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February 1-3, 2004 Snow Totals
An area of low pressure formed over Oklahoma during the morning of the 1st. Extending north from the low into Iowa and Minnesota was a trough of low pressure. A trough of low pressure is similar to an area of low pressure, except it does not have a closed circulation associated with it. A large area of light to moderate snow develop along and ahead of the trough and slowly moved into eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin during the afternoon and evening of the 1st. By the morning of the 2nd, the low had moved into southern Missouri with the trough extending north through Iowa, southeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin. Snow continued to fall along and ahead of the trough as far east as central Wisconsin. During the early morning hours of the 3rd, the low moved into northeast Illinois with the trough pushing into eastern Wisconsin. As both the low and the trough moved east of the area, the snow gradually tapered off to flurries before ending. In the local area, most locations received snowfall that exceeded three inches. Snowfall totals exceeding six inches were common over north central Iowa, southeast Minnesota into west central and north central Wisconsin. A stripe of accumulations of a foot occurred over southeast Minnesota into west central Wisconsin. The highest snowfall total reported was 12.5 inches at Oronoco and Stewartville, Minnesota and 12.0 inches at Wabasha, Minnesota.
Snow totals for February 1 through 3.
NZUS93 KARX 032003 TOTSNW SNOWFALL REPORT FROM FEB 1-3 2004 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1140 AM CST TUE FEB 3 2004 ...24 HOUR OR STORM SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM FEB 1-3... ...FINAL REPORT... LOCATION COUNTY 24 HR STORM ACCUM ...NORTHEAST IOWA... OSAGE MITCHELL 2.3" 8.9" CHARLES CITY FLOYD 3.0" 7.5" FORT ATKINSON WINNESHIEK 7.0" FRANKVILLE 4N WINNESHIEK 6.0" IONIA CHICKASAW 2.2" 5.8" LANSING ALLAMAKEE 3.6" 5.6" ELMA HOWARD 2.0" 5.5" DORCHESTER ALLAMAKEE 3.5" 4.5" STRAWBERRY POINT CLAYTON 4.3" 4.3" FAYETTE FAYETTE 3.7" 4.3" GARNAVILLO CLAYTON 4.1" WAUCOMA FAYETTE 1.6" 4.0" CRESCO HOWARD 1.5" 4.0" DECORAH WINNESHIEK 4.0" WAUKON ALLAMAKEE 2.4" 3.8" ELKADER CLAYTON 3.5" 3.5" OELWEIN FAYETTE 2.5" 2.9" WEST UNION FAYETTE 2.0" ...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... ORONOCO OLMSTED 12.5" STEWARTVILLE OLMSTED 12.5" WABASHA WABASHA 12.0" GRAND MEADOW MOWER 7.0" 11.0" LEROY MOWER 11.0" BYRON OLMSTED 10.5" DODGE CENTER DODGE 10.3" AUSTIN - KAAL TV MOWER 10.0" ELGIN 2SSW WABASHA 5.1" 10.0" THEILMAN WABASHA 9.9" ROCHESTER AP 2NE OLMSTED 3.5" 9.0" BYRON COOP OLMSTED 2.0" 8.0" SPRING VALLEY FILLMORE 7.0" LAKE CITY COOP WABASHA 1.4" 6.7" WHITEWATER STATE PK WINONA 6.7" PRESTON FILLMORE 1.6" 5.4" GOODVIEW WINONA 5.2" LA CRESCENT 1N HOUSTON 3.6" 5.2" LANESBORO FILLMORE 1.7" 5.0" RENO 3SW HOUSTON 4.9" SPRING GROVE HOUSTON 3.1" ...WISCONSIN... GREENWOOD CLARK 11.0" GILMANTON 8SE BUFFALO 11.0" PERKINSTOWN 5E TAYLOR 9.5" OSSEO TREMPEALEAU 9.0" LUBLIN TAYLOR 8.5" LA CROSSE 1N LA CROSSE 6.8" 8.0" OWEN CLARK 3.8" 7.8" ETTRICK TREMPEALEAU 7.5" HATFIELD JACKSON 5.0" 7.0" BIG FLATS ADAMS 7.0" 7.0" LA CROSSE NWS LA CROSSE 5.0" 6.7" TAYLOR JACKSON 4.5" 6.0" NEILLSVILLE CLARK 4.0" 6.0" NEW LISBON JUNEAU 6.0" FENNIMORE GRANT 6.0" WESTBY VERNON 5.0" 5.8" HOLMEN 2S LA CROSSE 4.6" 5.6" HUB CITY RICHLAND 5.5" 5.5" ONALASKA LA CROSSE 4.5" 5.5" GOODRICH TAYLOR 4.0" 5.5" MORMON COULEE LA CROSSE 5.5" BLAIR TREMPEALEAU 3.9" 5.5" FOUR CORNERS MONROE 3.0" 5.5" READSTOWN VERNON 5.2" PLAINVILLE ADAMS 5.0" WILTON MONROE 5.0" CUBA CITY GRANT 4.7" 4.7" FRIENDSHIP 3E ADAMS 4.5" 4.5" TUNNEL CITY MONROE 4.4" 4.4" PLATTEVILLE GRANT 4.4" 4.4" VIROQUA VERNON 4.3" MUSCODA GRANT 4.3" TOMAH MONROE 3.5" 4.2" STODDARD 3NE VERNON 3.2" 4.2" VOLK FIELD JUNEAU 4.0" RICHLAND CENTER RICHLAND 4.0" 4.0" MILLSTON JACKSON 4.0" LANCASTER GRANT 3.9" NECEDAH JUNEAU 3.3" 3.8" GAYS MILLS CRAWFORD 3.6" 3.7" PRAIRIE DU CHIEN CRAWFORD 3.6" 3.6" MAUSTON - WRJC RADIO JUNEAU 3.5" WARRENS MONROE 3.5" BLACK RIVER FALLS JACKSON 2.3" 3.5" MATHER JUNEAU 3.5" HIXTON JACKSON 3.5" FRIENDSHIP 10NE ADAMS 3.5" CUBA CITY 6N GRANT 3.5" HILLSBORO VERNON 3.0" 3.3" MONDOVI 2W BUFFALO 3.2" ONTARIO VERNON 3.1" COTTONVILLE ADAMS 2.5" STEUBEN 4SE CRAWFORD 2.0" 2.0" $$ |