STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR NORTHERN ROCKIES TO NORTHEAST SPRING
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
 
...EARLY SPRING STORM EXPECTED TO BRING SNOW AND ICE FROM THE
NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE NORTHEAST...
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM EASTERN MONTANA...EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...UPPER
MIDWEST...CENTRAL PART OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION...EXTREME
NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC STATES AND INTO PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 900 AM CDT...A 997 MB...29.44 INCHES...SURFACE LOW WAS MOVING
EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL ILLINOIS WITH A SECONDARY LOW
FORMING IN CENTRAL OHIO ON A SURFACE WARM FRONT.  NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED AN
ELONGATED AREA OF PRECIPITATION...MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF
SNOW...STRETCHED ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN U.S. FROM MONTANA
EASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  THE SNOW WAS OCCASIONALLY
HEAVY OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND THE UPPER MIDWEST.  FREEZING
RAIN...AND SLEET WERE MIXING IN ALONG THE SOUTHERN FRINGE OF THE
PRECIPITATION SHIELD.  A NEW AREA OF FREEZING RAIN HAD DEVELOPED
IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND WESTERN NEW YORK IN THE PAST FEW
HOURS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1000 PM CDT MON
MAR 21 THROUGH 900 AM CDT WED MAR 23...

...MICHIGAN...
TRAVERSE CITY 7.6 SSW                10.5                     
TAWAS CITY 0.6 NNE                    7.5                     
MOUNT PLEASANT 5.1 NE                 7.4                     
SAGINAW 7 W                           7.1                     
FAIRGROVE                             5.0                     
MARLETTE                              5.0                     
BRIDGEPORT                            4.5                     
REED CITY                             4.5                     
CLARE                                 4.4                     
FLINT                                 4.2                     
GAYLORD 6 S                           4.1                     
LAPEER 2 W                            4.0                     

...MINNESOTA...
RUSH CITY 2.8 NE                      9.0                     
BRAINERD 6.9 NW                       8.7                     
MONTEVIDEO 0.4 SSW                    8.5                     
ALEXANDRIA 3.0 N                      8.4                     
MOORHEAD 2.0 N                        8.1                     
BIRD ISLAND 9.0 NNE                   8.0                     

...MONTANA...
REED POINT 3.2 SW                    26.0                     
RYEGATE 21.0 SW                      25.0                     
COLUMBUS 6 W                         19.0                     
ABSAROKEE 0.6 S                      18.0                     
BIG TIMBER 0.3 ESE                   13.0                     
MCLEOD 12.8 SW                       13.0                     
RED LODGE 2.0 W                      12.8                     
CLYDE PARK 7.2 SE                    12.0                     
HARLOWTON 8.3 SSW                    12.0                     
PINE CREEK 1.4 NNE                   12.0                     
TWODOT 12.1 SSW                      12.0                     
EDGAR 0.2 NNW                         9.0                     
FISHTAIL 18.1 SW                      9.0                     
BILLINGS SOUTHWEST 3.9 SW             4.2                     

...NORTH DAKOTA...
BUTTE 6 SSE                          12.0                     
WHITE SHIELD                         12.0                     
VELVA                                10.0                     
GRASSY BUTTE                          8.8                     
GOLDEN VALLEY 9 S                     8.0                     
MINOT                                 8.0                     
BISMARCK 5 NW                         7.5                     
WATFORD CITY                          7.5                     
CARTWRIGHT                            6.5                     
KIEF                                  6.5                     
MANDAREE                              6.0                     

...NEW YORK...
WEST ALMOND 5.0 SW                    8.8                     
CUBA 4.9 NNW                          8.0                     
HINSDALE 4.4 NW                       8.0                     

...PENNSYLVANIA...
SCRANTON                              4.2                     
SHINGLEHOUSE                          4.2                     
TOBYHANNA                             4.0                     

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
GRANDIN 3.3 SW                       14.0                     
BUFFALO 0.1 E                        11.0                     
CLAREMONT 2.4 SSE                    10.5                     
BISMARCK 2.4 NNW                     10.4                     
HECLA 8.6 W                           9.0                     
SISSETON 3.8 W                        7.4                     
LEAD 5.5 SSW                          5.5                     

...WISCONSIN...
CECIL 5.6 ENE                        15.4                     
CHELSEA                              12.0                     
SUAMICO 4.4 WNW                      12.0                     
RHINELANDER 2.7 WNW                   9.5                     
TIGERTON                              8.5                     
ELCHO                                 8.3                     
PHILLIPS                              8.0                     
PULCIFER 1 SW                         6.2                     
ABBOTSFORD                            6.0                     
NE WITTENBERG                         5.2                     
MERRILL                               4.7                     
WHITE LAKE                            4.5                     
WAUSAU                                4.4                     
IOLA 4 NE                             4.0                     
RHINELANDER                           4.0                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
1000 PM CDT MON MAR 21 THROUGH 900 AM CDT WED MAR 23...

...MICHIGAN...
FREMONT                               0.25                     
ST. JOHNS                             0.25                     
STONY LAKE 2 E                        0.25                     


THE SURFACE LOW OVER THE MIDWEST IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EASTWARD
INTO THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  HEAVY SNOW
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE UPPER MID-WEST AND GREAT LAKES ON
WEDNESDAY...EVENTUALLY SPREADING INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO A FOOT POSSIBLE IN SOME
LOCATIONS.  IN ADDITION...ACCUMULATING SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS
LIKELY ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE HEAVY SNOW.

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.

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