THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS TO UPPER MIDWEST
WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014
...LATE SEASON BLIZZARD IS UNDERWAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS...
AS WELL AS EXTREME WESTERN MINNESOTA.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...NORTHERN MINNESOTA...AND EXTREME NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.
A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS...WHILE A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR
MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 300 PM CDT...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 989 MB...
29.21 INCHES...WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WAS
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST. A STRONG COLD FRONT IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE
SURFACE LOW WAS MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND EXTENDED
BACK TOWARD THE NORTH AND CENTRAL ROCKIES. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A BAND OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALLING ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA AND A
LARGE PORTION OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS. AROUND THE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER...A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WAS CAUSING GUSTY
WINDS...WHICH GAVE WAY TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN PLACES WHERE SNOW
WAS FALLING.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CDT SUN MAR
30 THROUGH 300 PM CDT MON MAR 31...
...MINNESOTA...
HALLOCK 2.5
WARREN 6.6 NW 1.1
ARGYLE 1.0
...MONTANA...
PLEVNA 1 SW 12.0
LAME DEER 3 E 11.0
BROADUS 18.8 NNW 9.5
LIVINGSTON 6.6 ESE 8.6
PLEVNA 1.5 S 8.5
...NORTH DAKOTA...
GLEN ULLIN 11.6
HAZEN 0.4 SW 11.0
RHAME 11.0
NEW SALEM 10.5
DICKINSON 10.0
HEBRON 10.0
MARTIN 8 SW 10.0
BEACH 0.3 SSE 9.1
DEVILS LAKE 9.0
HARVEY 8.0
MEDORA 8.0
NEW ENGLAND 15 S 8.0
RICHARDTON 5 N 8.0
WASHBURN 10 W 8.0
HAZEN 7.5
UNDERWOOD 7.2
BISMARK 6.6
GRAND FORKS 3.5
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
CAMP CROOK 7.0
BISON 11 SSW 6.0
REVA 6.0
ZEONA 7 NNW 6.0
DUPREE 14 SSE 5.0
BUFFALO GAP 2 NW 4.0
HOOVER 4.0
LEAD 6 SSE 3.5
OGLALA 1 S 3.5
DEADWOOD 3 SW 3.0
DOWNTOWN GILLETTE 9 SSE 3.0
DOWNTOWN HOT SPRINGS 7 SSW 3.0
COLONY 2 SE 2.5
FAIRBURN 6 SE 2.5
BEULAH 3 SE 2.0
DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY 1 E 1.5
...WYOMING...
SUNDANCE 5 NW 1.0
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...NORTH DAKOTA...
RUGBY AIRPORT 51
BECLOURT 50
...NEBRASKA...
IMPERIAL 67
CHAPPELL 7 SE 59
OGALLALA 3 SSW 40
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
RAPID CITY AIRPORT 64
THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE
UPPER GREAT LAKES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW TOTALS OF
4 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND
INTO CENTRAL/NORTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. ACROSS
NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...EVEN HIGHER
AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 12 AND 21 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...GUSTY WINDS WILL REMAIN AS THE LOW
PRESSURE CENTER CONTINUES TO DEEPEN THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THIS
WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE REST OF TUESDAY AND INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 1000 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
FANNING
Last Updated: 406 PM EDT MON MAR 31 2014