Low pressure developed over northern Kansas February 2nd with a warm front extending into northern Missouri. As an upper level disturbance moved out of the Rockies and across the upper Midwest, precipitation developed well north of the warm front from South Dakota into Wisconsin. Snow fell across South Dakota and western Minnesota, but in southeast Minnesota and western Wisconsin temperatures were warm enough for rain to occur. By the end of the afternoon on the 2nd, temperatures had cooled enough to allow the rain to change over the snow across Minnesota and Wisconsin. The snow continued through the evening hours before moving north of the region early on the 3rd. Most snowfall totals from this event were in the 3 to 4 inch range with the exception of Rib Lake Wisconsin in northeast Taylor county where 7.5 inches fell.
The second round of precipitation occurred later in the day on the 3rd as the low moved from northern Missouri toward the Chicago area. Freezing drizzle occurred in the pre-dawn hours across southeast Minnesota into southwest Wisconsin putting a light coating of ice on exposed surfaces. Snow then developed across the region during the late morning and early afternoon hours and continued into the evening. Snowfall totals with this event averaged 2 to 4 inches, with Hillsboro Wisconsin in eastern Vernon county receiving 5 inches. Northwest winds of 20 to 30 miles an hour developed during the evening hours and helped to create some blowing and drifting snow.
Snow totals for February 2.
Snow totals for February 3.
ZCZC MKEPNSLSE ABUS34 KLSE 031515 CCA PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 915 AM CST MON FEB 3 2003 ...SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE AREA AS OF 8 AM... LOCATION COUNTY SNOWFALL ...WISCONSIN... FOUR CORNERS MONROE 0.5 GOODRICH TAYLOR 4.1 HIXTON JACKSON 1.5 LUBLIN TAYLOR 2.0 MEDFORD TAYLOR 4.5 MONDOVI BUFFALO 4.0 NEILSVILLE CLARK 3.0 RIB LAKE TAYLOR 7.5 TAYLOR JACKSON 1.0 WILLARD CLARK 3.2 $$
ZCZC MKEPNSLSE ABUS34 KLSE 041538 CCA PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED THEILMAN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 938 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2003 ...24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTALS AND TOTAL SNOWDEPTH ACROSS THE AREA... LOCATION COUNTY SNOWFALL SNOWDEPTH ...IOWA... CRESCO HOWARD 1.3 1 DECORAH WINNESHIEK 3.0 5 DORCHESTER ALLAMAKEE 2.1 4 FAYETTE FAYETTE 2.3 3 NEW HAMPTON CHICKASAW 2.0 3 OELWEIN 1N FAYETTE 2.3 6 ROCKFORD FLOYD 2.1 2 STRAWBERRY POINT CLAYTON 2.2 3 TOETERVILLE MITCHELL 0.5 1 WAUCOMA FAYETTE 2.5 3 WAUKON ALLAMAKEE 2.2 5 ...MINNESOTA... BYRON 3N OLMSTED T 1 GRAND MEADOW MOWER 1.5 1 HARMONY FILLMORE 1.5 3 LA CRESCENT 1NNW HOUSTON 2.1 2 LANESBORO FILLMORE 2.0 3 PRESTON FILLMORE 1.6 3 ROCHESTER AP OLMSTED 0.4 1 SPRING GROVE 4N HOUSTON 3.0 5 THEILMAN 1SSW WABASHA 0.2 2 WABASHA WABASHA T 1 ...WISCONSIN... BIG FLATS ADAMS 4.0 8 CHIPPEWA FALLS CHIPPEWA 0.5 6 ELK MOUND DUNN 0.3 4 ETTRICK 5SE TREMPEALEAU 3.2 5 FOUR CORNERS 13NNE MONROE 4.5 7 FRIENDSHIP 3E ADAMS 2.0 10 GOODRICH 1E TAYLOR 2.0 6 GAYS MILLS CRAWFORD 2.3 4 HATFIELD 2N CLARK 3.0 8 HILLSBORO VERNON 5.0 7 HIXTON 5W JACKSON 1.5 5 HOLMEN 2S LA CROSSE 2.7 3 HOLMEN LA CROSSE 3.0 4 LA CROSSE 5SE LA CROSSE 5.9 10 LA CROSSE 4NNW LA CROSSE 3.2 5 LA CROSSE WFO LA CROSSE 3.5 6 LA CROSSE ASOS LA CROSSE 3.2 5 LANCASTER 4WSW GRANT 1.8 2 MONDOVI 6S BUFFALO 0.9 5 NECEDAH 2SE JUNEAU 4.7 10 NEILLSVILLE 3SW CLARK 2.0 7 PRAIRIE DU CHIEN CRAWFORD 0.2 2 PLATTEVILLE GRANT 2.0 2 READSTOWN VERNON 4.6 6 RICHLAND CENTER RICHLAND 3.0 3 STEUBEN 4SE CRAWFORD 2.0 2 TAYLOR JACKSON 1.0 4 TUNNEL CITY 1S MONROE 3.1 7 VIROQUA VERNON 4.0 5 WESTBY 1NE VERNON 3.0 6 $$
Additional totals received through our web site:
| Location | County | Snowfall |
| Garnavillo | Clayton | 2.5 |
| Austin | Mower | 0.2 |
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