DominicR Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Major winter storm today to bring 4-18 inches to IA/E MN/NW WI today and heavy rain/floods to the lower Great Lakes. Please guys send some wintery photos or anyone dealing with heavy rain/floods some pictures and keep us updated with observations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Dubzz Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 RN here with temps at 34 degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominicR Posted February 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Heavy rain coming in from the west soon. Temp is 36 right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 As I worried looks like going to be to far east here. 4 inches 70 miles west up to 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominicR Posted February 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 As I worried looks like going to be to far east here. 4 inches 70 miles west up to 12 You live in La Cross right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Just west of la crosse. La crescent, mn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominicR Posted February 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Some lightning strikes and hearing thunder now. Rain not so bad right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meichel Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Silver dollar sized flakes IMBY, on top of a coating of slush. 34º Quote On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meichel Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 33º -RN .35" thus far Quote On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 0.4" of snow and sleet here. 0.72" of moisture so far. Have no idea what part of that was snow though. Probably like 5-6:1 ratio. Now all rain. Quote Mercer Island, 350 ft 2021-2022: 11.6", 02/21 2020-2021: 15.6" 2019-2020: ~10" 2018-2019 winter snowfall total: 29.5" 2017-2018: 9.0", 2016-2017: 14.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Dubzz Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Rain all night. But somehow Dubuque managed to cancel school. And I am left with a normal day. Shucks! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Rain all night. But somehow Dubuque managed to cancel school. And I am left with a normal day. Shucks! Lol I had one of those days once. But it was no college classes. About 2" of slop fell and didn't even stick on the roads! Quote Mercer Island, 350 ft 2021-2022: 11.6", 02/21 2020-2021: 15.6" 2019-2020: ~10" 2018-2019 winter snowfall total: 29.5" 2017-2018: 9.0", 2016-2017: 14.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iowawx Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 It's been all rain here in Cedar Rapids so far. Sitting in a lull right now with nothing falling. Should get more rain and about 1-2 inches of snow today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowshoe Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Depressing sprinkles on the way to work this morning. Normally the NW trend is my friend but not this time I guess. Still holding out hope for a wildcard of some sort but that doesnt seem promising at this point. Quote WISCONSIN RAPIDS Wisconsin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Standing water everywhere already this morning. Hydroplaning a real danger today. Roads are all wet/slushy now. Quote Mercer Island, 350 ft 2021-2022: 11.6", 02/21 2020-2021: 15.6" 2019-2020: ~10" 2018-2019 winter snowfall total: 29.5" 2017-2018: 9.0", 2016-2017: 14.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madtown Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 had pretty much everything falling this morning now nothing with wind out of the north east 33 degrees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakjen Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Lightning here again. Last night sounded like it was the middle of July. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Dubzz Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Well the rain took care of the excess snow on the edge of the streets and driveway, so that's nice. Doesn't look like QPF amounts will be all that impressive here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominicR Posted February 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Some hail possible in E IA....MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0119 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1020 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 AREAS AFFECTED...SRN/ERN IA...FAR NRN MO CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY VALID 201620Z - 201745Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...5 PERCENT SUMMARY...MARGINAL SEVERE HAIL MAY OCCUR WITH ELEVATED CONVECTION N OF THE SURFACE WARM FRONT ARCING ACROSS NRN MO INTO CNTRL IL. A STABLE LOW-LEVEL INVERSION WILL GREATLY INHIBIT POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WIND. DISCUSSION...WITHIN A ZONE OF STRONGLY FORCED ASCENT JUST AHEAD OF A VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE IMPULSE CROSSING THE LOWER MO VALLEY...AND ON THE NRN PERIPHERY OF POSITIVE BUOYANCY...ELEVATED CONVECTION WILL REMAIN SUSTAINED ACROSS FAR NRN MO AND SRN/ERN IA INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. DESPITE MUCAPE LARGELY HOLDING AOB 1000 J/KG...STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND SUFFICIENT EFFECTIVE SHEAR WITHIN THE CLOUD-BEARING LAYER WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF OCCASIONAL UPDRAFT ROTATION AND HAIL SIZES APPROACHING AN INCH IN DIAMETER. WITH A STOUT LOW-LEVEL INVERSION PER 12Z TOP RAOB AND NAM/RAP-PARALLEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS...AND CONFIRMED BY INDIVIDUAL CELL MOVEMENT...CONVECTION APPEARS TO BE ROOTED PROGRESSIVELY HIGHER WITH NRN EXTENT BETWEEN 850-700 MB. WITH LITTLE IF ANY DCAPE AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES LIKELY TO REMAIN IN THE 30S/40S...SEVERE WIND POTENTIAL APPEARS QUITE MINIMAL. ..GRAMS/THOMPSON.. 02/20/2014 ATTN...WFO...LSX...DVN...ARX...DMX...EAX... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 As the rain began around 4:00am this morning I heard a clap of Thunder and the precip intensity increased. That cooled the column and it was pouring sleet/snow mix as well. Sitting at 34F...what a slop fest this morning. I just measured the snow depth and surprisingly I'm still sitting at around 10" believe it or not. Looks like the snow really soaked up that rain this morning. I do think it will melt a few inches as dew points/temps rise this afternoon when we get into the warm sector of the storm. It shouldn't last that long so snow melt wont be as bad I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Dubzz Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Just saw that, Dom. Come on, I wanna see some hail!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Up 1° here, starting to get some fog forming. If that convection holds together it's going to fill up the streets even more with water. Quote Mercer Island, 350 ft 2021-2022: 11.6", 02/21 2020-2021: 15.6" 2019-2020: ~10" 2018-2019 winter snowfall total: 29.5" 2017-2018: 9.0", 2016-2017: 14.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madtown Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 34 here now waiting for the next band of whatever to move through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madtown Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 DSM under a blizzard warning and has a SPS for nickel size hail 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madtown Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 What are those waves out in NEB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Hail being reported from that Thunderstorm that hit near Aurora/Naperville area... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominicR Posted February 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Hail being reported from that Thunderstorm that hit near Aurora/Naperville area... Can't wait for the wind later. 60 mph! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madtown Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 wheres the Omaha people looks like some good rates out there atm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Dubzz Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Looks like Rockford and north central areas will have some nice rain moving through. A moderate rain shower about to move through, but doesn't look like it'll be much after that. A bit disappointing, but kind of saw it coming with my area being the place where the SLP would track through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominicR Posted February 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 wheres the Omaha people looks like some good rates out there atm In other forum. They are. I saw some pics. Huge flakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominicR Posted February 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 RPM.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Ya Dom, the winds are going to make this interesting. Also wondering how fast all this water freezes over tonight. Roads could get real dicy as residual salt will be washed away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Looks like the RAP last night caught on to the snow out there in NE... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madtown Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 doesn't look like MSN is going to get a ton of precip of any form Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 34-35° now with -RN starting. 1"/hr rates moving in with this batch. Quote Mercer Island, 350 ft 2021-2022: 11.6", 02/21 2020-2021: 15.6" 2019-2020: ~10" 2018-2019 winter snowfall total: 29.5" 2017-2018: 9.0", 2016-2017: 14.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabel23 Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Your area is under a blizzard warning and this happens, just nuts! This morning was wild with the snow and wind, just didn't last very long. You guys are going to get hammered. It's some heavy wet snow so everything is just going to get pasted! BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTEDCIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGEIOWA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY DES MOINES IOWARELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA909 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE WORTHCOUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.A FIRE THAT IS BURNING AT A FACILITY AT THE NORTHWOOD MUNICIPALAIRPORT CONTAINS SULFURIC ACID. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.RESIDENTS OF NORTHWOOD ARE BEING ASKED TO EVACUATE IMMEDIATELYSOUTH OF NORTHWOOD TO THE KENSETT COMMUNITY CENTER APPROXIMATELY 6MILES SOUTH OF NORTHWOOD ON HIGHWAY 65.RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE TRANSPORTATION CAN BE TRANSPORTED TOKENSETT FROM THE SHERIFFS OFFICE AT 1000 CENTRAL AVENUE NORTHWOODIOWA. IF TRANSPORTATION TO THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IS NEEDED CALL THESHERIFF AT 641-324-2481.REPEATING...THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. RESIDENTS OF NORTHWOODSHOULD EVACUATE SOUTH OF NORTHWOOD TO THE KENSETT COMMUNITYCENTER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosaints Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Rap goes crazy here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Last round of intense rains going to move thru NE IL...been hearing that flooding isn't as bad as they though in Des Plaines...WGN News is down the street from my place and the river doesn't look bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowshoe Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 This is turning into a giant suckfest! I knew I was screwed when the models had me in the bullseye 4 days out. NWS GRBHAVE NOT LOOKED CLOSELY AT TNGT YET...BUT TRACK OF SYSTEM AND DRYSLOT DRIVING NEWD ACRS ALMOST THE WHOLE AREA SUGGEST WE MAY NEEDTO TRIM SNOW TOTALS. WL ADDRESS THAT THIS AFTN. Quote WISCONSIN RAPIDS Wisconsin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Fog really starting to form now and temps beginning to rise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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