STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 04 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS BLIZZARD
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
400 AM CDT WED MAR 11 2009
 
...STRONG STORM SYSTEM SPREADING BLIZZARD AND WINTRY CONDITIONS
FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH THE UPPER GREAT LAKES...
 
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
WESTERN MINNESOTA.  WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES...AND WIND CHILL WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS EASTWARD INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 400 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A 986 MB SURFACE LOW LOCATED TO THE NORTH
OF THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN.  NORTH AND WEST OF THE SURFACE
LOW...A SWATH OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE
UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. GUSTY WINDS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WERE REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
UPPER GREAT LAKES.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM CDT MON MAR
09 THROUGH 400 AM CDT WED MAR 11...

...MINNESOTA...
INTERNATIONAL FALLS                  16.3                     
RED LAKE FALLS                       13.5                     
BEMIDJI                              12.0                     
THORHULT                             12.0                     
MILLERSVILLE                         10.5                     
MOORHEAD                             10.1                     
ALEXANDRIA                            8.0                     
HALSTAD                               8.0                     
HILL CITY                             8.0                     
ORR 3 E                               7.0                     
LEADER 8 E                            7.0                     
WASKISH                               7.0                     
LUTSEN 2 NE                           6.5                     
PEQUOT LAKES 3 E                      6.5                     
HACKENSACK                            6.5                     
WIRT                                  6.4                     
SAUK CENTRE 2 N                       6.0                     
PAYNE 4 E                             6.0                     
BIGFORK 7 S                           6.0                     
BAUDETTE                              6.0                     
BEAVER BAY                            6.0                     
DONNELLY                              5.1                     
ST CLOUD                              4.0                     
ST JOSEPH                             3.0                     

...NORTH DAKOTA...
VALLEY CITY                          10.0                     
MAYVILLE 3 E                          9.0                     
ASHLEY                                8.0                     
LINTON 5 NW                           8.0                     
FORT YATES                            7.0                     
JAMESTOWN                             6.0                     
GRAND FORKS                           5.0                     
FARGO                                 3.6                     
MARMARTH                              3.5                     
HAZELTON 4 NW                         3.4                     
STREETER 7 NW                         3.0                     

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILE PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...

...MICHIGAN...
MARSHALL 1 SSE                         52                     
KENTWOOD 4 E                           52                     
HOLLAND 2 S                            48                     
LANSING 5 NNW                          48                     
KALAMAZOO 4 SSE                        46                     

...WISCONSIN...
SHEBOYGAN  5 W                         51                     
KENOSHA 4 W                            48                     
RACINE 2 NW                            46                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
DEADWOOD 2 NE                        11.0                     
DOWNTOWN SPEARFISH 5 W                9.0                     
E TILFORD                             9.0                     
POLLOCK                               9.0                     
LEAD 5.5 SSW                          8.0                     
OPAL                                  8.0                     
SHADEHILL RESERVOIR 5 SSW             8.0                     
TIMBER LAKE                           8.0                     
STURGIS 1.0 S                         7.5                     
ARTAS                                 7.0                     
WHITEWOOD 4.2 NNW                     6.7                     
BELLE FOURCHE 0.9 SSE                 6.0                     
DOWNTOWN STURGIS                      6.0                     
FAITH 36.3 W                          6.0                     
MCLAUGHLIN                            6.0                     
MEADOW 7 SE                           6.0                     
MUD BUTTE 8 SE                        6.0                     


A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD OVER
THE UPPER GREAT LAKES THROUGH THIS MORNING.  THE DEEPENING SURFACE
LOW AND ASSOCIATED HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES AND INTO ONTARIO BY THIS MORNING. 
STRONG WINDS RESULTING IN FRIGID WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL BE PREVALENT BEHIND THE DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STORM SUMMARY ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER FOR THIS SYSTEM. PLEASE
REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

KOST