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
300 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...MAJOR WINTER STORM IS ONGOING ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND INTO
NEW ENGLAND...
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 200 PM CST...A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WITH A CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 988 MB...29.18 INCHES...WAS CENTERED OVER SOUTHEASTERN
MINNESOTA. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM THE SURFACE
LOW INTO THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND THE 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 IOWA...MINNESOTA...WISCONSIN...AND
MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS BEGUN TO
FALL AROUND UPSTATE NEW YORK TOWARDS THE COASTAL WATERS OF NEW
ENGLAND. 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 200 PM CST WED FEB 29...
...MICHIGAN...
BESSEMER 1 ENE 13.5
NORWAY 2 SSE 13.0
CARNEY 12.5
BARK RIVER 1 W 12.0
ESCANABA 12.0
IRON MOUNTAIN 6 N 10.6
THOUSAND ISLAND LA 1 SW 10.0
IRON RIVER 5 WSW 9.0
IRON MOUNTAIN 8.0
LAKE LEELANAU 5.6
...MINNESOTA...
ALEXANDRIA 12.0
CARLOS 3 SW 12.0
RUSH CITY 2.8 NE 12.0
BOWLUS 11.5
MILLERVILLE 11.5
CAMBRIDGE 10.5
MORA 10.5
NORTH BRANCH 10.5
HERMANTOWN 9.3 NNE 10.0
KIMBALL 10.0
PRINCETON 3.2 WSW 10.0
ST CLOUD 9.5
DULUTH 2 NE 8.0
MINNEAPOLIS 5 NW 3.1
...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...
GANN VALLEY 16 NW 14.0
TURTON 11.4 W 13.6
SISSETON 3.8 W 12.2
LEMMON 11 S 10.5
MILLER 10.2 NW 10.5
ROY LAKE STATE PARK 9.0
SISSETON 8.0
HOOVER 12 SSE 7.0
IDEAL 3 W 7.0
NEWELL 13 NE 7.0
ROSCOE 6.7
ABERDEEN 1 SE 6.2
WESTPORT 1 NW 6.0
...WISCONSIN...
CRANDON 0.3 N 17.0
BRUCE 13 NNE 15.9
WEBB LAKE 2.2 SW 15.0
CAMERON 2.4 SE 14.0
TRIPOLI 14.0
RICE LAKE 2 S 13.5
MEDFORD 4 NW 13.3
CUMBERLAND 13.0
HAUGEN 13.0
ISLAND LAKE 4 S 12.5
LONG LAKE 12.5
CHETEK 12.0
PERKINSTOWN 5 E 12.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
800 AM CST MON FEB 28 THROUGH 200 PM 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 200 PM 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
CONTINUE TO WEAKEN FROM TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY AS IT MOVES
ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES. TONIGHT... AS
THE STORM MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES IT WILL APPROACH THE
NORTHEAST U.S. ON THURSDAY MORNING. SO FAR...SNOW TOTALS FROM THE
NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES HAVE RANGED FROM 6 TO
18 INCHES WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE
UPPER GREAT LAKES STATES. SNOW HAS STARTED ACCUMULATING ACROSS NEW
ENGLAND AND THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC STATES THIS AFTERNOON WITH
AMOUNTS IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. EXPECT UPWARDS OF A FOOT IN THE
MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE NEW YORK AND INTERIOR OF NEW ENGLAND THROUGH
THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH HEAVY SNOWFALLS POSSIBLE ACROSS COASTAL
SECTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS...NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE. IN
ADDITION...SIGNIFICANT ICING IS POSSIBLE IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE
HEAVY SNOW AREA IN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 900 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.
FANNING/GERHARDT
Last Updated: 407 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012