THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
CAMP SPRINGS, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 8 FOR MIDWEST HIGH WIND EVENT
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010
...RECORD BREAKING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT
MOVES THROUGH ONTARIO CANADA...
A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE RED RIVER ALONG
THE NORTH DAKOTA/MINNESOTA BORDER.
HIGH WIND WATCHES...WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT
FOR AN EXTENSIVE AREA ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS...THE MIDWEST...UPPER GREAT
LAKES...AND THE NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY. STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF THE WATERS OF THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.
BLIZZARD WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 PM CDT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE DAKOTAS.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 300 PM CDT...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH A CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 975 MB...28.80 INCHES...WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN
ONTARIO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS
INDICATED AREAS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN AND SNOW
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND MIDWEST. WINDS WERE
GENERALLY 20 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45
MPH...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE DAKOTAS.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1200 PM CDT MON
OCT 25 THROUGH 300 PM CDT WED OCT 27...
...MINNESOTA...
TWIG 2 SW 9.0
ADOLPH 1 N 8.0
HERMANTOWN 3 NE 7.7
DULUTH 7.4
TWO HARBORS 7 NW 7.1
CLOQUET 4 WNW 5.0
HEWITT 0.3 ENE 4.0
UNDERWOOD 7.6 NNW 4.0
...NORTH DAKOTA...
DUNN CENTER 10 NE 8.5
CARRINGTON 4 N 8.0
HARVEY 8.0
ESMOND 5 N 6.0
NEW ROCKFORD 9 WNW 6.0
BOTTINEAU 5.5
WILLISTON 4.1
MINOT 4.0
BISMARCK 3.4
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
ROY LAKE STATE PARK 6.0
BRISTOL 4.0
LEAD 6 SSW 3.0
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...IOWA...
BOONE AIRPORT 4 ESE 63
DES MOINES 1 NNW 62
POLK CITY 1 SW 60
ORANGE CITY 58
SPENCER 58
WAUKON 51
ESTHERVILLE AIRPORT 50
IONIA 2 N 49
CHARLES CITY 3 E 45
...ILLINOIS...
MACKINAW 1 NE 70
WAUKEGAN 62
DUPAGE AIRPORT 61
FAIRVIEW 60
LAWRENCEVILLE AIRPORT 60
JACKSONVILLE 58
OLNEY 57
FLORA 1 E 56
CHICAGO MIDWAY 54
...INDIANA...
GREENFIELD 77
SW MONROEVILLE 75
MOORESVILLE 2 NW 70
TERRE HAUTE 70
ODON 68
SHERIDAN 68
NORMAL 1 N 67
COLUMBIA CITY 65
ANDERSON 5 N 63
INDIANAPOLIS 61
...MICHIGAN...
ROCK OF AGES 78
POINT AUX BARQUES 3 W 71
FREDA 69
GRAND MARAIS 68
DAVISON 65
SOUTH HAVEN 1 W 64
ESCANABA 58
MUSKEGON 4 W 58
FAIRPORT 56
CADILLAC 54
DETROIT METRO AIRPORT 46
...MINNESOTA...
GEORGEVILLE 65
MEHURIN 65
HANLEY FALLS 63
LAKE BENTON 62
MORRIS 62
SAUK CENTRE 62
ALEXANDRIA 61
LANGHEI 61
MINNEAPOLIS 60
ST. CLOUD 50
...MONTANA...
COMERTOWN 6 S 60
...NORTH DAKOTA...
FARGO/HECTOR FIELD 64
BISMARCK 61
HETTINGER 61
MANDAN 4 S 60
JAMESTOWN 59
ADAMS 58
GARRISON 58
DICKINSON 56
MINOT 54
WILLISTON 47
LINTON 46
...NEBRASKA...
BIG SPRINGS 61
AINSWORTH 58
GRAND ISLAND 55
ONEILL 55
OGALLALA 54
VALENTINE 54
ORD 47
HASTINGS 45
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
GRAND RIVER RAWS 75
ONIDA AIRPORT 73
UNION CENTER 70
PIERRE MUNI ARPT 67
SISSETON 64
ABERDEEN 62
CASTLEWOOD 62
FAITH 62
RAPID CITY/ELLSWORTH AFB 62
BUFFALO 1 N 61
...WISCONSIN...
SHERWOOD - LAKE WINNEBAGO 79
ALGOMA 68
ALGOMA CITY MARINA 68
KENOSHA MUNI ARPT 68
RHINELANDER AIRPORT 60
SHIOCTON 4 W 59
PLOVER 58
BELLEVUE 57
EYOTA RWIS 2 SE 56
LA CROSSE 3 E 50
THE SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO STEADILY WEAKEN THIS EVENING AS IT
CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST-NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH CANADA. AS THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES ACROSS THE REGION...WINDS WILL DIE
DOWN...BRINGING AN END TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BY THIS EVENING. IN
ADDITION...SNOWFALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL GRADUALLY END
FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY...WITH THE LAST SHOWERS
ENDING IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA ON THURSDAY MORNING.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST STORM SUMMARY ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER FOR THIS EVENT. PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.
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Last Updated: 452 PM EDT WED OCT 27 2010