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January 31-February 2 Historic Winter Storm part 10


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people are mocking and laughing at the NWS and tv mets today here. We got little ice .25 or so or less in most place in the metro. 1-2 inches of snow.

but 90 percent of precip was sleet.

saved us from a disaster.

but we only had .6 to .8 qpf in the metro from the main event. and .8 to 1.2 for all of it.

half of what models had 24 hours before it started in many cases.

sleet was not impressive.

I got 2.5 inches of snow and sleet on top of .3 inches of ice.

no issues except inconvenience.

thank you to all here and thanks for tracking a great storm together.

but the stl weather community lost all credibility with most of the metro, the forums, radio shows, and facebook are tearing them new one.

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Just got back from an epic walk. Lots of video and pics to upload, coming later. Suffice to say, thundersnow again, 2-3" per hour rates. Skies slowly brightening, might snag another 1/2-1", still moderate snow. Totals somewhere around 20, impossible to say much more than that. If it wasn't for the wind, no doubt we would have soared past 23", but i'd never trade that wind for the extra few inches. I'm sure somewhere on LOTs CWA goes over 23" probably Highland Park towards Buffalo Grove area.

King,

That last band was intense and here in Buffalo Grove it is impossible to measure there are 5-6 drifts everywhere.

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If MDW was 18.5" at 8:45, they may pass ORD

Yes.....i believe chi wx posted midway had 2 in one hour for that band....which would be 20.5, so yeah they def have a good shot...

Great 20 call for chi alek...you pretty much lock in ur call and never really wavered.....glad you got a storm of a lifetime.....

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It seems just NW of Rockford may have gotten a little more then the KRFD reading (13.9 in), maybe 1.5-2 inches more... from 12:30AM to 3AM a band setup from that part of town all the way to near Milwaukee and was stationary, while the echos south/north of that line were fading. I would estimate 15-16in, I'll have to wait till the NW Rockford Coop comes out, or Macheseny Park Ob to come out to validate that.

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Climate Summary for Moline, IL for February 1 gives snowfall total of 14.8 " Another 1.9" would equal 16.7" was there more snow since midnight that isn't in this equation?

There was another 1.7" of WAA snow on 1/31. Even the 14.8" on one calendar day is going to be top 5 for 24 hours. I'll have to see exactly where in the top 5 when I get back to the office, I just know it isn't in the top 2.

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WILD NIGHT! Did Thundersnow change his name yet?:rolleyes: Stunning he heard no thunder...I was near Woodfield Mall and it was like training summer storms. Shocked at the amount of abandoned cars on the roads out this way...For me the combination of wind,snow accumulation and thunder puts this event #1. I'm mentally drained........

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prelim reports from dtx. Does not include the waa snow or much of the deform snow

STORM TOTAL SNOW REPORTS POSTED ARE THROUGH 11AM. 

LOCATION                  SNOWFALL     DURATION
                         (INCHES)      (HOURS)        LAT       LON

...BAY COUNTY...
  8 NNE MIDLAND           M   8.0           12     43.73N    84.17W

...GENESEE COUNTY...
  BURTON                  M   5.1           12     43.00N    83.62W
  LINDEN                  M   5.5           12     42.82N    83.78W
  GOODRICH                M   5.8           12     42.92N    83.51W
  7 W FLINT               M   6.6           12     43.02N    83.83W
  FLUSHING                M   9.0           14     43.06N    83.84W
  FLINT                   M   7.5           12     43.02N    83.69W

...HURON COUNTY...
  BAD AXE                 M   9.0           13     43.80N    83.00W
  HARBOR BEACH            M   9.0           12     43.85N    82.65W
  FILION                  M  10.1           12     43.90N    83.00W

...LAPEER COUNTY...
  LAPEER                  M   6.5           12     43.05N    83.32W
  NORTH BRANCH            M   9.0           11     43.23N    83.19W

...LENAWEE COUNTY...
  1 SW BLISSFIELD         M   5.2           12     41.82N    83.88W
  MORENCI                 M   5.8           12     41.72N    84.22W
  TECUMSEH                M   7.0           12     42.01N    83.94W
  6 ENE ADRIAN            M   8.0           12     41.93N    83.94W
  TIPTON                  M   5.8           12     42.02N    84.06W

...LIVINGSTON COUNTY...
  HOWELL                  M   5.0           12     42.61N    83.94W

...MACOMB COUNTY...
  4 NNW RICHMOND          M   5.3           12     42.86N    82.78W
  EASTPOINTE              M   5.8           12     42.47N    82.96W
  SHELBY TOWNSHIP         M   6.0           12     42.67N    83.03W
  NEW BALTIMORE           M   6.6           12     42.68N    82.74W
  UTICA                   M   6.6           14     42.63N    83.02W
  NEW HAVEN               M   7.0           14     42.73N    82.79W
  SHELBY TOWNSHIP         M   7.5           14     42.67N    83.03W

