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An area of low pressure formed along a stationary front over Oklahoma during the evening of the 25th. Extending north from the low into the Dakotas 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. By early morning on the 26th, the low had moved into Missouri with the trough extending north into Minnesota. Snow continued to fall ahead of the trough as far east as central Wisconsin. During the evening of the 26th, the low moved into Indiana, but the trough remained nearly stationary over eastern Minnesota. This allowed the light to moderate snow to occur for an extended time over eastern Minnesota, western Wisconsin and northeast Iowa. The snow tapered off to flurries during the morning of the 27th as the low moved into Ohio allowing the trough to shift east of the area. In the local area, a large area of snowfall exceeding three inches fell across southeast Minnesota, northeast Iowa into western Wisconsin. Snowfall totals exceeding six inches was common over southeast Minnesota into west central Wisconsin. The highest snowfall total reported was 8.7 inches at the Rochester, Minnesota airport and 8.4 inches at Stewartville, Minnesota.
Snow totals for January 26 and 27.
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ZCZC MKEPNSLSE ABUS34 KLSE 271438 CCA PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR WABASHA LOCATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 838 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2004 ...STORM SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR JANUARY 26-27, 2003.... ...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... LOCATION COUNTY ACCUMULATION -------- ------ ------------ AUSTIN - KAAL TV MOWER 8.0" DODGE CENTER DODGE 6.0" ELGIN WABASHA 4.8" HARMONY FILLMORE 6.8" ROCHESTER - KTTC TV OLMSTED 8.0" ROCHESTER - SLEEP INN OLMSTED 8.7" STEWARTVILLE OLMSTED 8.4" WABASHA WABASHA 7.0" WINONA WINONA 7.0" ...NORTHEAST IOWA... LOCATION COUNTY ACCUMULATION -------- ------ ------------ CHARLES CITY FLOYD 4.3" CRESCO 1NE HOWARD 5.2" DORCHESTER ALLAMAKEE 4.0" EDGEWOOD CLAYTON 6.3" ELMA HOWARD 4.5" OELWEIN FAYETTE 5.0" POSTVILLE CLAYTON 1.5" WAUCOMA FAYETTE 4.5" ...WESTERN WISCONSIN... LOCATION COUNTY ACCUMULATION -------- ------ ------------ ARCADIA TREMPEALEAU 7.0" CAMP DOUGLAS JUNEAU 4.0" FOUR CORNERS MONROE 4.5" FRIENDSHIP ADAMS 3.5" HATFIELD JACKSON 4.0" HOLMEN LA CROSSE 5.7" HOLMEN 2S LA CROSSE 5.0" HUB CITY VERNON 3.5" LA CROSSE AIRPORT LA CROSSE 5.9" LA CROSSE 5SE LA CROSSE 5.5" LA CROSSE - WKBT TV LA CROSSE 6.1" MATHER MONROE 5.5" MEDFORD TAYLOR 2.5" MONDOVI 2W BUFFALO 3.0" NECEDAH JUNEAU 4.0" NEILLSVILLE CLARK 2.5" NWS LA CROSSE LA CROSSE 6.5" ONTARIO VERNON 4.0" OWEN CLARK 4.0" PLATTEVILLE GRANT 2.4" PRAIRIE DU CHIEN CRAWFORD 2.7" RICHLAND CENTER RICHLAND 2.5" TAYLOR JACKSON 4.0" TOMAH MONROE 4.2" TUNNEL CITY MONROE 3.6" VICTORY VERNON 5.8" WAUMANDEE BUFFALO 7.0" WESTBY VERNON 4.5" $$ NNNN |
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