THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 05 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST
WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
900 AM CST MON FEB 11 2013
...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS AND THE MIDWEST...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME EASTERN PORTIONS OF
THE DAKOTAS AND WESTERN MINNESOTA.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR AREAS FROM NORTH DAKOTA EASTWARD INTO WISCONSIN.
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 AM CST...THE CENTER OF A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH A
MINIMUM PRESSURE OF 990 MB...29.23 INCHES...WAS LOCATED OVER
EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR AND MOVING EAST NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD
ONTARIO. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED SOUTHEASTWARD FROM THE
SURFACE LOW INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND THE DEEP SOUTH.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED
LIGHT SNOW WAS FALLING FROM THE EASTERN DAKOTAS EASTWARD TO PARTS
OF MICHIGAN. FARTHER EAST...A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW
WAS FALLING ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN U.S.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CST SAT FEB
09 THROUGH 800 AM CST MON FEB 11...
...MICHIGAN...
CALUMET 4 NE 5.0
PAULDING 4.0
FREDA 3.5
WINONA 2 E 3.5
LAC LA BELLE 3.0
MOHAWK 3.0
...MINNESOTA...
BATTLE LAKE 2 S 17.0
PELICAN RAPIDS 6.3 NNW 14.5
CARLOS 3 SW 13.0
PELICAN RAPIDS 6 NNW 13.0
DONNELLY 3 W 12.0
GLENWOOD 12.0
KENT 12.0
DEER CREEK 2 WSW 11.7
BARNESVILLE 5 NE 11.5
FERGUS FALLS 11.0
LEADER 6 E 11.0
BENSON 1 SSE 10.5
SILVER BAY 10.5
GRANITE FALLS 10.0
MOTLEY 10.0
KABETOGAMA 2 SSW 9.6
SWANVILLE 1 SSW 9.5
GRAND RAPIDS 7 SE 9.0
LOWRY 9.0
CHISOLM 8.6
HIBBING 8.5
INTERNATIONAL FALLS 6.4
DULUTH 6.2
MINNEAPOLIS 2.2
...NORTH DAKOTA...
COLFAX 14.5
CAYUGA 13.5
LIDGERWOOD 12.5
WEST FARGO 10.5
OAKES 10.0
LA MOURE 8.6
ELLENDALE 8.0
EDGELEY 3 WNW 6.0
JAMESTOWN 6.0
WAHPETON 6.0
VALLEY CITY 2 NW 4.5
DURBIN 5 WNW 4.1
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
ABERDEEN 1 NNE 20.8
WEBSTER 9 NW 16.5
SISSETON 12.0
VICTOR 4 NNE 12.0
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
...WISCONSIN...
BUTTERNUT 7.0
CORNUCOPIA 6.5
ASHLAND 0.5 WNW 5.3
MELLEN 18.6 SW 5.0
ODANAH 1.6 E 5.0
BAYFIELD 8.8 N 4.6
HAYWARD 9.2 NNE 4.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CST SAT FEB 09
THROUGH 800 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 800 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...
...IOWA...
JULIEN 2 SSE 53
LE MARS 3 NNW 53
...ILLINOIS...
MONMOUTH 1 WSW 56
...KANSAS...
ATWOOD 53
OBERLIN 53
GOODLAND 51
GOVE 51
NORTON 51
...NEBRASKA...
THEDFORD 57
BROKEN BOW 54
LEXINGTON ARPT 52
ORD ARPT 52
GREGORY 1 ESE 51
MCCOOK 51
NORTH PLATTE 51
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
RAPID CITY 59
BERESFORD 11 S 57
WESSINGTON SPRINGS 2 ESE 56
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...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
THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST
NORTHEASTWARD INTO EASTERN ONTARIO BY THIS EVENING. LIGHT TO
MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THE GREAT LAKES TODAY.
ALTHOUGH THE STORM WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN TODAY...GUSTY WINDS ARE
STRONG ENOUGH INITIALLY TO CREATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE
SNOW. IN ADDITION...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY
OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE
EASTWARD.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST STORM SUMMARY ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER FOR THIS EVENT. PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.
RYAN
Last Updated: 945 AM EST MON FEB 11 2013