THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 04 FOR WESTERN TO CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
200 PM MST THU NOV 26 2015
...SNOW CONTINUING TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE GREAT BASIN TO
THE UPPER MIDWEST WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING IN THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...
FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS AND MIDDLE AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES...WESTERN OKLAHOMA...AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM EASTERN NEW MEXICO NORTHEASTWARD TO THE UPPER GREAT
LAKES...AND WEST INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN ROCKIES.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 100 PM MST...A LOW PRESSURE CENTER OF 1006 MB...29.71
INCHES...WAS LOCATED NEAR LEADVILLE COLORADO. A COLD FRONT
EXTENDED SOUTHWESTWARD FROM THE LOW THROUGH NORTHWESTERN NEW
MEXICO AND SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA. A SECOND COLD FRONT SLOWLY
PUSHING ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. WRAPPED BACK ALONG THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ROCKIES AS A QUASI-STATIONARY
FRONT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS
SHOWED LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES...THE NORTHERN PLAINS...AND THE UPPER
MIDWEST. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WAS ALSO REPORTED OVER PORTIONS OF
NEBRASKA AND IOWA. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING FURTHER
SOUTH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND SOUTHERN PLAINS
NORTHEASTWARD TO THE MIDWEST.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM MST TUE NOV
24 THROUGH 100 PM MST THU NOV 26...
...COLORADO...
VIRGINIA DALE 7 ENE 4.5
BUCKHORN MOUNTAIN 1 E 4.0
ESTES PARK 1.8 S 3.1
WOLF CREEK PASS 1 SSE 3.0
LOVELAND 3.1 WNW 2.7
FORT COLLINS 3.7 SW 2.4
...NORTH DAKOTA...
NW CROSBY 1.0
NW WATFORD CITY 1.0
...NEBRASKA...
GRAND ISLAND 2.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
DOWNTOWN SPEARFISH 4.5
WHITEWOOD 4.2 NNW 1.8
BELLE FOURCHE 0.9 SSE 1.5
HOT SPRINGS 0.5 SSW 1.2
...UTAH...
ALTA 6.5
LOGAN 0.7 SW 1.0
...WYOMING...
LANDER 9.3 SSE 10.0
WHEATLAND 20 SW 6.0
PINEDALE 13.8 NW 4.5
LOST SPRINGS 11.9 NW 4.2
MANVILLE 13 SSW 4.0
CHEYENNE 17.4 WNW 2.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
700 AM MST TUE NOV 24 THROUGH 100 PM MST THU NOV 26...
...COLORADO...
CHEYENNE WELLS 7 E 0.20
...IOWA...
SAC CITY 0.13
BASSETT 7 S 0.12
POCAHONTAS 0.10
ROCKWELL CITY 0.10
SIOUX RAPIDS 4 E 0.10
...KANSAS...
GOODLAND 0.12
HAIGLER 8 S 0.12
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...CALIFORNIA...
KIRKWOOD MEADOWS 1 SE 22.0
SODA SPRINGS 2 ENE 20.0
DONNER PEAK 1 W 17.0
PROSSER CREEK RES 5 WSW 15.0
TWIN BRIDGES 2 ESE 12.0
TRUCKEE 10.0
TAHOE CITY 3 ENE 8.0
SQUAW VALLEY 7.5
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE 3 S 6.0
...IDAHO...
MACKAY 17 SW 9.1
ARCO 33 WNW 8.2
KETCHUM 8.1
BLISS 8.0
CHUBBUCK 5.0
POCATELLO 5.0
...MONTANA...
CLANCY 2 N 8.5
GREAT FALLS 4 S 8.0
MISSOULA 3 SSW 7.2
LOLO 7.0
BONNER 6.0
TWIN CREEKS 6.0
...NEVADA...
JARBIDGE 4 SSW 10.0
JIGGS 8 ESE 10.0
RUBY LAKE 6 NNW 10.0
CHARLESTON 11 NW 9.0
TUSCARORA 6 W 9.0
DAGGET PASS 8.0
GILLMAN SPRINGS 6 WNW 7.0
PARADISE VALLEY 12 N 6.0
RENO 17 NNW 3.5
...OREGON...
BEND 1 E 16.0
DESCHUTES RIVER 1 SSE 13.0
POST 14 SW 13.0
PRINEVILLE 8 SE 11.0
ASHWOOD 6 N 10.0
SUNRIVER 8.0
DIAMOND LAKE 6.5
THE DEEP UPPER LOW WILL DRIFT EAST ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN TODAY
WITH SNOW SPREADING SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN COLORADO INTO NEW MEXICO.
BY EARLY SATURDAY...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6-10 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO AND NORTHERN
NEW MEXICO. MEANWHILE FURTHER TO THE EAST...THE WELL-DEFINED
FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. WILL CONTINUE
TO SAG SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD...SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A BROAD AREA OF PRECIPITATION FROM THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS TO THE UPPER MIDWEST. NORTH OF THIS FRONT...WIDESPREAD
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TODAY FROM
NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO TO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. ON FRIDAY
INTO EARLY SATURDAY...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SHIFT FURTHER
SOUTH...EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS TO
THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY. WIDESPREAD ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A
QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TO
WESTERN IOWA. SOUTH OF THE FRONT...HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FROM
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 800 PM MST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
KREKELER
Last Updated: 344 PM EST THU NOV 26 2015