An area of low pressure moved slowly across northern Arkansas during the day of the 4th. An elongated area of low pressure (referred to as an inverted trough of low pressure) extended north from the low through Iowa into western Wisconsin. As an upper level disturbance moved across the upper midwest and interacted with the inverted trough of low pressure, snow developed across northern Iowa, southern Minnesota into Wisconsin. Much of the snow was light, but two distinct bands of heavier snow formed across the area. The northern band extended from Wabasha county in Minnesota east through Buffalo county into Trempealeau county in Wisconsin. The southern band stretched from Fayette county in Iowa east into Grant county in Wisconsin. Snowfall totals in both of these bands were generally in the 3 to 5 inch range. The highest totals reported were 5.5 inches at Goodview, Minnesota in the northern band and 5 inches at Cassville, Wisconsin in the southern band.
Snowfall totals for December 4.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
950 AM CST SUN DEC 04 2005
...24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTALS AND SNOWDEPTH ACROSS THE AREA...
LOCATION COUNTY SNOWFALL SNOWDEPTH
...IOWA...
FAYETTE FAYETTE 4.7 8
EDGEWOOD CLAYTON 4.0 8
ELKADER 6SSW CLAYTON 3.1 6
OELWEIN 1E FAYETTE 2.4 7
LANSING 4SE ALLAMAKEE 2.1 6
WAUCOMA 3N WINNESHIEK 1.8 7
CRESCO HOWARD 1.0 6
DORCHESTER ALLAMAKEE 1.0 5
CHARLES CITY COOP FLOYD 0.8 4
...MINNESOTA...
GOODVIEW WINONA 5.5 6
KELLOGG 4S WABASHA 5.0 6
LAKE CITY-COOP WABASHA 3.5 6
THEILMAN 1SSW WABASHA 3.2 5
DODGE CENTER DODGE 2.5 4
ST. CHARLES WINONA 2.3 5
LA CRESCENT 1N HOUSTON 2.2 5
ROCHESTER AP 2NE OLMSTEAD 2.2 5
ZUMBRO FALLS WABASHA 2.1 5
ELGIN 2SSW OLMSTED 1.6 5
CALEDONIA HOUSTON 1.5 5
CALEDONIA 6S HOUSTON 1.5 6
BYRON 3N OLMSTED 1.4 6
GRAND MEADOW MOWER 1.0 4
LANESBORO FILLMORE 1.0 4
WINONA DAM 5A WINONA 1.0 3
SPRING VALLEY FILLMORE 0.7 4
...WISCONSIN...
CASSVILLE GRANT 5.0 7
BUFFALO BUFFALO 4.5 7
CUBA CITY 2NW GRANT 3.6 5
GILMANTON 8SE BUFFALO 3.5 6
FOUR CORNERS 13NNE MONROE 3.1 4
ARCADIA TREMPEALEAU 3.0 5
GAYS MILLS CRAWFORD 2.8 6
LANCASTER GRANT 2.8 7
RICHLAND CENTER RICHLAND 2.8 7
HILLSBORO VERNON 2.5 4
ETTRICK 5SE TREMPEALEAU 2.0 5
FRIENDSHIP ADAMS 2.0 4
LA CROSSE 5SE LA CROSSE 2.0 6
MONROE CENTER ADAMS 2.0 4
ONTARIO VERNON 2.0 4
LA CROSSE WFO LA CROSSE 1.9 7
HOLMEN LA CROSSE 1.8 5
LA CROSSE 4NNW LA CROSSE 1.8 5
MATHER 3NW JACKSON 1.5 3
TOMAH MONROE 1.5 5
NECEDAH 2SE JUNEAU 1.4 3
WARRENS 5WSW MONROE 1.4 5
GOODRICH 1E TAYLOR 1.1 2
BLAIR TREMPEALEAU 1.0 3
HATFIELD JACKSON 1.0 3
CHIPPEWA FALLS CHIPPEWA 0.8 2
ELK MOUND DUNN 0.8 3
NEILLSVILLE 3SW CLARK 0.5 1
MEDFORD TAYLOR 0.4 2
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