STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR CENTRAL ROCKIES AND NORTHERN PLAINS
SNOW STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM CDT WED MAY 01 2013

...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL FROM CENTRAL COLORADO
NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES CONTINUE TO BE
IN EFFECT ACROSS CENTRAL COLORADO INTO SOUTHEASTERN
WYOMING...PARTS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...AND INTO THE WESTERN
SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR.

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

AT 300 PM CDT...AN ARCTIC FRONT REMAINED ANCHORED ALONG THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...AS A 1005
MB...29.68 INCHES...LOW PRESSURE CENTER REMAINED STATIONARY IN
SOUTHERN COLORADO.  MOISTURE AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING
ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES CONTINUED TO BE LIFTED AND PRECIPITATED
AS SNOW BEHIND THE ARCTIC FRONT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR
AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED THAT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW
CONTINUED TO FALL FROM MUCH OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES NORTHEASTWARD
INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST. MEANWHILE...SCATTERED
LIGHT SNOW CONTINUED ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1200 AM CDT TUE
APR 30 THROUGH 300 PM CDT WED MAY 01...

...COLORADO...
PINGREE PARK 3 WNW                   24.0                    
CAMERON PASS 1 NNW                   18.0                    
ESTES PARK 2 SSE                     16.7                    
TRAIL RIDGE 5 N                      16.0                    
FORT COLLINS 2 ENE                   15.0                    
FOUR CORNERS 9 ESE                   13.0                    
MASONVILLE 4 E                       13.0                    
NEDERLAND 4 ENE                      12.5                    
VIRGINIA DALE 7 ENE                  12.0                    
PINECLIFFE 4 SSE                     10.7                    
TABERNASH 2 SSE                      10.0                    
GENESEE                               9.5                    
BOULDER 2 SSW                         8.0                    
N LONGMONT                            5.3                    

...IOWA...
HAWARDEN                              5.0                    
GEORGE                                4.0                    
ROCK VALLEY                           4.0                    
SIOUX CENTER 2 SE                     3.2                    

...MINNESOTA...
LISMORE                               4.0                    
SLAYTON                               2.5                    
LAKEFIELD 2 NE                        1.4                    

...NEBRASKA...
ELLSWORTH                             4.0                    
ARTHUR                                3.0                    
MULLEN                                3.0                    
COLERIDGE                             2.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
BERESFORD 2 S                         6.0                    
MARION                                1.0                    
SIOUX FALLS 3.4 ESE                   0.2                    

...WYOMING...
CHEYENNE 19 WNW                      14.0                    
BURNS 6 WNW                           8.5                    
LARAMIE 1 N                           6.0                    


MOISTURE AHEAD OF AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIFTED
AND PRECIPITATED AS SNOW BEHIND THE ARCTIC FRONT ACROSS THE
CENTRAL U.S. TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW.  SNOWFALL OF 10-20 INCHES
IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES WITH UP TO 6
INCHES POSSIBLE INTO THE DENVER METRO AREA. ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST...2-4 INCHES IS EXPECTED. IN
ADDITION...A NARROW BAND OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM ACROSS
NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA INTO NORTHWESTERN IOWA AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 1000 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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