The Weather Prediction Center
College Park, MD
Storm Summary Message
Storm Summary Number 4 for North-Central U.S. to New England
Winter Storm
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
1000 AM EST Sat Jan 18 2020
...Snow and freezing rain move eastward into the Great Lakes and
northern Mid-Atlantic with rain extending from Texas to the Ohio
Valley...
Blizzard Warnings are in effect for the eastern Dakotas, western
Minnesota, and northwest Iowa.
Winter Storm Warnings are in effect for eastern Minnesota and
Iowa, western Wisconsin, northwest Illinois, and the western
portion of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, southeast Michigan,
north central New York, southern Vermont, western Connecticut, and
northern and western Massachusetts.
Winter Weather Advisories are in effect for central North Dakota,
much of Michigan and eastern Wisconsin, northern Ohio, the
northern Mid-Atlantic, and northern New England.
Lakeshore Flood Warnings are in effect for western Michigan.
For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
and advisories, please see www.weather.gov
At 900 AM EST...A large winter storm is continuing to get better
organized as a surface low pressure system with a minimum pressure
of 1005 millibars, or 29.67 inches of mercury, was located over
central Wisconsin. Regional Doppler radars continue to show
scattered showers and thunderstorms from east Texas to the
Mid-South. A zone of freezing rain and sleet is observed ongoing
across southern Michigan, northwest Ohio, eastern Pennsylvania and
into the central Appalachians. Snow is falling across parts of the
northern Plains, Upper Great Lakes and the northern Mid-Atlantic.
Strong winds continue across the Plains with blizzard conditions
ongoing across the eastern Dakotas.
...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 1200
AM EST Thu Jan 16 through 900 AM EST Sat Jan 18...
...INDIANA...
LAGRANGE 3.0
SALEM CENTER 1 E 3.0
...IOWA...
ALGONA 0.7 SE 7.0
JOHNSTON 3.7 NNW 6.2
ANKENY 3.7 NNE 6.0
SPENCER 1 N 5.6
MAPLETON 5.0
POCAHONTAS 5.0
HUXLEY 4.9
EAST PERU 5 WSW 4.8
DENISON 4.5
URBANDALE 4.3
AMES 3.5
DES MOINES 2.5
...MICHIGAN...
MONROE 8.2
ADA 1.8 W 7.7
PORTLAND 7.0
MANCELONA 0.5 ESE 6.8
MIDDLEVILLE 6.5
ANN ARBOR 6.1
GAYLORD 4.1 S 6.1
WYANDOTTE 6.1
BATH 6.0
LANSING 6.0
MUSKEGON 3 WNW 6.0
SAINT JOHNS 2 S 6.0
...MINNESOTA...
GRAND MARAIS 4.4 W 10.7
CROOKSTON 0.6 ENE 9.5
CROOKSTOWN 1 ENE 9.5
BIRD ISLAND 0.3 SW 8.6
BOVEY 13.4 N 8.1
MCKINLEY 8.0
BREWSTER 7.0
CLOQUET 1 SE 7.0
SLAYTON 7.0
REDWOOD FALLS 1 NE 6.2
OLIVIA 6.0
MANKATO 5.0
...NEBRASKA...
PONCA 4.5
NORFOLK 4 W 4.0
OSCEOLA 3.2
YORK 3 N 3.0
SHELBY 3 NE 2.9
GREELEY 2.2
FAIRBURY 2.0
COLUMBUS 1 WNW 1.0
...NORTH DAKOTA...
GRAND FORKS 3.4 SSE 6.5
PRAIRIE ROSE 1 NW 5.8
WEST FARGO 3.8 SSE 5.8
ABERCROMBIE 0.2 NW 4.0
LIDGERWOOD 4.0
MONTPELIER 3.3 ESE 3.9
...OHIO...
TOLEDO ARPT 5.5
WHITEHOUSE 5 N 5.5
SAGAMRE HILLS 1 SE 5.3
OBERLIN 1 S 5.0
CHAGRIN FALLS 1 W 4.8
OREGON 3 SSW 4.7
BELLEVUE 1 N 4.3
MONROE FALLS 1 SW 4.1
BERLIN HEIGHTS 4 S 4.0
AKRON-CANTON ARPT 2.7
CLEVELAND INTL ARPT 2.0
...WISCONSIN...
BAYFIELD 8.8 N 8.0
GRAFTON 7.5
ST. CROIX FALLS 7.5
MEQUON 3.3 ESE 7.0
AMHERST 8 SSE 6.5
IOLA 4 N 6.5
WAUKESHA 1 NNW 6.4
CEDAR GROVE 6.3
MADISON 4.0 W 6.2
SISTER BAY 1.3 NNE 6.0
TWO RIVERS 1.4 N 6.0
MILWAUKEE INTL ARPT 5.2
...Selected preliminary Storm Total Rainfall in inches from 1200
AM EST Thu Jan 16 through 900 AM EST Sat Jan 18...
...TEXAS...
