STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR CENTRAL ROCKIES TO NORTHERN PLAINS
LATE-SEASON WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...LATE-SEASON WINTER STORM BRINGING HEAVY SNOW INTO THE NORTHERN
HIGH PLAINS...

BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL PORTION OF WESTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF COLORADO...WYOMING...ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH
PLAINS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

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

AT 900 AM CDT...A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WITH ESTIMATED SEA-LEVEL
PRESSURE OF 1006 MB... WAS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS EASTERN
NEBRASKA.  UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW
HAD ALLOWED PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS SNOW IN THE NORTHERN HIGH
PLAINS.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WAS SPREADING
ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA INTO WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA INCLUDING THE
BLACK HILLS AREA. FARTHER WEST...LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE SNOW
CONTINUED ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF WYOMING WHILE SCATTERED AREAS
OF SNOW REMAINED ACROSS PORTIONS OF COLORADO.  IN
ADDITION...BLUSTERY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WERE COMMON
ACROSS WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CDT SAT MAY
09 THROUGH 900 AM CDT SUN MAY 10...

...COLORADO...
CRESTONE 1 SSE                       17.7                    
AURORA 3 SSE                          9.0                    
PERRY PARK 3 ESE                      9.0                    
WOODLAND PARK 1 WSW                   9.0                    
ELIZABETH 10 N                        8.0                    
FLORISSANT 4 N                        8.0                    
MONUMENT 6 E                          8.0                    
ROSITA 2 WSW                          7.5                    
IDLEDALE 3 NW                         6.3                    
CONIFER 3 WSW                         6.0                    
LOUISVILLE 1 NNW                      6.0                    
ANTERO JUNCTION                       5.0                    
BLACK HAWK 3 N                        4.4                    
TEXAS CREEK 7 ESE                     4.4                    
GENESEE                               4.0                    
DENVER INTL AIRPORT                   3.5                    
BOULDER 5 E                           2.5                    

...IDAHO...
MONTPELIER 14 N                       5.9                    
BERN                                  5.0                    
PRESTON 20 NE                         4.7                    

...NEBRASKA...
CHADRON                              14.0                    
BUSHNELL 15 S                         7.6                    
SCOTTSBLUFF 1 E                       6.0                    
SIDNEY                                4.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
DEERFIELD 2 SSE                      17.0                    
SILVER CITY                          14.5                    
MARTIN 20 ENE                        12.0                    
WALL 22 SSE                          12.0                    
HOT SPRING                           11.0                    
RAPID CITY                            9.9                    
PACTOLA RESERVOIR                     9.5                    
ORAL                                  9.0                    
KADOKA 3 WNW                          8.0                    
EDGEMONT                              7.2                    
NORRIS 3 SSW                          7.0                    
PIEDMONT 5 E                          6.0                    
MCINTOSH                              2.5                    

...WYOMING...
CASPER 8 S                           10.0                    
FORT LARAMIE 2 SW                     9.0                    
LARAMIE 2 SW                          9.0                    
SOUTH PASS                            8.0                    
LANDER 12 SW                          7.0                    
BUFFALO 27 NW                         6.0                    
SINKS CANYON                          6.0                    
DARWIN RANCH                          4.0                    


THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN NEBRASKA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY AND INTO THE UPPER
MIDWEST ON MONDAY.  SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTAS TODAY...REACHING NORTHERN MINNESOTA
ON MONDAY.  OVER A FOOT OF SNOW HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN PARTS
OF THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS.  AN ADDITIONAL 12 TO 15 INCHES OF
SNOW IS FORECAST FROM WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA NORTHEASTWARD INTO
SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA FOR THE REST OF TODAY.  LIGHTER SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN NORTHERN
MINNESOTA FOR MONDAY.

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.

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