National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce
A winter storm system moved across the area Tuesday February 26th and 27th bringing a range of 2 to 10 inches of snowfall to the region. Moderate to heavy snowfall was common along a line from Kirksville, MO to Galebsurg, IL to Sterling during the morning and afternoon hours of Feb. 26thStrong northeast winds were also found with gusts up to 40 mph at times.  Light snow continued throughout the evening and overnight hours as the system moved east. 
 

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REGIONAL 48-HR SNOWFALL
 
24-HR DAILY SNOWFALL (click on image to view observations)
   
24 hour snow fall in inches,
for eastern Iowa, northwest and west central Illinois,
and northeast Missouri. Reported between Midnight and 9 AM,
Tuesday February 26, 2013.

....IOWA....
Rathbun Reservoir 2 N             5.0
Albia 3 NNE                       2.5
Bloomfield 1 WNW                  2.0
Beaconsfield                      2.0
Allerton 2 S                      1.8
Grinnell 3 SW                     1.3
Toledo 3 N                        1.0
Keosauqua                         1.0
Oskaloosa                         1.0
Donnellson                        0.9
Pella 4 N                         0.5
Keokuk LD19                       0.5
Salem 1S                          0.3
Farmington 3.5 W                  0.0
Quasqueton 0.4 WSW                0.0
New London 1.5 SW                 0.0
CRESCO 1 NE                       0.0
Gilman                            0.0
Belle Plaine                      0.0
Anamosa 3 SSW                     0.0
Muscatine 2N                      0.0
Bettendorf 2.2 SE                 0.0
Maquoketa 4 W                     0.0
Cedar Rapids 3.4 NW               0.0
Lowden                            0.0
Washington                        0.0
OELWEIN 1E                        0.0
NWS Johnston*                     0.0
Manchester                        0.0
Dubuque LD11                      0.0
WAUKON                            0.0
Camanche 1.2 W                    0.0
Central City 6.7 W                0.0
Waterloo ASOS 5 NW                0.0
Davenport 0.9 SSW                 0.0
Kalona 7.3 NNW                    0.0
Cascade                           0.0
Ainsworth 7.4 N                   0.0
ELKADER 6SSW                      0.0
Marengo 2.6 SSW                   0.0
Ely 0.5 SE                        0.0
Solon 0.3 ESE                     0.0
Le Claire 1.8 NNE                 0.0
Park View 0.2 WSW                 0.0
GUTTENBERG DAM 10                 0.0
North Liberty 1.0 ENE             0.0
Marion 1.2 NE                     0.0
Mason City*                       0.0
Calamus 2.0 NE                    0.0
FAYETTE 1 NW                      0.0
Cedar Rapids 2.1 ENE              0.0
Monticello 1 E                    0.0
Dubuque #3 7 SW                   0.0
Tripoli                           0.0
Williamsburg                      0.0
Mason City 1 NNE                  0.0
Stanley                           0.0
Davenport 2.1 SW                  0.0
....ILLINOIS....
Pittsfield                        5.0
Augusta                           4.0
Colchester 3.5 NE                 3.5
La Harpe                          3.0
Ripley                            3.0
Macomb 0.4 SSW                    2.5
Bentley                           2.0
Macomb                            2.0
Beardstown                        1.8
Quincy Dam 21                     1.5
Havana                            1.0
Stronghurst 0.4 SSW               0.9
Monmouth 4 NW                     0.5
Griggsville                       0.5
Winchester                        0.1
Minonk                            0.0
St Anne                           0.0
Jacksonville 2E                   0.0
Aledo                             0.0
Windsor                           0.0
Aledo 0.4 NE                      0.0
Rockford ASOS                     0.0
Princeton 1.1 SE                  0.0
Mundelein                         0.0
Davis 0.5 N                       0.0
Roscoe 2SE                        0.0
Chadwick 2.7 WSW                  0.0
Romeoville                        0.0
Steward                           0.0
Paw Paw 1 E                       0.0
Gladstone LD18                    0.0
Mendota 2 SE                      0.0
Freeport                          0.0
Ogden                             0.0
Coleta 1.4 SSW                    0.0
Kewanee 1 E                       0.0
Edwardsville 2 W                  0.0
Greenville 2 NE                   0.0
Galena                            0.0
Pontiac                           0.0
Tuscola                           0.0
Coal Valley 1.9 SE                0.0
Streator 3 SE                     0.0
Freeport 2.0 NW                   0.0
Rochelle                          0.0
New Windsor 2.0 N                 0.0
Atkinson 2.6 NNE                  0.0
Morrison 3.2 E                    0.0
Altona                            0.0
....MISSOURI....
BROOKFIELD                        8.0
Edina                             6.3
Columbia                          6.1
KIRKSVILLE                        6.0
Hannibal                          5.7
DOWNING                           5.0
Novelty 1 E                       5.0
Memphis                           2.0
NWS Weldon Spring                 0.0
....WISCONSIN....
LA CROSSE WFO                     0.1
BELOIT-COLLEGE                    0.0
DELAVAN-1 W-WWTP 1 W              0.0
Darlington                        0.0
Brodhead 1 SW                     0.0
PADDOCK LAKE                      0.0
MONROE 1 W                        0.0
LANCASTER 4WSW                    0.0
WHITEWATER                        0.0
SULLIVAN-NWS 2 SE                 0.0
VIROQUA                           0.0
....MINNESOTA....
GRAND MEADOW                      0.0
CHANHASSEN  WFO                   0.0
ZUMBROTA                          0.0
OWATONNA                          0.0
BYRON 4N                          0.0
PRESTON                           0.0
24 hour snow fall in inches,
for eastern Iowa, northwest and west central Illinois,
and northeast Missouri. Reported between Midnight and 9 AM,
Wednesday February 27, 2013.

