THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
CAMP SPRINGS, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 04 FOR NORTHERN PLAINS BLIZZARD
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009
...EARLY SPRING BLIZZARD CONTINUES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT
FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL DAKOTAS. THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE
EARLY IN THE EVENING. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND ICE STORM
WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR FAR NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.
FLOOD WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS NORTH
DAKOTA...EASTERN MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWARD INTO EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 300 PM CDT...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED A 994 MB SURFACE LOW
LOCATED OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW CONTINUED
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE
COVERAGE OF THE SNOW HAD BEEN DECREASING OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS.
ALONG AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND POTENTIALLY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM EASTERN IOWA...SOUTHWARD
ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND INTO NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 AM CDT MON MAR
23 THROUGH 400 PM CDT TUE MAR 24...
...COLORADO...
CRESTED BUTTE 8.0
VAIL 0.9 WNW 7.0
FRISCO 0.5 N 3.8
...NORTH DAKOTA...
MARMARTH 22.5
RICHARDSON 12.0
VALLEY CITY 10.0
MAYVILLE 9.0
ASHLEY 8.0
LINTON 5 NW 8.0
DRAKE 9 NE 7.0
FORT YATES 7.0
DICKINSON 6.5
STARK 6.5
JAMESTOWN 6.0
GRAND FORKS 5.0
BISMARCK 2.4 NNW 3.8
FARGO 3.6
...NEBRASKA...
GERING 0.4 E 9.9
CHADRON 8.0
SCOTTSBLUFF 6.6 NE 7.0
ALLIANCE 4.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
DEADWOOD 2 NE 30.0
DOWNTOWN SPEAR 8 W 25.0
WHITEWOOD 4.2 NNW 18.0
RECLUSE 16.0
LEAD 13.5
RAPID CITY 9.8 SW 12.0
CAMP CROOK 10.0
HOT SPRINGS 3.7 WSW 8.0
SPOTTED HORSE 8.0
BEULAH 7.0
OELRICHS 7.4 SW 7.0
...WYOMING...
RECLUSE 16.0
ROCKYPOINT 2 NE 14.0
COLONY 12.0
SHADEHILL RESERVOIR 12.0
YODER 6.5 SSE 12.0
CASPER 2.1 NNE 11.0
BILL 10.0
GLENROCK 10.0
KAYCEE 17 NNW 9.5
ALBIN 0.7 WSW 8.1
CLEARMONT 5.1 NNE 8.1
DOUGLAS 8.0
FOUR CORNERS 4 E 8.0
SPOTTED HORSE 5 W 8.0
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILE PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...NEBRASKA...
GORDON 7 E 60
AINSWORTH MUNICIPAL 51
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
RAPID CITY 80
ELLSWORTH_AFB 77
RAPID CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT 71
PHILIP AIRPORT 64
...WYOMING...
CONVERSE CO. ARPT 86
THE STRONG LOW OVER SOUTH DAKOTA IS EXPECTED TO TRAVEL
NORTHEASTWARD...MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY TUESDAY
EVENING. THIS LOW WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG THE MINNESOTA-WISCONSIN BORDER.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS
THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE DAKOTAS. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL TOTALS OF
6 TO 12 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THESE AREAS...WITH ISOLATED
TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 FEET IN THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING
BEFORE THE WINDS FURTHER SUBSIDE. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
TONIGHT FROM THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SOUTHWARD INTO THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.
KONG
Last Updated: 524 PM EDT TUE MAR 24 2009