THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 AM CST SUN FEB 01 2015
...WINTER STORM SPREADING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL U.S....
WINTER STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
ARE IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE AREA FROM PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL PLAINS EASTWARD THROUGH THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES AND
NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY INTO THE NORTHEAST AND NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC
STATES.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 200 AM CST...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1006
MB...29.71 INCHES...WAS LOCATED ALONG AN ARCTIC FRONTAL BOUNDARY
OVER CENTRAL KANSAS. WEST OF THE SURFACE LOW...A COLD FRONT WAS
MOVING SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. A STATIONARY FRONTAL
BOUNDARY EXTENDED NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE SURFACE LOW THROUGH THE
MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED
WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW FALLING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS EASTWARD
INTO THE NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY AND SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES. OCCASIONAL
MODERATE SNOW WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY.
FARTHER SOUTH...RAIN WAS FALLING FROM TEXAS AND LOUISIANA
NORTHWARD TO THE SOUTHERN OHIO VALLEY.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 PM CST THU JAN
29 THROUGH 200 AM CST SUN FEB 01...
...COLORADO...
HESPERUS 5 SE 7.5
PAGOSA SPRINGS 2 SSW 7.4
UPPER SAN JUAN 6.0
COAL BANK PASS 5.5
KEBLER PASS 3 N 5.5
BREEN 2 NNW 5.1
MONARCH PASS 1 NNW 5.0
SUPERIOR 1 NW 4.8
PAGOSA SPRINGS 2.5 W 4.5
MAYSVILLE 4.2
DURANGO 18 NNE 4.0
BOULDER 2 SSW 3.4
...IOWA...
DES MOINES INTL AIRPORT 5.2
BOONE 1 NE 5.0
ZEARING 4.8
AMES 2 SSW 4.7
ALTOONA 4.6
ELKHART 4.6
ANKENY 4.5
JAMAICA 4.3
FORT DODGE 2 ENE 4.0
GRIMES 2 NE 4.0
SIOUX CITY 3.0
LAKE VIEW 2.5
LAURENS 2.3
...ILLINOIS...
SUGAR GROVE 3 NNW 2.5
MIDWAY AIRPORT 2.0
...KANSAS...
AXTELL 5.0
BEATTIE 2 NE 4.0
CORNING 4.0
BAILEYVILLE 4 SSW 3.5
NETAWAKA 3.0
...MISSOURI...
NOVELTY 5.5
EDINA 5.0
TRENTON 4.8
CAMERON 4.0
MARYVILLE 4.0
WINSTON 3.5
ST. JOSEPH 3.0
GILMAN CITY 2.0
...NEBRASKA...
LISCO 5 ENE 8.0
PENDER 6.5
MULLEN 6.0
MALCOLM 5 SE 5.5
WILBER 5.5
WESTERN 5.3
ARTHUR 16 NW 5.0
RAYMOND 2 WSW 5.0
LINCOLN 4.7
HASTINGS 4 N 4.2
ASHBY 18 S 4.0
ALLIANCE 3.0
OMAHA 3.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
SIOUX FALLS 4 ESE 3.6
TEA 1 SE 3.0
YANKTON 2.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 PM CST THU JAN
29 THROUGH 200 AM CST SUN FEB 01...
...NEW MEXICO...
MOGOLLON 3 WSW 1.73
PLEASANTON 1.58
...TEXAS...
MARFA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 2.27
PINE SPRINGS 1 NE 2.05
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...NEW MEXICO...
LOS ALAMOS 6 W 15.0
TIERRA AMARILLA 14.0
CHAMA 12.3
DULCE 12.0
LINDRITH 1 W 11.5
COWLES 11.0
ALCALDE 19 N 10.0
RED RIVER 10.0
BLUEWATER LAKE 11 WSW 9.0
EDGEWOOD 4.8 NW 8.0
QUESTA 2.2 NNE 8.0
SANDIA PARK 4 NW 7.0
TAOS 2 SSE 6.5
SANTA FE 1 WNW 5.5
...UTAH...
EAST WILLOW CREEK 6.0
CEDAR POINT 5.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...ARIZONA...
CLIFTON ALERT WEATHER STATION 6.30
MILLER CARR CANYON ALERT GAUGE 5.91
MT LEMMON ALERT 5.70
DAN SADDLE 5.27
WHITE TAIL 5.04
SIERRA VISTA 8 S 4.78
ITALIAN TRAP 4.57
CARR RAWS 4.30
MORENCI 11 N 4.02
DRAGOON 3.98
MONTEZUMA CANYON 3.94
TEMPE 2 E 2.75
FLAGSTAFF AIRPORT 2.69
...NEVADA...
NELSON 1.57
SAM'S TOWN 2 NNW 1.29
THE SURFACE LOW OVER KANSAS IS FORECAST TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS
THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY AND INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY THIS EVENING.
SNOW WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS...BUT
WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY AND INTO THE NORTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC STATES...BY THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD
INTO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED FROM IOWA TO MASSACHUSETTS AND DOWN EAST
MAINE. OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...LIGHTER AMOUNTS ON THE ORDER OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 900 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
RYAN
Last Updated: 418 AM EST SUN FEB 01 2015