STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST
WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 AM EST SUN FEB 10 2013

...WINTER STORM... WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... BEGINNING TO TAKE
SHAPE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST...    
                       

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND ACROSS THE
UPPER MIDWEST.

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO... WESTERN
AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA... MOST OF SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA... AND WESTERN MINNESOTA.

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN... AS WELL AS SMALL PARTS OF EXTREME EASTERN IOWA AND
NORTHERN ILLINOIS.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 900 AM EST...A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WITH AN ESTIMATED CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 988 MB... 29.17 INCHES... WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 30
MILES NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND NEBRASKA... AND MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST. AN OCCLUSION AND COLD FRONT EXTENDED OUT OF THIS LOW TO
THE SOUTH THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND INTO SOUTHERN TEXAS.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED
A WIDESPREAD AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS FALLING TO THE
NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW ACROSS MUCH OF NEBRASKA AND INTO
MINNESOTA. SOUTH AND EAST OF THE LOW AND AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT... MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY SOUTH AND WESTWARD INTO THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS WHERE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEEN REPORTED.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM EST SAT FEB
09 THROUGH 900 AM EST SUN FEB 10...

...MINNESOTA...
BRECKENRIDGE 3 SE                     3.6                    
BATTLE LAKE 2 N                       3.0                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
ELLENDALE                             4.0                    
LIDGERWOOD                            3.5                    

...NEBRASKA...
CHAPPELL                              8.0                    
BREWSTER                              5.0                    
BASSETT                               4.5                    
NORTH PLATTE 3 ENE                    4.1                    
ANSELMO 2 SE                          4.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
SISSETON 10.4 ENE                     8.1                    
ABERDEEN                              7.8                    
WATERTOWN 2.7 E                       6.9                    
MILBANK 0.9 NNW                       6.0                    
WINNER                                6.0                    
HERRICK 8.2 SSW                       5.0                    
MITCHELL                              4.8                    
PIERRE 1.3 S                          4.5                    
SELBY                                 4.0                    
WHITE LAKE                            3.9                    
CHAMBERLAIN 3 NNE                     3.5                    
ASTORIA 2.2 SSE                       3.0                    


THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE
TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY AND INTO THE
UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THIS LOW WITH
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ANYWHERE FROM WESTERN NEBRASKA
INTO THE GREAT LAKES. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12
INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS... ARE POSSIBLE.  IN
ADDITION... GUSTY WINDS COULD LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE REGION MAKING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS VERY LIKELY.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 400 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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