Winter Storm Jonas: Top Snowfall Totals, Storm Updates
Jan 24 2016
Winter Storm Jonas has moved out to sea, putting an end to the heavy snow that impacted the East Coast as well as parts of the South and Ohio Valley.
At least fourteen people have died in the storm, which has dumped more than 30 inches of snow on parts of five states and brought wind gusts as high as 85 mph along the Atlantic coast. Several major cities reported over 2 feet of snow and many all-time snowfall records have been broken.
Below is a roundup of top reported snow and ice totals and high wind gusts associated with Winter Storm Jonas. Farther down, there is a minute-by-minute breakdown of the storm.
Reported Snow and Ice Accumulations
Here are the top snow and ice totals by state reported as of 2:14 a.m. Sunday, with the highest snow totals listed first:
Mid-Atlantic and Northeast (Friday-Saturday)
West Virginia: 40 inches of snow in Glengary, in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia.
Virginia: 39 inches in Philomont, about 25 miles northwest of Washington, D.C.
Maryland: 38 inches in Redhouse, in western Maryland. Redhouse is 150 miles west of Baltimore.
New York: 30.5 inches at JFK Airport in New York City.
Pennsylvania: 35.5 inches at Somerset, about 25 miles southwest of Altoona.
New Jersey: 29.6 inches at Whitehouse, in Readington Township in the northern part of the state.
Connecticut: 16 inches at Greenwich, near the New York border in far southwestern Connecticut.
Delaware: 15.5 inches at Woodside in Kent County.
Rhode Island: 15.5 inches at Westerly, in the southwestern corner of the state.
Massachusetts: 14.5 inches at West Harwich on Cape Cod.
South and Ohio Valley (Friday-Early Saturday)
Kentucky: 22 inches near Booneville in eastern Kentucky; 12.2 inches of snow and 0.30 inch of ice in Bowling Green; 2 inch per hour snowfall rates in Jackson with a storm total of 16.2 inches
North Carolina: 19 inches near Old Fort. Also 0.65 inches of ice glaze near Selma.
Ohio: 17 inches in Graysville, in southeast Ohio, about 80 miles southwest of Pittsburgh.
Tennessee: 14 inches in Jamestown. Nashville reported thundersnow during the day Friday with a storm total of 8 inches.
Arkansas: 8 inches near Sherwood, Cabot and Jacksonville.
Georgia: 7.5 inches at Dillard in Rabun County of far northeast Georgia.
South Carolina: 7.5 inches of snow in Inman; 1/2 inch of ice glaze in Fort Mill. Both are close to the North Carolina border.
Illinois: 5.5 inches at Shawneetown, in the southeastern parts of the state near the Ohio River.
Indiana: 5 inches in Floyds Knobs, just over the Ohio River from Louisville.
Alabama: 3.5 inches near Harvest, just to the northwest of Huntsville.
Louisiana: 2.5 inches in Haynesville, near the Arkansas border.
Mississippi: 2 inches in Oxford and Myrtle, both in northern Mississippi.