THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. HEAVY RAIN
AND NORTHERN PLAINS HEAVY SNOW
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...LARGE SPRING STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO BRING SNOW TO PORTIONS
OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS AND HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE
WEATHER TO MUCH OF THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHEAST AND LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...
FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND FLOOD ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST AND TENNESSEE VALLEY AS WELL AS PORTIONS
OF THE OHIO VALLEY AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. FLASH FLOOD
WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PLACES IN WESTERN TENNESSEE AND
KENTUCKY.
HIGH WIND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL
AREA OF EASTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE
BLACK HILLS.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 900 AM CDT...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 989
MB...29.21 INCHES...WAS CENTERED OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. A COLD
FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM THE SURFACE LOW INTO THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. A WEST TO EAST ORIENTED
STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED FROM THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND MID-ATLANTIC REGIONS. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED AN
EXTENSIVE AREA OF RAIN NORTH AND EAST OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM
THE UPPER MIDWEST TO THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS...AND PARTS OF
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST. IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
AND WESTERN TENNESSEE AND ACROSS MUCH OF KENTUCKY AND OHIO...A
LARGE AREA OF ORGANIZED CONVECTION WAS ONGOING...WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL BEING REPORTED IN THESE AREAS. ACROSS TENNESSEE AND
ARKANSAS...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO BEING
REPORTED. WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE SURFACE LOW...AREAS OF
GENERALLY LIGHT SNOW WERE OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CDT SAT APR
26 THROUGH 900 AM CDT MON APR 28...
...NORTH DAKOTA...
WATFORD CITY 7.0
RHAME 1.9 E 5.5
STANLEY NW 4.8
BOWMAN 4.0
KILLDEER 4.0
MANDAREE 4.0
WILLISTON 4.0
SCRANTON 3.0
...NEBRASKA...
GORDON 6 N 3.0
HAY SPRINGS 3.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
ROCHFORD 7 NW 10.0
DEERFIELD 10 NW 7.0
LEAD 7.0
PENNINGTON 7.0
PORCUPINE 5 E 7.0
MARTIN 15 W 5.5
RALPH 8 SSE 4.0
SAINT ONCE 2 NNW 4.0
DEADWOOD 15 SSE 3.5
LEMMON 3.0
...WYOMING...
FOUR CORNERS 6.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CDT SAT APR
26 THROUGH 900 AM CDT MON APR 28...
...ARKANSAS...
BATESVILLE 6.55
CORNING 2.1 W 6.37
POCAHONTAS 8.6 SSW 5.75
RAVENDEN SPRINGS 5.22
EVENING SHADE 1.2 S 5.20
CALICO ROCK 1.6 E 5.00
HARDY 11.0 S 4.38
SADDLE 3.94
DOVER 3.0 SW 3.11
HEBER SPRINGS 0.8 WSW 3.05
SCOTTSVILLE 2.99
WILBURN 2.83
WALNUT RIDGE RGNL ARPT 2.71
HARRISON/BOONE CO. ARPT 1.97
...IOWA...
AMES 1.5 NNE 2.72
KEOKUK 0.6 NE 2.61
HARTFORD 1.0 ENE 2.51
GILBERT 0.2 W 2.42
NORTH LIBERTY 1.0 ENE 2.07
OSAGE 2.04
IOWA CITY MUNI ARPT 1.71
DEWITT ENE 1.56
MUSCATINE 1 ESE 1.50
CALAMUS 2 SSW 1.40
DUBUQUE MUNI ARPT 1.14
CLINTON MUNI ARPT 1.07
BURLINGTON RGNL ARPT 1.04
DAVENPORT/QUAD CITIES WFO 1.03
...ILLINOIS...
EFFINGHAM 1.2 E 3.31
WATSON 3.25
EFFINGHAM 3 SW 2.80
FLORA 2.65
QUINCY 2.53
ALTONA 2.23
EFFINGHAM 2.04
NW GALESBURG 1.85
CAMBRIDGE 1 W 1.80
BIRDS 3 W 1.64
HUTSONVILLE 1.56
ARTHUR 1 W 1.34
HARRISBURG 1.28
SHERMAN 1.11
...KANSAS...
WESTMORELAND 5.50
WOODBINE 7 N 5.00
MANHATTAN 2.53
CHAPMAN 4 S 2.40
OKETO 3 W 2.00
OLATHE/JOHNSON CO. EXE ARPT 1.21
...KENTUCKY...
PADUCAH 2.29
...MINNESOTA...
ST. PAUL DOWNTOWN SRPT 2.01
MINNEAPOLIS/FLYING CLOUD ARPT 1.79
CLENCOE 1.07
MANKATO MUNI ARPT 1.02
...MISSOURI...
PARMA 7.90
QUILIN 5.01
POPLAR BLUFF 7 NW 4.65
DONIPHAN 3.98
PIEDMONT 3.48
JACKSON 3.18
WAPPAPELLO 3.03
MARBLE HILL 3.00
CAPE GIRARDEAU MUNI ARPT 2.21
PALMYRA 2.02
WHITEMAN AFB/SEDALIA 1.77
KANSAS CITY INTL ARPT 1.73
JEFFERSON CITY ARPT 1.17
...MISSISSIPPI...
COLUMBUS AFB 1.07
...NEBRASKA...
CHERRY 2.81
VALENTINE/MILLER FIELD 2.12
NEBRASKA CITY 1.54
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
WINNER 2.24
DOWNTOWN HOT SPRINGS 1.75
MARTIN 13 WSW 1.70
NEWELL 3 ENE 1.04
...TENNESSEE...
MEMPHIS INTL ARPT 2.24
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...COLORADO...
KIT CARSON 61
YUMA 58
CHEYENNE 54
SEIBERT 51
...KANSAS...
GOVE 54
LOGAN 54
COLBY 2 ENE 53
THOMAS 53
ATWOOD 4 N 52
OAKLEY 2 ESE 49
GRINNELL 46
...MINNESOTA...
MANKATO MUNI ARPT 69
KNIFE RIVER 1 N 50
DULUTH 46
...MISSOURI...
KANSAS CITY INTL ARPT 50
...OKLAHOMA...
GUYMON 2 W 61
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
RAPID CITY 60
...TEXAS...
FLOYDADA 2 NNE 63
SUNDOWN 8 WSW 63
AMHERST 1 NE 62
DIMMITT 2 NE 62
HART 3 N 60
FRIONA 2 NE 59
MULESHOE 2 SSW 59
ABERNATHY 5 ENE 58
LUBBOCK 6 NE 58
MORTON 1 ENE 58
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE VERY SLOW-MOVING TODAY AND IS
STILL FORECAST TO BE CENTERED OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA BY LATE THIS
EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD EASTWARD TODAY
ACROSS MUCH OF THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS AND SOUTHEAST...WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE
SOUTHEAST...TENNESSEE...AND OHIO VALLEYS. WEST OF THE SURFACE LOW
IN THE COLD AIR...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES
WILL BE COMMON. ADDITIONALLY...FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA...WHERE UP TO A TENTH OF AN
INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 400 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
MONARSKI
Last Updated: 1104 AM EDT MON APR 28 2014