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Winter Storm Decima a Cross-Country Snow and Ice Storm (RECAP)
Winter Storm Decima a Cross-Country Snow and Ice Storm (RECAP)
Jan 17, 2024 3:31 PM

At a Glance

Decima brought snow and ice from the Northwest to the East Coast over a five-day period.The wintry mess caused travel problems from coast-to-coast.

Winter Storm Decima – pronounced DEH-si-mah – brought snow and ice from the Northwest to the Rockies, Plains, Midwest and East Dec. 14-18, 2016.

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Storm Recap

West

Decima delivered an ice storm to parts of Oregon's Willamette Valley, Dec. 14. Up to 0.88 inches of accumulated ice lead to widespread tree damage, downed power lines and even some trees down on homes in Eugene.

Farther north, light snow lead to a mess on the roads for the second week in a row in the Portland, Oregon, metro area late Dec. 14

On Dec. 15, Decimaproducednear the California and Nevada border. A semi-truck was blown over by the high winds near Washoe City, Nevada.

Below are some of the top snow and ice reports from Decima in the West.

Snow Reports

California:Kirkwood: 18 inches; Squaw Valley: 6 inchesColorado:Skyway: 33 inches; Mount Crested Butte: 23.5 inches; Breckenridge: 16.2 inchesIdaho:Ketchum: 35.4 inches; Mackay: 29.9 inches; Galena: 14.0 inches; Salmon: 7 inchesMontana:West Yellowstone: 33.6 inches; Big Timber: 19 inches; 13 inches near Stevensville; 11 inches in BillingsNevada:Near Kings River Valley: 9 inchesNew Mexico:Canon Plaza: 16 inches; Arroyo Seco: 14 inchesOregon:Near La Pine: 21 inches; Bend: 17 inches; Salem: up to 5 inches;Portland (NWS office): 2.3 inchesUtah:Brighton Crest: 33.0 inches; Garden City: 20.8 inches; Powder Mountain: 9.0 inchesWashington:Goldendale: up to 7 inches; Walla Walla: up to 5 inches;Yakima: 3 inchesWyoming:Driggs: 24.3 inches: Blind Bull Summit: 20 inches; Torington: 12 inches

Ice Reports

Springfield, Oregon: 0.88 inchesEugene, Oregon: 0.80 inches

Midwest

Decima's snow and ice then spread through the Midwest late Dec. 15 into Dec. 17. on roads throughout the region.

Below are some of the top snow and ice reports from Decima in the Plains and Midwest.

Illinois:Near Nora: 4.6 inchesIndiana:Jimtown: 3 inchesIowa:Ringsted: 9.0 inches; Lester: 7.3 inches; Superior: 7.0 inchesMichigan:Near Negaunee: 14 inchesMinnesota:Jackson: 10.0 inchesMissouri:Trenton: 4.3 inchesNebraska:Harrison: 9.0 inchesOhio:Orwell: 6.0 inchesOklahoma:Beaver: 1.5 inchesSouth Dakota:Murdo: 10.0 inchesWisconsin:Sturgeon Bay: 13.0 inches; Milwaukee: 7.2 inches

Ice Reports

Wakeman, Ohio: 0.50 inchesAlpine, Indiana: 0.12 inchesEmporia, Kansas: 0.06 inchesNumerous accidents in Indianapolis with 0.02 inchesLight ice accumulations were reported across central Missouri.

East

A deadly accident, likely due to icy roads, occurred the morning of Dec. 17 on I-95 northbound near Baltimore after a tanker truck fell off an Interstate 95 bridge and exploded. Both sides of the interstate were shut down due to this 55-car pileup.

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Here are some select snow and ice reports from Decima in the East.

Snow Reports

Connecticut: Winsted: 8.3 inches;Norfolk: 8.0 inches; Weatogue: 7.3 inchesMaine: South Paris: 8 inches; Bangor: 6.0 inchesMassachusetts: Plainfield: 8.2 inches;Hardwick: 8.0 inches; Southwick: 7.8 inches; Boston (Logan): 4.3 inchesNew Hampshire: Waterville Valley: 9 inches; Peterborough: 7.0 inches; Nashua: 6.0 inchesNew Jersey: Montague: 5.0 inchesNew York: Cheektowaga: 8 inches; NYC - Central Park: 2.8 inchesPennsylvania: Leonard Harrison: 3.5 inchesRhode Island: Burrilville: 5.0 inchesVermont: Harmonyville: 6.5 inches

Ice Reports

Hidden Valley, Pennsylvania:0.40 inchesHedgesville, West Virginia:0.30 inchesMoon Township, Pennsylvania:0.30 inchesAshburn, Virginia:0.13 inchesMiddletown, New Jersey:0.10 inchesDulles International Airport, Virginia:0.10 inchesNew York City:0.08 inchesRocky Mount-Wilson Airport, North Carolina:0.03 inches

PHOTOS: Winter Storm Decima (December 2016)

Tow trucks remove wrecked vehicles after a series of accidents on Interstate 95 in Baltimore, Md., on Saturday morning, Dec. 17, 2016, following an overnight ice storm. (Karl Merton Ferron/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

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