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