STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR CENTRAL ROCKIES TO NORTHERN PLAINS
LATE-SEASON WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...LATE-SEASON WINTER STORM BRINGING SNOW TO THE NORTHERN
PLAINS...

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA INTO CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA.

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

AT 900 PM CDT...A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WITH ESTIMATED SEA-LEVEL
PRESSURE OF 1003 MB...WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA.  UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE
LOW IS ALLOWING PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS SNOW IN THE NORTHERN
PLAINS.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS FALLING
ACROSS WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE BLACK HILLS AREA.
FARTHER WEST... SCATTERED AREAS OF SNOW REMAINED ACROSS PORTIONS
OF COLORADO AND WYOMING.  IN ADDITION...BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS OF 15
TO 25 MPH WERE COMMON ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS.

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

...NORTH DAKOTA...
SELFRIDGE                             9.5                    
HETTINGER 3 NW                        4.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
LEAD                                 18.0                    
DEERFIELD 2 SSE                      17.0                    
SILVER CITY                          14.5                    
CREIGHTON 3 NNE                      14.0                    
PENNINGTON                           14.0                    
HILL CITY                            13.0                    
KYLE 2 E                             13.0                    
RAPID CITY 1 E                       13.0                    
CORSON                               12.0                    
MARTIN 20 ENE                        12.0                    
WALL 22 SSE                          12.0                    
BLACK HAWK 2 NNW                     11.0                    
HOT SPRING                           11.0                    
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                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...COLORADO...
CRESTONE 1 SSE                       17.7                    
INDEPENDENCE PASS                    16.0                    
CENTENNIAL 4 SW                       9.5                    
AURORA 3 SSE                          9.0                    
PERRY PARK 3 ESE                      9.0                    
WOODLAND PARK 1 WSW                   9.0                    
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                    
DENVER INTL AIRPORT                   4.0                    
GENESEE                               4.0                    
BOULDER 5 E                           2.5                    

...IDAHO...
MONTPELIER 14 N                       5.9                    
BERN                                  5.0                    

...NEBRASKA...
RUSHVILLE                            22.0                    
CRAWFORD                             19.0                    
GORDON                               15.0                    
CHADRON                              14.0                    
CHADRON 3 SW                         14.0                    
HAY SPRINGS                          13.0                    
MITCHELL                             10.0                    
BUSHNELL 15 S                         7.6                    
SCOTTSBLUFF 1 E                       6.0                    
SIDNEY                                4.0                    
PARKS                                 3.0                    
HARRISON 9 NE                         2.8                    
BROADWATER 10 SSE                     2.5                    
BEAVER CITY 6 S                       2.4                    
DALTON                                2.2                    
CULBERTSON                            2.0                    

...WYOMING...
CASPER MOUNTAIN                      19.0                    
TORRINGTON 29 N                      17.5                    
GLENROCK 25 S                        17.0                    
RENO HILL                            17.0                    
GLENDO                               12.5                    
CASPER 5 SSW                         12.0                    
LUSK                                 12.0                    
TOWNSEND CREEK                       12.0                    
CASPER 8 S                           10.0                    
DOUGLAS                              10.0                    
FORT LARAMIE 2 SW                     9.0                    
LANDER 10 SW                          9.0                    
LARAMIE 2 SW                          9.0                    
LITTLE GOOSE                          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 SOUTH DAKOTA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE UPPER
MIDWEST MONDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH TONIGHT...REACHING NORTHERN
MINNESOTA MONDAY. MORE THAN 18 INCHES OF SNOW HAS ALREADY BEEN
REPORTED IN PARTS OF THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS.  AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO
8 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST FROM CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA INTO
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA MONDAY.

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.

HAYES