THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
CAMP SPRINGS, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR NORTHERN ROCKIES TO UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009
...SECOND SPRING STORM BRINGS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
DAKOTAS...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS...WINTER STORM WARNINGS...AND WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FROM NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
CENTRAL PLAINS AND NORTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 900 AM CDT...A 995 MB SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED A
NARROW BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30
TO 45 MPH...WEST AND NORTH OF THE SURFACE LOW. THIS BAND
STRETCHED FROM NORTHEAST COLORADO...NORTHWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN
NEBRASKA...AND EASTWARD ACROSS THE DAKOTAS. ALSO...ALONG A STRONG
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST...WIND GUSTS
OF OVER 35 MPH WERE REPORTED.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 AM CDT SUN MAR
29 THROUGH 1000 AM CDT MON MAR 30...
...COLORADO...
OURAY .23 NNW 9.5
NATURITA 6.9 W 8.0
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS 1.1 E 7.7
AURORA 2 NW 5.0
BRECKENRIDGE 2 SSE 5.0
HOTCHKISS 4.7 W 5.0
NORWOOD 1.4 W 4.5
SILVERTHORNE 7.4 NW 4.5
WATKINS 8 SE 4.2
...MONTANA...
HEART BUTTE 14 SW 24.0
HIGHWOOD 12 ESE 19.0
ENNIS 18.0
HELENA 20 S 18.0
STANFORD 18.0
TOWNSEND 16 NE 17.3
HOBSON 15.0
LEWISTOWN 23 E 15.0
PENDROY 20 W 15.0
ANACONDA 7 NW 14.5
...NORTH DAKOTA...
BISMARCK 0.5 S 14.5
HAZELTON 4 NW 10.8
CARSON 10.1
FLASHER 10.0
HETTINGER 8.0
LINTON 5 NW 8.0
DUNN CENTER 5.0
KILLDEER 0.4 W 4.0
TROTTERS 3 SSE 4.0
WILTON 4.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
LEMMON 12.5 WSW 6.0
RAPID CITY 5.0 ESE 4.2
BOX ELDER 6.2 ESE 3.5
NEWELL 2.8 ENE 3.0
...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...
...COLORADO...
MONARCH PASS 55
AKRON-WASHINGTON CO. ARPT 48
FT COLLINS-LOVELAND MUNI ARPT 43
...NEW MEXICO...
LAS VEGAS 6 NE 67
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
BUFFALO 58
MOBRIDGE 44
...WYOMING...
BUFFALO/JOHNSON CO. ARPT 54
LARAMIE/GENERAL BREES FIELD 44
TORRINGTON MUNI ARPT 44
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...IDAHO...
PRESTON 14 E 24.5
MACKS INN 9 E 24.0
ISLAND PARK 8 NW 22.0
SPENCER 11 NE 14.5
MONTPELIER 14 N 11.5
LAVA HOT SPRINGS 10 SEE 10.5
INKOM 10.0
BLACKFOOT 32 E 9.5
IDAHO FALLS 38 E 9.0
WAYAN 2 NE 9.0
THE SURFACE LOW OVER WESTERN KANSAS IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AS
IT MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. AS
THIS SYSTEM INTENSIFIES...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS AND WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS
THE DAKOTAS. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL TOTALS OF GREATER THAN 8
INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF
SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
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
Last Updated: 1056 AM EDT MON MAR 30 2009