U.S. Blizzard 2011 - Firsthand reports here!

"When everything is said and done, the storm may very well impact a third of the population of the United States; approximately 100 million people."

[link to www.fema.gov]

In NEO been snowing about an hour and a half got 1.5 fresh so far[glpvideo]

Thanks, OP! Some of us are watching, nice of you.

From FEMA website: "Tuesday will be the major storm day with a foot or two of snow forecast from Kansas to the Great Lakes. FEMA Logistics pre-positioned water, generators, meals, cots, and blankets in Kansas City, Mo., and in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and McAlester, Ok."

I guess everyone else is SOL... LOL

In Tulsa, it's steady raining sleet.

Good idea. A Storm tracking thread. Thanks

Central Missouri here...we are to get 18-22" maybe more...this area is where the worst of it is to hit...we have been having sleet since this afternoon...trees iced up now....now snow yet, but is to start in middle of the night and be full blown blizzard by 9am .
The national guard had sent 600 troops around to various places.Ameren UE has called in 100's of extra workers expecting outages. This is going to be a mess and a half.

Linemen from Colorado coming your way

Good! we are going to need a lot of help with this go around.The emergency workers are run ragged all ready tonight and it has not geared all the way up yet.
THANK YOU COLORADO LINEMEN!!!!!!!!

Full map with snow and ice totals-

[link to www.theweatherspace.com]

weather station told me there will likely be millions without power for days if not weeks after this storm

I'm glad others are watching. Let's all report back here when possible, to help ourselves and others on actual firsthand accounts of what is happening.

Thanks for the update on what is heading our way!

No problem. I hadn't seen a firsthand observers thread yet and think we all need one for this monster.

You're not kidding! Thanks for the update!

Thanks for the update! They will be much needed in this mess!

Its been snowing here for about 13 hours, we have about 2 inches of snow so fall.

Main highways are skating rinks & traveling in town is difficult at best.

Wednesday is supposed to be our worst day with 40 mph winds mixed with the snow.

What general location are you at right now?

Here is updated list of most of the effected states...lol you can guess where i am....just look for the highest amount of snow...is summer all most here yet???Ughhh------>

Listed here are Tuesday's expected snowfall totals and forecast conditions for cities in the affected states.
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Expected Snowfall

Conditions
Colorado
Denver, CO

Less than 1 inch

A few snow showers
Connecticut
Burlington, CT

5 to 7 inches

Some icing possible
Hartford, CT

4 to 6 inches

Steady snow late
District of Columbia
Washington, DC

1/4 inch rain

Rain showers late
Illinois
Champaign, IL

11 to 17 inches

Snow heavy late
Chicago, IL

6 to 10 inches

Windy, periods of snow
Peoria, IL

10 to 15 inches

Snow heavy at times
Quincy, IL

8 to 14 inches

Snow, gusty winds
Springfield, IL

12 to 16 inches

Snow heavy late
Urbana, IL

12 to 16 inches

Windy, heavy snow at times
Indiana
South Bend, IN

12 to 18 inches

Snowy, windy
Iowa
Burlington, IA

6 to 10 inches

Periods of snow, windy
Davenport, IA

4 to 6 inches

Snow with gusty winds
Des Moines, IA

2 to 4 inches

Occasional snow showers
Kansas
Topeka, KS

6 to 10 inches

Periods of snow
Wichita, KS

6 to 10 inches

Snow begins in morning
Maine
Augusta, ME

About 1 inch

Snow in afternoon
Bangor, ME

1 to 2 inches

Snow showers early
Massachusetts
Boston, MA

6 to 10 inches

Steadier snow late in day
Michigan
Detroit, MI

6 to 10 inches

Windy, snow showers in evening
Missouri
Columbia, MO

16 to 20 inches
Heavy snow in evening
Kansas City, MO

8 to 12 inches

Windy, snow late
Springfield, MO

12 to 16 inches

Snowy, windy afternoon
St. Joseph, MO

4 to 8 inches

Periods of snow, windy
St. Louis, MO

6 to 10 inches

Ice accumulations, too
New Hampshire
Concord, NH

4 to 6 inches

Snow showers early, late
Manchester, NH

4 to 6 inches

Scattered snow showers
New Mexico
Santa Fe, NM

Less than 1 inch

Light snow late
New York
Albany, NY

5 to 7 inches

Accumulating snow later on
Buffalo, NY

3 to 6 inches

Snow in morning, evening
New York, NY

3 to 6 inches

Snow in morning
Rochester, NY

5 to 8 inches

Steady snow develops late
Syracuse, NY

5 to 8 inches

Cloudy with snow
Ohio
Cleveland, OH

4 to 6 inches

Snow to wintry mix
Toledo, OH

10-16 inches
Steady snow later on
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK

6 to 10 inches

Snow in the morning
Tulsa, OK

10 to 15 inches

Snow heavy early
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

No snow

Rain and freezing rain
Punxsutawney, PA

About 1 inch

Wintry mix
Rhode Island
Providence, RI

4 to 6 inches

Snow showers early
Texas
Amarillo, TX

About 1 inch

Windy, snow showers early
Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

2 to 4 inches

Snow accumulates overnight

We just went thru this a week ago --- wound up with 10" and some icing too. So not ready for this....i demand the weathermen tell us summer is here!! Lol

No sign of snow or a storm yet. IT is pretty cold here. I have the heat on and have to wear a coat when I go outside. But so far it's not as bad as people are saying. I live in Las Vegas and so I wonder what the big deal is about the coming winter storm. If I can take it you all can. Toughen up Americans. IT ain't that bad. I have been in worse situations.

Philadelphia & Delaware here. XD

Tomorrow our area is to expect:

Snow, early a.m

Freezing rain after,

Then sleet,
then back to snow.


Then I here we're getting more by the end of this week.
I call it the East-Coast IceAge :P

I keep thinking this year there is going to be a storm that no one will expect.

Thanks for the updates.

In KCK, 14F with -1F windchill. Wind around 26Mph. Light snow accumulation so far - the snow is just starting to pick up a bit.

Here in St Louis we have alot of rain so far. The worst of storm is coming between 6 am this morning and how long after I don't know. We are supposed to get 1/8 to 1 inch of ice and 7 to 10 inches of snow, with 40 mile winds and power outages. They have from what I heard, 500 national guards here ready to do what they do. People are behaving like animals buying up all kinds of food and supplies. I heard this is supposed to be like 1982 snow storm and 2006 ice storm put together. I think the news might be right for a change. Either way I am prepared because I don't want help from the national guards or fema or any gov. related service people. I think this is not a natural thing, I think they have caused this to sell things and other things that I don't care to write...

Las Vegas? LOL, I think you'll be OK... Don't sweat it...

Mopar when you watch the news tomorrow and wednesday think of me freezing my ass off out there! haha

i wish we would get the 20 like they think chicago might get

umm
not good

thanks for the info op...but fema can suck old man winters cock.

I'm in Southwestern lower Michigan, light snow so far..supposed to get 2-4 inches but it's decent right now. Weather channel said 10-15 inches Tuesday night so we'll see how it goes.

it's a white nightmare in cleveburg. looks like 2 inches an hour right now. bitter cold. back to normal. 2000-2009 was abnormally warm in my opinion compared to the '70 and '80's. i'm getting too old for this shit.