Winter Storm Jaxon brought heavy snow from the West to the Plains, Midwest and northern New England Jan. 19-23, 2018.Jaxon produced blizzard conditions in the Plains, which led to numerous road closures, including major interstates.
Winter Storm Jaxonwas a cross-country snowstorm that brought heavy snow to the West Jan. 19-20, then produced blizzard conditions in the Plains Jan. 21-22 before wrapping up in the Midwest and northern New England by Jan. 23.
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72-hour estimated snowfall ending 7 p.m. EST, January 23, 2018, showing the swath of snow from Winter Storm Jaxon from the Rockies to the Upper Midwest and northern New England.
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Here's a look back at the impacts caused by Jaxon.
Several locations from far northwest Kansas to central Minnesota and northern Wisconsin picked up over a foot of snow from Jaxon.
This included the Twin Cities, where 12.4 inches of snow fell on Jan. 22, alone. This was their lead to a collapse ofthe roof of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was forced to late Monday afternoon, Jan. 22, due to heavy snow and poor visibility. Two of those runways Jan. 22.
Drifts up to 2 feet were spotted at the National Weather Service office in Chanhassen, Minnesota, where 11 inches of snowfall was measured.
Mankato, Minnesota, picked up 13 inches of snow, while up to 17 inches of snow was measured near Owatonna. This prompted a shutdown of a stretch of Interstate 35 in southern Minnesota, for a time.
Whiteout conditions were reported in Nebraska on Jan. 22, including along Interstate 80, where some closures had occurred due to accidents.
Conditions were so bad Monday morning, Jan. 22, that plows had to be pulled off of roads in Platte County, Nebraska.
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were observed near Stanton, Nebraska, Monday afternoon, Jan. 22, reportedly stranding some motorists.
In Iowa, 12.1inches of snow had piled up in Sioux City with wind gusts over 40 mph. Whiteout conditions were reported in northwestern sections of the state.
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Dangerous travel conditions in southeastern South Dakota around midday Monday, Jan. 22, from the Iowa state line to near Sioux Falls.
Interstate 70 was closed for a time Monday morning, Jan. 22, from WaKeeney, Kansas, to the exit for Denver International Airport, a stretch of about 270 miles.
Nine inches of snow was reported in Goodland, Kansas, accompanied by winds gusting to 58 mph early Monday morning, Jan. 22. One location north-northwest of St. Francis, Kansas,picked up 14 inches of snow.
Areas of freezing rain and sleet slickened roads from Maine to parts of upstate New York and Massachusetts, with ice accumulations from one-tenth to one-third of an inch reported.
Some damage to trees and power lines occurred in parts of northern Massachusetts due to accumulated ice.
Up to 8 inches of snow fell in northern Maine. Caribou, Maine, picked up just under 8 inches of snow, which included over an inch of sleet, as well as roughly one-third inch of ice accumulation.
The Denver metro area picked up 3 to 6 inches of snow Sunday, Jan. 21. Officially, Denver International Airport measured 5.7 inches of total snowfall, but, as usual, .
on outbound Peña near the terminal at Denver International Airport Sunday afternoon, Jan. 21, due to the slick conditions.
Interstate 70 was closed in both directions in eastern Coloradoas of Sunday afternoon, Jan. 21, from Limon to Burlington, as blizzard conditions led tomultiple crashes in the area.
Up to 20 inches of snow wasreported from Jaxon in Utah's Wasatch Mountains Jan. 20-21.
Parts of the Salt Lake City metro area saw a foot of snow Jan. 19-20.
Below are some select snowfall totals in each state:
Arizona: 11 inches in Forest Lakes; 5.6 inches in Flagstaff California: 11 inches at Northstar Ski Resort Colorado:23 inches at Wolf Creek Pass; 5.7 inches in Denver Idaho: 9.4 inches near Island Park Iowa:14.4 inches in Spirit Lake; 12.1 inches in Sioux City and Sergeant Bluff Kansas: 14 inches near St. Francis; 9 inches in Goodland Maine:8 inches in Presque Isle; 7.7 inches in Caribou Michigan:11.5 inches near Negaunee Minnesota: 17 inches in Winnebago and near Owatonna; 13 inches in Mankato; 12.4 inches in Minneapolis/St. Paul Montana: 12 inches near Fishtail and Cooke City Nebraska:18 inches near Ponca; 12.8inches near North Platte; 6.5 inches nearValentine Nevada: 18.8 inches in Ely New Hampshire: 1.6 inches at Pinkham Notch New Mexico: 17 inches near Cuba South Dakota: 14.2 inches in Yankton Utah: 20 inches at Alta; 8.9 inches at Salt Lake City Wisconsin: 14.1 inches in Prescott; 2.6inches in Milwaukee Wyoming: 15.5 inches near Encampment; 6.8 inches in Cheyenne
This Plains and Midwest snow fellin areas that have seen much less snow than average so far this winter.
It had been the least snowy season-to-date on record at the site of Denver's former Stapleton Airport, with a season-to-date deficit of roughly 20 inches.
The heaviest snow event for the seasonat Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport prior to Jaxon was a mere 3.3 inches of snow in mid-January. They weresporting a season deficit of over 16 inches before Jaxon's one-foot-plus snow event.
Aberdeen, South Dakota, about 125 miles southwest of Fargo, North Dakota, in the northern Plains' ","had picked up a mere 5 inches of snow all season, and only picked up a trace of snow from Jaxon.
Among the cities that had picked up more snow this season than Aberdeen were Jackson, Mississippi (5.9 inches), and Charleston, South Carolina(5.3 inches).
Deb Fourniea walks down John Ireland Blvd., in St. Paul, Minn., during Winter Storm Jaxon Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. The Minnesota Department of Transportation is advising against traveling in portions of southwest Minnesota because of white out conditions. The visibility issue extends from Worthington east to Albert Lea and north to Mankato. The roadways involved include portions of Highway 30, Highway 91 and Highway 59. A blizzard warning is in effect for much of south central and southeastern Minnesota. (Leila Navidi /Star Tribune via AP)