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
1000 AM CDT FRI MAY 03 2013
...UNPRECEDENTED MAY SNOWSTORM CONTINUES ACROSS MIDDLE TO UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES EXTEND NORTHWARD FROM EXTREME NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS NORTH AND EASTWARD ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI/CENTRAL
IOWA/SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 900 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 WITH SEVERAL LOW PRESSURE CENTERS LOCATED ALONG THE
FRONT. THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FRONT WAS MOVING SLOWLY
EASTWARD AS A COLD FRONT ACROSS TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI.
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 EXPECTED TO CUT OFF ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY...RESULTING IN A WIDESPREAD AREA OF PRECIPITATION
ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE FRONT IN THE COLDER AIR. SNOW CONTINUES TO
FALL FROM THE OZARKS IN NW ARKANSAS ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI INTO
CENTRAL IOWA...WHERE SOME OF THE SNOW REMAINS MODERATE TO HEAVY.
SNOW HAS MOVED INTO MINNNEAPOLIS AND FALLS OVER AREAS THAT HAVE
ALREADY RECEIVED RECORD AMOUNTS IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN. REMARKABLY...FREEZING RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED AS FAR
SOUTH AS NW ARKANSAS/MISSOURI/IOWA AND ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN.
CLOSER TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY... A WIDESPREAD AREA OF MAINLY
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS ALSO FALLING.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1200 AM CDT TUE
APR 30 THROUGH 900 AM CDT THU MAY 02...
...IOWA...
CHARITON 12.0
BRITT 11.0
FOREST CITY 2 NNE 11.0
ST ANSGAR 10.9
ALGONA 5 NE 10.5
MONA 10.0
ALLERTON 4 S 10.0
NORTHWOOD 9.7
CHARLES CITY COOP 9.0
GARNER 8.5
GRUNDY CENTER 8.0
WHITTEMORE 3 NNW 7.3
DUMONT 7.0
MANLEY 3 WSW 7.0
OSAGE 7.0
HUMESTON 7.0
RICEVILLE 7.0
RINGSTED 6.5
ALTOONA 1 ESE 6.5
DES MOINES INTL 6.2
SIOUX RAPIDS 4 E 6.2
PARKERSBURG 6.0
FORT DODGE 5.5
NEWTON 3 WNW 5.5
ION 5.5
WEST AMES 5.3
NASHUA 5.1
ELMA 4.9
IOWA FALLS 1 ESE 4.5
MADRID 4.2
...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
STILLWELL 1 N 3.0
GARDEN CITY 3.0
OVERLAND PARK 2.5
DUNLAP 2.0
LAKIN 2.0
ST. FRANCIS 12 NNW 2.0
ULYSSES 2.0
TOPEKA 7 SW 1.0
...MICHIGAN...
BESSEMER 1 E 13.0
IRONWOOD 11.0
ONTONAGON 6 ESE 6.0
HERMAN 3.2
ISHPEMING 2.7
...MINNESOTA...
BLOOMING PRAIRIE 18.0
GOODHUE 17.5
DODGE CENTER 17.2
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
ROCHESTER 2 SW 14.8
CHETEK 2 SE 14.3
SEELEY 14.2
HAYFIELD 7 WSW 14.0
MAPLE SPRINGS 1 S 14.0
ROCHESTER 14.0
ELGIN 2 SSW 13.1
SPRING VALLEY 3E 12.9
ST CHARLES 5N 11.0
...MISSOURI...
WARRENSBURG 7S 6.0
BRAYMER 5.5
STOCKTON 4.0
UNIONVILLE 4.0
CENTERVIEW 3W 4.0
LOWRY CITY 4.0
NEOSHO 4.0
SE ODESSA 4.0
AURORA 3.5
GARDEN CITY 3.1
CHILLICOTHE 3.0
CENTERVIEW 3 WSW 3.0
N WINSTON 3.0
CARTHAGE 3.0
SARCOXIE 3W 3.0
BROOKFIELD 10 N 3.0
PINEVILLE 2NNW 3.0
APPLETON CITY 3.0
GRAIN VALLEY 2.5
KANSAS CITY 11 SSE 2.5
CEDAR SPRINGS 2.5
WARRENSBURG 7 WNW 2.5
LEES SUMMIT 2.2
INDEPENDENCE 2.0
PATTONSBURG 2.0
VIBBARD 2.0
HALLTOWN 1W 2.0
ASH GROVE 2.0
GALLATIN 1.5
WINSTON 1.5
...WISCONSIN...
RICE LAKE 17.0
ASHLAND 16.2
CAMERON 1 NE 16.0
MENOMONIE 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
CORNUCOPIA 10.0
EAU CLAIRE 9.3
...ARKANSAS...
MAYSVILLE 3.0
BELLA VISTA 2.5
BEAVER LAKE 1.8
BEAVER 1 S 1.2
SPRINGDALE 1.0
CENTERTON 1.0
CAVE SPRINGS 1.0
WINSLOW 7 NE 1.0
EUREKA SPRINGS 0.8
FAYETTEVILLE 0.5
...OKLAHOMA...
WEST SILOAM SPRINGS 6 W 1.5
...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
EBEN JUNCTION 0.13
...WISCONSIN...
WESTBY 0.19
LA CROSSE 3 E 0.15
THREE LAKES 0.10
WEST SALEM 1 W 0.10
...IOWA...
OELWEIN 4 SE 0.10
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 1200 AM CDT TUE APR
30 THROUGH 300 AM CDT THU MAY 02...
...MISSOURI...
SEDALIA 0.20
...WISCONSIN...
TOMAHAWK 8 N 0.25
...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
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND UPPER GREAT
LAKES INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE AN EXPECTED CHANGE TO RAIN.
HOWEVER...SNOW COULD CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI INTO NW
ARKANSAS AS THE UPPER LOW CUTS OFF LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF A FEW INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 0400 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
KOCIN
Last Updated: 1102 AM EDT FRI MAY 03 2013