THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 06 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS TO MID-ATLANTIC WINTER
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 PM CST TUE MAR 05 2013
...SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND WILL SPREAD
EASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES AND OHIO RIVER VALLEY
TODAY...
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 200 PM CST...THE MAIN SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
1004 MB...29.65 INCHES...WAS CENTERED JUST NORTH OF BOWLING GREEN,
KENTUCKY. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDED NORTHWARD FROM THE
SURFACE LOW INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. FROM THE MAIN SURFACE LOW...A
COLD FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWARD DOWN TO THE GULF COAST IN LOUISIANA
AND THEN TOWARD BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. A STATIONARY BOUNDARY ALSO
EXTENDED EASTWARD FROM THE LOW...ACROSS SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND
INTO NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS
AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW FROM MINNESOTA SOUTHWARD TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND
EASTWARD INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY REGION. LIGHTER SNOW
WAS STILL FALLING IN THE DAKOTAS. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS
FALLING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IS PUSHING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CST SUN MAR
03 THROUGH 200 PM CST TUE MAR 05...
...IOWA...
NEW HAMPTON 8.6
MCGREGOR 4 W 7.0
CLERMONT 6.5
SAINT ANSGAR 6.5
FORT MADISON 2 NE 5.4
SARATOGA 7 W 5.3
LAKE MILLS 5.0
TRIPOLI 4.7
MUSCATINE 1 ESE 4.5
CEDAR RAPIDS 5 NNE 4.0
FOREST CITY 2 NNE 4.0
MOUNT UNION SE 4.0
WASHINGTON 4.0
...ILLINOIS...
MORRISON 1 WNW 6.5
JOLIET 6.1
ROCKFORD 5.8
STERLING 5.5
STOCKTON 3 NNE 5.2
GALENA 5.0
ADDISON 5 NNE 4.7
AURORA 4.5
FREEPORT 4.5
ALSIP 3 NW 4.0
YORKVILLE 4.0
MIDWAY AIRPORT 3 SW 2.6
OHARE AIRPORT 2.2
...MINNESOTA...
MINNESOTA CITY 11.7
LAKE CITY 1 SE 11.5
SPRING VALLEY 3 E 10.6
KELLIHER 10.0
RED WING 9.4
STEWARTVILLE 9.3
SQUAW LAKE 9.0
STACY 9.0
WASKISH 9.0
FOUNTAIN 2 W 8.5
GONVICK 8.5
FARIBAULT 8.0
KIMBALL 3 N 8.0
ROCHESTER 3 NE 7.5
ST JAMES 7.5
MINNEAPOLIS 2 NE 7.1
...NORTH DAKOTA...
LANGDON 15.0
STARKWEATHER 13.0
DEVILS LAKE 12.0
LANSFORD 5 W 12.0
LARIMORE 12.0
SARLES 3 N 12.0
WARWICK 12.0
CAVALIER 12 NW 11.0
GILBY 2 E 10.0
MADDOCK 10 SW 10.0
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE 10.0
LANSFORD 9.8
HARVEY 9.5
MAYVILLE 2 N 8.0
GRAND FORKS 7.1
BISMARCK 1.5
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
WHITEWOOD 4.2 NNW 4.2
...WISCONSIN...
ARCADIA 7.3
ALMA 7.0
STOCKHOLM 3.0 NE 6.5
NWS LA CROSSE 6.1
WYALUSING 6.0
MADISON 6 SW 5.5
WHITEWATER 2 S 5.5
EDGERTON 5.2
AMERY 6.5 NNW 5.0
BLUE MOUNDS 5 N 5.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
700 AM CST SUN MAR 03 THROUGH 200 PM CST TUE MAR 05...
...MINNESOTA...
PIPESTONE 0.18
PETERSON 0.07
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...MONTANA...
ROCKY BOY 24.0
NEIHART 21 W 18.0
BABB 19 W 12.0
CULBERTSON 2 S 11.0
BELT 6 SSW 10.0
BAINVILLE 8.3
BLOOMFIELD 13 NE 8.0
GARNEILL 12 ENE 8.0
LARSLAN 9 NNW 8.0
NOHLY 17 WSW 7.0
BROCKTON 16 N 6.0
LUSTRE 7 WNW 6.0
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY WILL MOVE
EASTWARD THROUGH THIS REGION TODAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WITH
AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW...WILL SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY AND SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES FOR THIS EVENING. ANOTHER WAVE OF
LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT TONIGHT AROUND THE NORTH
CAROLINA-VIRGINIA BORDER AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD OFF THE
MID-ATLANTIC COAST BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MID-ATLANTIC STATES TONIGHT AND EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
MID-ATLANTIC DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...UPWARDS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM
PORTIONS OF THE MIDWEST AND INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. WEDNESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...10 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR MID-ATLANTIC...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 20 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WEST
VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA. CLOSER TO THE I-95 CORRIDOR...4-8 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE. ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL
IN THE FORM OF RAIN...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 900 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
KREKELER
Last Updated: 348 PM EST TUE MAR 05 2013