THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
CAMP SPRINGS, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR NORTHERN ROCKIES TO UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009
...HEAVY SNOW IS SPREADING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND SOUTH
DAKOTA WITH LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS...WINTER STORM WARNINGS...AND WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FROM PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN
HIGH PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 400 PM CDT...A 995 MB SURFACE LOW WAS OVER SOUTHEASTERN
NEBRASKA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED A NARROW
BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA INTO
SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30
TO 45 MPH ARE CAUSING WHITEOUT AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SOME
AREAS.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 AM CDT SUN MAR
29 THROUGH 400 PM CDT MON MAR 30...
...COLORADO...
OURAY .23 NNW 9.5
NATURITA 6.9 W 8.0
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS 1.1 E 7.7
...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...
GLEN ULLIN 20.0
BISMARCK 15.6
ELGIN 15.0
KINTYRE 15.0
BISMARCK 0.5 S 14.5
DICKINSON 12.5
HAZELTON 4 NW 10.8
CARSON 10.1
FLASHER 10.0
FORT YATES 10.0
MENOKEN 10.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
MCLAUGHLIN 12.0
EAST LONG LAKE 23 E 10.0
WETONKA 18 N 10.0
...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 SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA WILL SLOWLY MAKE A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST MONDAY EVENING AND MOVE INTO SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA BY TUESDAY EVENING. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO
THE NORTHWEST OF THE SURFACE LOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO
THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE...WHICH WILL CAUSE LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE
LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED 18 TO 24 INCH AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE NORTHERN PLAINS BY TUESDAY EVENING.
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.
ECKERT
Last Updated: 455 PM EDT MON MAR 30 2009