THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS TO UPPER MIDWEST
WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014
...LATE SEASON BLIZZARD IS BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PLAINS...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS...
AS WELL AS EXTREME WESTERN MINNESOTA.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PARTS OF THE HIGH PLAINS... NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA... AND
NORTHERN MINNESOTA.
A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS... WHILE A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE
CENTRAL PLAINS AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 900 AM CDT...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 990 MB...
29.23 INCHES... WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND MOVING
TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST. A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE
UPPER MIDWEST TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS... THROUGH THE LOW... AND INTO
THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN ROCKIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW
FALLING ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. AROUND THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER... A STRONG
PRESSURE GRADIENT WAS LEADING TO GUSTY WINDS... CAUSING BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS IN PLACES WHERE SNOW WAS FALLING.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CDT SUN MAR
30 THROUGH 900 AM CDT MON MAR 31...
...MINNESOTA...
WARREN 6.6 NW 1.1
ARGYLE 1.0
...MONTANA...
PLEVNA 1 SW 12.0
LAME DEER 3 E 11.0
BROADUS 18.8 NNW 9.5
LIVINGSTON 6.6 ESE 8.6
PLEVNA 1.5 S 8.5
...NORTH DAKOTA...
HAZEN 0.4 SW 11.0
RHAME 11.0
DICKINSON 10.0
HEBRON 10.0
GLEN ULLIN 9.7
BEACH 0.3 SSE 9.1
NEW SALEM 9.0
RICHARDTOWN 5 N 8.0
WASHBURN 10 W 8.0
UNDERWOOD 7.2
MOTT 7.0
CENTER 6.0
KILLDEER 0.6 WNW 4.5
MANDAN 5 N 4.0
BISMARCK 1.5
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
REVA 6.0
DOWNTOWN GILLETTE 9 SSE 3.0
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...NORTH DAKOTA...
RUGBY AIRPORT 51
BECLOURT 50
THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AND INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF
THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND INTO CENTRAL/NORTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY AND
TONIGHT. ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA... EVEN HIGHER AMOUNTS... BETWEEN 12 AND 21 INCHES...
ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONALLY... GUSTY WINDS
WILL REMAIN AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER CONTINUES TO DEEPEN THIS
AFTERNOON... WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
MAKING TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY AND INTO
TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 400 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
MONARSKI
Last Updated: 1043 AM EDT MON MAR 31 2014