STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 9 FOR NORTHERN ROCKIES TO UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009
...LATE WINTER STORM SUSTAINING WINTRY AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS...WINTER STORM WARNINGS...AND WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN
PLAINS...CENTRAL PLAINS...AND THE UPPER MIDWEST.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 400 PM CDT...A 991 MB SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA...WITH AN ACCOMPANYING FRONTAL SYSTEM EXTENDING FROM
SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA SOUTHWARD THROUGH LOUISIANA AND EASTWARD
THROUGH OHIO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS REVEALED A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW STRETCHING FROM
NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA NORTHWARD THROUGH EASTERN REGIONS OF THE
DAKOTAS AND INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN.
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 PM CDT TUE MAR 31...
...MINNESOTA...
MILLLERVILLE 12.0
FARGO 1 N 9.5
NEW YORK MILLS 8.5
BRANDON 8.0
CARLOS 8.0
FINLAND 8.0
GARFIELD 7.0
SILVER BAY 7.0
ST CLOUD 7.0
DONNELLY 6.5
BEAVER BAY 6.0
ST JOSEPH 5.5
LITTLE FALLS 5.0
CHISHOLM 4.6
DALTON 3 S 4.3
GRAND RAPIDS 4.0
DULUTH 3.5
MORIS 3.0
MADISON 2.0
...NORTH DAKOTA...
NAPOLEON 2 E 24.0
GLEN ULLIN 22.0
LINTON 5 NW 20.0
STRASBURG 20.0
FORT YATES 18.0
HAZELTON 4 NW 17.4
BISMARCK AIRPORT 17.1
HAGUE 17.0
RALEIGH 19 S 17.0
ELGIN 15.0
KINTYRE 15.0
MOTT 1 N 15.0
FLASHER 14.5
REGENT 14.0
BOWMAN 13.0
FARGO AIRPORT 13.0
DICKINSON 12.5
BEACH 12.0
EDGELEY 11 N 12.0
MEDORA 12.0
BRECKENRIDGE 11.0
...NEBRASKA...
CODY 6.0
CHADRON 5.0
ARTHUR 2.0
LEXINGTON 1.5
OSHKOSH 10 NE 1.5
KEARNEY 0.5
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
LEAD 36.0
SPEARFISH 5 W 27.0
DEADWOOD 2 NE 24.6
STURGIS 2 NE 24.0
REVA 11 SSW 21.0
NEMO 20.0
BISMARCK 16.6
PORCUPINE 5 E 15.0
MITCHELL 12.5
GANN VALLEY 12.0
MCLAUGHLIN 12.0
REDFIELD 12.0
REDIG 9 NNW 12.0
RAPID CITY - DOWNTOWN 11.6
EAST LONG LAKE 23 E 10.0
WETONKA 18 N 10.0
WESSINGTON SPRINGS 9.0
SISSETON 6.0
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 SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA WILL MAINTAIN ITS
NORTHEASTWARD TRACK ACROSS MINNESOTA THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING AND
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO THE
NORTHWEST OF THE SURFACE LOW ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE
DAKOTAS INTO NORTH-CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF WISCONSIN. HOWEVER...THE FOCUS OF THE ASSOCIATED
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT NORTH OF THE SYSTEM WITH
TIME...AND MAY RESULT IN HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOWFALL ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.
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.
KOST