March 10, 2022 - Snow in the Midwestern United States

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The first weekend of the Northern Hemisphere’s climatological spring
carried a wallop in the Midwestern United States in early March 2022. A
severe winter storm dumped rain, sleet, and snow across most of the
Midwest and brought violent weather to parts of Iowa, Indiana,
Wisconsin, and Ohio from March 4-7. As many as 13 tornadoes touched
down in Iowa on March 5, including an EF-4 tornado that left at least 7
dead as it ripped through Madison, Warren, Polk, and Jasper Counties.
Two additional EF-1 tornadoes, one in Wisconsin and one in Illinois
also occurred on that date. On March 6-7, the storm also triggered two
tornadoes in Indiana, two in Ohio, and four in Arkansas. A second
winter storm followed closely behind, laying additional snow across the
Midwest.

On March 7, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of
the US Midwest blanketed with swaths of snow. The states seen along the
western (left) tier are North Dakota, Nebraska, and part of northern
Kansas. To the east, parts of Michigan and Wisconsin are seen in the
north, with Iowa center and northern Missouri to the south.

Image Facts
Satellite: Terra
Date Acquired: 3/7/2022
Resolutions: 1km (149.9 KB), 500m (598.9 KB), 250m (2 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-03-10

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