Storm Summary Number 1 for Northern Plains and Upper Midwest Heavy
Snow and High Winds
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
900 PM CST Tue Nov 25 2025

...A strengthening storm system will bring heavy snow and high
winds to the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes tonight into
Wednesday...

Blizzard Warnings are in effect for parts of Wisconsin and the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Winter Weather Advisories and Winter Storm Warnings are in effect
for much of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

Wind Advisories are in effect for portions of South Dakota,
Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio.

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

At 800 PM CST...A strong storm system was moving eastward across
the Upper Midwest and into the western Great Lakes. The occluded
low pressure center was located over east-central Minnesota and
west-central Wisconsin with a minimum central pressure of 1001 mb
(29.56 in Hg). The strong pressure gradient around the low
pressure system was producing strong winds across the northern
Plains and Upper Midwest, with widespread wind gusts of 40-80 mph.
National Weather Service Doppler Radar showed moderate to heavy
snow falling across parts of the Upper Midwest and western Great
Lakes.

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 600 AM
CST Tue Nov 25 through 900 PM CST Tue Nov 25...

...MINNESOTA...
ROTHSAY                               7.0                    
PELICAN RAPIDS                        6.3                    
CHOKIO 1 W                            6.0                    
ARTICHOKE 2 ESE                       5.2                    
BAXTER                                5.0                    
GARFIELD 2 SW                         5.0                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
LAMOURE                               8.0                    
EDGELEY 5 NW                          6.7                    
KILLDEER                              6.1                    
FARGO 2 S                             5.8                    
MINOT                                 5.5                    
WATFORD CITY 1 NNW                    5.5                    
BISMARCK 3 SSE                        4.7                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
VICTOR 4 N                            8.0                    
FREDERICK                             7.0                    
HECLA                                 7.0                    
SUNSET COLONY 4 WSW                   6.0                    
WEBSTER                               6.0                    
EUREKA                                5.0                    
ABERDEEN RGNL ARPT                    4.5                    

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

...IOWA...
SIOUX CITY                             67                    
DENISON                                59                    
CARROLL                                55                    

...MINNESOTA...
FLORENCE                               65                    
DAWSON                                 60                    
TRACY                                  59                    
MARSHALL                               54                    

...NEBRASKA...
SPENCER 3 SE                           72                    
VALENTINE 1 NNE                        72                    
BROKEN BOW                             62                    
GRAND ISLAND                           59                    
LINCOLN 3 E                            58                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
MIDLAND 1 NE                           78                    
WASTA 3 NW                             78                    
CACTUS FLAT 4 E                        76                    
OTTUMWA 10 W                           75                    
MUD BUTTE 1 ENE                        74                    
FREDERICK                              69                    
NEWELL 13 NE                           69                    
RAPID CITY                             68                    
WINNER                                 67                    
RELIANCE                               66                    
ABERDEEN                               60                    
PIERRE                                 58                    


The strong low pressure system will continue to track eastward
across the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes tonight, bringing heavy
snow, strong winds, and near blizzard conditions along with it.
The heaviest snow will fall across the Minnesota Arrowhead, far
northern Wisconsin, and especially western portions of the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan where totals of 1 to 2 feet are forecast. As
the system pulls away Wednesday into Thursday, bands of lake
effect snow will ramp up downwind of the Great Lakes through the
end of the week.

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.

Miller