March 13, 2006 Snow Totals and Wind Gusts

March 13, 2006 Snow Totals and Wind Gusts

A strong late winter storm system moved northeast out of Kansas and into the lower Great Lakes region on the 13th of March. This strong system was responsible for a large severe weather outbreak across the central Mississippi River Valley where several tornadoes touchdowned. Farther north in the upper Midwest, the system initially brought rain to the region, but as temperatures began to cool, sleet and snow occurred. By the early morning hours of the 13th all the precipitation had changed over to snow. Bands of heavy snow developed across central and eastern Minnesota into northern Wisconsin. The Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area was especially hard hit with snowfall amounts of 12 to 18 inches. Locations around the local region that received snow, saw amounts range from just a trace up to 6-7 inches. The highest total in the local area was 6.8 inches at Mantorville, Minnesota with several other locations across southeast Minnesota receiving 6 inches. Once the area of low pressure moved past the region, the winds turned around to the northwest and became quite strong. Sustained speeds of 20 to 35 mph were common during the day with gusts of 40 to 50 mph. The winds began to calm down in the late afternoon and evening hours as the area of low pressure moved farther away from the region. The highest wind gusts reported were 47 mph at Charles City, Iowa and 46 at Arlington, Iowa.

Snowfall totals for March 13, 2006

Wind Gusts for March 13 2006

Wind gusts for March 13, 2006

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
800 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...LATEST SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM ACROSS THE AREA...

LOCATION COUNTY SNOWFALL TIME OF REPORT

...IOWA...

ST ANSGAR MITCHELL 2.0 1120 AM
KENDALLVILLE WINNESHIEK T 930 AM

...MINNESOTA...

MANTORVILLE DODGE 6.8 1010 AM
AUSTIN MOWER 6.0 800 PM
DODGE CENTER DODGE 6.0 845 AM
KASSON DODGE 6.0 940 AM
PLAINVIEW WABASHA 6.0 955 AM
BYRON OLMSTED 5.8 1200 PM
DOUGLAS 2N OLMSTED 5.0 945 AM
READS LANDING 1W WABASHA 5.0 130 PM
WINONA 4S (RIDGE) WINONA 4.8 1155 AM
LAKE CITY WABASHA 4.5 1010 AM
ORONOCO OLMSTED 4.4 100 PM
STEWARTVILLE OLMSTED 4.4 315 PM
HAMMOND 1S WABASHA 4.0 515 PM
OAK CENTER WABASHA 4.0 930 AM
ST CHARLES WINONA 3.6 645 PM
ROCHESTER AP OLMSTED 3.6 1155 AM
WYKOFF 3N FILLMORE 3.2 950 AM
WINONA - DAILY NEWS WINONA 2.7 1015 AM
GOODVIEW WINONA 2.6 1100 AM
WINONA WINONA 2.5 930 AM
PRESTON FILLMORE 2.3 955 AM
KELLOGG 4S WABASHA 2.0 955 AM
WABASHA WABASHA 2.0 1015 AM
CHATFIELD 4N OLMSTED 2.0 1030 AM
OSTRANDER FILLMORE 1.8 1130 AM
KELLOGG 7SW WABASHA 1.5 1000 AM
LA CRESCENT - WXOW TV HOUSTON 0.5 230 PM

...WISCONSIN...