DALLAS LOVE AIRPORT 4.24
MINERAL WELLS 2.52
BURLESON 2.29
DALLAS/FT. WORTH AIRPORT 2.27
FORNEY 2.19
MERETA 2.03
MILLER CREEK 2.03
HAWKINS 2.02
WICHITA FALLS 1.83
CROWELL 1.82
BANDERA 1.53
...Selected preliminary Storm Total Freezing Rain ice amounts in
inches from 1200 AM EST Thu Jan 16 through 900 AM EST Sat Jan 18...
...NEW YORK...
ELMA 3 WSW 0.01
...OHIO...
GALION 1 W 0.20
...WEST VIRGINIA...
WILLIAMSTOWN 3 SSE 0.02
STANAFORD 2 SE 0.01
...Selected preliminary Peak Wind gusts in miles per hour earlier
in the event...
...COLORADO...
LA VETA 1 WNW 79
MARSHALL 3 NW 67
HOEHNE 2 ESE 64
WALSENBURG 5 N 61
CARTER LAKE 2 N 56
CRISMAN 1 NE 56
BOULDER 2 WNW 55
ROCKY FLATS 3 SW 55
...KANSAS...
WOODSTON 9 SSW 53
GOODLAND 45
...NEBRASKA...
WACO 56
HASTINGS ARPT 55
GRAND ISLAND ARPT 51
...NEVADA...
TIMER MOUNTAIN 83
MATHER 78
MOREY CREEK 63
PANCAKE 51
...NORTH DAKOTA...
FARGO 52
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
MAGPIE CREEK 55
WINNER 54
ANDOVER 53
HURON 49
HARROLD 48
PIERRE 45
...TEXAS...
PINE SPRINGS 2 NW 65
...WYOMING...
BUFORD 2 WNW 82
ARLINGTON 7 ESE 65
ARLINGTON 1 NNW 58
...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches where the
event has ended...
...IOWA...
HULL 6.0
...NEW MEXICO...
CHUPADERO 7 ESE 12.0
LOS ALAMOS 6 W 10.0
CUBA 9 E 8.0
EL RANCHO 1 WNW 7.7
RED RIVER 8 SSW 7.0
TRES RITOS 3 NW 7.0
AGUA FRIA 2 SW 6.9
SANDIA PARK 4 NW 6.0
SANTA FE 1 WSW 6.0
LAMY 3 NW 4.0
RIO RANCHO 2 WSW 3.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
SIOUX FALLS 5.0 SE 8.1
HARTFORD 6.4 S 7.5
ROWENA 4 WNW 7.0
HURON 2 S 6.3
WATERTOWN 2.3 E 6.0
BRUCE 5.3 W 5.8
...Selected preliminary Storm Total Rainfall in inches where the
event has ended...
...OKLAHOMA...
TINKER AFB 1.78
OKLAHOMA CITY 1.62
NORMAN 1.28
...Selected preliminary Storm Total Freezing Rain ice amounts in
inches where the event has ended...
...ARKANSAS...
HARRISON 0.10
MIDWAY 0.06
...INDIANA...
SALEM CENTER 1 E 0.20
CENTERVILLE 0.10
CONNERSVILLE 0.10
NORTH WEBSTER 2 N 0.10
...IOWA...
MONTEZUMA 1 W 0.25
...KANSAS...
LAWRENCE 1.25
ELLISWORTHH 0.50
SHARON SPRINGS 11 S 0.50
LUCAS 2 E 0.33
GREAT BEND 0.25
RUSSELL 0.25
GOVE 0.20
WICHITA 0.20
...MISSOURI...
RIDGELY 1NNW 0.50
MOBERLY 0.31
NORWOOD 0.30
WILLARD 5 SSE 0.28
NORTHVIEW 3 NNE 0.25
ASHLAND 2 NW 0.15
REPUBLIC 1 SE 0.10
SEYMOUR 0.10
...NEBRASKA...
FALLS CITY 1 NNE 0.16
...NEW MEXICO...
TOLAR 13 SE 0.31
CORONA 15 ESE 0.25
PLEASANT HILL 6 W 0.23
TEXICO 6 S 0.23
...OHIO...
ST. MARYS 3 SW 0.20
...OKLAHOMA...
CLINTON 0.25
ERICK 0.25
...TEXAS...
BOOKER 0.40
PERRYTON 0.40
The low pressure system will track east through the Great Lakes
today and into New England by Sunday morning. Snow will continue
to fall over the Upper Great Lakes and into the interior Northeast
with snowfall amounts of 8 to 12 inches expected. Freezing rain
and sleet is also expected in the eastern Ohio Valley and northern
Mid-Atlantic with up to one quarter inch of ice accretion possible
in portions the central Appalachians. Further south, lines of
showers and thunderstorms will track across the Deep South and
Southeast today and Saturday night. The storm system will move
into the northwest Atlantic Sunday afternoon with lingering lake
effect snow showers developing behind the storm.
The next Storm Summary will be issued by the Weather Prediction
Center at 400 PM EST. Please refer to your local National Weather
Service office for additional information on this event.
Mullinax
Last Updated: 1003 AM EST SAT JAN 18 2020