THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS TO UPPER MIDWEST WINTER
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 AM CST TUE MAR 06 2018
...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DELIVER BANDS OF SNOW FROM
THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS
THE DAKOTAS INTO PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWESTERN IOWA
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM EASTERN MONTANA ACROSS THE DAKOTAS...NORTHERN NEBRASKA...AND
INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND UPPER GREAT LAKES
HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS AND THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF
THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 200 AM CST...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
998 MB...OR 29.47 INCHES...WAS LINGERING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN IOWA. AN OCCLUDED FRONT AND A COLD
FRONT EXTENDED SOUTH AND SOUTHWESTWARD FROM THE LOW CENTER INTO
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND INTO EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED
BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUED NORTH AND EAST OF THE
LOW CENTER ACROSS MOST OF THE UPPER MIDWEST AND THE NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SNOW WAS ALSO
INCREASING ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW
WAS REPORTED FROM EASTERN MONTANA...THROUGHOUT THE DAKOTAS...AND
EASTERN NEBRASKA. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS OBSERVED FROM CENTRAL
OHIO TO CENTRAL ALABAMA. MEANWHILE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS ALONG THE
COLD FRONT. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH WERE REPORTED IN THE
HIGH PLAINS...WITH SOME WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IN CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CST SUN MAR
04 THROUGH 200 AM CST MON MAR 05...
...IOWA...
RICEVILLE 3.5
DUBUQUE 2 NNW 3.4
LOWDEN 3.0
MASON CITY 3.0
EDGEWOOD 2.5
GUTTENBERG 2.5
INDEPENDENCE 2.5
JESUP 2.0
MANNING 1.5
CEDAR FALLS 1.2
ELKADER 6 SSW 0.7
...ILLINOIS...
NORA 1 ESE 2.3
ROCKFORD 1.9
STOCKTON 3 NNE 1.0
...MINNESOTA...
BLUFFTON 14.0
HILLSBORO 14.0
MENAHGA 14.0
NIMROD 2 SE 10.5
DETROIT LAKES 12 E 10.0
LAKE SHORE 10.0
WADENA 10 S 10.0
WHEATON 10.0
FORT RIPLEY 1 N 9.5
ST. CLOUD 9.2
NWS CHANHASSEN 4.6
MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL AIRPORT 3.5
...MONTANA...
HINSDALE 5 SW 15.0
ZORTMAN 15.0
GLASGOW 13.8
SILVER GATE 2 NE 13.0
RYEGATE 18 NNW 12.2
HELL CREEK REC ARE 7 SW 12.0
MALTA 36 S 12.0
NW OPHEIM 12.0
WINNETT 12.0
BYNUM 10.5
RED LODGE 3 NE 10.5
BILLINGS 4 SW 10.0
COLUMBUS 10.0
RAPELJE 10.0
RED LODGE 1 S 10.0
...NORTH DAKOTA...
HILLSBORO 12.5
MAYVILLE 5 SE 11.0
PORTLAND 11.0
EDGELEY 3 NW 10.0
ELLENDALE 10.0
MINOT 2 SW 10.0
FARGO 3 N 9.0
KULM 9.0
WILLISTON 9.0
ASHLEY 8.0
FRONTIER 8.0
HATTON 8.0
HAZELTON 8.0
BISMARCK 3 SSE 7.5
BRADDOCK 7.5
GRAND FORKS 6.2
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
CRAVENS CORNER 4 N 9.0
GREENWAY 5 ENE 9.0
JAVA 9.0
GARDEN CITY 4 S 8.0
ABERDEEN 6.7
CHELSEA 1 S 6.0
LEMMON 6.0
SPINK COLONY 6.0
TOLSTOY 6 N 6.0
BUTLER 4 E 5.0
IROQUOIS 4.3
PARKER 4.0
SISSETON 2 E 4.0
KIDDLER 1 N 3.0
MENNO 2.5
...WISCONSIN...
WEST SALEM 1 WSW 8.3
SOLON SPRINGS 2 N 7.0
LA CROSSE 4 SE 6.7
DE SOTO 1 S 6.0
FRENCH ISLAND 6.0
HOLMEN 1 S 6.0
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 5.5
STODDARD 5 NNE 4.8
ONALASKA 4.5
WAUSAU 2 N 3.8
SULLIVAN 4 SSE 3.6
GALESVILLE 3.5
MOUNT ZION 1 W 3.5
NWS LA CROSSE 3.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CST SUN MAR 04
THROUGH 200 AM CST MON MAR 05...
...IOWA...
FAYETTE 2 NNW 0.60
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...COLORADO...
GOLD HILL 2 SSE 74
BUCKEYE 4 E 67
BURLINGTON CO AIRPORT 66
GOLD HILL 3 E 64
GROVER 8 SSW 64
AKRON - WASHINGTON COUNTY ARPT 63
PLEASANT VIEW 63
VIRGINIA DALE 62
BOULDER 1 E 61
LIMON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 61
STERLING 2 SE 61
BENNETT 1 SSW 60
NATURAL FORT REST 2 NNE 59
FORT COLLINS - LOVELAND ARPT 58
...KANSAS...
GOODLAND 60
LOGAN 60
...MINNESOTA...
ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL 60
WASECA 1SSE 57
WELLS 3 ESE 55
CANNON FALLS 7SSE 51
WASECA AIRPORT 51
...NORTH DAKOTA...
HETTINGER 2 NW 52
...NEBRASKA...
NORTH PLATTE 4 E 72
NORMAN 2 NNE 69
GRAND ISLAND AIRPORT 65
SCOTTSBLUFF 65
KEARNEY 3 ESE 64
ORD AIRPORT 62
BROKEN BOW 61
GOTHERNBURG 61
LEXINGTON AIRPORT 61
MCCOOK AIRPORT 61
JOHNSON LAKE 3 SSE 60
LOGAN 1 W 60
VALENTINE 1 S 60
HASTINGS AIRPORT 57
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
PARMELEE 6 W 70
SCENIC 3 NNW 70
WASTA 3 NW 68
CACTUS FLAT 4 E 67
MIDLAND 66
WASTA 66
WANBLEE 7 E 65
BOX ELDER 8 NNE 64
BUFFALO 1 N 63
ELLSWORTH AFB 63
FAITH 1 NNE 61
WALL 1 NW 61
NEMO 55
RAPID CITY AIRPORT 41
...WYOMING...
GARRETT 11 SSE 71
ELK MOUNTAIN 3 NW 69
BUFORD 68
CHEYENNE 21 WSW 66
GLENDO 13 S 63
GRANITE SPRINGS RE 2 NE 63
PINE BLUFFS 61
BUFORD 2 WNW 60
WHITAKER 60
LARAMIE 13 WNW 51
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...WYOMING...
HOG PARK RESERVOIR 2 WNW 9.0
BATTLE LAKE 4 E 7.5
HOG PARK RESERVOIR 4 NW 7.5
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTH AND EAST TOWARD THE OHIO
VALLEY BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS COLD AIR CONTINUES TO WRAPS AROUND
THE SYSTEM. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND THE STORM CENTER
AND ON EITHER SIDE OF THE INVERTED TROUGH WILL AID IN BRINGING
STRONG WIND GUSTS ACROSS PARTS OF THE MIDWEST INTO MUCH OF THE
DAKOTAS THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL GIVE WAY TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS AND THE UPPER MIDWEST. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE STORM WEAKENS AND MOVES FARTHER AWAY INTO
THE OHIO VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 900 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
REINHART
Last Updated: 342 AM EST TUE MAR 06 2018