THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 05 FOR CENTRAL ROCKIES TO UPPER MIDWEST
WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016
...HEAVY SNOW IS FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND
FAR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...THE FAR EASTERN
DAKOTAS...AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND UPPER GREAT LAKES.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 200 PM CST...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS MOVING
EASTWARD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 994 MB...29.35 INCHES...WAS LOCATED ABOUT 40 MILES
EAST OF EAU CLAIRE...WISCONSIN. FROM THIS LOW...A STRONG COLD
FRONT EXTENDED THROUGH THE MIDDLE AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND
INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS
AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WAS
FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA...WHILE SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN WISCONSIN AND THE UPPER
PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. LIGHTER SNOW WAS PRESENT BUT ENDING ACROSS
THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND NEBRASKA...WEST AND SOUTH OF THE HEAVIEST
SNOW.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 500 PM CST WED NOV
16 THROUGH 200 PM CST FRI NOV 18...
...MINNESOTA...
CASINO 4 ESE 13.8
PARK RAPIDS 6 S 13.0
NEVIS 12.0
BIGFORK 11.0
BATTLE LAKE 9.0
GRAND RAPIDS 9.0
LAKE GEORGE 9.0
LAKE PARK 6 S 6.3
TURTLE RIVER 3.6 E 4.3
DETROIT LAKES 5.7 N 4.0
KENSINGTON 5.9 NE 3.5
CHISHOLM 0.4 WSW 2.3
WILTON 2.0
...NORTH DAKOTA...
ELLENDALE 3.5
DICKEY 3.0
OAKES 3.0
FARGO 3.4 SSE 2.8
...NEBRASKA...
LYNCH 6.0
SUTHERLAND 0.9 NW 6.0
NORTH PLATTE 3.6 S 5.7
HARRISON 6 SE 5.0
CHADRON 4.2
PARKS 19 N 4.0
VALENTINE 0.7 W 4.0
MERNA 0.1 NNE 3.1
IMPERIAL 3.0
NORTH PLATTE 15 NNE 3.0
OSHKOSH 10 NE 2.0
KIMBALL 1.5
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
PARKER 9.5
SIOUX FALLS 4 SSE 7.4
WHITEWOOD 4.2 NNW 5.7
BURKE 2.4 NE 5.6
HARTFORD 6.4 S 5.5
WATERTOWN 5.0
HURON 1.3 S 4.5
LEAD 4.5
BELLE FOURCHE 0.9 SSE 4.0
DOWNTOWN STURGIS 2 E 4.0
ELLSWORTH AFB 7 NNE 3.5
DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY 1 E 3.0
DOWNTOWN HOT SPRINGS 2.0
TILFORD 3 N 2.0
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...MINNESOTA...
DULUTH SKY HARBOR AIRPORT 55
...NEBRASKA...
GLENVIL 5 S 52
NORMAN 2 NE 50
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
SUMMIT 1 WNW 71
ESTELLINE 7 NE 61
PEEVER 6 SSW 57
VICTOR 4 NNW 55
SIOUX FALLS 3 NNW 52
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...COLORADO...
GRAND MESA 10.0
BUFORD 2 WNW 5.0
MACKAY 17 SW 3.6
MONUMENT 6 E 3.5
GREYSTONE 1 SSW 3.0
GLADE PARK 17 W 2.4
MEEKER 2SW 2.0
MONUMENT 2 NNE 2.0
YUMA 2.0
BLACK FOREST 2 N 1.5
MAHER 8 SW 1.5
THAYNE 2 SE 1.5
CRAIG 1.0
...IDAHO...
WEST YELLOWSTONE 8.0
ISLAND PARK 8 NW 7.5
MACKAY 17 SW 3.6
CHALLIS 24 N 3.5
KETCHUM 22 NW 3.0
STANLEY 28 NE 2.3
...KANSAS...
ST. FRANCIS 1.0
...MONTANA...
JOLIET 2 WNW 10.5
EMIGRANT 26 ESE 9.0
RED LODGE 2 S 9.0
RED LODGE 5 N 8.6
FORT SMITH 1 W 6.0
BIG TIMBER 7 NNE 5.0
COLUMBUS 8 SW 5.0
FROMBERG 3 NE 5.0
LODGE GRASS 5 N 5.0
NYE 14 W 5.0
RAPELJE 13 SSE 5.0
WEST YELLOWSTONE 5.0
BROADUS 14 SSE 4.5
COLUMBUS 1 NW 4.5
ALZADA 21 WNW 4.0
MCLOED 4.0
WYOLA 1 SW 4.0
MOORHEAD 10 NE 3.0
BILLINGS 3 WNW 2.3
...WYOMING...
LANDER 9.5 SW 15.0
LANDER 1 S 13.4
PAHASKA 14 NE 12.0
BUFFALO 17 W 10.0
TEN SLEEP 4 NE 10.0
BANNER 4 E 9.0
CODY 18 SW 9.0
HYATTVILLE 9.0
ROCK SPRINGS 8.5
BURGESS 7 ESE 8.0
CANYON 1 WSW 8.0
THERMOPOLIS 7.5
GREEN RIVER 7.0
MORAN JUNCTION 25 NE 6.0
SHERIDAN 16 S 5.8
BURGESS JUNCTION 21 SE 5.0
DAYTON 5.0
TOWER FALLS RANGER STATION 4.5
DOWNTOWN GILETTE 4 SE 4.0
CLEARMONT 5 NNE 3.5
WHEATLAND 3.2
DRIGGS 32 NNE 2.1
BURGESS JUNCTION 17 SE 2.0
THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST
AND INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOWFALL ON
THE NORTH AND WEST SIDE OF THE LOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE UPPER
MIDWEST AND SPREAD INTO PORTIONS OF THE UPPER GREAT LAKES THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOWFALL...GUSTY WINDS
AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE PLAINS
AND UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH THE EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
SHOULD COME TO AN END OVERNIGHT...THOUGH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2
TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED FOR THE UPPER GREAT LAKES ON SATURDAY.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 900 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
TATE
Last Updated: 400 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016