STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR NORTHERN ROCKIES TO NORTHEAST SPRING
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
 
...EARLY SPRING STORM EXPECTED TO BRING SNOW AND ICE FROM THE
NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE NORTHEAST...
 
A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LOCATIONS SURROUNDING
DULUTH MINNESOTA.  WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FROM EASTERN MONTANA...EASTWARD
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST...AND INTO THE GREAT
LAKES...SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...AND THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC
REGION.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 300 AM CDT...A 995 MB...29.38 INCHES...SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED
OVER CENTRAL IOWA...WITH A WELL DEFINED WARM FRONT EXTENDING
EASTWARD FROM THE LOW ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND THROUGH THE
MID-ATLANTIC STATES.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED AN ELONGATED PRECIPITATION SHIELD
STRETCHED FROM NORTHERN MONTANA ALL THE WAY EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD TO
THE ATLANTIC COAST.  LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WAS
FALLING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...GREAT LAKES...AND NORTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC REGION...WITH A FEW AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW REPORTED IN
NORTHERN MICHIGAN AND WESTERN NEW YORK.  RAIN...FREEZING
RAIN...AND SLEET WAS MIXING IN ALONG THE SOUTHERN FRINGE OF THE
PRECIPITATION SHIELD IN SOME LOCATIONS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1000 PM CDT MON
MAR 21 THROUGH 400 AM CDT WED MAR 23...

...MICHIGAN...
SAGINAW 7 W                           7.1                     
FAIRGROVE                             5.0                     
MARLETTE                              5.0                     
BRIDGEPORT                            4.5                     
REED CITY                             4.5                     
CLARE                                 4.4                     
FLINT                                 4.2                     
GAYLORD 6 S                           4.1                     
LAPEER 2 W                            4.0                     

...MINNESOTA...
ALEXANDRIA                            6.5                     
HINCKLEY 1 SW                         5.6                     
MOOSE LAKE                            4.0                     

...MONTANA...
REED POINT 3.2 SW                    26.0                     
RYEGATE 21.0 SW                      25.0                     
COLUMBUS 6 W                         19.0                     
ABSAROKEE 0.6 S                      18.0                     
BIG TIMBER 0.3 ESE                   13.0                     
MCLEOD 12.8 SW                       13.0                     
RED LODGE 2.0 W                      12.8                     
CLYDE PARK 7.2 SE                    12.0                     
HARLOWTON 8.3 SSW                    12.0                     
PINE CREEK 1.4 NNE                   12.0                     
TWODOT 12.1 SSW                      12.0                     
EDGAR 0.2 NNW                         9.0                     
FISHTAIL 18.1 SW                      9.0                     
BILLINGS SOUTHWEST 3.9 SW             4.2                     

...NORTH DAKOTA...
BUTTE 6 SSE                          12.0                     
WHITE SHIELD                         12.0                     
VELVA                                10.0                     
GRASSY BUTTE                          8.8                     
GOLDEN VALLEY 9 S                     8.0                     
MINOT                                 8.0                     
BISMARCK 5 NW                         7.5                     
WATFORD CITY                          7.5                     
CARTWRIGHT                            6.5                     
KIEF                                  6.5                     
MANDAREE                              6.0                     

...PENNSYLVANIA...
SCRANTON                              4.2                     
SHINGLEHOUSE                          4.2                     
TOBYHANNA                             4.0                     

...WISCONSIN...
CHELSEA                              12.0                     
TIGERTON                              8.5                     
ELCHO                                 8.3                     
PHILLIPS                              8.0                     
PULCIFER 1 SW                         6.2                     
ABBOTSFORD                            6.0                     
NE WITTENBERG                         5.2                     
MERRILL                               4.7                     
WHITE LAKE                            4.5                     
WAUSAU                                4.4                     
IOLA 4 NE                             4.0                     
RHINELANDER                           4.0                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
1000 PM CDT MON MAR 21 THROUGH 400 AM CDT WED MAR 23...

...MICHIGAN...
FREMONT                               0.25                     
ST. JOHNS                             0.25                     
STONY LAKE 2 E                        0.25                     


THE SURFACE LOW OVER IOWA IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EASTWARD ON
WEDNESDAY AND THROUGH THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC REGION WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.  HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE UPPER MID-WEST AND
GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY...EVENTUALLY SPREADING INTO SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8
INCHES ARE EXPECTED.  IN ADDITION...ACCUMULATING SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE HEAVY SNOW.

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

GERHARDT