January 11-12, 2012 Snowfall
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After record warmth earlier in the week, a strong cold front moved through the region on Wednesday, January 11th dropping temperatures about 25 to 30 degrees in 48 hours. As precipitation moved into the area Wednesday evening (Jan.11th) it began to fall almost immediately in the form of snow with light accumulations (Trace to 3 inches) reported early Thursday morning (Jan.12th).
The relatively slow moving weather system continued to bring light snow to the region through most of Thursday (Jan.12th) as north to northwest winds increased leading to drifting of the relatively dry snow. Winds gusted between 30-40 mph at times that produced drifts in some areas of 2 to 4 feet high!
The snow continued into Thursday evening and gradually diminished to mainly flurries by the next day. This was a longer duration, dry snow fall event that had some minor impact on mainly travel.
24-hour snowfall ending January 12 - 7:00 a.m. CST |
48-hour snowfall ending January 13 - 7:00 a.m. CST |
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1047 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2012
...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR JANUARY 11TH-13TH ACROSS THE AREA...
LOCATION COUNTY SNOWFALL
NORTHEAST IOWA
GUTTENBERG DAM 10 CLAYTON 7.5
LYNXVILLE DAM 9 CRAWFORD 6.0
LANSING 4SE ALLAMAKEE 5.6
VOLGA 1NE CLAYTON 5.2
CLERMONT FAYETTE 4.7
ELKADER 6SSW CLAYTON 4.3
NEW HAMPTON CHICKASAW 4.0
CRESCO 1NE HOWARD 3.7
IONIA 2W CHICKASAW 3.0
ELMA HOWARD 2.4
CHARLES CITY FLOYD 1.4
ST. ANSGAR MITCHELL 1.0
OSAGE MITCHELL 0.5
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
WINONA DAM 5A WINONA 5.5
CALEDONIA HOUSTON 4.0
LANESBORO FILLMORE 4.0
GOODVIEW WINONA 3.8
MINNESOTA DAM 5 WINONA 3.7
SPRING VALLEY 3E FILLMORE 3.7
PRESTON FILLMORE 3.5
ALTURA 5W WINONA 3.4
THEILMAN 1SSW WABASHA 3.0
GRAND MEADOW MOWER 2.1
NASHUA 2SW CHICKASAW 2.0
WABASHA WABASHA 2.0
BYRON 4N OLMSTED 1.6
ELGIN 2SSW WABASHA 1.5
ROCHESTER AIRPORT 2NE OLMSTED 1.2
AUSTIN MOWER 0.7
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN
HATFIELD JACKSON 8.0
FRIENDSHIP ADAMS 6.9
LA CROSSE AIRPORT LA CROSSE 6.2
TREMPEALEAU DAM 6 TREMPEALEAU 6.0
HOLMEN 2S LA CROSSE 5.8
LA FARGE VERNON 5.6
RICHLAND CENTER 1NW RICHLAND 5.5
LA CROSSE WFO LA CROSSE 5.4
PLATTEVILLE 4NNW GRANT 5.3
ETTRICK 4NNW TREMPEALEAU 5.2
GALESVILLE 3ENE TREMPEALEAU 5.2
WARRENS 5WSW MONROE 5.2
LA CROSSE 4NNW LA CROSSE 5.1
FOUR CORNERS LA CROSSE 5.0
OSSEO TREMPEALEAU 5.0
STODDARD VERNON 4.9
SINSINAWA GRANT 4.8
BLAIR 2NW TREMPEALEAU 4.8
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN CRAWFORD 4.8
STODDARD 5NNE VERNON 4.7
ONTARIO 3E VERNON 4.7
BLACK RIVER FALLS JACKSON 4.5
NEILLSVILLE 4NNE CLARK 4.5
HOLLAND LA CROSSE 4.2
SPARTA MONROE 4.2
TUNNEL CITY 1S MONROE 4.2
RICHLAND CENTER 2NW RICHLAND 4.1
VIROQUA VERNON 4.1
MEDFORD TAYLOR 4.0
INDEPENDENCE 3NE TREMPEALEAU 4.0
WEST SALEM LA CROSSE 3.8
LANCASTER 4WSW GRANT 3.7
CUBA CITY GRANT 3.6
NECEDAH JUNEAU 3.5
STEUBEN 4SE CRAWFORD 3.3
READSTOWN 4NE VERNON 3.2
HILLSBORO 1SW VERNON 3.0
SOLDIERS GROVE CRAWFORD 2.8
GENOA DAM 8 VERNON 2.7
ALMA DAM 4 BUFFALO 2.0
OWEN 2N CLARK 1.8
OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING
EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURE. NOT ALL DATA LISTED IS CONSIDERED OFFICIAL.