STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR NORTH CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010
 
...WINTER STORM BRINGING RAIN...SNOW...AND HIGH WINDS TO THE NORTH
CENTRAL U.S....
 
BLIZZARD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...NORTHERN AND EASTERN IOWA...AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.
 
WINTER STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS...AS WELL AS WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND THE
UPPER GREAT LAKES REGIONS...AS WELL AS THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 200 AM CST...A 1000 MB...29.53 INCH SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED
OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN IOWA...WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
EXTENDING SOUTHWARD TO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED
WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THIS
SURFACE LOW...WITH MODERATE RAIN FALLING FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST.
SUSTAINED WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT REACHED UP TO 40 MPH...WITH
LOCALIZED GUSTS OF OVER 55 MPH. THESE WINDS WERE LEADING TO AREAS
OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 900 AM CST FRI DEC
10 THROUGH 200 AM CST SAT DEC 11...

...MINNESOTA...
DELANO                                4.5                     
LAKEVILLE                             2.7                     
WINONA                                2.5                     

...NORTH DAKOTA...
WILLISTON                            14.3                     
WHITE SHIELD                         10.0                     
GARRISON                              9.0                     
MCCLUSKY                              6.0                     
MAX                                   5.0                     
UNDERWOOD                             4.5                     
BISMARCK                              4.0                     

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
DEADWOOD                              5.6                     

...WISCONSIN...
MENOMONIE                             2.4                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
900 AM CST FRI DEC 10 THROUGH 200 AM CST SAT DEC 11...

...MINNESOTA...
ST JAMES                              0.10                     

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...

...COLORADO...
YUMA 1 W                                68                     

...KANSAS...
BIRD CITY 3W                            62                     

...WYOMING...
CHEYENNE 13 SW                          63                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...MONTANA...
NOISY BASIN                          21.0                     
MARIAS PASS                          18.0                     
LOLO PASS                            16.0                     
PIKE CREEK                           15.0                     
BABB 19 W                            10.0                     
LOOKOUT PASS RESORT                  10.0                     
KRAFT CREEK                           9.0                     
WOLF POINT                            8.8                     
NASHUA                                7.0                     

...WYOMING...
OLD BATTLE                            9.0                     
WEBBER SPRINGS                        7.5                     
BROOKLYN LAKE                         6.0                     
BATTLE MOUNTAIN                       5.0                     
SAND LAKE                             5.0                     
NORTH FRENCH CREEK                    3.0                     


THE SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EASTWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY
OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS BEFORE LIFTING NORTHEAST LATE SUNDAY.
EXPECT RAIN...SNOW...AND WIND TO SPREAD SLOWLY EASTWARD DURING
THIS PERIOD. THE UPPER GREAT LAKES SHOULD SEE ALL SNOW DURING THIS
EVENT...WHILE THE OHIO VALLEY WILL SEE RAIN INITIALLY ON SATURDAY
BEFORE SNOW MOVES IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM ON SUNDAY. MUCH OF THE U.S.
EAST COAST WILL SEE PRIMARILY RAIN WITH THIS EVENT STARTING
SATURDAY NIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FORMS OFF THE SOUTHEAST
COAST AND MERGES WITH THIS SYSTEM.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 900 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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