THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 04 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST
WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013
...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS AND THE MIDWEST...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEBRASKA
NORTHEASTWARD TO PARTS OF THE DAKOTAS AND WESTERN MINNESOTA.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND THE UPPER
MIDWEST.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION AND MUCH OF THE
NORTHEAST.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 200 AM CST...THE CENTER OF A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH A
MINIMUM PRESSURE OF 990 MB...29.23 INCHES...WAS MOVING
EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN TOWARDS UPPER
MICHIGAN. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM THE SURFACE
LOW INTO THE MID AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED AN AREA
OF MAINLY LIGHT SNOW FROM ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE DAKOTAS
INTO NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. FARTHER
EAST...SCATTERED AREAS OF RAIN WERE OBSERVED FROM CENTRAL
WISCONSIN SOUTHEASTWARD INTO EASTERN OHIO. MEANWHILE...WIDESPREAD
RAIN...AS WELL AS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CONTINUED TO
IMPACT THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND THE DEEP SOUTH.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CST SAT FEB
09 THROUGH 200 AM CST MON FEB 11...
...MICHIGAN...
LAC LA BELLE 3.0
MOHAWK 3.0
...MINNESOTA...
PELICAN RAPIDS 6 NNW 13.0
DONNELLY 3 W 12.0
GLENWOOD 12.0
KENT 12.0
BARNESVILLE 5 NE 11.5
FERGUS FALLS 11.0
LEADER 6 E 11.0
GRANITE FALLS 10.0
MOTLEY 10.0
GRAND RAPIDS 7 SE 9.0
LOWRY 9.0
ST AUGUSTA 8.5
BRAINERD 7 NW 8.4
ERHARD 8.3
BIGFORK 8.1
SAUK RAPIDS 8.0
TWO HARBORS 8.0
CHISOLM 7.5
DULUTH 6.8
ST CLOUD 6.5
MINNEAPOLIS 1.8
...NORTH DAKOTA...
COLFAX 14.5
CAYUGA 13.5
LIDGERWOOD 12.5
WEST FARGO 10.5
OAKES 10.0
ELLENDALE 8.0
EDGELEY 3 WNW 6.0
JAMESTOWN 6.0
WAHPETON 6.0
LA MOURE 5.0
DURBIN 5 WNW 4.1
...NEBRASKA...
STAPLETON 15 NW 10.0
LONG PINE 15.7 ESE 8.2
BIG SPRINGS 4 W 8.0
CHAPPELL 8.0
CHAMBERS 2 W 7.0
OSHKOSH 10 NE 7.0
ARTHUR 0.1 S 6.0
ELSMERE 9 ENE 6.0
BREWSTER 5.0
BASSETT 4.5
NORTH PLATTE 3 ENE 4.1
ANSELMO 2 SE 4.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
WEBSTER 9 NW 16.5
SISSETON 12.0
VICTOR 4 NNE 12.0
ABERDEEN 11.5
CHELSEA 1 S 11.0
TURTON 11.4 W 9.9
MITCHELL 9.2
WATERTOWN 7.5 NNE 9.1
GRENVILLE 5.6 ENE 9.0
PICKEREL LAKE STATE PARK 9.0
ROSCOE 8.6
BATH 1 N 8.1
SISSETON 10.4 ENE 8.1
HOSMER 11 E 8.0
HURON 8.0
COLUMBIA 7.5
HECLA 7.0
MILBANK 2 SSW 7.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CST SAT FEB 09
THROUGH 200 AM CST MON FEB 11...
...MINNESOTA...
MANKATO 0.25
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
700 PM CST SAT FEB 09 THROUGH 200 AM CST MON FEB 11...
...MICHIGAN...
NEGAUNEE 3 NE 0.10
...MINNESOTA...
ST JAMES 0.10
...WISCONSIN...
HAMMOND 2 NNW 0.10
TOMAHAWK 2 N 0.10
WHITE LAKE 0.10
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...KANSAS...
ATWOOD 53
OBERLIN 53
GOODLAND 51
GOVE 51
NORTON 51
...NEBRASKA...
THEDFORD 57
BROKEN BOW 54
LEXINGTON ARPT 52
ORD ARPT 52
MCCOOK 51
NORTH PLATTE 51
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
RAPID CITY 59
THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
EAST-NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THIS MORNING AND
BEGINS TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO CANADA BY THIS EVENING. LIGHT
TO MODERATE SNOW TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO
TAPER OFF GARDUALLY FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND
INTO THE GREAT LAKES TODAY. ALTHOUGH THE STORM WILL BEGIN TO
WEAKEN TODAY...GUSTY WINDS ARE STRONG ENOUGH INITIALLY TO CREATE
SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED IN
THE UPPER MIDWEST AND THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE DAKOTAS. AS THE
STORM MOVES EASTWARD INTO CANADA TONIGHT...AREAS OF SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE
NORTHEASTERN STATES. IN ADDITION...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE TODAY OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
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.
KONG
Last Updated: 357 AM EST MON FEB 11 2013