THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
CAMP SPRINGS, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 7 FOR NORTHERN ROCKIES TO UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009
...HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS NOW AFFECTING PARTS
OF EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS...WINTER STORM WARNINGS...AND WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FROM MUCH OF THE NORTHERN
PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND WESTERN GREAT LAKES.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 300 AM CDT...A 992 MB SURFACE LOW WAS CENTERED OVER
SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS
SHOWED A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS EAST CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA INTO SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA.
ANOTHER AREA OF SNOW HAD DEVELOPED IN SOUTHERN NEBRASKA AND WAS
MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35
MPH ARE CAUSING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IN THESE AREAS.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 AM CDT SUN MAR
29 THROUGH 400 AM CDT MON MAR 30...
...NORTH DAKOTA...
GLEN ULLIN 22.0
STRASBURG 20.0
HAZELTON 4 NW 17.2
HAGUE 17.0
RALEIGH 19 S 17.0
BISMARCK 16.5
FORT YATES 16.0
ELGIN 15.0
KINTYRE 15.0
BISMARCK 0.5 S 14.5
FLASHER 14.5
REGENT 14.0
BOWMAN 13.0
DICKINSON 12.5
BEACH 12.0
EDGELEY 11 N 12.0
MEDORA 12.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
SPEARFISH 9 SW 24.0
BISMARCK 16.6
DEADWOOD 2 NE 15.7
MCLAUGHLIN 12.0
REDIG 9 NNW 12.0
RAPID CITY - DOWNTOWN 11.3 ESTIMATED
EAST LONG LAKE 23 E 10.0
WETONKA 18 N 10.0
WEBSTER 4.0
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
BUFFALO 58
MOBRIDGE 44
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...COLORADO...
OURAY .23 NNW 9.5
NATURITA 6.9 W 8.0
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS 1.1 E 7.7
...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
...MONTANA...
HEART BUTTE 14 SW 24.0
HIGHWOOD 12 ESE 19.0
ENNIS 18.0
STANFORD 18.0
WEBSTER 6.9 ESE 18.0
TOWNSEND 16 NE 17.3
HELENA 8 S 15.0
HOBSON 15.0
LEWISTOWN 23 E 15.0
PENDROY 20 2 15.0
ANACONDA 7 NW 14.5
BABB 14.0
BOULDER 14.0
HELENA 3 S 14.0
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS 19 NW 14.0
BIG SKY 20 S 13.0
FORESTGROVE 12.0
VALIER 12.0
...WYOMING...
JACKSON HOLE - RAYMER 19.0
JACKSON HOLE - MID 17.0
MORAN JUNCTION 25 NE 14.5
CODY 18 SW 13.5
DUBOIS 25 NW 13.5
GRAND TARGHEE 13.0
JACKSON 8 WNW 13.0
MEETEETSE 30 SW 13.0
MOOSE 13.0
PAHASKA 13.0
BUFFALO 17 W 12.0
SHELL 18 E 12.0
THE SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY.
HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE SURFACE
LOW FROM ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO
CENTRAL TO NORTHERN MINNESOTA. STRONG WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE...CAUSING LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH
ISOLATED 18 TO 24 INCH AMOUNTS...IN THESE AREAS BY TUESDAY
EVENING.
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.
KONG
Last Updated: 503 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2009