February 19-20, 2005 Snow Totals

An area of low pressure developed over eastern Colorado and western Kansas during the afternoon and evening of the 19th. The low then tracked across Kansas and northern Missouri during the night and into central Illinois by the early afternoon of the 20th. A trough of low pressure extended north from the low and swept across Iowa along with southern Minnesota and Wisconsin. As the trough of low pressure advanced slowly toward the area, light snow developed across southern Minnesota late in the afternoon of the 19th and moved into western and central Wisconsin. An east-west band of heavy snow developed late in the evening of the 19th and continued through the overnight hours across southeast Minnesota into central Wisconsin, with totals of 7 to 9 inches reported in this band. All of the snow moved east of the region during the afternoon of the 20th as the trough of low pressure finally moved across the region.

Around the local area, the band of the heaviest snow extended from Dodge county in Minnesota, through the northern sections of Rochester into northern Adams and Juneau counties of central Wisconsin. The highest snowfall totals reported were 9.5 inches at Taylor, Wisconsin and 10 miles northeast of Friendship, Wisconsin and 9 inches at Byron, Minnesota.

Snow totals for February 19-20.

SNOWFALL TOTALS...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1100 AM CST MON FEB 21 2005

...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL REPORTS FOR FEBRUARY 19TH-20TH...

CORRECTED SNOWFALL TOTAL FOR ETTRICK WISCONSIN

LOCATION			COUNTY		ACCUM

...NORTHEAST IOWA...
CRESCO 1NE                      HOWARD          2.5
LANSING 4SE                     ALLAMAKEE       2.3
FAYETTE                         FAYETTE         0.3
ELKADER 5S                      CLAYTON         0.2
CHARLES CITY                    FLOYD           0.1

...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
WEST CONCORD                    DODGE           9.2
BYRON                           OLMSTED         9.0
DODGE CENTER                    DODGE           9.0
MANTORVILLE 3E                  DODGE           8.8
ALTURA 5W                       WINONA          8.6
ZUMBRO FALLS                    WABASHA         8.5
ROCHESTER KTTC                  OLMSTED         8.5
ROLLINGSTONE                    WINONA          8.5
ORONOCO                         OLMSTED         8.3 
BYRON                           OLMSTED         8.2
LAKE CITY                       WABASHA         7.8
THEILMAN                        WABASHA         7.4
WABASHA                         WABASHA         7.4
WABASHA                         WABASHA         7.3 
PINE ISLAND 4S                  OLMSTED         7.0
GOODVIEW                        WINONA          6.8
ELGIN                           OLMSTED         6.8
WINONA                          WINONA          6.0
WINONA                          WINONA          6.0
MAZEPPA                         WABASHA         6.0
KELLOGG                         WABASHA         6.0 
WINONA                          WINONA          4.8
ROCHESTER AIRPORT               OLMSTED         4.6
LA CRESCENT 3W                  HOUSTON         2.5
CHATFIELD 4SW                   FILMORE         2.5 
RENO 3SW                        HOUSTON         2.3
HOKAH                           HOUSTON         2.3
CALEDONIA                       HOUSTON         2.0
SPRING VALLEY                   FILLMORE        1.5
PRESTON                         FILLMORE        1.3
LANESBORO                       FILLMORE        1.1

...WISCONSIN...
HATFIELD                        JACKSON        12.0
TAYLOR                          JACKSON        11.0
HIXTON 5W                       JACKSON         9.5
FRIENDSHIP 10NE (NEAR WAUSHARA CO.)ADAMS        9.5
MATHER                          MONROE          8.5
GILMANTON 8SE                   BUFFALO         8.0
NEILLSVILLE 3N                  CLARK           7.5
INDEPENDENCE                    TREMPEALEAU     7.5
ARCADIA                         TREMPEALEAU     7.0
ETTRICK                         TREMPEALEAU     7.0
NECEDAH 2SE                     JUNEAU          6.1 
TOMAH                           MONROE          6.0
STEVENSTOWN 1N                  LA CROSSE       6.0
MAUSTON 6S                      JUNEAU          5.8  
CENTERVILLE                     TREMPEALEAU     5.5
TREMPEALEAU                     TREMPEALEAU     5.5
MAUSTON WRJC                    JUNEAU          5.5
ALMA 5NE (TELL)                 BUFFALO         5.0
NORWALK                         MONROE          4.5
MEDFORD                         TAYLOR          4.5
ONTARIO                         VERNON          4.0
MEDFORD (RURAL)                 TAYLOR          3.5
PLAINVILLE 5N                   ADAMS           3.5
VICTORY                         VERNON          3.0
LA CROSSE AIRPORT               LA CROSSE       2.9
LA CROSSE WEATHER OFFICE        LA CROSSE       2.8
RICHLAND CENTER                 RICHLAND        2.7 
HOLMEN 2S                       LA CROSSE       2.5
SPARTA                          MONROE          2.4
READSTOWN                       VERNON          2.3
STODDARD                        VERNON          1.8
GAYS MILLS                      CRAWFORD        1.4
CUBA CITY                       GRANT           0.8
STEUBEN                         CRAWFORD        0.8

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