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Winter Storm Rocky: Snow Reports and Notables
Winter Storm Rocky: Snow Reports and Notables
Nov 13, 2024 8:59 AM

Amarillo, Texas

Amarillo emergency personnel assist a stranded motorist on the I-40 service road Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/The Amarillo Globe News, Michael Schumacher)

Here are some selected snowfall reports from Winter Storm Rocky as it made its way from the mountains of the Pacific Northwest through the Rockies and into the Plains, Midwest, and Northeast from Thursday, Feb. 21 through the following Thursday, Feb. 28.

Also on the list are selected ice accumulation reports from freezing rain that fell in the Appalachians in association with Rocky on Tuesday, Feb. 26.

Washington

Top snow total: - 22.0 inches Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 21-23.

Oregon

Top snow total: - 20.0 inches over a two-day period ending Saturday afternoon, Feb. 23.

Idaho

Top snow total: - 18 to 20 inches

Nevada

Top snow total: East of - 9.0 inches at 8,330 feet elevation.

Utah

Top snow total: - 20.0 inches at 7,402 feet elevation.: 6.2 inches of snow fell on Saturday, Feb. 23.

New Mexico

Top snow total: near - 12.0 inches of snow

Arizona

Top snow total: - 5.0 inches of snow

Colorado

Top snow total: - 34.5 inches: 9.1 inches at Denver International Airport. The top totals in the Denver area were in the mountains immediately west of the city, with 27.2 inches reported near Pinecliffe in Jefferson County.

Wyoming

Top snow total: SNOTEL in the Sierra Madre Range, 35 miles south of Rawlins, reported approximately 30 inches of snow.

Oklahoma

Top snow total: near - 18.0 inches; drifts to six feetLargest drifts reported: east of - eight-foot drifts reported from 12 inches of snowfall

Texas

Top snow total: - 21.0 inches: 19.1 inches made it the third-largest snowstorm total on record there. Of this, 0.1 inch fell Sunday and 19.0 inches fell Monday, making Feb. 25 the snowiest February calendar day on record and second only to 19.3 inches on March 25, 1934 among all calendar days.Top wind gust: Within the blizzard, 77 mph at the Pantex nuclear weapons facility outside Amarillo. Outside of the snowfall zone, gusts to 84 mph were observed in the higher terrain near .Largest drifts reported: Drifts of 6 to 7 feet were reported near , where 13.0 inches of snow had fallen by late Monday afternoon.

Kansas

Top total: 12.0 inches near .Storm total of 7 inches in brought the February 2013 total to 21.2 inches, eclipsing the previous snowfall record for any month in Wichita weather history. That record of 20.5 inches was set exactly 100 years ago in February 1913.

Missouri

Top snow total: 17.8 inches near .Heavy, wet snow caused tree limbs to break in , , and other communities south and southeast of Kansas City.: A total of 11 inches fell at K.C. Int'l Airport. Winter Storm Q deposited 9.3 inches.2 inches of sleet fell near Horton and in Whiteside.

Nebraska

Top snow total: 5.0 inches in .Most of Rocky's snow in Nebraska occurred in the Panhandle on Sunday. Light snow brushed the southeastern part of the state Tuesday with a maximum of 1.6 inches in .

Iowa

Top snow total: 15.5 inches near .Des Moines: 9 inches total from Rocky topped the 6.1 inches during Winter Storm Q.

Illinois

Top snow total: 14.0 inches near .Chicago (O'Hare): Heaviest snowstorm of the season (5.8 inches Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 26-27).Moline: 7.2 inches as of 4:00 p.m. Wednesday.2 inches of sleet was reported at Sterling.

Wisconsin

Top snow total: 16.9 inches in and as of 3:00 a.m. Wednesday.Milwaukee (Mitchell Int'l): 10 inches as of 12 a.m. Thursday. Heaviest snowstorm of the season.Madison: 7.3 inches as of 12 a.m. Thursday.

Michigan

Top snow total: 9 inches in as of 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.Grand Rapids: 5.7 inches as of midnight Thursday morning.Muskegon adds to its February record snow total, with 53.2 inches as of midnight Thursday morning. Through January 19, they only had picked up 9.6 inches of snow for the season (42.6 inches below average).Through February 27, they've now picked up 92.8" of snow for the season (10.9 inches above average).

Ohio

Top snow total: 3 inches near .

New York

Top snow total: 12.0 inches near Holcombville.

Pennsylvania

Top snow total: 4.3 inches near .Top ice total: 0.16 inch of ice accumulation from freezing rain near Jimtown on Tuesday.

Maryland

Top ice total: 0.25 inch of ice accumulation from freezing rain in Redhouse and on Tuesday.

West Virginia

Top ice total: 0.75 inch of ice accumulation from freezing rain in on Tuesday. Trees reported down due to ice and wind.

Virginia

Top ice total: 1.00 inch of ice accumulation from freezing rain in on Tuesday.

North Carolina

Top ice total: 1.00 inch of ice accumulation near Aho, just above 4,000 feet elevation near the Blue Ridge Parkway, on Tuesday.

Vermont

Top snow total: 19 inches in Woodford.

New Hampshire

Top snow total: 12.5 inches in .

Maine

Top snow total: 10 inches in .

Massachusetts

Top snow total: 12 inches in .

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