© NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar Orbiting Partnership via Stephen A.Wood/Maxar
This satellite image captured February 16, 2021, shows snow cover in the lighter white areas across the US. You can also see clouds in the brighter white areas above north-central Texas and up the Gulf Coast up toward Tennessee.
A large winter storm impacted a large portion of the United States over the Valentine's Day holiday and through Monday.
The storm impacted areas in Texas-Louisiana-Oklahoma all the way through Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, and up through Illinois-Ohio-Indiana. Even areas on the upper east coast all saw snow from this same system.
Because of the snow and ice, as of Tuesday morning,
over 4 million people in Texas are still without power after this powerful storm and many are having to conserve power.
Here's a look at some of the highest snowfall reports from February 14-15. Areas near Lake Michigan, like Chicago, Milwaukee, and the northwest corner of Indiana dealt with very impactful lake-effect snow bands that caused some of these high totals.
