STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR MIDWEST HIGH WIND EVENT
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
1000 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010
 
...STORM DEVELOPING OVER MINNESOTA EXPECTED TO BRING DAMAGING
WINDS ACROSS THE MIDWEST...
 
HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE FOR THE DAKOTAS...AND
STRETCH EASTWARD INTO MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN OHIO.  NUMEROUS WIND
ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE CENTRAL
U.S..
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A 980 MB...28.9 INCHES... SURFACE
LOW LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL IOWA AND AN OCCLUDED SURFACE FRONT
WAS SLOWLY PUSHING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY.  TO THE
NORTH OF THE LOW...A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERED
THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND UPPER MIDWEST WHILE A BAND OF SHOWERS WAS
MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS...ALONG THE SURFACE
FRONT.  SUSTAINED NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WERE
REPORTED BEHIND THE FRONT.   

THE SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK NORTHWARD MONDAY NIGHT AND THEN SLOW
DOWN AS IT RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES OVER MINNESOTA EARLY TUESDAY.  BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO BE IN NORTHEASTERN
MINNESOTA WITH AN UNUSUALLY STRONG 962MB CENTER.  THE LARGE
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CAUSE STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS MUCH
OF THE MIDWEST.  SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH...HAVE BEEN FORECASTED FOR TUESDAY MORNING AND
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.  HEAVY RAINS AND
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS THIS STORM LIFTS
OUT INTO CANADA...BUT THE HIGH WINDS WILL BE THE DOMINANT CONCERN.



THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 400 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

GERHARDT