The December 17–22, 2012 North American blizzard[8][9][10] was a winter storm that affected the Midwestern and Eastern United States.

[5] Forming on December 17, the winter storm moved across the midwest, forcing schools to close throughout the region.

[3] Numerous warnings and advisories had been posted by the National Weather Service for many states, including Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, and Wisconsin.

However, the system became occluded, and as such moved quickly to the northeast, where it weakened and subsequently dissipated over southern Ontario late on December 21.

In addition, dust from drought stricken areas was carried aloft into the storm system, falling to the ground and thus coating cars in mud.

The tornado was rated as an EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita scale,[17] after damaging various trees, homes, and blowing roofs off of structures.

[19] A second EF1 tornado was reported 2 mi (3.2 km) west of Sheridan, Arkansas the following day, destroying a mobile home.