metro areas.

Snow flurries were reported far south as Atlanta on Jan. 24 as the precipitation pushed east on the East Coast.

Rain and snow persisted across New England into the evening hours. Isolated ice jams were reported due to the warm air in New York state.

The contours show areas of snowfall during Indra, with the heaviest estimated totals in purple.

Here are select snowfall reports by state from Winter Storm Indra:

California: 20 inches at Squaw ValleyColorado: 17.5 inches near Skyway; 5.6 inches near the Air Force Academy north of Colorado Springs; 1.3 inches at Denver Int'l Airport; blizzard conditions in parts of eastern ColoradoIdaho: 14.2 inches near Island ParkIllinois: 8.6 inches in Moline/Quad City Airport; 5.7 inches in Rockford; 1.5 inches at Chicago/O'Hare Airport; 0.26 inches of ice at DuPage Airport; 0.16 inches of ice at Chicago/O'Hare AirportIowa: 10 inches near Earlham; 6.4 inches in Davenport; 6.1 inches in Des Moines; 0.10 inches of ice near WaterlooKansas: 7 inches near Morrowville; 3 inches in Topeka; blizzard conditions in northwestern KansasMaine: 3 inches in Houlton; up to 0.1 inch ice accumulation in northern Maine, including CaribouMichigan: 14 inches in Royston; 0.20 inches of ice near Ann ArborMinnesota: 10.2 inches near Whipholt; 9 inches near Grand Rapids; 5 inches in DuluthMissouri: 6 inches near Hopkins; 2.5 inches near St. Joseph; 1.7 inches at Kansas City Int'l AirportMontana: 11 inches near Red Lodge; 6.3 inches in Billings; 4.5 inches in Great FallsNebraska: 7.7 inches near Dunbar; 5.4 inches in Omaha; 3.9 inches in LincolnNevada: 18 inches at Mount Rose SummitNew York: 0.25 inch of ice in Edinburg; light icing in Jamestown, Niagara Falls, RochesterNorth Dakota: 7 inches in Devils Lake; 4.3 inches in Fargo; 3.5 inches in BismarckOhio: 2.3 inches near Pierpont; 1.3 inches in Akron and YoungstownPennsylvania: 2.5 inches near North East; icy roads from freezing rain in Butler, Clarion, Jefferson CountiesSouth Dakota: 8 inches near Saint Onge; 6 inches in Spearfish; 1.7 inches near Rapid CityUtah: 23 inches in Alta;16 inches in Park City;4 inches in Salt Lake CityVermont: 1.5 inches near ReadsboroWisconsin: 10.4 inches in Potosi; 6.9 inches in Madison; 6.1 inches in MilwaukeeWyoming: 31 inches near Thayne; 4.2 inches in Riverton; 2.5 inches in Cheyenne

Tractor-trailers are stacked up along the shoulder of eastbound Interstate 70 near the Airpark road exit Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, in Aurora, Colo. Winter Storm Indra is packing high winds, which has forced the closure of the interstate east from Denver to the state's border with Kansas because of drifting snow and left travelers stranded along the corridor. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)