STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS BLIZZARD
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 AM CST THU NOV 6 2008        

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE DAKOTAS...

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH DAKOTA AND
MUCH OF SOUTH DAKOTA...WHILE WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT
FOR MUCH OF NORTH DAKOTA AS WELL AS NORTHERN NEBRASKA AND
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEBRASKA...EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...AND EASTERN
MONTANA. WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

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WARNINGS...PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 900 AM CST...A 996 MB (29.41 IN) LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS
LOCATED IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH A SECONDARY LOW
PRESSURE CENTER DEVELOPING IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.  A COLD
FRONT ALSO WAS EXTENDING SOUTHWARD FROM MINNESOTA THROUGH TEXAS.
NWS DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED SNOWY AND
WINDY CONDITIONS SPANNING FROM THE NORTHWEST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF
THIS LOW PRESSURE CENTER...ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
SOUTH AND NORTH DAKOTA...AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA. RAIN
AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED NEAR AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT.


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM 12 PM CST
WED NOV 5 THROUGH 900 AM CST THU NOV 6...

...NEBRASKA...
RUSHVILLE                             6.0  
GORDON                                4.0  

...NORTH DAKOTA...
MARSHALL                              9.0  
HEBRON                                6.0  
GLEN ULLIN                            6.0  
RICHARDSON                            5.0  
DUNN CENTER 1 E                       4.0  
FORTUNA 1 W                           4.0  
GRENORA                               4.0

...SOUTH DAKOTA...            
DEADWOOD 2 NE                        38.5   
WHITEWOOD 4.2 NNW                    12.0  
RAPID CITY 3.4 WNW                   11.0  
HARDING 3 SSE                        10.0  
BISON 4.5 SE                          8.1 
KADOKA 1 NW                           7.0 
ALLEN 1 W                             6.0 
REVA                                  6.0
BOX ELDER 9 N                         5.5  

...WYOMING...
SUNDANCE                             12.0  
UPTON                                 8.0  
NEWCASTLE                             7.0  

...SELECTED RECENT WIND GUST REPORTS IN MILES PER HOUR...

HORSE CREEK 12 SE WY                  81   
RAPID CITY SD                         76   
HARRISON 5 E NE                       70   
BRIDGEPORT NE                         70   
HARRISBURG 5 SE NE                    68   
DALTON NE                             66   
VALENTINE NE                          58   
HETTINGER ND                          58   
CHEYENNE WY                           54   


THE SNOW AND WIND WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN DAKOTAS
TODAY AND SLOWLY TRANSLATE EASTWARD AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER
MEANDERS INTO MINNESOTA BY EARLY FRIDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN
BE EXPECTED FOR SOME AREAS OF THE DAKOTAS THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWELVE INCHES ARE
EXPECTED OVER A LARGE AREA OF THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL DAKOTAS...
WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CLOSE TO TWO FEET. THE SNOW AND
WIND SHOULD SUBSIDE LATE FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM
THE NORTHWEST.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 300 PM CST.  PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

KOST