STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS BLIZZARD
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 AM CST THU NOV 6 2008        

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OCCURRING IN PARTS OF WESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...

BLIZZARD WARNINGS AND WINTER STORMS WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR
MUCH OF NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEBRASKA AND EASTERN MONTANA.
BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN SOUTH AND NORTH DAKOTA... RESPECTIVELY.

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

AT 300 AM CST...A 991 MB (29.26 IN) LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS
LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF PIERRE SOUTH DAKOTA... WITH A COLD FRONT
EXTENDING SOUTHWARD FROM IOWA TO TEXAS. NWS DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED SNOWY AND WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE
NORTH AND WEST OF THIS LOW...ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
SOUTH AND NORTH DAKOTA...AND NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED NEAR AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT.


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM 12 PM CST
WED NOV 5 THROUGH 200 AM CST THU NOV 6...

...NORTH DAKOTA...
GRENORA                               4.0

...SOUTH DAKOTA...            
DEADWOOD 2 NE                        19.5 
KADOKA 1 NW                           7.0 
ALLEN 1 W                             6.0 
REVA                                  6.0

...SELECTED RECENT WIND GUST REPORTS IN MILES PER HOUR...

RAPID CITY SD                         78
ELLSWORTH AFB SD                      73
BUFFALO SD                            69
FAITH SD                              61
PHILIP SD                             59
HETTINGER ND                          58
DOWNTOWN STURGIS SD                   54


THE SNOW AND WIND WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN DAKOTAS
TODAY AND SLOWLY TRANSLATE EASTWARD AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER
MEANDERS INTO MINNESOTA BY EARLY FRIDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN
BE EXPECTED FOR SOME AREAS OF THE DAKOTAS THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWELVE INCHES ARE
EXPECTED OVER A LARGE AREA OF THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL DAKOTAS...
WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CLOSE TO TWO FEET. THE SNOW AND
WIND SHOULD SUBSIDE LATE FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM
THE NORTHWEST.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 900 AM CST.  PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

FRACASSO