THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 03 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST
WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
900 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 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 800 PM CST...AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WITH A CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 990 MB...29.23 INCHES...WAS LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES
SOUTH OF MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA 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 NORTHERN
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 SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING
OVER THE MIDWEST. ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND
DEEP SOUTH...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CST SAT FEB
09 THROUGH 800 PM CST SUN FEB 10...
...MICHIGAN...
LAC LA BELLE 3.0
MOHAWK 3.0
...MINNESOTA...
PELICAN RAPIDS 6 NNW 13.0
DONNELLY 3 W 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 800 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 800 PM CST SUN FEB 10...
...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
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 300 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.
RYAN
Last Updated: 946 PM EST SUN FEB 10 2013