Events › 2025

Central to Northeast U.S. Winter Storm

Feb 12–14, 2025 · WPC Storm Summaries · Ended

  • Arkansas
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Maine
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Missouri
  • Nebraska
  • New Hampshire
  • New York
  • Oklahoma
  • South Dakota
  • Vermont
  • Wisconsin

Summaries

4 summaries

First Feb 12, 08:55 AM UTC · latest Feb 14, 08:08 AM UTC

Source

NOAA Weather Prediction Center

Station values in WPC's text are preliminary

WPC outlooks as they stood at each summary

Not captured: this event's summaries were imported from the archive after they were issued, so the outlooks in effect at the time were not recorded. Events summarised since show the Excessive Rainfall Outlook and WSSI ice impacts as they stood at each summary.

Storm summaries

  1. Summary #5 · final

    Feb 14, 08:08 AM UTC

    Heavy snow has ended across northern New England as low pressure exits into the Canadian Maritimes

    Full text
    ACUS44 KWBC 140808
    SCCNS4
    
    Storm Summary Number 5 for Central to Northeast U.S. Winter Storm
    NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
    400 AM EST Fri Feb 14 2025
    
    ...Heavy snow has ended across northern New England as low
    pressure exits into the Canadian Maritimes...
    
    For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
    and advisories, please see www.weather.gov
    
    At 300 AM EST...National Weather Service Doppler Radar and surface
    observations show that heavy snow has come to an end across
    northern New England with just a few scattered snow showers and
    flurries lingering across the region.
    
    ...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 700 AM
    EST Tue Feb 11 through 300 AM EST Fri Feb 14...
    
    ...MAINE...
    ASHLAND                              11.0
    STOCKHOLM 3 W                        11.0
    CARIBOU 1 N                          10.3
    BRIDGEWATER                          10.0
    WESTFIELD 2 NNW                      10.0
    DALLAS                                6.5
    BLAINE                                6.0
    MADRID 6 WNW                          5.4
    PRESQUE ISLE                          3.8
    
    ...MICHIGAN...
    EAST LANSING 2 WSW                    6.0
    GRAND BLANC                           6.0
    PRESCOTT                              6.0
    WHITE LAKE 4 E                        4.4
    
    ...NEBRASKA...
    AUBURN 1 NNW                          6.3
    PERU                                  6.0
    NORTH PLATTE                          4.4
    OMAHA 4 NNE                           4.0
    
    ...NEW YORK...
    PORT HENRY                            6.0
    MASSENA                               5.0
    
    ...SOUTH DAKOTA...
    MONROE 4 ENE                          7.5
    STICKNEY 4 SW                         7.0
    SIOUX FALLS 4 ESE                     3.6
    
    ...VERMONT...
    DERBY CENTER                          7.0
    KILLINGTON                            5.0
    NEWPORT CENTER                        5.0
    DERBY LINE 2 W                        4.9
    SAINT ALBANS                          3.6
    JERUSALEM 2 ENE                       3.3
    
    ...WISCONSIN...
    MILWAUKEE 2 W                         7.5
    MONROE                                6.0
    NWS MILWAUKEE                         6.0
    EAST TROY                             4.2
    ELMWOOD PARK                          3.3
    
    ...Selected preliminary Peak Wind gusts in miles per hour earlier
    in the event...
    
    ...NEW HAMPSHIRE...
    MOUNT WASHINGTON                       83
    
    ...NEW YORK...
    FREDONIA                               56
    DUNKIRK AIRPORT                        55
    HARRISBURG                             51
    SOUTH BRISTOL                          49
    PULTNEYVILLE                           47
    WELLSVILLE AIRPORT                     46
    
    ...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches where the
    event has ended...
    
    ...ILLINOIS...
    FREEPORT                             11.0
    ELIZABETH                             9.0
    STOCKTON 4 NNE                        7.0
    OHARE ARPT                            2.8
    
    ...IOWA...
    LOWDEN                               11.7
    GRAND RIVER                          10.0
    PELLA                                 9.5
    KNOXVILLE                             8.0
    DUBUQUE REGL ARPT                     6.8
    MURRAY                                6.6
    DES MOINES 3 SE                       6.0
    
    ...KANSAS...
    SHARON SPRINGS                        7.0
    MILTONVALE                            5.3
    LAWRENCE                              3.9
    MANHATTAN                             3.5
    DIGHTON                               3.0
    
    ...MISSOURI...
    ALLENDALE                             7.0
    MARYVILLE                             6.0
    
    ...Selected preliminary Storm Total Sleet amounts in inches where
    the event has ended...
    