RIB LAKE TAYLOR 6.5
GILMANTON 8SE BUFFALO 5.5 945 AM
HUMBIRD 2NE CLARK 4.5 1255 PM
MONDOVI BUFFALO 4.5 700 PM
COCHRANE BUFFALO 4.0 400 PM
ARCADIA TREMPEALEAU 4.0 334 PM
GILMANTON 6W BUFFALO 4.0 945 AM
WITHEE CLARK 4.0 1030 AM
MONDOVI 6S BUFFALO 3.0 300 PM
PERKINSTOWN 5E TAYLOR 3.0 1000 AM
MEDFORD TAYLOR 3.0 1000 AM
INDEPENDENCE 3NE TREMPEALEAU 3.0 1005 AM
ALMA BUFFALO 3.0 830 AM
NEILLSVILLE 4N CLARK 2.3 950 AM
OSSEO TREMPEALEAU 2.0 1005 AM
BLACK RIVER FALLS JACKSON 2.0 1155 AM
BLACK RIVER FALLS 2SE JACKSON 1.5 955 AM
GALESVILLE TREMPEALEAU 1.5 1115 AM
HOLMEN 2S LA CROSSE 1.5 1115 AM
LA CROSSE WFO LA CROSSE 1.5 1155 AM
NEILLSVILLE 6N CLARK 1.5 950 AM
ETTRICK 2W TREMPEALEAU 1.3 1010 AM
MINDORO LA CROSSE 1.0 955 AM
LONGWOOD CLARK 1.0 945 AM
WARRENS 5WSW MONROE 0.9 415 PM
LA CROSSE AP LA CROSSE 0.5 1155 AM

OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING
EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURE. NOT ALL DATA LISTED IS CONSIDERED OFFICIAL.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
331 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...WIND GUST REPORTS THROUGH 330 PM TODAY...

IN NORTHEAST IOWA...

LOCATION COUNTY WIND GUST TIME
-------- ------ --------- ----
CHARLES CITY AWOS FLOYD 47 MPH 115 PM
ARLINGTON FAYETTE 46 MPH 138 PM
WEST UNION FAYETTE 43 MPH 1253 PM
MONONA CLAYTON 42 MPH 212 PM
WAUKON ALLAMAKEE 42 MPH 1253 PM
OELWEIN AWOS FAYETTE 41 MPH 1155 AM
OSSIAN WINNESHIEK 41 MPH 1237 PM
ELKADER CLAYTON 36 MPH 228 PM
NEW HAMPTON CHICKASAW 36 MPH 1211 PM
FREDERICKSBURG CHICKASAW 34 MPH 924 AM
CRESCO HOWARD 33 MPH 146 PM
DECORAH AWOS WINNESHIEK 32 MPH 1255 PM
MC GREGOR CLAYTON 31 MPH 200 PM
LANSING ALLAMAKEE 29 MPH 1241 PM
YELLOW RIVER ALLAMAKEE 21 MPH 305 PM

IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

LOCATION COUNTY WIND GUST TIME
-------- ------ --------- ----
AUSTIN AWOS MOWER 43 MPH 215 PM
ROCHESTER AWOS OLMSTED 43 MPH 1154 AM
DODGE CENTER AWOS DODGE 41 MPH 858 AM
PRESTON AWOS FILLMORE 38 MPH 135 PM
WINONA WINONA 37 MPH 1250 PM
PLAINVIEW WABASHA 35 MPH 1008 AM
WINONA AWOS WINONA 33 MPH 115 PM

IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...

LOCATION COUNTY WIND GUST TIME
-------- ------ --------- ----
MEDFORD AWOS TAYLOR 44 MPH 555 AM
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN CRAWFORD 44 MPH 215 PM
LOYAL CLARK 42 MPH 222 PM
CAZENOVIA RICHLAND 41 MPH 239 PM
ADAMS FRIENDSHIP ADAMS 38 MPH 548 AM
RIB LAKE TAYLOR 38 MPH 607 AM
LA CROSSE AWOS LA CROSSE 36 MPH 1253 PM
ALMA BUFFALO 35 MPH 1233 PM
FENNIMORE GRANT 35 MPH 933 AM
MUSCODA GRANT 35 MPH 252 PM
DIAMOND LAKE TAYLOR 34 MPH 310 PM
NECEDAH JUNEAU 34 MPH 230 PM
RICHLAND CENTER RICHLAND 34 MPH 304 PM
BOSCOBEL GRANT 32 MPH 147 PM
BOSCOBEL AWOS GRANT 29 MPH 912 AM
BLACK RIVER FALLS JACKSON 27 MPH 315 PM