....IOWA....
Ames Hwy 30 2 SE                  8.7
Waterloo ASOS 5 NW                8.4
Toledo 3 N                        8.0
Gilman                            8.0
Stanley                           7.7
Brighton 3 N                      7.5
Bloomfield 1 WNW                  7.5
NWS Johnston*                     7.5
Grinnell 3 SW                     7.5
Allerton 2 S                      7.0
Beaconsfield                      6.5
Cedar Rapids 3.4 NW               6.4
FAYETTE 1 NW                      6.4
Newton                            6.3
Salem 1S                          6.0
Marshalltown                      6.0
Perry                             6.0
Boone                             5.6
Ainsworth 7.4 N                   5.3
Park View 0.2 WSW                 5.1
ELKADER 6SSW                      5.1
Vinton                            5.0
Davenport 0.9 SSW                 5.0
Belle Plaine                      5.0
Quasqueton 0.4 WSW                4.8
OELWEIN 1E                        4.8
Davenport 2.1 SW                  4.8
Pella 4 N                         4.7
Bettendorf 2.2 SE                 4.5
Camanche 1.2 W                    4.5
Donnellson                        4.5
Oskaloosa                         4.5
Le Claire 1.8 NNE                 4.0
Albia 3 NNE                       4.0
Muscatine                         4.0
Cedar Rapids 2.1 ENE              4.0
Dubuque Arpt 7 SW                 3.9
Dubuque #3 7 SW                   3.9
Lowden                            3.7
Davenport Arpt 5 N                3.6
New London 1.5 SW                 3.6
Muscatine 2N                      3.5
Keosauqua                         3.5
Marion 1.2 NE                     3.2
Tripoli                           3.1
Dubuque LD11                      3.0
Solon 0.3 ESE                     3.0
North Liberty 1.0 ENE             3.0
Monticello 1 E                    3.0
Calamus 2.0 NE                    2.8
Coggon                            2.8
Swisher                           2.8
Central City 6.7 W                2.7
Williamsburg                      2.6
Anamosa 3 SSW                     2.5
Cascade                           2.5
North English                     2.5
De Witt 4S                        2.5
Ely 0.5 SE                        2.0
GUTTENBERG DAM 10                 2.0
Farmington 3.5 W                  2.0
Keokuk LD19                       2.0
Maquoketa 4 W                     1.7
Washington                        1.5
Kalona 7.3 NNW                    1.0
CRESCO 1 NE                       1.0
Mason City 1 NNE                  0.3
....ILLINOIS....
Camp Grove 2SW                    8.1
Mundelein                         7.4
St Charles                        7.0
Rock Falls                        6.6
Quad City Arpt 3 S                6.5
Altona                            6.3
Walnut                            6.0
Tiskilwa 2.1 N                    5.5
Macomb 0.4 SSW                    5.5
Kewanee 1 E                       5.1
Princeton 1.1 SE                  5.0
Coal Valley 1.9 SE                5.0
Ottawa 4 SW                       4.7
Rockford ASOS                     4.6
Galesburg                         4.5
Paw Paw 1 E                       4.5
Moline 0.9 N                      4.2
