THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR CENTRAL ROCKIES TO NORTHERN PLAINS
LATE-SEASON WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 AM CDT MON MAY 11 2015
...LATE-SEASON WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN ACROSS 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 300 AM CDT...A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WITH ESTIMATED SEA-LEVEL
PRESSURE OF 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES...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 OVER
PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS WEST OF THE LOW. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF 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 300 AM CDT SUN MAY 10...
...NORTH DAKOTA...
SELFRIDGE 9.5
FORT YATES 8.0
HETTINGER 3 NW 4.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
LEAD 19.0
DEERFIELD 2 SSE 17.0
PORCUPINE 5 E 16.0
SILVER CITY 14.5
CREIGHTON 3 NNE 14.0
PENNINGTON 14.0
DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY 1 E 13.6
HILL CITY 13.0
KYLE 2 E 13.0
RAPID CITY 1 E 13.0
CORSON 12.0
FIRESTEEL 5 NW 12.0
MARTIN 20 ENE 12.0
SAINT ONGE 2 NNW 12.0
WALL 22 SSE 12.0
BLACK HAWK 2 NNW 11.0
...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 INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST
MONDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTH DAKOTA EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WITH RAIN MIXING WITH OR
CHANGING OVER TO SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA LATER ON
MONDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST FROM
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY
MONDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN
NORTHERN MINNESOTA MONDAY.
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.
FANNING/SULLIVAN
Last Updated: 451 AM EDT MON MAY 11 2015