    ...OKLAHOMA...
    BROKEN ARROW 3 W                     0.40
    MIAMI                                0.40
    NOBLE                                0.40
    NOBLE 3 N                            0.40
    SAPULPA                              0.30
    
    ...Selected preliminary Storm Total Freezing Rain ice amounts in
    inches where the event has ended...
    
    ...ARKANSAS...
    KINGSTON                             0.15
    
    ...INDIANA...
    BALL STATE 4 NW                      0.10
    
    ...MASSACHUSETTS...
    PITTSFIELD AIRPORT                   0.12
    
    ...MISSOURI...
    PONOMA 1 NE                          0.20
    
    ...NEW YORK...
    FLOYD BENNETT MEMORIAL AIRPORT       0.25
    HUDSON VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT       0.09
    ALBANY AIRPORT                       0.06
    
    ...OKLAHOMA...
    BIXBY                                0.10
    BROKEN ARROW                         0.10
    
    
    A few scattered snow showers and flurries will remain possible
    through the day today before diminishing by this evening.
    Otherwise, cold, dry, and breezy weather will be the rule to round
    out the work week.
    
    This will be the last Storm Summary issued by the Weather
    Prediction Center for this event. Please refer to your local
    National Weather service office for additional information.
    
    Miller
    $$
  2. Summary #4

    Feb 13, 09:54 PM UTC

    Heavy snow remains over northern New England through this evening

    Full text
    ACUS44 KWBC 132154
    SCCNS4
    
    Storm Summary Number 4 for Central to Northeast U.S. Winter Storm
    NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
    400 PM EST Thu Feb 13 2025
    
    ...Heavy snow remains over northern New England through this
    evening...
    
    Winter Weather Advisories are in effect for northern New Hampshire
    and central Maine.
    
    Winter Storm Warnings are in effect over northern Maine.
    
    For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
    and advisories, please see www.weather.gov
    
    At 300 PM EST...Radar and surface observations over New England
    indicated moderate to heavy snowfall over Maine and beginning to
    exit the region, ahead of a 1002 mb surface low and north of a
    warm front analyzed south of the Maine Coast.
    
    ...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 700 AM
    EST Tue Feb 11 through 300 PM EST Thu Feb 13...
    
    ...MAINE...
    STOCKHOLM 3 W                         7.0
    BLAINE                                6.0
    MADRID 6 WNW                          5.4
    CARIBOU 1 N                           5.3
    PRESQUE ISLE                          3.8
    
    ...MICHIGAN...
    EAST LANSING 2 WSW                    6.0
    GRAND BLANC                           6.0
    PRESCOTT                              6.0
    WHITE LAKE 4 E                        4.4
    
    ...NEBRASKA...
    AUBURN 1 NNW                          6.3
    PERU                                  6.0
    NORTH PLATTE                          4.4
    OMAHA 4 NNE                           4.0
    
    ...NEW YORK...
    PORT HENRY                            6.0
    
    ...SOUTH DAKOTA...
    MONROE 4 ENE                          7.5
    STICKNEY 4 SW                         7.0
    SIOUX FALLS 4 ESE                     3.6
    
    ...VERMONT...
    KILLINGTON                            5.0
    NEWPORT CENTER                        5.0
    DERBY LINE 2 W                        4.9
    SAINT ALBANS                          3.6
    JERUSALEM 2 ENE                       3.3
    
    ...WISCONSIN...
    MILWAUKEE 2 W                         7.5
    MONROE                                6.0
    NWS MILWAUKEE                         6.0
    EAST TROY                             4.2
    ELMWOOD PARK                          3.3
    
    ...Selected preliminary Peak Wind gusts in miles per hour earlier
    in the event...
    
    ...NEW HAMPSHIRE...
    MOUNT WASHINGTON                       83
    
    ...NEW YORK...
    FREDONIA                               56
    DUNKIRK AIRPORT                        55
    HARRISBURG                             51
    SOUTH BRISTOL                          49
    PULTNEYVILLE                           47
    WELLSVILLE AIRPORT                     46
    
    ...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches where the
    event has ended...
    