Morrison                          4.0
Prairie City 2S                   4.0
Stronghurst 0.4 SSW               3.9
Steward                           3.7
Aledo                             3.5
Bentley                           3.5
New Windsor 2.0 N                 3.5
Rochelle                          3.5
Coleta 1.4 SSW                    3.3
Dallas City 3.0 SSE               3.2
Galena                            3.0
Gladstone LD18                    3.0
Mendota 2 SE                      3.0
Ripley                            3.0
Augusta                           3.0
Monmouth 4 NW                     3.0
Ill. City LD16 3 WNW              3.0
Streator 3 SE                     2.5
Romeoville                        2.2
St David                          2.0
Freeport                          2.0
Apple Rvr Cnyn SP                 2.0
Griggsville                       2.0
Winslow 4.3 ESE                   2.0
Stockton 3 NNE                    2.0
Aledo 0.4 NE                      1.8
Roscoe 2SE                        1.7
Mount Carroll                     1.7
Minonk                            1.7
St Anne                           1.7
Chadwick 2.7 WSW                  1.5
Freeport 2.0 NW                   1.5
Elizabeth                         1.4
La Harpe                          1.0
Jacksonville 2E                   0.9
Pittsfield                        0.8
Winchester                        0.6
Colchester 3.5 NE                 0.5
Beardstown                        0.2
Windsor                           0.0
Ogden                             0.0
Quincy Dam 21                     0.0
Havana                            0.0
Edwardsville 2 W                  0.0
Tuscola                           0.0
....MISSOURI....
Edina                            10.6
UNIONVILLE                        8.2
Memphis                           6.0
DOWNING                           5.0
BROOKFIELD                        4.0
Columbia                          3.7
Steffenville                      3.0
Canton LD20                       2.0
BLUE LICK                         2.0
Hannibal                          1.5
KIRKSVILLE                        0.5
NWS Weldon Spring                 0.2
....WISCONSIN....
MADISON-ASOS                      5.1
DELAVAN-1 W-WWTP 1 W              5.0
MONROE 1 W                        4.0
Darlington                        3.9
SOUTH WAYNE-4 SW 4 SSW            3.9
Brodhead 1 SW                     3.5
SULLIVAN-NWS 2 SE                 3.3
WHITEWATER                        3.0
BELOIT-9 NW                       2.8
LANCASTER 4WSW                    2.8
STEUBEN 4SE 3 NE                  2.0
VIROQUA                           1.6
BELOIT-COLLEGE                    1.5
LA CROSSE WFO                     0.0
....MINNESOTA....
GRAND MEADOW                      0.1
PRESTON                           0.0
CHANHASSEN  WFO                   0.0
ZUMBROTA                          0.0
OWATONNA                          0.0
BYRON 4N                          0.0
* * * * * * * * * * * * Additional Local Snowfall Reports * * * * * * * * * * *
 THE REPORTS BELOW ARE SEPARATED BY AMOUNT...AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE
FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION.

SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT

 INCHES  LOCATION                 ST  COUNTY           TIME
 ------  -----------------------  --  --------------   -------
 10.3    3 NNE DOWNING            MO  SCOTLAND         0900 AM
  7.7    4 W STANLEY              IA  BUCHANAN         0624 AM
  7.5    BRIGHTON                 IA  WASHINGTON       0700 AM
  7.2    MOLINE QUAD-CITY AIRPOR  IL  ROCK ISLAND      1200 PM
  7.0    5 E CANTRIL              IA  VAN BUREN        0829 AM
  6.8    1 SE VINTON              IA  BENTON           0850 AM
  6.6    ROCK FALLS               IL  WHITESIDE        0700 AM
  6.5    3 SE GARRISON            IA  BENTON           0443 AM
  6.5    4 W FARMINGTON           IA  VAN BUREN        0430 AM
  6.0    WALNUT                   IL  BUREAU           0800 AM
  6.0    1 S SALEM                IA  HENRY            0700 AM
  6.0    VINTON                   IA  BENTON           0630 AM
  6.0    MEMPHIS                  MO  SCOTLAND         0600 AM
  5.5    SSE ATKINS               IA  BENTON           0713 AM
  5.5    VICTOR                   IA  IOWA             0600 AM
  5.4    1 W CAMBRIDGE            IL  HENRY            0930 AM
  5.3    DUBUQUE REGIONAL AIRPOR  IA  DUBUQUE          1200 PM
  5.1    PARK VIEW                IA  SCOTT            0825 AM
  5.1    5 NW CEDAR RAPIDS        IA  LINN             0817 AM
  5.1    1 E KEWANEE              IL  HENRY            0700 AM
  5.1    FREEPORT                 IL  STEPHENSON       0632 AM
  5.0    1 NE MARION              IA  LINN             0818 AM
  5.0    1 SE PRINCETON           IL  BUREAU           0730 AM
  5.0    4 E WHAT CHEER           IA  KEOKUK           0720 AM
  5.0    BELLE PLAINE             IA  BENTON           0700 AM
  4.8    QUASQUETON               IA  BUCHANAN         0630 AM
  4.5    DONNELLSON               IA  LEE              0700 AM
  4.3    2 ENE CEDAR RAPIDS       IA  LINN             0854 AM
  4.3    2 W DUBUQUE              IA  DUBUQUE          0650 AM
  4.1    5 NNE PRINCETON          IL  BUREAU           0632 AM
  4.0    CAMANCHE                 IA  CLINTON          0943 AM
  4.0    KEYSTONE                 IA  BENTON           0829 AM
  4.0    5 N VARNA                IL  MARSHALL         0718 AM
  4.0    MORRISON                 IL  WHITESIDE        0700 AM
  4.0    DAVENPORT MUNICIPAL AIR  IA  SCOTT            1200 PM
  4.0    3 N MUSCATINE            IA  MUSCATINE        0645 AM
  3.7    LOWDEN                   IA  CEDAR            0700 AM
  3.7    2 W CEDAR RAPIDS         IA  LINN             0620 AM
  3.6    3 NE CEDAR RAPIDS        IA  LINN             0649 AM
  3.5    HIAWATHA                 IA  LINN             0829 AM
  3.5    3 W CEDAR RAPIDS         IA  LINN             0820 AM
  3.5    2 NW MARION              IA  LINN             0730 AM
  3.5    KEOSAUQUA                IA  VAN BUREN        0700 AM
  3.5    BENTLEY                  IL  HANCOCK          0645 AM
  3.5    2 N MUSCATINE            IA  MUSCATINE        0500 AM
  3.5    ALEDO                    IL  MERCER           0500 AM
  3.5    LISBON                   IA  LINN             0400 AM
  3.2    4 NNW LANARK             IL  CARROLL          0911 AM
  3.2    NNW SPRINGVILLE          IA  LINN             0910 AM
  3.2    3 W DUBUQUE              IA  DUBUQUE          0700 AM
  3.2    2 NE COLUSA              IL  HANCOCK          0600 AM
  3.1    E SOLON                  IA  JOHNSON          0845 AM
  3.0    SE STANWOOD              IA  CEDAR            0901 AM
  3.0    MONTICELLO               IA  JONES            0755 AM
  3.0    GALENA                   IL  JO DAVIESS       0700 AM
  3.0    ILLINOIS CITY            IL  ROCK ISLAND      0600 AM
  3.0    DUBUQUE                  IA  DUBUQUE          0600 AM
  3.0    GLADSTONE                IL  HENDERSON        0600 AM
  3.0    AUGUSTA                  IL  HANCOCK          0544 AM
  3.0    1 SSE CEDAR RAPIDS       IA  LINN             0520 AM
  2.8    SWISHER                  IA  JOHNSON          0700 AM
  2.8    2 NE CALAMUS             IA  CLINTON          0610 AM
  2.8    COGGON                   IA  LINN             0600 AM
  2.6    WILLIAMSBURG             IA  IOWA             0700 AM
  2.5    ANAMOSA                  IA  JONES            0700 AM
  2.5    CASCADE                  IA  DUBUQUE          0700 AM
  2.5    4 S DEWITT               IA  SCOTT            0700 AM
  2.5    NORTH ENGLISH            IA  IOWA             0700 AM
  2.0    1 ESE WASHINGTON         IA  WASHINGTON       0810 AM
  2.0    1 W ELMIRA               IA  JOHNSON          0730 AM
  2.0    FREEPORT                 IL  STEPHENSON       0700 AM
  2.0    APPLE RIVER CANYON S. P  IL  JO DAVIESS       0700 AM
  2.0    KEOKUK                   IA  LEE              0600 AM
  1.7    4 W MAQUOKETA            IA  JACKSON          0700 AM
  1.5    WASHINGTON               IA  WASHINGTON       0700 AM
  1.4    5 S ELIZABETH            IL  JO DAVIESS       0630 AM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 



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