THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 04 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS TO MID-ATLANTIC WINTER
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 AM CST TUE MAR 05 2013

...SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE UPPER AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY...WILL SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES AND
OHIO RIVER VALLEY TODAY...     

WINTER STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
ARE IN EFFECT FROM THE DAKOTAS SOUTHEASTWARD INTO PORTIONS OF THE
MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...EASTWARD ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY AND INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES.

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

AT 200 AM CST...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1012
MB...29.88 INCHES...WAS CENTERED OVER NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. A
TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM THE SURFACE LOW
INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. A NEW LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPING ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING ACROSS
TEXAS AND INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...AS UPPER-LEVEL
ENERGY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTERACTS WITH THIS FRONT. A
SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1007 MB...29.74
INCHES...WAS CENTERED NEAR TEXARKANA ARKANSAS. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW EXTENDING FROM THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA
SOUTHWARD TO NORTHERN MISSOURI.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CST SUN MAR
03 THROUGH 200 AM CST TUE MAR 05...

...IOWA...
IOWA FALLS                            3.0                    
NEW HAMPTON                           3.0                    

...MINNESOTA...
ST JAMES                              7.5                    
ROSEAU                                6.0                    
MANKATO                               5.0                    
BRAINERD 4 NNE                        4.8                    
LAKEVILLE                             4.4                    
ST CLOUD 5 E                          4.1                    
FAIRMONT                              4.0                    
GLENWOOD                              4.0                    
LEONARD                               4.0                    
ST JAMES 1 WSW                        4.0                    
EDINA 1 SW                            3.9                    
DULUTH 5 NW                           1.1                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
LANGDON                              15.0                    
STARKWEATHER                         13.0                    
DEVILS LAKE                          12.0                    
LANSFORD 5 W                         12.0                    
LARIMORE                             12.0                    
SARLES 3 N                           12.0                    
WARWICK                              12.0                    
CAVALIER 12 NW                       11.0                    
GILBY 2 E                            10.0                    
MADDOCK 10 SW                        10.0                    
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE                 10.0                    
MAYVILLE 2 N                          8.0                    
GRAND FORKS                           7.1                    
BISMARCK                              1.5                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
700 AM CST SUN MAR 03 THROUGH 200 AM CST TUE MAR 05...

...MINNESOTA...
PIPESTONE                             0.18                    
PETERSON                              0.07                    

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

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
BUFFALO 1 N                           61                    
RAPID CITY 1 E                        60                    
WALL 8 S                              60                    
PARMELEE 6 W                          59                    

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

...MONTANA...
ROCKY BOY                            24.0                    
NEIHART 21 W                         18.0                    
BABB 19 W                            12.0                    
CULBERTSON 2 S                       11.0                    
BELT 6 SSW                           10.0                    
BAINVILLE                             8.3                    
BLOOMFIELD 13 NE                      8.0                    
GARNEILL 12 ENE                       8.0                    
LARSLAN 9 NNW                         8.0                    
NOHLY 17 WSW                          7.0                    
BROCKTON 16 N                         6.0                    
LUSTRE 7 WNW                          6.0                    


THROUGH TODAY...THE DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WITH AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW...WILL
SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE UPPER AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY AND INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES BY
THIS EVENING. ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE
FRONT TONIGHT ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD OFF THE
MID-ATLANTIC COAST BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MID-ATLANTIC STATES TONIGHT...WITH HEAVY
SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC ON WEDNESDAY. THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...4 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM
PORTIONS OF THE UPPER AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY INTO THE
OHIO RIVER VALLEY. WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...6 TO 10 INCHES
OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC
STATES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OF WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN VIRGINIA. CLOSER TO
THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THE FORM OF
RAIN...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE.    

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

RYAN




Last Updated: 350 AM EST TUE MAR 05 2013