THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 03 FOR UPPER MIDWEST SNOW AND OHIO VALLEY
HEAVY RAIN
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 AM CDT FRI APR 04 2014
...SNOW AND HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED WITH ANOTHER SPRING STORM CROSSING
THE COUNTRY...
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE UPPER MIDWEST.
FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES HAVE
BEEN ISSUED ACROSS MUCH OF THE OHIO VALLEY.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 300 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A 999 MB...29.5 INCH...SURFACE LOW LOCATED
OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA. A SWATH OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS
FALLING TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE LOW...STRETCHING FROM WESTERN IOWA
TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. A NARROW ZONE OF FREEZING RAIN WAS
REPORTED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE SNOW AND WAS IMPACTING
MOSTLY LOCATIONS ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN. FARTHER SOUTH...AN
ORGANIZED LINE OF CONVECTION CONTAINING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS
HAD DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A TRAILING COLD FRONT PUSHING EAST THROUGH
THE MIDDLE TO LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS AND SOUTHERN PLAINS.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CDT WED APR
02 THROUGH 400 AM 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
...IOWA...
SIBLEY 6.0
ROCK RAPIDS 5.0
DENISON 4.0
...MINNESOTA...
HUTCHINSON 10.0
EDEN PRAIRIE 3 NW 7.5
VICTORIA 1 W 7.1
BLAINE 6.5
CENTRAL HILLSIDE 6.5
EDINA 2 E 6.5
GLENCOE 6.5
MAPLE GROVE 3 SE 6.5
SAWYER 4 S 6.4
CARVER 6.3
DULUTH 5 NW 6.3
MONTICELLO 3 ESE 6.2
ANNANDALE 6.0
JACKSON 6.0
SHAKOPEE 6.0
...NORTH DAKOTA...
MANDAN 8 N 4.0
OAKES 4.0
RUGBY 3.5
STREETER 5 NW 3.0
TIOGA 3.0
...WISCONSIN...
ASHLAND 1 WNW 7.2
SOLON SPRINGS 7.0
BENNETT 6.0
OULU 6.0
GRANTSBURG 4 N 5.0
HAWTHORNE 5.0
SUPERIOR 7 ESE 4.8
BAYFIELD 4.5
IRON RIVER 7 SE 4.2
GILE 4.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CDT WED APR
02 THROUGH 400 AM CDT THU APR 03...
...ILLINOIS...
WATSON 3.37
CARBONDALE/MURPHYSBORO 3.05
MOUNT VERNON/OUTLAND AIRPORT 3.02
EFFINGHAM 2.86
PEORIA RGNL ARPT 2.02
...INDIANA...
EVANSVILLE RGNL ARPT 5.46
HUNTINGBURG 3.04
GRISSOM AFB/PERU 3.01
TELL CITY 2.65
MUNCIE/JOHNSON FIELD 2.56
KOKOMO MUNI ARPT 2.46
HUNTINGTON 5 N 2.38
LAFAYETTE/PURDUE UNIV ARPT 2.36
TERRE HAUTE/HULMAN RGNL ARPT 2.34
HUDSON 4 NNW 2.15
BLOOMINGTON/MONROE CO. ARPT 2.09
EAGLE CREEK AIRPARK 2.07
FORT WAYNE 3 NE 2.04
...KENTUCKY...
HENDERSON CITY 4.76
OWENSBORO/DAVIESS CO. APT 3.05
LIBERTY 2.00
...MISSOURI...
CENTERVIEW 3 W 5.33
WHITEMAN AFB/SEDALIA 4.52
COLUMBIA RGNL ARPT 3.99
JEFFERSON CITY ARPT 2.93
SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS APT 2.80
SEDALIA MEMORIAL ARPT 2.61
MARSHALL 7 E 2.50
ST LOUIS/LAMBERT INTL ARPT 2.22
THE SURFACE LOW OVER IOWA IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN WHILE IT TRACKS
THROUGH THE UPPER GREAT LAKES ON FRIDAY AND INTO CANADA BY
SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE NORTH AND
WEST OF THE LOW TRACK...AND AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME NORTHERN
WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN. ALSO...A THIN AXIS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL
BE A POSSIBILITY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE SNOW. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BREAKOUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT
PUSHING OUT OF THE CENTRAL U.S....BUT AS THE FRONT BECOMES MORE
PROGRESSIVE WHILE CROSSING THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE NATION...THE
THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 1000 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
GERHARDT
Last Updated: 447 AM EDT FRI APR 04 2014