STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 03 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST
WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 AM CDT MON APR 15 2013

...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALLING IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND
PORTIONS OF THE UPPER MIDWEST...            

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM MOST OF NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA.

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

AT 900 AM CDT...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
997 MB...29.44 INCHES...WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS DRAPED EASTWARD FROM THE LOW...WITH A COLD
FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND A WARM FRONT
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED AN AREA OF SNOW WEST AND NORTH OF THE
LOW CENTER...INCLUDING NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH
DAKOTA...AND NORTHERN 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 900 AM CDT THU APR 15...

...MINNESOTA...
MOORHEAD 2.0 N                        8.8                    
TWO HARBORS 7 NW                      7.5                    
SILVER BAY                            7.0                    
BRECKENRIDE 3 SE                      6.4                    
FRAZEE                                6.0                    
SABIN                                 5.9                    
GRAND RAPIDS 6.2 SSW                  5.5                    
LUTSEN                                5.5                    
DULUTH 5 NW                           4.1                    
INTERNATIONAL FALLS                   1.9                    

...MONTANA...
HINSDALE 4 SW                        14.6                    
BLOOMFIELD 13 NE                     14.0                    
CULBERTSON 14 SSE                    13.0                    
FORSYTH 13 NW                        12.0                    
BLOOMFIELD 5 NE                      11.0                    
GLASGOW                              10.0                    
SIDNEY                               10.0                    
GLENDIVE 1E                           7.0                    
ROCK SPRINGS 3 NNW                    7.0                    
PLEVNA SE                             6.5                    
RED LODGE 3.0 SW                      4.2                    
HELENA                                1.0                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
BISMARCK                             23.5                    
LINCOLN 2 S                          19.4                    
HAZELTON 4 NW                        18.7                    
GLEN ULLIN                           18.0                    
STERLING                             17.0                    
ALMONT                               16.5                    
NEW SALEM 13.7 SSE                   16.0                    
STRASBURG                            16.0                    
LA MOURE 4.6 ESE                     15.5                    
ASHLEY NE                            15.0                    
MANDAN                               15.0                    
GARRISON                             14.0                    
KULM 0.1 WSW                         13.4                    
GRASSY BUTTE                         12.5                    
FESSENDEN                            12.0                    
LISBON                               11.0                    
FARGO                                10.8                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
HOVEN 2 N                            16.0                    
CLAREMONT 2.4 SSE                    12.1                    
MOBRIDGE                             12.0                    
POLLOCK                              12.0                    
HERREID 3.6 ESE                      11.0                    
ABERDEEN 1.5 SSW                     10.8                    
ROSCOE 0.3 NNW                       10.1                    
BOWDLE                                9.5                    
LEOLA                                 9.5                    
EUREKA                                9.0                    
CLAREMONT 2 SSE                       8.0                    

...WISCONSIN...
BRUCE 12 N                            4.5                    
BUTTERNUT 5.9 SW                      4.0                    
ODANAH 1.5 E                          4.0                    
MELLEN 18.6 SW                        3.8                    
BAYFIELD 8.8 N                        3.1                    
ALEXANDRIA                            3.0                    
GLIDDEN                               3.0                    
HAYWARD 8 S                           3.0                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
400 PM CDT SUN APR 14 THROUGH 900 AM CDT THU APR 15...

...MINNESOTA...
DULUTH 5 NW                           0.05                    

...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 SURFACE LOW IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
NORTHEAST AND BE IN ONTARIO BY MONDAY EVENING. EXPECT AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...OF SNOW
ON MONDAY ALONG THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BOTH NORTH DAKOTA AND
MINNESOTA.            

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.

FANNING