STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 04 FOR CENTRAL ROCKIES AND FRONT RANGE
LATE-SEASON WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 AM MDT MON MAY 12 2014

...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND FRONT RANGE
BEGINNING TO SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE HIGH PLAINS...

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT
FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE CENTRAL COLORADO...AND INTO THE HIGH
PLAINS IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING...AND
WESTERN NEBRASKA.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AN INTENSE SURGE OF COLD AIR FROM THE NORTH COMBINED WITH DYNAMIC
LIFTING ALOFT HAD RESULTED IN UNUSUALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS LATE
IN THE SEASON IN THE CENTRAL ROCKIES.  AT 200 AM MDT...A SURFACE
LOW WITH ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1000 MB...29.54
INCHES...WAS DEVELOPING IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...MOVING
NORTHEASTWARD ALONG A STRONG COLD FRONT.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT SNOW CONTINUED TO
FALL IN MUCH OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...AND WAS SPREADING EASTWARD
INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS.  MEANWHILE...ORGANIZED CLUSTERS OF
THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT CONTINUED TO
ADVANCE EASTWARD THROUGH THE PLAINS STATES.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 200 PM MDT SAT MAY
10 THROUGH 200 AM MDT MON MAY 12...

...COLORADO...
FOUR CORNERS 8 NE                    19.0                    
RABBIT EARS PASS 7 WNW               18.0                    
PINECLIFFE 3 SE                      15.1                    
ESTES PARK 3 S                       13.0                    
BUCKHORN MOUNTAIN 1 E                12.6                    
RED FEATHER LAKES                    12.5                    
ALLENSPARK 2 E                       12.0                    
GOLDEN 13 NW                         12.0                    
LIVERMORE                            12.0                    
ELDORADO SPRINGS  4 WSW              11.0                    
WOODLAND PARK 1 WSW                  10.0                    
BLACK HAWK 3 N                        9.0                    
PINGREE PARK 3 WNW                    9.0                    
FLORISSANT                            8.0                    
LEADVILLE 2 NE                        8.0                    
BRECKENRIDGE 2 SSE                    7.2                    
HORSETOOTH MOUNTAIN 3.2 NNW           5.5                    
ESTES PARK 1 SSE                      4.1                    
ELDORADO SPRINGS 4 WSW                4.0                    
FLAGLER                               3.0                    

...WYOMING...
ENCAMPMENT 19 WSW                    43.0                    
CENTENNIAL 6 SW                      39.0                    
WEBBER SPRINGS                       39.0                    
BROOKLYN LAKE                        36.0                    
SAND LAKE                            35.0                    
OLD BATTLE                           34.0                    
RAWLINS 35 S                         34.0                    
CENTENNIAL 4 S                       21.0                    
WINDY PEAK                           20.0                    
RIVERSIDE                            16.0                    
WARREN AFB 20.6 WSW                  14.5                    
ENCAMPMENT                           14.0                    
MEDICINE BOW                         14.0                    
DIVIDE PEAK                           9.5                    
NORTH FRENCH CREEK                    9.5                    
ROCK RIVER 9.6 WSW                    9.4                    
WHEATLAND                             9.0                    
LARAMIE 4 SE                          8.0                    
CHEYENNE 2.2 NNE                      4.5                    


SNOW IN THE CENTRAL ROCKIES IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD INTO
WESTERN NEBRASKA BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF DURING THE DAY AND
INTO THE EVENING HOURS ON MONDAY. LOCALLY OVER 3 FEET OF SNOW HAVE
ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF WYOMING.
ADDITION SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF A FOOT CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN
COLORADO TODAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. ACROSS
WEST-CENTRAL NEBRASKA...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 900 AM MDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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