STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 04 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS BLIZZARD
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
1000 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009
 
...EARLY SPRING BLIZZARD CONTINUES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...
 
BLIZZARD WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR
EASTERN PORTIONS OF WYOMING AND INTO THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL
DAKOTAS.  WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.
 
FLOOD WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS NORTH
DAKOTA...EASTERN MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWARD INTO EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 900 AM CDT......NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLAR RADAR AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A 991 MB SURFACE LOW LOCATED OVER
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.  MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WAS REPORTED WEST
AND NORTH OF THE SURFACE LOW...FROM NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO...NORTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN NEBRASKA...AND INTO NORTH
DAKOTA.  ALONG AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM EASTERN IOWA...SOUTHWARD ACROSS
CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND INTO NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 AM CDT MON MAR
23 THROUGH 900 AM CDT TUE MAR 24...

...COLORADO...
CRESTED BUTTE                         8.0                     
VAIL 0.9 WNW                          7.0                     
FRISCO 0.5 N                          3.8                     

...NORTH DAKOTA...
RICHARDSON                           12.0                     
VALLEY CITY                          10.0                     
MAYVILLE                              9.0                     
ASHLEY                                8.0                     
LINTON 5 NW                           8.0                     
DRAKE 9 NE                            7.0                     
FORT YATES                            7.0                     
DICKINSON                             6.5                     
STARK                                 6.5                     
JAMESTOWN                             6.0                     
GRAND FORKS                           5.0                     
BISMARCK 2.4 NNW                      3.8                     
FARGO                                 3.6                     

...NEBRASKA...
GERING 0.4 E                          9.9                     
CHADRON                               8.0                     
SCOTTSBLUFF 6.6 NE                    7.0                     
ALLIANCE                              4.0                     

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
DEADWOOD 2 NE                        30.0                     
DOWNTOWN SPEAR 8 W                   25.0                     
WHITEWOOD 4.2 NNW                    18.0                     
RECLUSE                              16.0                     
LEAD                                 13.5                     
RAPID CITY 9.8 SW                    12.0                     
CAMP CROOK                           10.0                     
HOT SPRINGS 3.7 WSW                   8.0                     
SPOTTED HORSE                         8.0                     
BEULAH                                7.0                     
OELRICHS 7.4 SW                       7.0                     

...WYOMING...
RECLUSE                              16.0                     
ROCKYPOINT 2 NE                      14.0                     
YODER 6.5 SSE                        12.0                     
CASPER 2.1 NNE                       11.0                     
BILL                                 10.0                     
GLENROCK                             10.0                     
KAYCEE 17 NNW                         9.5                     
ALBIN 0.7 WSW                         8.1                     
CLEARMONT 5.1 NNE                     8.1                     
DOUGLAS                               8.0                     
FOUR CORNERS 4 E                      8.0                     
SPOTTED HORSE 5 W                     8.0                     

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

...NEBRASKA...
GORDON 7 E                              60                     
AINSWORTH MUNICIPAL                     51                     

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
RAPID CITY                              80                     
ELLSWORTH_AFB                           77                     
RAPID CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT             71                     
PHILIP AIRPORT                          64                     

...WYOMING...
CONVERSE CO. ARPT                       86                     


THE STRONG LOW OVER SOUTH DAKOTA IS EXPECTED TO TRAVEL
NORTHEASTWARD...MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY TUESDAY
EVENING.  THIS LOW WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG THE MINNESOTA-WISCONSIN BORDER.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT FROM EASTERN WYOMING...NORTHERN NEBRASKA...INTO THE MAJORITY
OF SOUTH DAKOTA... AND INTO NORTH DAKOTA.  WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL
TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS...WITH
ISOLATED TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 FEET IN THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH
DAKOTA.  IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...30 TO 60 MPH WINDS WILL
RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF SNOW...AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF POWER OUTAGES.  TRAVEL WILL BE
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT FROM THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THE
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 400 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

GERHARDT