THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST
WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...WINTER STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ONGOING ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE MIDWEST...   

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM PORTIONS OF NEBRASKA
NORTHEASTWARD TO PARTS OF THE DAKOTAS AND 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 ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS
OF NEW ENGLAND.

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW
YORK...MUCH OF PENNSYLVANIA...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA AND EXTREME WESTERN MARYLAND.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 200 PM CST...AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WITH A CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 989 MB...29.21 INCHES...WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN
IOWA AND MOVING NORTHEASTWARD. 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 LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WITH
OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW NORTH OF THE SURFACE LOW FROM EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE DAKOTAS INTO MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
FARTHER EAST...RAIN WAS FALLING FROM CENTRAL WISCONSIN
SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND THE DEEP SOUTH. THERE
WERE A FEW EMBEDDED POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING OVER THE
MIDWEST. ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING.      

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CST SAT FEB
09 THROUGH 200 PM CST SUN FEB 10...

...MINNESOTA...
LOWRY                                 9.0                    
ERHARD                                8.3                    
BRANDON                               8.0                    
MILLERVILLE                           7.5                    
HILLMAN 7 S                           7.1                    
LEADER 6 E                            7.0                    
SAUK RAPIDS                           7.0                    
FERGUS FALLS                          6.0                    
WILLMAR                               6.0                    
ANNANDALE                             5.0                    
FORT RIPLEY                           5.0                    
SACRED HEART                          5.0                    
LONG PRAIRIE                          4.9                    
ST CLOUD                              4.0                    
BRECKENRIDGE 3 SE                     3.6                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
CAYUGA                                8.5                    
FARGO                                 6.0                    
WAHPETON                              6.0                    
ELLENDALE                             5.0                    
DURBIN 5 WNW                          4.1                    
LIDGERWOOD                            3.5                    

...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                    
CHELSEA 1 S                          11.0                    
TURTON 11.4 W                         9.9                    
ABERDEEN                              9.5                    
WATERTOWN 7.5 NNE                     9.1                    
GRENVILLE 5.6 ENE                     9.0                    
PICKEREL LAKE STATE PARK              9.0                    
BATH 1 N                              8.1                    
SISSETON 10.4 ENE                     8.1                    
HOSMER 11 E                           8.0                    
COLUMBIA                              7.5                    
HECLA                                 7.0                    
MILBANK 2 SSW                         7.0                    
HURON                                 6.0                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CST SAT FEB 09
THROUGH 200 PM CST SUN FEB 10...

...MINNESOTA...
MANKATO                               0.25                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
700 PM CST SAT FEB 09 THROUGH 200 PM CST SUN FEB 10...

...MINNESOTA...
ST JAMES                              0.10                    

...WISCONSIN...
HAMMOND 2 NNW                         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                    
MCCOOK                                51                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
RAPID CITY                            59                    


THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES
BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL TO THE
NORTH AND WEST OF THIS LOW FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST INTO THE WESTERN
GREAT LAKES. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF MINNESOTA...WISCONSIN...AND THE UPPER
PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE. IN
ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE REGION MAKING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS VERY LIKELY. AS THE
STORM MOVES EASTWARD TONIGHT...AREAS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE NORTHEASTERN
STATES TONIGHT AND MONDAY. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE
ON MONDAY ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND AS THE STORM SYSTEM
CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD. 

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 900 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

RYAN




Last Updated: 349 PM EST SUN FEB 10 2013