THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR LATE SEASON NORTHERN PLAINS WINTER
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
 
...SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS
WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ADVANCE ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST...    
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS FROM NEBRASKA NORTHWARD TO NORTH
DAKOTA. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS
OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA EASTWARD TO THE UPPER PENINSULA OF
MICHIGAN.
 
HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM NORTHERN TEXAS NORTHWARD TO
SOUTHERN NEBRASKA.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 300 PM CDT...A 994 MB...29.35 INCHES...SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED
OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI...AND A COLD FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM
THE LOW ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE GULF OF
MEXICO.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LARGE PRECIPITATION SHIELD ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS CYCLONE STRETCHED OVER THE CENTRAL U.S...  TO THE NORTH
AND NORTHWEST OF THE LOW...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS FALLING FROM
NEBRASKA NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA.  AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...A BAND OF SHOWERS...WITH
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS....WAS MOVING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...SOME OF THESE STORMS WERE SEVERE. 
BEHIND THE FRONT...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WERE OBSERVED
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS.               
                                                         

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CDT THU APR
14 THROUGH 400 PM CDT FRI APR 15...

...NORTH DAKOTA...
FLASHER                              10.5                     
WISHEK                               10.0                     
GLEN ULLIN                            9.8                     
BRADDOCK 5 SE                         9.0                     
FESSENDEN 7 SE                        8.0                     
BISMARCK 10 N                         7.6                     
HAZELTON 4 NW                         7.4                     
HAZEN 0.4 SW                          7.0                     
LEITH                                 7.0                     
SYKESTON                              7.0                     
BOWDON 1 E                            6.5                     
NAPOLEON                              6.5                     

...NEBRASKA...
PAXTON                               16.0                     
KINGSLEY DAM                         10.2                     
IMPERIAL                             10.0                     
VALENTINE 29 S                       10.0                     
KILGORE                               9.1                     
NORTH PLATTE 8 WNW                    9.0                     
VALENTINE                             9.0                     
WALLACE 2 W                           7.0                     
OSHKOSH 10 NE                         6.5                     

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
ISABEL 14 N                          13.0                     
KADOKA 14 SSE                        12.0                     
MARTIN 19.6 ENE                      12.0                     
HAYES 6 E                            11.0                     
PORCUPINE 5 E                        10.0                     
MCINTOSH 8.7 WSW                      9.7                     
HIGHMORE 19.1 NNW                     8.5                     
SAINT FRANCIS 8 ESE                   6.5                     

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR IN THE LAST SIX
HOURS...

...KANSAS...
LIBERAL 1 W                             68                     
DODGE CITY                              67                     
GARDEN CITY 9 ESE                       66                     
HEALY                                   64                     
MEDICINE LODGE 2 E                      64                     
HOLCOMB                                 61                     
INGALLS                                 61                     
PHILLIPSBURG                            61                     


THE SURFACE LOW NEAR KANSAS CITY WILL LIFT NORTHEASTWARD FRIDAY
EVENING...REACHING THE GREAT LAKES BY SATURDAY MORNING.  SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TO FALL TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE LOW TRACK. 
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS BY
EARLY SATURDAY...BUT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS BEFORE SNOW COMES TO AN END.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO ACCOMPANY THE STORM AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD. 

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

GERHARDT




Last Updated: 448 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011