STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS BLIZZARD
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008        

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE DAKOTAS...

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH DAKOTA AND
MUCH OF SOUTH DAKOTA...WHILE WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT
FOR MUCH OF NORTH DAKOTA AS WELL AS NORTHERN NEBRASKA AND
NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEBRASKA...EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...AND
EASTERN MONTANA. 

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WARNINGS...PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 300 PM CST...A 994 MB (29.41 IN) LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS
LOCATED IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AN ASSOCIATED OCCLUDED FRONT AND
COLD FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM MINNESOTA THROUGH TEXAS. NWS
DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED SNOWY AND WINDY
CONDITIONS SPANNING FROM THE NORTHWEST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THIS
LOW PRESSURE CENTER...ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH AND
NORTH DAKOTA...AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL 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 300 PM CST THU NOV 6...

...NEBRASKA...
RUSHVILLE                             6.0  
GORDON                                4.0  

...NORTH DAKOTA...
HEBRON                               10.0 
MARSHALL                              9.0  
GLEN ULLIN                            6.0  
RICHARDSON                            5.0  
DUNN CENTER 1 E                       4.0  
FORTUNA 1 W                           4.0  
GRENORA                               4.0

...SOUTH DAKOTA...            
DEADWOOD 2 NE                        43.6   
WHITEWOOD 4.2 NNW                    12.0
USTA 8 WNW                           12.0  
RAPID CITY 3.4 WNW                   11.0  
HARDING 3 SSE                        10.0  
BISON 4.5 SE                          8.1
BOX ELDER 9 N                         8.0 
KADOKA 1 NW                           7.0 
ALLEN 1 W                             6.0 
REVA                                  6.0
BOX ELDER 9 N                         5.5  

...WYOMING...
SUNDANCE                             12.0  
UPTON                                 8.0  
NEWCASTLE                             7.0  

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM 12 PM
CST WED NOV 5 THROUGH 300 PM CST THU NOV 6...

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
MCINTOSH                              0.25

...SELECTED RECENT WIND GUST REPORTS IN MILES PER HOUR AS OF 300
PM CST...

HORSE CREEK 12 SE WY                  81   
RAPID CITY SD                         76
CHEYENNE 18 WNW WY                    71      
HARRISON 5 E NE                       70   
BRIDGEPORT NE                         70   
HARRISBURG 5 SE NE                    68   
DALTON NE                             66
OGALALA NE                            64   
VALENTINE NE                          58   
HETTINGER ND                          58   



THE SNOW AND WIND WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN DAKOTAS
TODAY...SLOWLY MOVING EASTWARD AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER PUSHES
INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN LATE ON 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...REACHING DEPTHS OF MORE THAN
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 PM CST.  PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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