    ...ILLINOIS...
    FREEPORT                             11.0
    ELIZABETH                             9.0
    STOCKTON 4 NNE                        7.0
    OHARE ARPT                            2.8
    
    ...IOWA...
    LOWDEN                               11.7
    GRAND RIVER                          10.0
    PELLA                                 9.5
    KNOXVILLE                             8.0
    DUBUQUE REGL ARPT                     6.8
    MURRAY                                6.6
    DES MOINES 3 SE                       6.0
    
    ...KANSAS...
    SHARON SPRINGS                        7.0
    MILTONVALE                            5.3
    LAWRENCE                              3.9
    MANHATTAN                             3.5
    DIGHTON                               3.0
    
    ...MISSOURI...
    ALLENDALE                             7.0
    MARYVILLE                             6.0
    
    ...Selected preliminary Storm Total Sleet amounts in inches where
    the event has ended...
    
    ...OKLAHOMA...
    BROKEN ARROW 3 W                     0.40
    MIAMI                                0.40
    NOBLE                                0.40
    NOBLE 3 N                            0.40
    SAPULPA                              0.30
    
    ...Selected preliminary Storm Total Freezing Rain ice amounts in
    inches where the event has ended...
    
    ...ARKANSAS...
    KINGSTON                             0.15
    
    ...INDIANA...
    BALL STATE 4 NW                      0.10
    
    ...MASSACHUSETTS...
    PITTSFIELD AIRPORT                   0.12
    
    ...MISSOURI...
    PONOMA 1 NE                          0.20
    
    ...NEW YORK...
    FLOYD BENNETT MEMORIAL AIRPORT       0.25
    HUDSON VALLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT       0.09
    ALBANY AIRPORT                       0.06
    
    ...OKLAHOMA...
    BIXBY                                0.10
    BROKEN ARROW                         0.10
    
    
    Heavy snowfall and mixed precipitation will exit New England later
    this evening as the low migrates eastward. An additional 2-4
    inches of snowfall is likely for northern Maine, and up to a few
    hundredths of an inch of ice accretion farther south before
    midnight.
    
    The next Storm Summary will be issued by the Weather Prediction
    Center at 400 AM EST. Please refer to your local National Weather
    Service office for additional information on this event.
    
    Hamrick
    $$
  3. Summary #3

    Feb 13, 09:17 AM UTC

    Heavy snow overspreading northern New England

    Full text
    ACUS44 KWBC 130917
    SCCNS4
    
    Storm Summary Number 3 for Central to Northeast U.S. Winter Storm
    NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
    400 AM EST Thu Feb 13 2025
    
    ...Heavy snow overspreading northern New England...
    
    Winter Storm Warnings are in effect over northern Maine and
    northern New York.
    
    Winter Weather Advisories are in effect over the interior
    Northeast and New England.
    
    For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
    and advisories, please see www.weather.gov
    
    At 300 AM EST...Radar and surface observations over the interior
    Northeast and New England observed a band of moderate to heavy
    snowfall translating eastward, ahead of a 1002 mb surface low and
    attached cold front analyzed in the Ohio Valley.
    
    ...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 700 AM
    EST Tue Feb 11 through 300 AM EST Thu Feb 13...
    
    ...MICHIGAN...
    EAST LANSING 2 WSW                    6.0
    GRAND BLANC                           6.0
    PRESCOTT                              6.0
    WHITE LAKE 4 E                        4.4
    
    ...NEBRASKA...
    AUBURN 1 NNW                          6.3
    PERU                                  6.0
    NORTH PLATTE                          4.4
    OMAHA 4 NNE                           4.0
    
    ...SOUTH DAKOTA...
    MONROE 4 ENE                          7.5
    STICKNEY 4 SW                         7.0
    SIOUX FALLS 4 ESE                     3.6
    
    ...WISCONSIN...
    MILWAUKEE 2 W                         7.5
    MONROE                                6.0
    NWS MILWAUKEE                         6.0
    EAST TROY                             4.2
    ELMWOOD PARK                          3.3
    
    ...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches where the
    event has ended...
    
