STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR NORTHERN ROCKIES TO UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
400 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009
 
...SECOND SPRING STORM NOW BRINGING LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS IN NORTH DAKOTA...
 
BLIZZARD WARNINGS...ALONG WITH WINTER STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS AND
ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE
NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY STATES.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 300 AM CDT...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH A 991 MB CENTER WAS
LOCATED IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND A SECOND CENTER OF 996 MB
PRESSURE IN SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED AREAS OF SNOW...LOCALLY HEAVY OVER
SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA...NORTH DAKOTA...FROM SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA ACROSS THE NEBRASKA-WYOMING BORDER INTO CENTRAL COLORADO.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 AM CDT SUN MAR
29 THROUGH 400 AM CDT MON MAR 30...

...MONTANA...
HEART BUTTE 14 SW                    24.0                     
HIGHWOOD                             19.0                     
ENNIS                                18.0                     
HELENA 20 S                          18.0                     
HELENA 8 S                           15.0                     
LEWISTOWN 23 E                       15.0                     
PENDROY 20 W                         15.0                     
ANACONDA 7 NW                        14.5                     
BABB                                 14.0                     
GIBBONSVILLE 9 NNW                   13.0                     
PHILIPSBURG 1 S                      12.0                     
GRASS RANGE                          10.0                     
PHILIPSBURG                          10.0                     

...NORTH DAKOTA...
BISMARCK                              6.9                     

...UTAH...
TROTTERS 3SSE                         4.0                     
ASHLEY 7NE                            3.0                     

...WYOMING...
MOOSE 1 E                            13.0                     
MORAN JUNCTION 8 NNE                 11.0                     
MOOSE                                10.5                     
ALTA 6 ENE                           10.0                     
JACKSON 8 WNW                        10.0                     
MORAN JUNCTION 25 NE                 10.0                     

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

...MONTANA...
CARLYLE 9 NW                            52                     

...UTAH...
HARRISBURG                              68                     
PARIA                                   62                     


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST-SOUTHEAST INTO
THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY MONDAY MORNING AND INTENSIFY OVER NEBRASKA.
A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW WITH LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY.

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

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