THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST
WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 AM CDT MON APR 15 2013

...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN
PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM MONTANA EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER
MIDWEST.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 400 AM CDT...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
996 MB...29.42 INCHES...WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN MINNESOTA...WITH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATING A LARGE AREA OF SNOW
WEST AND NORTH OF THE LOW CENTER...INCLUDING NORTH
DAKOTA...NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH DAKOTA...AND NORTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WAS LOCATED ALONG THE BORDER OF NORTH
DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

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

...MINNESOTA...
DULUTH 5 NW                           4.1                    
INTERNATIONAL FALLS                   1.0                    

...MONTANA...
FORSYTH 13 NW                        12.0                    
BLOOMFIELD 5 NE                      11.0                    
SIDNEY                               10.0                    
GLENDIVE 1E                           7.0                    
ROCK SPRINGS 3 NNW                    7.0                    
GLASGOW                               6.8                    
PLEVNA SE                             6.5                    
HELENA                                1.0                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
LINCOLN 2 S                          19.4                    
HAZELTON 4 NW                        18.3                    
GLEN ULLIN                           18.0                    
BISMARCK                             17.5                    
STERLING                             17.0                    
ALMONT                               16.5                    
STRASBURG                            16.0                    
MANDAN                               15.0                    
GARRISON                             14.0                    
GRASSY BUTTE                         12.5                    
LISBON                               11.0                    
VALLEY CITY                           9.0                    
MINOT                                 7.0                    
FARGO                                 6.5                    
GRAND FORKS                           1.5                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
HOVEN 2 N                            16.0                    
MOBRIDGE                             12.0                    
POLLOCK                              12.0                    
BOWDLE                                9.5                    
LEOLA                                 9.5                    
EUREKA                                9.0                    
CLAREMONT 2 SSE                       8.0                    
BRITTON                               6.0                    
CHELSEA 1 S                           6.0                    
TIMBER LAKE                           5.8                    
WEBSTER                               2.5                    

...WISCONSIN...
BRUCE 12 N                            4.5                    
BUTTERNUT                             3.5                    
ALEXANDRIA                            3.0                    
GLIDDEN                               3.0                    
HAYWARD 8 S                           3.0                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT
HAS ENDED...

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
ESTELLE                               0.25                    
GROTON                                0.25                    
WATERTOWN                             0.15                    
ANDOVER                               0.10                    
RAYMOND                               0.10                    


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS MINNESOTA TODAY AND INTO
CANADA BY TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 4 INCHES
EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA.

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

JAMES




Last Updated: 456 AM EDT MON APR 15 2013