January 30-31, 2002 Snow Totals
A double barreled low pressure system brought two rounds of snow to the region to wrap up the month of January. A strong upper level low pressure system moved across the Rocky mountains into Kansas January 29th. A stationary cold front was sitting from the Ohio River valley into the Texas panhandle. An upper air disturbance created by the strong upper level low move northeast across the Midwest January 30th. This caused low pressure at the surface to move northeast along the front and help spread snow into the area. This was the first round of snow, with 1 to 2 inch accumulations mainly south of Interstate 90. The second round of snow developed on the 31st as the upper level low moved northeast from Kansas, across Iowa into northern Illinois. A second low formed at the surface and also moved northeast along the stationary front. Short periods of heavy snow formed and dumped from five to seven inches of snow in isolated locations of southeast Minnesota and southwest Wisconsin. The rest of the region generally saw snowfall amounts in the two to five inch range. The map below is an estimate of the snowfall totals for both rounds of snow.
Snow totals for January 30th and 31st.
ZCZC MKEPNSLSE ABUS34 KLSE 011448 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 832 AM CST FRI FEB 01 2002 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE AREA LOCATION COUNTY SNOWFALL ...IOWA... DORCHESTER (COOP) ALLAMAKEE 5.0 ELKADER 5 SSW CLAYTON 4.4 FAYETTE FAYETTE 3.4 NEW HAMPTON CHICKASAW 2.0 OLWEIN FAYETTE 4.0 STRAWBERRY POINT CLAYTON 4.2 WAUCOMA FAYETTE 2.0 WAUKON ALLAMAKEE 4.1 ...MINNESOTA... GRAND MEADOW MOWER 5.0 HARMONY FILLMORE 3.0 LA CRESCENT 1N (UCOOP) HOUSTON 3.9 ROCHESTER AP 2NE OLMSTED 7.5 SPRING GROVE HOUSTON 4.5 SPRING VALLEY FILLMORE 4.5 WABASHA WABASHA 5.5 ...WISCONSIN... ARCADIA TREMPEALEAU 5.0 CUBA CITY 2NW GRANT 1.6 CHIPPEWA FALLS (UCOOP) CHIPPEWA 6.0 ELK MOUND (UCOOP) DUNN 4.5 ETTRICK 5 SE (UCOOP) TREMPEALEAU 5.0 FOUR CORNERS (UCOOP) MONROE 5.2 FOUNTAIN CITY BUFFALO 6.0 GAD (UCOOP) TAYLOR 4.0 GAYS MILLS CRAWFORD 5.0 HIXTON 5 W (UCOOP) JACKSON 6.0 HOLMEN 2 S (UCOOP) LA CROSSE 3.5 ISLAND LAKE (UCOOP) RUSK 6.7 LA CROSSE STATE RD COULEE LA CROSSE 4.0 LA CROSSE WFO LA CROSSE 4.2 LANCASTER 4 WSW GRANT 1.9 LUBLIN TAYLOR 5.0 MONDOVI 6 S BUFFALO 6.0 NECEDAH JUNEAU 5.5 NEILLSVILLE CLARK 5.0 ONTARIO VERNON 7.0 OWEN 3W CLARK 7.0 PRAIRIE DU CHIEN CRAWFORD 2.9 SPARTA MONROE 3.0 TAYLOR (UCOOP) JACKSON 5.5 WESTBY 1NE VERNON 5.0 WILLARD CLARK 6.5 $$ SAW NNNN
ZCZC MKEPNSLSE
ABUS34 KLSE 311440
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
840 AM CST THU JAN 31 2002
24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE AREA
LOCATION COUNTY SNOWFALL
...IOWA...
CRESCO 1 NE HOWARD 0.6
DORCHESTER (COOP) ALLAMAKEE 0.5
FAYETTE FAYETTE 1.0
NEW HAMPTON CHICKASAW 0.5
OELWEIN FAYETTE 1.0
OSAGE MITCHELL 0.8
STRAWBERRY POINT CLAYTON 2.4
WAUCOMA FAYETTE 0.5
WAUKON ALLAMAKEE 0.8
...MINNESOTA...
BYRON OLMSTED T
LA CRESCENT 1N (UCOOP) HOUSTON 0.8
ROCHESTER AP 2NE OLMSTED T
SPRING GROVE HOUSTON 0.5
...WISCONSIN...
BLACK RIVER FALLS SEWAGE JACKSON 0.5
CUBA CITY 2NW GRANT 2.0
ETTRICK 5 SE (UCOOP) TREMPEALEAU 0.5
FOUR CORNERS (UCOOP) MONROE 1.0
FRIENDSHIP 1E ADAMS 1.0
GAYS MILLS CRAWFORD 1.0
HILLSBORO VERNON 1.0
HOLMEN 2 S (UCOOP) LA CROSSE 0.7
LA CROSSE WFO LA CROSSE 0.8
LANCASTER 4 WSW GRANT 1.7
NEILLSVILLE CLARK T
ONTARIO VERNON 1.0
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN CRAWFORD 1.1
PLATTEVILLE GRANT 1.7
READSTOWN VERNON 1.2
SPARTA MONROE 0.5
WESTBY 1NE VERNON 0.7
$$
Additional totals received through our web site:
| Location | County | Snowfall |
| Necedah 2 south | Juneau | 6.0" |
| Le Roy | Mower | 4.5" |
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