Mid-December 2007 North American winter storms

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Mid-December 2007 North American winter storms
Ice on a tree in Kansas City
Meteorological history
FormedDecember 8, 2007
DissipatedDecember 18, 2007
Winter storm
Lowest pressure974 millibars (28.8 inHg)
Maximum snowfall or ice accretion24 inches (61 cm) of snow (Northern Park City, Utah), 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) of ice (Pittsburg, Kansas)
Tornado outbreak
Tornadoes9
Maximum ratingEF2 tornado
Overall effects
FatalitiesAt least 64, including 38 from ice storm and 1 from tornadoes
DamageUnknown, $3.16 million in tornado outbreak
Areas affectedCentral and Eastern North America

Part of the winter storms of 2007–08

The Mid-December 2007 North American winter storms were a series of two winter storms that affected much of central and eastern North America, from December 8 to 18, 2007. The systems affected areas from Oklahoma to Newfoundland and Labrador with freezing rain, thunderstorms, sleet, snow, damaging winds, and blizzard-like conditions in various areas. The first two storms produced copious amounts of ice across the Midwestern United States and Great Plains from December 8 to 11, knocking out power to approximately 1.5 million customers from Oklahoma north to Iowa. The second storm moved northeast, producing heavy snow across New York and New England. A third storm was responsible for a major winter storm from Kansas to the Canadian Maritimes, bringing locally record-breaking snowfalls to Ontario, an icestorm across the Appalachians, and thunderstorms and 9 tornadoes to the Southeastern United States.

The ice storms were responsible for at least 22 deaths across three states. At least 25 additional deaths were blamed on the December 15–16 Midwest and Eastern snowstorm, and its aftermath across six US States and three Canadian provinces; 1 additional death was caused by the severe weather outbreak in the Southeast.