Storm Summary Number 3 for High Plains to Great Lakes Mid-March
Blizzard
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
1000 PM CDT Sun Mar 15 2026

...Blizzard conditions ongoing with widespread major impacts and
record-breaking snowfall for portions of the Upper Midwest and
Great Lakes...

Blizzard Warnings are in effect for portions of Nebraska,
Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan, and portions of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

Winter Storm Warnings and Winter Weather Advisories are in effect
from the Northern Plains to Great Lakes.

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

At 900 PM CDT...The low pressure center was continuing to
strengthen over Illinois with a minimum central pressure of 989 mb
(29.21 in Hg). National Weather Service doppler radar was showing
a swath of moderate to locally heavy snow continuing from Missouri
northward through Iowa, Wisconsin and northern Michigan. Surface
observations showed winds gusting between 30 and 50 mph across
Iowa, Wisconsin and northern Michigan. Visibilities remain as low
as one-quarter mile in the heaviest snow and strongest winds.

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 400 AM
CDT Sat Mar 14 through 900 PM CDT Sun Mar 15...

...MICHIGAN...
SPALDING                             26.0                    
MENOMINEE 4 NW                       20.5                    
PELLSTONE                            20.0                    
TROUT LAKE                           20.0                    
DAGGETT 2 E                          18.0                    
NEWBERRY                             18.0                    
SAINT IGNACE                         18.0                    
FOREST LAKE 6 SE                     17.3                    
CEDAR                                16.0                    
SUAMICO 0.5 NNW                      16.0                    
DAGGETT                              14.0                    
BOYNE CITY 3 NW                      12.2                    

...MINNESOTA...
READS LANDING                        20.5                    
ZUMBRO FALLS                         20.0                    
LAKE CITY                            18.5                    
DUMFRIES 4 NW                        18.0                    
THEILMAN 2 SE                        18.0                    
WABASHA 1 N                          18.0                    
ORONOCCO 1 SSW                       17.5                    
MILLVILLE 4 N                        17.0                    
PINE ISLAND                          16.0                    
MSP AIRPORT                           7.3                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
GLADSTONE                            10.0                    
DICKINSON 1 NW                        7.2                    
SOLEN                                 6.5                    
ASHLEY                                6.2                    
GREAT BEND                            6.0                    
HANKINSON                             6.0                    
NAPOLEAN 1 SSE                        6.0                    
ALMONT 5 S                            4.5                    
DICKINSON                             3.5                    
BISMARCK 3 SSE                        1.8                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
DWTN SPEARFISH 3 SE                  13.5                    
SAINT ONGE 2 NNW                     12.0                    
WHITEWOOD 3 SW                       12.0                    
LEAD                                 11.0                    
STURGIS                              10.5                    
SPEARFISH                            10.0                    
CLEAR LAKE 1 SW                       8.0                    
LONSDALE 8 S                          8.0                    
TEA 3 NE                              6.7                    
DWTN RAPID CITY 1 E                   4.8                    
FORT PIERRE                           4.0                    
HAYES 7 E                             4.0                    
PIERRE 1 ESE                          4.0                    

...WISCONSIN...
CRIVITZ                              25.0                    
POUND                                25.0                    
WAUSAKEE                             25.0                    
WESTON                               24.5                    
ABRAMS                               24.0                    
RIB MOUNTAIN STATE 5 NW              24.0                    
SISTER BAY                           24.0                    
WASHINGTON ISLAND                    24.0                    
MARINETTE                            23.5                    
SUAMICO                              23.0                    
WAUSAU 1 NE                          23.0                    
WHITE LAKE                           23.0                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Freezing Rain ice amounts in
inches from 400 AM CDT Sat Mar 14 through 900 PM CDT Sun Mar 15...

...IOWA...
SIOUX RAPIDS                         0.33                    
SPENCER 3 WNW                        0.23                    
LAKE PARK 3 SSE                      0.10                    

...MICHIGAN...
BUCKLEY                              0.25                    
LEWISTON 7 SE                        0.25                    
WELLSTON 1 N                         0.10                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches where the
event has ended...

...MONTANA...
COOKE CITY  3 NNW                    23.0                    
GRASS MOUNTAIN                       22.0                    
LEWISTOWN 2 SE                       20.0                    
HELENA 7 SW                          15.0                    
THOMPSON FALLS 9.3 NW                14.0                    
BILLINGS 3 SSW                       11.5                    
MONTANA CITY 1 SE                     7.0                    


A swath of moderate to locally heavy snowfall is expected to
continue from the Upper Midwest and into the Great Lakes through
Monday afternoon. Snowfall will linger the longest across the
Great Lakes late into Monday. Widespread storm total snowfall
amounts of 1 to 3 feet are expected, with locally higher amounts
possible. The heavy snow will continue to combine with strong
winds gusting up to 60 mph, producing significant blowing and
drifting snow and limited visibilities. Travel remains dangerous.
South of the heaviest snow, a corridor of mixed precipitation and
ice continues to be a concern, with ice accumulations exceeding a
quarter inch still possible across northern portions of the Lower
Peninsula of Michigan.

The next Storm Summary will be issued by the Weather Prediction
Center at 1000 AM CDT. Please refer to your local National Weather
Service office for additional information on this event.

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