...MIDLAND COUNTY...
  2 SE BOMBAY             E  11.0           15     43.72N    84.25W

...MONROE COUNTY...
  DUNDEE                  M   5.0           12     41.96N    83.66W
  3 SW MONROE             M   5.8           12     41.89N    83.43W
  MILAN                   M   6.0           13     42.09N    83.68W

...OAKLAND COUNTY...
  FARMINGTON              M   4.5           12     42.46N    83.38W
  WEST BLOOMFIELD         M   4.5           13     42.57N    83.38W
  1 N COMMERCE            M   5.3           12     42.61N    83.49W
  BLOOMFIELD HILLS        M   5.5           11     42.58N    83.25W
  CLARKSTON               M   6.6           15     42.74N    83.42W
  ORTONVILLE              M   7.5           14     42.85N    83.44W
  LAKE ORION              M   8.5           15     42.78N    83.24W
  1 S CLARKSTON           M   8.9           11     42.72N    83.42W
  WHITE LAKE              M   5.5           12     42.65N    83.50W

...SAGINAW COUNTY...
  CHESANING               M   5.0           12     43.18N    84.12W
  1 SSW SAGINAW           M   9.5           13     43.41N    83.96W
  5 N CLIO                M   9.8           15     43.25N    83.74W
  HEMLOCK                 M  11.0           14     43.42N    84.23W
  FREELAND                M  11.5           15     43.52N    84.12W

...SANILAC COUNTY...
  LEXINGTON               M   4.0           12     43.27N    82.53W
  SANDUSKY                M   5.0           12     43.42N    82.83W

...SHIAWASSEE COUNTY...
  DURAND                  M   6.3           12     42.91N    83.99W
  CORUNNA                 M   4.0           12     42.98N    84.12W
  OWOSSO                  M   6.0           12     43.00N    84.18W

...ST. CLAIR COUNTY...
  5 W ST. CLAIR           M   4.9           12     42.82N    82.59W
  ALGONAC                 M   6.0           12     42.62N    82.53W
  YALE                    M   8.0           13     43.13N    82.80W
  CAPAC                   M   9.0           13     43.01N    82.93W

...TUSCOLA COUNTY...
  CARO                    M  10.7           14     43.49N    83.40W

...WASHTENAW COUNTY...
  CHELSEA                 M   6.0           14     42.31N    84.02W
  MANCHESTER              M   5.0           12     42.15N    84.04W
  ANN ARBOR               M   5.9           12     42.28N    83.73W

...WAYNE COUNTY...
  DEARBORN                M   5.3           12     42.31N    83.21W
  2 W DEARBORN            M   6.1           12     42.31N    83.25W
  WYANDOTTE               M   7.4           13     42.21N    83.16W
  BROWNSTOWN TOWNSHIP     M   8.0           15     42.15N    83.26W
  ROMULUS                 M   7.5           12     42.22N    83.37W

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVED NORTHEAST THROUGH THE CENTER OF 
THE US TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOW IN ADDITION TO 
STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 40-50 MPH CREATED BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS
MAINLY THROUGH THE SAGINAW VALLEY. MOST OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN SAW 
6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH 11AM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE 
THUMB.

M = MEASURED

E = ESTIMATED

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I hate to hear this. I was happy to hear you missed a catastrophy. But, when I heard TWC saying it was a bust - I knew this was a public relations disaster. But, what can you do. Sometimes certain areas of the storm bust. More sleet than ice - more snow than sleet - more rain than freezing rain. It is too bad the bust was over their largest city.

It may take a long time to recover public trust. Unsure.

Glad you made it through the storm without damage

I hope so. I think the biggest issue was comparing this to 82 or 06 both were big time natural disasters and not just snow events.

If I was the met's in charge I would have busted as well. It was a tough forecast.

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Part 1: 6 Inches (Projected 4-7)

Part 2: 6 Inches (Projected: 5-9)

Total: 12 Inches. (Projected: 9-16)

Grade: A

My only complaint was that this happened during the day, but the forecasted range was right on the money. Awesome job by the MKE office.

The winds were nasty, couldn't see accross the street. Just beautiful.

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No doubt it was an extremely difficult forecast. Would love to hear some NWS mets from that area - take on how it all went down.

Wonder how the ice damaged areas are doing.

A large group of electrical trucks pulled in here last night at our hotel and they were headed south - they got stranded here for the night. Quite a few trucks outside. They were from Minnesota.

I will say that at least in southeastern Illinois Lincoln did a great job with their forecast. The only saving grace in Olney was that before the wind picked up we went above freezing for about an hour. Locations to the immediate north, five miles or less and two the west have more and ice and more problems.

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