THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 05 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS TO UPPER MIDWEST
WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 AM CDT TUE APR 01 2014
...LATE SEASON BLIZZARD BEGINNING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE UPPER
MIDWEST INTO CANADA...
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN
EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...INTO EXTREME NORTHWESTERN
WISCONSIN.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 900 AM CDT...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 995 MB...
29.35 INCHES...WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR
TOWARD CANADA. AN OCCLUDED FRONT WAS ATTACHED TO THIS LOW ALONG
WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES AND INTO
THE MIDWEST. A POLAR FRONT SEPARATING MUCH COLD AIR FROM CANADA
WAS DRAPED ON THE TOP SIDE OF THE LOW. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT BANDS OF MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW WITH GUSTY WINDS CONTINUED TO AFFECT NORTHEASTERN
MINNESOTA JUST WEST OF LAKE SUPERIOR. THE SNOW BANDS ARE MOVING
STEADILY NORTHEASTWARD WITH THE LOW TOWARD CANADA.
MEANWHILE...SNOW HAD ALREADY ENDED IN WESTERN MINNESOTA WHERE
WINDS WERE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CDT SUN MAR
30 THROUGH 900 AM CDT TUE APR 01...
...MINNESOTA...
THIEF RIVER FALLS 18.0
WARREN 3 NW 18.0
WARROAD 3 W 17.8
SALOL 16.0
NEWFOLDEN 15.0
CROOKSTON 14.0
HALLOCK 14.0
BADGER 12.5
WARREN 6.6 NW 8.0
PILLAGER 5.1 N 5.7
BEMIDJI 2.9 E 5.0
MCGREGOR 7 N 4.6
DEER CREEK 2.0 WSW 3.5
EMILY 11 W 3.0
GRAND RAPIDS 6 S 2.7
WEST DULUTH 2.6
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...KANSAS...
CONCORDIA 2 SSE 53
PAULINE 2 ESE 48
ABILENE 2 SW 46
OLPE 5 NNW 44
TOPEKA 3 ENE 44
LAWRENCE 4 NNE 43
...NORTH DAKOTA...
OAKES 2 N 58
RUGBY AIRPORT 51
BECLOURT 50
...NEBRASKA...
IMPERIAL 67
GERING 2 W 62
SIDNEY 61
HARRISBURG 6 SE 60
CHAPPELL 7 SE 59
KIMBALL 58
HOLDREGE ARPT 51
GRAND ISLAND ARPT 50
LEXINGTON ARPT 50
OGALLALA 3 SSW 40
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
RAPID CITY AIRPORT 64
SIOUX FALLS ARPT 52
...WYOMING...
HORSE CREEK 12 SSE 73
CHEYENNE 7 W 62
BUFORD 1 ESE 61
ARLINGTON 2 ESE 58
CENTENNIAL 14 NE 58
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...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...
GRAFTON 20.0
LANKIN 5 E 19.1
LARIMORE 14.5
VALLEY CITY 14.5
ROGERS 14.0
PARK RIVER 13.0
ANAMOOSE 17 S 12.5
GLADSTONE 12.5
EDGELEY 12.0
GRAND FORKS 0.6 SW 12.0
VALLEY CITY 2.0 NW 12.0
GLEN ULLIN 11.6
REYNOLDS 11.5
CARSON 11.0
HAZEN 0.4 SW 11.0
RHAME 11.0
HARVEY 10.5
NEW SALEM 10.5
DEVILS LAKE 10.0
DICKINSON 10.0
ELGIN 10.0
HEBRON 10.0
JAMESTOWN 10.0
MARTIN 8 SW 10.0
...NEBRASKA...
ARTHUR 0.1 S 5.0
NORTH PLATTE 1.0 W 2.4
CODY 0.1 NE 2.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
LEMMON 9.9
JAVA 11.5 NNE 7.2
CAMP CROOK 7.0
BISON 11 SSW 6.0
REVA 6.0
ZEONA 7 NNW 6.0
WHITEWOOD 4.2 NNW 5.1
DUPREE 14 SSE 5.0
FAITH 29.5 N 5.0
HOT SPRINGS 0.5 SSW 4.9
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
DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY 1 E 1.5
...WYOMING...
SUNDANCE 5 NW 1.0
THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD INTO ONTARIO CANADA TODAY. AS THE LOW MOVES
AWAY...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS IN THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL GRADUALLY
TAPER OFF FOR THE REST OF TODAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF UP TO LOCALLY
20 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTH
DAKOTA...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS SOUTH AND EAST. A FEW ADDITIONAL
INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA BEFORE
THE SNOW COMES TO AN END TONIGHT.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 400 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
KONG
Last Updated: 1115 AM EDT TUE APR 01 2014