Storm Summary Number 1 for Northern Plains to Great Lakes Winter
Storm
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
300 PM CST Sat Mar 09 2019

...Strong low pressure system is spreading moderate to locally
heavy snow across the northern Plains toward the upper Midwest...

Winter Storm Warnings and Winter Weather Advisories are in effect
for much of the northern Plains into the upper Midwest and parts
of the Great Lakes.

Winter Weather Advisories are in effect for parts of the Northeast.

For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
and advisories, please see www.weather.gov

At 200 PM CST...A low pressure system with an estimated central
pressure of 990 mb was moving northeastward across northwestern
Missouri.  National Weather Service radars and surface
observations indicated that moderate to locally heavy snow was
located in the cold air mass across the eastern portion of North
and South Dakota into western Minnesota, roughly sandwiched
between two troughs of low pressure.  Farther east and southeast,
mainly rain, mixing with wet snow, was reported across parts of
the upper Midwest.  Embedded thunderstorms were found across the
Midwest ahead of a pair of warm fronts.  Meanwhile, strong to
severe thunderstorms were moving across the mid-Mississippi Valley
ahead of a cold front.

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 600 AM
CST Fri Mar 08 through 200 PM CST Sat Mar 09...

...MINNESOTA...
MADISON                               4.0                    
MOORHEAD                              3.2                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
LEITH 9 SSE                          10.0                    
BISMARCK 3 SSE                        9.0                    
NEW LEIPZIG                           8.0                    
SELFRIDGE                             6.5                    
NW WYNDMERE                           5.0                    
VALLEY CITY                           3.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
BISON 20 SSE                          8.0                    
LODGEPOLE 10 SSW                      8.0                    
MARTIN                                8.0                    
POLLOCK                               8.0                    
LEMMON 11 SW                          7.7                    
DUPREE 14 SSE                         6.1                    
PHILIP                                6.0                    
QUINN                                 6.0                    
ABERDEEN                              5.7                    
BRITTON                               5.0                    
HIGHMORE 12 N                         4.0                    
SIOUX FALLS 3 SE                      2.3                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Freezing Rain ice amounts in
inches from 600 AM CST Fri Mar 08 through 200 PM CST Sat Mar 09...

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
SIOUX FALLS 4 ESE                     0.10                    
YANKTON 1 S                           0.10                    

...Selected preliminary Peak Wind gusts in miles per hour earlier
in the event...

...KANSAS...
HILL CITY                             61                    
HUTCHINSON                            60                    
DODGE CITY 4 NNE                      59                    
FT. DODGE 3 NW                        59                    
WICHITA                               59                    
COFFEYVILLE                           58                    

...NEBRASKA...
IMPERIAL                              60                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY 1 E               58                    


The low pressure system over the central Plains is expected to
move rapidly northeastward into the Midwest tonight, and across
the Great Lakes into Canada on Sunday.  A swath of snow is
expected to spread across the northern Plains into the upper
Midwest this evening, and then across the upper Great Lakes on
Sunday.  Total snowfall accumulations across these areas should
range from 4 inches to locally a foot possible before the low
moves away into Canada on Sunday.  Some wintry precipitation can
also be expected across New England tonight and into Sunday.

The next storm summary will be issued by the Weather Prediction
Center at 900 PM CST. Please refer to your local National Weather
Service office for additional information on this event.

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