STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 8 FOR MIDWEST HIGH WIND EVENT NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 400 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...RECORD BREAKING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES THROUGH ONTARIO CANADA... A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE RED RIVER ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA/MINNESOTA BORDER. HIGH WIND WATCHES...WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR AN EXTENSIVE AREA ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS...THE MIDWEST...UPPER GREAT LAKES...AND THE NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY. STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE WATERS OF THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. BLIZZARD WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE DAKOTAS. FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV AT 300 PM CDT...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 975 MB...28.80 INCHES...WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN ONTARIO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED AREAS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND MIDWEST. WINDS WERE GENERALLY 20 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE DAKOTAS. ...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1200 PM CDT MON OCT 25 THROUGH 300 PM CDT WED OCT 27... ...MINNESOTA... TWIG 2 SW 9.0 ADOLPH 1 N 8.0 HERMANTOWN 3 NE 7.7 DULUTH 7.4 TWO HARBORS 7 NW 7.1 CLOQUET 4 WNW 5.0 HEWITT 0.3 ENE 4.0 UNDERWOOD 7.6 NNW 4.0 ...NORTH DAKOTA... DUNN CENTER 10 NE 8.5 CARRINGTON 4 N 8.0 HARVEY 8.0 ESMOND 5 N 6.0 NEW ROCKFORD 9 WNW 6.0 BOTTINEAU 5.5 WILLISTON 4.1 MINOT 4.0 BISMARCK 3.4 ...SOUTH DAKOTA... ROY LAKE STATE PARK 6.0 BRISTOL 4.0 LEAD 6 SSW 3.0 ...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE EVENT... ...IOWA... BOONE AIRPORT 4 ESE 63 DES MOINES 1 NNW 62 POLK CITY 1 SW 60 ORANGE CITY 58 SPENCER 58 WAUKON 51 ESTHERVILLE AIRPORT 50 IONIA 2 N 49 CHARLES CITY 3 E 45 ...ILLINOIS... MACKINAW 1 NE 70 WAUKEGAN 62 DUPAGE AIRPORT 61 FAIRVIEW 60 LAWRENCEVILLE AIRPORT 60 JACKSONVILLE 58 OLNEY 57 FLORA 1 E 56 CHICAGO MIDWAY 54 ...INDIANA... GREENFIELD 77 SW MONROEVILLE 75 MOORESVILLE 2 NW 70 TERRE HAUTE 70 ODON 68 SHERIDAN 68 NORMAL 1 N 67 COLUMBIA CITY 65 ANDERSON 5 N 63 INDIANAPOLIS 61 ...MICHIGAN... ROCK OF AGES 78 POINT AUX BARQUES 3 W 71 FREDA 69 GRAND MARAIS 68 DAVISON 65 SOUTH HAVEN 1 W 64 ESCANABA 58 MUSKEGON 4 W 58 FAIRPORT 56 CADILLAC 54 DETROIT METRO AIRPORT 46 ...MINNESOTA... GEORGEVILLE 65 MEHURIN 65 HANLEY FALLS 63 LAKE BENTON 62 MORRIS 62 SAUK CENTRE 62 ALEXANDRIA 61 LANGHEI 61 MINNEAPOLIS 60 ST. CLOUD 50 ...MONTANA... COMERTOWN 6 S 60 ...NORTH DAKOTA... FARGO/HECTOR FIELD 64 BISMARCK 61 HETTINGER 61 MANDAN 4 S 60 JAMESTOWN 59 ADAMS 58 GARRISON 58 DICKINSON 56 MINOT 54 WILLISTON 47 LINTON 46 ...NEBRASKA... BIG SPRINGS 61 AINSWORTH 58 GRAND ISLAND 55 ONEILL 55 OGALLALA 54 VALENTINE 54 ORD 47 HASTINGS 45 ...SOUTH DAKOTA... GRAND RIVER RAWS 75 ONIDA AIRPORT 73 UNION CENTER 70 PIERRE MUNI ARPT 67 SISSETON 64 ABERDEEN 62 CASTLEWOOD 62 FAITH 62 RAPID CITY/ELLSWORTH AFB 62 BUFFALO 1 N 61 ...WISCONSIN... SHERWOOD - LAKE WINNEBAGO 79 ALGOMA 68 ALGOMA CITY MARINA 68 KENOSHA MUNI ARPT 68 RHINELANDER AIRPORT 60 SHIOCTON 4 W 59 PLOVER 58 BELLEVUE 57 EYOTA RWIS 2 SE 56 LA CROSSE 3 E 50 THE SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO STEADILY WEAKEN THIS EVENING AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST-NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH CANADA. AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES ACROSS THE REGION...WINDS WILL DIE DOWN...BRINGING AN END TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...SNOWFALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY...WITH THE LAST SHOWERS ENDING IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA ON THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STORM SUMMARY ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER FOR THIS EVENT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. SOLTOW