THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 03 FOR UPPER MIDWEST TO NEW ENGLAND WINTER
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
 
...MAJOR WINTER STORM IS ONGOING ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST...      
 
 
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
 
HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF IOWA.
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM THE DAKOTAS AND NEBRASKA EASTWARD TO NORTHERN MICHIGAN.
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST U.S. FROM
NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA TO MAINE.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 800 AM CST...A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WITH A CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 986 MB...29.12 INCHES...WAS CENTERED OVER SOUTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM THE SURFACE
LOW INTO THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND SOUTHERN PLAINS.
NORTH OF THE LOW PRESSURE AREA AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY...A LARGE AREA
OF SNOW WAS OCCURRING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WAS REPORTED AT
TIMES ACROSS MINNESOTA...WISCONSIN...AND MICHIGAN. AROUND THE AREA
OF LOW PRESSURE...A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WAS GENERATING STRONG
WINDS ACROSS AREAS FROM THE DAKOTAS TO IOWA...WHERE WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 40 MPH WERE OCCURRING AT TIMES. FROM THE SOUTHERN GREAT
LAKES SOUTHWARD...PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING IN THE FORM OF RAIN.
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WERE SEVERE...WERE OCCURRING ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE OHIO AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEYS.       
                                                                   

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

...MICHIGAN...
THOUSAND ISLAND LAKE                 10.0                     
IRON RIVER 5 WSW                      9.0                     
IRON MOUNTAIN                         8.0                     
LAKE LEELANAU                         5.6                     
LAKE CITY 11 N                        5.5                     
GRAYLING 10 S                         5.0                     
MARQUETTE                             2.0                     

...MINNESOTA...
ALEXANDRIA                           12.0                     
RUSH CITY 2.8 NE                     12.0                     
BOWLUS                               11.5                     
BROWNS VALLEY                         8.0                     
MORA                                  8.0                     
BLAINE 0.8 WNW                        7.5                     
KIMBALL                               7.0                     
ANDOVER                               6.5                     
CAMBRIDGE 2 SSW                       6.5                     
LITTLE FALLS 1 N                      6.5                     
MAPLE GROVE                           6.2                     
SAUK RAPIDS                           6.0                     
MINNEAPOLIS                           2.0                     

...NORTH DAKOTA...
DURBIN 5.4 WNW                        8.4                     
HAZELTON 4 NW                         7.2                     
LINTON 5 NW                           7.0                     
LIDGERWOOD                            6.0                     
ELLENDALE                             5.0                     

...NEBRASKA...
VALENTINE                            10.0                     
ATKINSON 3 SW                         6.0                     
CHERRY                                6.0                     
STUART 8 NW                           6.0                     
WOOD LAKE                             5.0                     

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
MILLER                               10.0                     
ROY LAKE STATE PARK                   9.0                     
SISSETON                              8.0                     
IDEAL 3 W                             7.0                     
ROSCOE                                6.7                     
ABERDEEN 1 SE                         6.2                     
WESTPORT 1 NW                         6.0                     
WEBSTER                               5.0                     
MISSION 14 S                          4.0                     
HURON                                 2.5                     

...WISCONSIN...
TRIPOLI                              14.0                     
MEDFORD 4 NW                         13.3                     
LONG LAKE                            12.5                     
PERKINSTOWN 5 E                      12.0                     
BUTTERNUT 5.9 SW                     11.9                     
ATHELSTANE 2 E                       11.0                     
MOUNTAIN                             10.8                     
THREE LAKES                          10.5                     
CHETEK                               10.4                     
BOYCEVILLE 3.3 N                     10.0                     
LADYSMITH 2.8 WNW                    10.0                     
COLFAX                                9.7                     
CRANDON                               9.5                     
MELLEN 18.6 SW                        9.5                     
HAYWARD 9.2 NNE                       8.0                     
BARRON                                7.0                     

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

...MICHIGAN...
IONIA                                 0.10                     
WHITE LAKE                            0.10                     

...MINNESOTA...
WABASHA 3 WNW                         0.20                     

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

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

...MICHIGAN...
FLINT                                 0.20                     
FOSTORIA 3 SE                         0.20                     

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

...COLORADO...
MARSHALL 3 S                          84                     
BOULDER 3 SSW                         77                     
ROCKY FLATS 2 WNW                     74                     

...IOWA...
HARLAN                                56                     
DENISON                               45                     
AMES                                  44                     

...NEBRASKA...
GRAND ISLAND                          54                     
ORD                                   45                     
NORFOLK                               44                     
BEATRICE                              42                     
AURORA                                41                     


THE SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN
TO SLOWLY WEAKEN LATER TODAY AS IT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA. TONIGHT...THE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES
AND APPROACH THE NORTHEAST U.S. ON THURSDAY. 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 FOR SOME AREAS
ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE SNOW AREA. FARTHER TO THE EAST...
SNOW WILL BEGIN ACCUMULATING ACROSS NEW ENGLAND THIS 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 300 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

RYAN




Last Updated: 946 AM EST WED FEB 29 2012