THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 08 FOR CENTRAL ROCKIES TO UPPER MIDWEST SNOW
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 AM CDT FRI MAY 03 2013
...UNPRECEDENTED MAY WINTER STORM BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF FROM THE
MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY NORTHWARD INTO THE UPPER
MIDWEST...
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ONLY A HANDFUL OF COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN.
A NARROW BAND OF WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FROM
EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS NORTH AND EASTWARD ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE MID-MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND
UPPER GREAT LAKES.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 300 AM CDT...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED FROM THE UPPER GREAT
LAKES SOUTHWARD INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THE FRONT
WAS NEARLY STATIONARY FROM THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
NORTHWARD... AND WAS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD AS A COLD FRONT ACROSS
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR WAS IN
PLACE WEST OF THE FRONT ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST INTO THE CENTRAL
PLAINS AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. A DEEP UPPER-LEVEL
TROUGH ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS WAS RESULTING IN A
BAND OF PRECIPITATION WEST OF THE FRONT... FROM THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND UPPER GREAT LAKES. IN
AREAS FROM WESTERN MISSOURI TO WESTERN WISCONSIN... PRECIPITATION
WAS FALLING IN THE FORM OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW. VERY ISOLATED
POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET HAD ALSO BEEN RECORDED. FARTHER
SOUTH AND EAST... CLOSER TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY... MAINLY LIGHT
TO MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1200 AM CDT TUE
APR 30 THROUGH 300 AM CDT THU MAY 02...
...IOWA...
BRITT 11.0
FOREST CITY 2 NNE 11.0
ALGONA 5 NE 10.5
NORTHWOOD 9.7
GARNER 8.5
WHITTEMORE 3 NNW 7.3
DUMONT 7.0
MANLEY 3 WSW 7.0
OSAGE 7.0
RICEVILLE 7.0
RINGSTED 6.5
SIOUX RAPIDS 4 E 6.2
FORT DODGE 5.5
DES MOINES INTERNATIONAL ARPT 3.4
...KANSAS...
TRAER 2.5 NNW 5.3
SHARON SPRINGS 10 S 5.1
MANNING 4 NW 5.0
SCOTT CITY 10.7 ENE 5.0
GOODLAND 12.1 NW 4.5
GARDEN CITY 3.0
OVERLAND PARK 2.5
DUNLAP 2.0
LAKIN 2.0
ST. FRANCIS 12 NNW 2.0
ULYSSES 2.0
...MICHIGAN...
BESSEMER 1 E 13.0
IRONWOOD 11.0
ONTONAGON 6 ESE 6.0
...MINNESOTA...
BLOOMING PRAIRIE 18.0
GOODHUE 17.5
RICE LAKE 17.0
OWATONNA 2 E 15.5
ROCHESTER 2 NW 15.5
DODGE CENTER 15.4
ZUMBROTA 15.1
ELLENDALE 15.0
OAK CENTER 15.0
SEELEY 14.2
HAYFIELD 7 WSW 14.0
MAPLE SPRINGS 1 S 14.0
...MISSOURI...
GARDEN CITY 3.1
CENTERVIEW 3 WSW 3.0
GRAIN VALLEY 2.5
KANSAS CITY 11 SSE 2.5
WARRENSBURG 7 WNW 2.5
LEES SUMMIT 2.2
INDEPENDENCE 2.0
PATTONSBURG 2.0
VIBBARD 2.0
GALLATIN 1.5
WINSTON 1.5
...WISCONSIN...
ASHLAND 16.2
CAMERON 1 NE 16.0
ELLSWORTH 6 WSW 16.0
HAYWARD 8 S 16.0
MELLEN 2 NW 16.0
COLFAX 15.5
BALDWIN 14.7
BARRON 14.0
GRAND VIEW 14.0
MAIDEN ROCK 3 NNW 14.0
RICE LAKE 5 NE 14.0
SPRING VALLEY 3 NW 14.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
1200 AM CDT TUE APR 30 THROUGH 300 AM CDT THU MAY 02...
...MICHIGAN...
MOHAWK 0.20
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 1200 AM CDT TUE APR
30 THROUGH 300 AM CDT THU MAY 02...
...MISSOURI...
SEDALIA 0.20
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...COLORADO...
BUCKHORN MOUNTAIN 1 E 28.2
PINGREE PARK 3 WNW 24.0
STOVE PRAIRIE 2 WNW 23.0
ESTES PARK 1.8 S 19.4
LIVERMORE 9.9 WSW 19.0
CAMERON PASS 1 NNW 18.0
FORT COLLINS 2 ENE 16.0
TRAIL RIDGE 5 N 16.0
BRECKENRIDGE 2 SSE 15.3
GLEN HAVEN 1.6 NE 15.0
DRAKE 5.3 WNW 14.5
NEDERLAND 4 ENE 14.5
WARD 5 NE 14.5
BOULDER 2 SSW 8.0
DENVER 3 SE 5.0
...NEBRASKA...
DALTON 0.4 SE 8.5
LODGEPOLE 8.1 N 5.7
GERING 10.1 S 5.0
SCOTTSBLUFF 2.7 WNW 4.2
BAYARD 13.5 NNE 4.0
ELLSWORTH 4.0
OMAHA 3.3
BELLEVUE 3.1
ARTHUR 3.0
BENKELMAN 3.0
MULLEN 3.0
VALLEY 3.0
ELKHORN 2.7
VALLEY 1 N 2.4
COLERIDGE 2.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
BERESFORD 2 S 6.0
HARTFORD 0.5 N 2.1
SIOUX FALLS 3.4 ESE 2.0
...WYOMING...
WARREN AFB 20.6 WSW 22.3
LANDER 5.7 SW 18.7
CHEYENNE 15 W 15.0
CARPENTER 3.9 NNE 12.0
WHEATLAND 20.0 SW 9.1
PINE BLUFFS 0.8 SW 9.0
SOUTH GREELEY 6.2 SW 9.0
BURNS 6 WNW 8.5
HILLSDALE 0.1 N 8.5
LA GRANGE 4.4 ESE 8.1
YODER 6.5 SSE 7.5
LARAMIE 1 N 6.0
MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
A VERY NARROW BAND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW FROM THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND UPPER GREAT
LAKES THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SNOW SHOULD COME TO AN END OR
CHANGE TO RAIN FOR ALL AREAS BY THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONLY A FEW INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
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.
MONARSKI
Last Updated: 421 AM EDT FRI MAY 03 2013