STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR UPPER MIDWEST EASTWARD TO NEW ENGLAND
WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
 
...MAJOR WINTER STORM IS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST...
 
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE DAKOTAS..WHILE
WINTER STORM WARNINGS EXTEND FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS EASTWARD
INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. 
SURROUNDING THIS AREA IS A REGION OF WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES.
 
WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FROM EASTERN NEW YORK INTO MUCH
OF NEW ENGLAND FOR ANTICIPATION OF THIS STORM TRACKING INTO THE
NORTHEAST.  TO THE SOUTH... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN
ISSUED.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 200 AM CST...A 989 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER...OR 29.21
INCHES...WAS NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA-IOWA BORDER...ABOUT 50 MILES
SOUTH OF SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA.  A COLD FRONT EXTENDS SOUTHWARD
TRHOUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EASTWARD
ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED AREAS OF
MODERATE SNOW NORTHWEST OF THE LOW FROM CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA...NORTHEASTWARD INTO MINNESOTA AND THEN EASTWARD INTO THE
NORTHERN GREAT LAKES.  A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WAS
FALLING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA EASTWARD INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.
 SOUTH OF THIS SYSTEM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
THROUGH PARTS OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS WHERE
TORNADO WATCHS WERE IN EFFECT.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM CST MON FEB
28 THROUGH 200 AM CST WED FEB 29...

...MINNESOTA...
MORA                                  5.0                     
DEERWOOD                              4.0                     
WADENA                                1.7                     

...NEBRASKA...
CHERRY                                6.0                     
VALENTINE                             6.0                     

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
SISSETON                              8.0                     
WEBSTER                               5.0                     
MISSION 14 S                          4.0                     
HURON                                 2.5                     
MILLER                                2.5                     

...WISCONSIN...
CRANDON                               6.2                     
RHINELANDER 7 NW                      5.0                     
WHITE LAKE                            5.0                     
LAKE TOMAHAWK                         2.0                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
800 AM CST MON FEB 28 THROUGH 200 AM CST WED FEB 29...

...MINNESOTA...
WABASHA 3 WNW                         0.20                     

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
ARDMORE 1 NNW                         0.10                     

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...

...WYOMING...
LARAMIE                               63                     
PUMPKIN VINE                          57                     


THE SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN
TO WEAKEN LATER THIS MORNING AS IT MOVES INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. 
LATER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT..THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO
WEAKEN AS IT PUSHES THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES AND INTO THE
NORTHEAST. THROUGHOUT THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS SNOW TOTALS FROM THE
NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 14
INCHES WITH ISOLATED POCKETS OF HIGHER AMOUNTS.  SIGNIFICANT ICING
IS POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. 
FARTHER TO THE EAST...SNOW WILL BEGIN ACCUMULATING ACROSS NEW
ENGLAND ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH AMOUNTS APPROACHING A FOOT
FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK TO INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND.  IN ADDITION,
SIGNIFICANT ICING IS POSSIBLE IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW
AREA.  

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 900 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

TERRY