Storm Summary Number 2 for Early April Midwest Winter Storm
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
1000 AM CDT Fri Apr 03 2026

...The first of two late-season winter storms is winding down
across the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes as a second system
looms...

Winter Weather Advisories are in effect for portions of the
northern Plains and Great Lakes.

Winter Storm Warnings are in effect for the southeastern Montana,
northeastern Wyoming, North and South Dakota, and northern
Minnesota.

Ice Storm Warnings are in effect for northern Wisconsin and the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
and advisories, please see www.weather.gov

At 900 AM CDT...GOES-19 satellite imagery and surface analysis
this morning depict the first low pressure system, centered at
1004 mb, departing northern Lake Michigan and tracking towards the
northeast. This system is in the process of exiting the Upper
Midwest, with its associated cold front now dragging across the
central Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. NWS Doppler radar shows a
final band of light to moderate precipitation across the central
and eastern Upper Peninsula, while light snow and freezing drizzle
linger across northern Minnesota.

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches where the
event has ended...

...MINNESOTA...
THIEF RIVER FALLS                     8.0                    
FINLAND 3 SE                          7.9                    
LIBBY 5 SSE                           7.8                    
FOND DU LAC 2 NNE                     7.7                    
DUQETTE 3 NW                          7.4                    
HOLYOKE 3 ENE                         7.3                    
DAYS HIGH LANDING                     7.0                    
JACOBSON 2 E                          7.0                    
LESTER PARK 3 N                       6.7                    
COHASSET 5 NE                         6.6                    
COLERAINE 3 SSE                       6.5                    
PARK RAPIDS                           6.5                    
COLERAINE                             6.4                    
CLOQUET 2 NE                          6.3                    
LIBBY 3 ESE                           6.3                    
DULUTH 2 ESE                          6.2                    
SILICA 2 WSW                          6.2                    
COPPPER MOUNTAIN 1 SSW                6.0                    
RICHMOND 0.1 S                        5.0                    
HACKENSACK 7 WNW                      3.2                    
MCGRATH 4.3 SE                        3.0                    
COHASSET 7.4 S                        2.9                    
BRAINERD 11.5 E                       2.5                    
DULUTH 7.9 SW                         2.5                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
GRAND FORKS 3 SSE                     4.5                    
GRAND FORKS 1 NNW                     4.0                    
YPSILTANI                             4.0                    
FARGO 2 S                             3.5                    
WEST FARGO                            3.5                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
ELM SPRINGS 5 ESE                     5.0                    
ROSCOE 1 W                            4.7                    
LEMMON                                4.5                    
SORUM 9 SSE                           4.0                    
WESSINGTON 2 SSE                      3.5                    

...WISCONSIN...
MAPLE 1 WSW                           5.9                    
MAPLE 1 ENE                           5.3                    
HAWTHORNE 1 SSE                       4.9                    
BRULE                                 4.4                    
SOLON SPRINGS                         4.3                    
SOLON SPRINGS 1 W                     4.2                    
SUPERIOR 7 E                          4.2                    
MOQUAH 2 N                            4.0                    
RED CLIFF 4 WNW                       4.0                    
CORNUCOPIA 3 S                        3.5                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Sleet amounts in inches where
the event has ended...

...WISCONSIN...
CONOVER 6 NW                         1.00                    
SPREAD EAGLE 1 NNW                   1.00                    
WAUSAU 1 SSE                         0.70                    
RHINELANDER 1 S                      0.60                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Freezing Rain ice amounts in
inches where the event has ended...

...MICHIGAN...
ELMIRA 5 ENE                         0.28                    
GAYLORD 1 SSW                        0.28                    
CATHRO 6 S                           0.21                    

...WISCONSIN...
KNOWLTON 7 E                         0.50                    
POLONIA 2 SE                         0.50                    
PLOVER 1 SSW                         0.40                    
NEW LONDON 3 NNE                     0.36                    
PALONIA 2 NE                         0.31                    
SHERIDAN 3 S                         0.31                    
WAUTOMA 1 SW                         0.31                    
DORCHESTER 2 N                       0.30                    
WAUTOMA                              0.30                    
ELMIRA 5 ENE                         0.28                    
CLINTONSVILLE                        0.25                    
HOWARD 2 W                           0.25                    
LITTLE CHUTE 1 NW                    0.25                    
ONEIDA 3 S                           0.25                    
PITTSVILLE 1 S                       0.25                    
SHAWANO                              0.25                    


Precipitation from this initial system is expected to taper off
from southwest to northeast through early afternoon as the surface
low enters eastern Ontario and western Quebec. However, this break
and weather will be brief. A second, stronger low pressure system
is already developing over the central Rockies and is expected to
eject into the southern Plains before precipitation overspreads
across the northern Plains and Midwest later today.

This will be the last Storm Summary issued by the Weather
Prediction Center for this event. Please refer to your local
National Weather service office for additional information.

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