THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR UPPER MIDWEST SNOW AND OHIO VALLEY
HEAVY RAIN
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 PM CDT THU APR 03 2014
...ANOTHER LATE SEASON WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE
NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST...HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE
WEATHER MOVING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY...
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER
MIDWEST...UPPER GREAT LAKES AS WELL AS PARTS OF LOWER MICHIGAN.
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS...FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT
FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE OHIO VALLEY.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 900 PM CDT...A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF ABOUT 1001 MB... 29.56 INCHES... WAS MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT SNOW HAD
BECOME HEAVIER AND BETTER ORGANIZED IN THE PAST FEW HOURS FROM
ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS NORTHEASTWARD INTO
THE UPPER MIDWEST WHERE TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY FROM THE UPPER
20S TO THE MID 30S. FARTHER TO THE SOUTH IN THE WARM AIR...HEAVY
RAIN AND WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WERE ORGANIZED IN THE OHIO
VALLEY BEHIND A WARM FRONT AND AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD
FRONT...PROMPTING NUMEROUS FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD WARNINGS IN THE
AREA.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CDT WED APR
02 THROUGH 900 PM CDT THU APR 03...
...COLORADO...
WOLF CREEK PAS 1 SSE 11.0
PETERSON AFB 4 NW 9.0
WOODLAND PARK 1 WSW 9.0
BLACK FOREST 2 N 8.5
SCHRIEVER AFB 4 ESE 8.0
MONARCH PASS 1 NNW 6.0
...MINNESOTA...
CLOQUET 4.0
CAMBRIDGE 1 ESE 3.9
GLENCOE 3.8
BIG LAKE 3.5
MONTICELLO 3.5
PINE CITY 3 N 3.3
FOND DU LAC 3.0
MOUTH OF BRULE 3.0
OTSEGO 3.0
WATERTOWN 3 SE 3.0
WILLMAR 2.0
...NORTH DAKOTA...
MANDAN 8 N 4.0
OAKES 4.0
RUGBY 3.5
STREETER 5 NW 3.0
TIOGA 3.0
ASHLEY 2.6
WATFORD CITY 2.5
...NEBRASKA...
RANDOLPH 2.0
ST. EDWARD 3 ESE 2.0
...WISCONSIN...
HAWTHORNE 5.0
ASHLAND 3.0
SUPERIOR 3.0
RHINELANDER 1.7
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CDT WED APR
02 THROUGH 900 PM CDT THU APR 03...
...ILLINOIS...
WATSON 3.37
EFFINGHAM 2.86
MOUNT VERNON/OUTLAND AIRPORT 2.21
PEORIA RGNL ARPT 2.01
CARBONDALE/MURPHYSBORO 1.80
...INDIANA...
GRISSOM AFB/PERU 3.01
TELL CITY 2.65
MUNCIE/JOHNSON FIELD 2.56
EVANSVILLE RGNL ARPT 2.45
KOKOMO MUNI ARPT 2.45
HUNTINGTON 5 N 2.38
HUDSON 4 NNW 2.15
FORT WAYNE 3 NE 2.04
MILLERSBURG 1 SW 1.96
...KENTUCKY...
HENDERSON CITY 2.89
OWENSBORO/DAVIESS CO. APT 2.79
...MISSOURI...
CENTERVIEW 3 W 5.33
WHITEMAN AFB/SEDALIA 4.52
COLUMBIA RGNL ARPT 3.99
JEFFERSON CITY ARPT 2.70
MARSHALL 7 E 2.50
...OHIO...
DEFIANCE MEMORIAL ARPT 1.77
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED IN MISSOURI IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD AND FURTHER INTENSIFY TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
GET BETTER ORGANIZED AND BECOME HEAVIER FROM THE EASTERN PART OF
THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. BY FRIDAY...THE
HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST
EASTWARD INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. AS THE LOW INTENSIFIES...
WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE IN STRENGTH AND BECOME GUSTY. THIS WILL
CAUSE PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. SNOWFALL
TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN EASTERN
MINNESOTA...INCREASING TO OVER A FOOT IN THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SEVERE WEATHER ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN
WILL BE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT OVERNIGHT TONIGHT IN THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY WHERE LOCALLY OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY BEEN
REPORTED.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 400 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
KONG
Last Updated: 1059 PM EDT THU APR 03 2014