THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
CAMP SPRINGS, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 05 FOR UPPER MIDWEST TO NEW ENGLAND WINTER
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...MAJOR WINTER STORM IS ONGOING ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND INTO
NEW ENGLAND...
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT FROM EASTERN NEW
YORK INTO NEW ENGLAND.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 800 PM CST...A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WITH A CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 996 MB...29.41 INCHES...WAS CENTERED OVER NORTHEASTERN
WISCONSIN...OR ABOUT 60 MILES NORTH OF GREEN BAY. A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM THE SURFACE LOW INTO THE CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND INTO SOUTH TEXAS. NORTH OF THE LOW
PRESSURE AREA AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY...A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW WAS OCCURRING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WAS REPORTED AT
TIMES ACROSS EASTERN WISCONSIN...MICHIGAN...AND EXTREME EASTERN
IOWA. IN ADDITION...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS BEGUN TO FALL
AROUND UPSTATE NEW YORK TOWARDS THE COASTAL WATERS OF NEW ENGLAND.
THERE ARE ALSO A FEW STATIONS REPORTING MIXED PRECIPITATION IN
SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA. AROUND THE AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE...A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WAS GENERATING STRONG
WINDS ACROSS AREAS FROM WISCONSIN AND INTO ILLINOIS...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 PM CST WED FEB 29...
...CONNECTICUT...
WINSTED 5.5
NEW HARTFORD 5.0
DANBURY 2.4
HAMDEN 2.0
WATERBURY 2.0
...MASSACHUSETTS...
PITTSFIELD 5.0
LANESBOROUGH 4.5
ALFORD 4.0
WINDSOR 3.0
...MICHIGAN...
IRON MOUNTAIN 6 N 16.0
NORWAY 2 SSE 15.5
BESSEMER 1 ENE 13.5
CARNEY 12.5
BARK RIVER 1 W 12.0
ESCANABA 12.0
THOUSAND ISLAND LA 1 SW 10.0
ISHPEMING 7 NNE 9.3
IRON RIVER 5 WSW 9.0
IRON MOUNTAIN 8.0
...NEW YORK...
MEDUSA 6.0
POTTER HOLLOW 6.0
SOUTH BERNE 6.0
WELLS 5.5
WEST SHOKAN 5.2
COBLESKILL 5.0
GALLUPVILLE 5.0
MIDDLEBURGH 5.0
PHOENICIA 5.0
SAUGERTIES 5.0
...VERMONT...
LANDGROVE 4.0
DORSET 3.0
ROCKINGHAM 3.0
WOODFORD 3.0
...WISCONSIN...
MINOCQUA 18.0
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
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
800 AM CST MON FEB 28 THROUGH 800 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 800 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
...ILLINOIS...
ABINGDON 58
WILLARD AIRPORT 58
BISMARCK 3 W 57
CAPITAL AIRPORT 56
DECATUR AIRPORT 56
RANTOUL 1 SE 56
PEORIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 55
TAYLORVILLE 4 WNW 54
OGDEN 52
...INDIANA...
GOSHEN 55
KNOX 51
SOUTH BEND 51
GRISSOM AFB 43
ROCHESTER 40
...MICHIGAN...
CALHOUN 54
KALAMAZOO 47
STURGIS 41
...NEBRASKA...
GRAND ISLAND 54
ORD 45
NORFOLK 44
BEATRICE 42
AURORA 41
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...MINNESOTA...
HINCKLEY 18 E 20.0
ALEXANDRIA 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
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 ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT
ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES STATES. SNOW HAS STARTED ACCUMULATING
ACROSS NEW ENGLAND AND THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC STATES THIS
EVENING WITH AMOUNTS IN THE 2 TO 6 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 300 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.
FANNING
Last Updated: 1000 PM EST WED FEB 29 2012