STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013

...SNOW CONTINUES TO SPREAD ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND INTO THE
MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...          

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR THE CENTRAL PLAINS...PORTIONS OF MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY...AND NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY INTO THE NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY.

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

AT 300 PM CDT...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WAS CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL
ROCKIES. THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW WAS PRODUCING A BROAD AREA OF SNOW
FROM THE LEE OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS... AND
WAS BEGINNING TO SPREAD INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A BROAD AREA OF
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW...FALLING IN
EASTERN COLORADO...SOUTHERN NEBRASKA...AND NORTHERN AND EASTERN
KANSAS. TO THE SOUTH...MODERATE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OBSERVED NEAR TEXARKANA.                                          
                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 500 AM CDT SAT MAR
23 THROUGH 300 PM CDT SAT MAR 23...

...COLORADO...
CONIFER 4 ENE                        14.5                    
BEULAH 1 S                           14.0                    
YUMA                                 14.0                    
GENESEE                              13.8                    
BURLINGTON 0.58 NE                   13.3                    
ANTON 5.8 SE                         12.5                    
COLORADO CITY 1 WNW                  12.0                    
COPE                                 12.0                    
HORSETOOTH MOUNTAIN 3.2 NNW          12.0                    
JOES                                 12.0                    
AURORA 3 SSE                         11.7                    
ASPEN PARK 5.2 ESE                   11.0                    
GOLDEN 12.5 NW                       10.1                    
LIVERMORE 10.5 WSW                   10.0                    
BOULDER 6.8 WNW                       9.3                    
DENVER 2.0 SSE                        9.0                    
FORT COLLINS 3.5 SW                   8.7                    
DENVER INTL AIRPORT                   7.8                    
ESTES PARK 1 N                        7.5                    

...KANSAS...
GOODLAND 0.5 ENE                     12.0                    
WHEELER 10 S                         10.0                    
EDSON 13 N                            9.0                    
COLBY 0.6 NNW                         8.2                    
BREWSTER 4 W                          8.0                    
ST. FRANCIS                           7.0                    
NORTON 9 SSE                          6.0                    
LONG ISLAND                           5.0                    
OAKLEY 4 W                            4.0                    

...NEBRASKA...
MAX 4.4 NNE                           8.0                    
BENKELMAN                             6.0                    
IMPERIAL                              4.5                    
STRATTON 7.9 NNW                      4.0                    
BIG SPRINGS                           3.5                    
OSHKOSH 10 NE                         3.5                    
FRANKLIN 1.5 ENE                      3.3                    
PALISADE                              3.0                    
NORTH PLATTE 1.0 W                    0.4                    


THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE ROCKIES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PLAINS AND WILL MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY SUNDAY.
ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL FALL ALONG THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES...WESTERN KANSAS...AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. SNOW
WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT EASTWARD OVERNIGHT FROM SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY
TOWARDS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE OHIO VALLEY.  THESE
AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO
12 INCHES.

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.

FANNING