STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 04 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS BLIZZARD
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
400 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009
 
...EARLY SPRING BLIZZARD CONTINUES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...
 
BLIZZARD WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT
FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL DAKOTAS. THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE
EARLY IN THE EVENING. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND ICE STORM
WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR FAR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.
 
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 300 PM CDT...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED A 994 MB SURFACE LOW
LOCATED OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW CONTINUED
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE
COVERAGE OF THE SNOW HAD BEEN DECREASING OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS.
ALONG AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND POTENTIALLY
SEVERE 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 400 PM CDT TUE MAR 24...

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

...NORTH DAKOTA...
MARMARTH                             22.5                     
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                     
COLONY                               12.0                     
SHADEHILL RESERVOIR                  12.0                     
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 MILE 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 SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS
THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE DAKOTAS. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL TOTALS OF
6 TO 12 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THESE AREAS...WITH ISOLATED
TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 FEET IN THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA. 
SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING
BEFORE THE WINDS FURTHER SUBSIDE. TRAVEL 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 LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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