STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR NORTHERN TIER WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

...SPRING STORM BRINGING WINTRY WEATHER TO UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT
LAKES REGION...

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE UPPER
PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NORTHERN WISCONSIN...AND MUCH
OF THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN.

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND NORTHWESTERN LOWER
MICHIGAN.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN LOWER
MICHIGAN...EASTERN VERMONT...MUCH OF NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND WESTERN
MAINE.

AT 4 PM CDT...A 1002 MILLIBAR...29.59 INCHES...LOW PRESSURE CENTER
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SPRING STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN LAKE
MICHIGAN. THIS LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE STEADILY EASTWARD THROUGH
THURSDAY AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY...BRINGING A VARIETY OF WEATHER
TO THE GREAT LAKES...OHIO RIVER VALLEY...AND THE NORTHEAST.

THE LATEST NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS WERE SHOWING AN
AREA OF SNOW ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN EASTWARD INTO
MICHIGAN. SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH
THE WESTERN OHIO VALLEY IN THE WARMER AIRMASS.  

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES AS OF 4 PM CDT...

...NORTH DAKOTA...

HAVANA                              9.0 
HALLIDAY                            8.0 
MEDORA                              6.4 
CARSON                              6.0 
FARGO                               6.0 
GRASSY BUTTE                        5.5 
MANTADOR                            5.5 
TAYLOR                              5.5 
HAZLETON                            5.4 
DUNN CENTER 1 E                     5.2 
FLASHER                             5.2 
BISMARK                             4.0 

...SOUTH DAKOTA...

WAUBAY WILDLIFE REFUGE             11.5 
WEBSTER                             8.5 
HECLA                               8.0 
ROSCOE                              8.0 
CONDE                               6.5 
COLUMBIA 8 N                        6.0 
ROY LAKE STATE PARK                 6.0 
WESTPORT                            6.0 

...MINNESOTA...

NORCROSS                           10.0 
BATTLE LAKE 7 SW                    9.0 
FINLAND                             7.0 
PILLAGER 6 N                        7.0 
PONSFORD 1 E                        7.0 
WADENA                              7.0 
WENDELL                             7.0 
DONNELLY                            6.5 
MILLE LACS                          6.2 
CLOQUET                             6.0 
POPLAR 1 S                          5.8 
LOWRY 5 N                           5.5 
DULUTH NWS                          4.8 

...WISCONSIN...

MAPLE                               6.0 
BENNETT                             5.5 
BRULE 13 N                          4.0 
 
  
...SELECTED STORM RAINFALL TOTALS AS OF 3 PM CDT...

...IOWA...

EDGEWOOD                            2.12 
OELWEIN 1 E                         2.00 


THE SURFACE LOW OVER LAKE MICHIGAN IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS IT
PUSHES NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE LOWER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN
TONIGHT AND INTO EASTERN ONTARIO/WESTERN QUEBEC CANADA DURING
WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO THE NORTHWEST OF
THIS LOW FROM NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...ACROSS NORTHERN
WISCONSIN...AND THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
OF 6-12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS. A SECONDARY AREA
OF LOW PRESSURE...DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC THIS
EVENING...IS EXPECTED TO PUSH NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS EASTERN NEW
ENGLAND THURSDAY AND INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND/SOUTHERN QUEBEC
CANADA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THIS LOW WILL BRING THE
POTENTIAL FOR 6-12 INCHES OF SNOW OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 10 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

FRACASSO/ORAVEC