    ...ILLINOIS...
    FREEPORT                             11.0
    ELIZABETH                             9.0
    STOCKTON 4 NNE                        7.0
    OHARE ARPT                            2.8
    
    ...IOWA...
    LOWDEN                               11.7
    GRAND RIVER                          10.0
    PELLA                                 9.5
    KNOXVILLE                             8.0
    DUBUQUE REGL ARPT                     6.8
    MURRAY                                6.6
    DES MOINES 3 SE                       6.0
    
    ...KANSAS...
    SHARON SPRINGS                        7.0
    MILTONVALE                            5.3
    LAWRENCE                              3.9
    MANHATTAN                             3.5
    DIGHTON                               3.0
    
    ...MISSOURI...
    ALLENDALE                             7.0
    MARYVILLE                             6.0
    
    ...Selected preliminary Storm Total Sleet amounts in inches where
    the event has ended...
    
    ...OKLAHOMA...
    BROKEN ARROW 3 W                     0.40
    MIAMI                                0.40
    NOBLE                                0.40
    NOBLE 3 N                            0.40
    SAPULPA                              0.30
    
    ...Selected preliminary Storm Total Freezing Rain ice amounts in
    inches where the event has ended...
    
    ...ARKANSAS...
    KINGSTON                             0.15
    
    ...INDIANA...
    BALL STATE 4 NW                      0.10
    
    ...MISSOURI...
    PONOMA 1 NE                          0.20
    
    ...OKLAHOMA...
    BIXBY                                0.10
    BROKEN ARROW                         0.10
    
    
    Heavy snowfall and mixed precipitation will continue over the
    Northeast and New England today as the low migrates eastward.
    12-18" of snowfall can be expected over northern Maine through
    tomorrow morning, with an additional 0.10" of freezing rain
    expected further south over portions of the interior Northeast and
    New England.
    
    The next Storm Summary will be issued by the Weather Prediction
    Center at 400 PM EST. Please refer to your local National Weather
    Service office for additional information on this event.
    
    Asherman
    $$
  4. Summary #1

    Feb 12, 08:55 AM UTC

    Issued as “Central U.S. Winter Storm”

    Heavy snow overspreading the Central Plains and Great Lakes; wintry mix expected further south

    Full text
    ACUS44 KWBC 120855
    SCCNS4
    
    Storm Summary Number 1 for Central U.S. Winter Storm
    NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
    300 AM CST Tue Feb 11 2025
    
    ...Heavy snow overspreading the Central Plains and Great Lakes;
    wintry mix expected further south...
    
    Winter Storm Warnings are in effect across the Central Plains and
    Midwest.
    
    Winter Weather Advisories extend from the southern High Plains
    into the Upper Midwest.
    
    For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
    and advisories, please see www.weather.gov
    
    At 200 AM CST...Radar and surface observations highlighted a
    developing band of moderate to heavy snowfall, sleet, and freezing
    rain extending from the southern High Plains into the Upper
    Midwest, downwind of a stationary front analyzed in the lee of the
    Rockies.
    
    ...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 700 AM
    CST Wed Feb 12 through 200 AM CST Wed Feb 12...
    
    ...IOWA...
    RINGSTED                              3.5
    IDA GROVE 1 WSW                       3.0
    
    ...KANSAS...
    DIGHTON                               3.0
    
    ...MINNESOTA...
    LUVERNE                               5.5
    
    ...NEBRASKA...
    BLOOMFIELD 1 E                        3.8
    EMERSON                               3.0
    GRAND ISLAND AIRPORT                  2.3
    
    ...SOUTH DAKOTA...
    MONROE 4 ENE                          7.5
    STICKNEY 4 SW                         7.0
    SIOUX FALLS 4 ESE                     3.6
    
    
    Snow will spread from the Central Plains into the Great Lakes
    today, leading to additional snowfall amounts of 4-6" through
    Friday morning. Heavier snow rates should develop in time today
    for the evening rush hour in Milwaukee, Chicago, Grand Rapids, and
    Detroit, among other locations. Plan ahead if you are commuting.
    South of the snow line, freezing rain is expected over portions of
    the Ozarks into the Ohio Valley, leading to ice accumulations
    upwards of 0.10-0.25" through Friday morning.
    
    The next Storm Summary will be issued by the Weather Prediction
    Center at 300 PM CST. Please refer to your local National Weather
    Service office for additional information on this event.
    
    Asherman
    $$

Forecast offices in the affected states

By the states WPC's summaries list. Each office page has its active alerts and latest Area Forecast Discussion.

Text: NOAA/NWS Weather Prediction Center Storm Summaries, shown verbatim. Grouping the summaries into one event, the outlook copies and the links are Stormlio's; WPC issues no event id. Station values are preliminary; the official record is NCEI Storm Data.