THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR CENTRAL U.S. HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

...SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS
WHILE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY... 

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF WYOMING...SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN
NEBRASKA.

FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

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

AT 300 AM CDT...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1002
MB...29.59 INCHES...WAS CENTERED OVER SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND
MOVING NORTHEASTWARD. NORTHWEST OF THE SURFACE LOW...NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS FALLING FROM PORTIONS OF EASTERN
COLORADO NORTH INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN
NEBRASKA. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO
BRING HEAVY RAIN FROM PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CDT THU APR
28 THROUGH 300 AM CDT SAT APR 30...

...COLORADO...
WESTCLIFFE 6.2 W                     15.0                    
MATHESON 9 S                         14.0                    
COTOPAXI 4.8 SSE                     13.7                    
COKEDALE                             13.0                    
COLORADO SPRINGS 6 SSW               12.0                    
TRUCKTON                             12.0                    
MAYSVILLE                            11.4                    
ROSITA 1 WSW                         11.3                    
SPANISH PEAKS 5 NNE                  11.0                    
AGUILAR                              10.5                    
GARDNER 5.2 ENE                      10.0                    
TEXAS CREEK 7 ESE                     9.7                    
BLACK FOREST                          9.0                    
PERRY PARK 3 ESE                      8.0                    
DENVER INTL AIRPORT                   1.0                    

...NEBRASKA...
BIG SPRINGS 5 N                       5.0                    
CHAPPELL 4 S                          4.0                    

...NEW MEXICO...
ARROYO SECO 8 NE                      5.0                    
TRES RITOS 4 NNW                      5.0                    
AMALIA 11 ENE                         4.0                    
CANON PLAZA 11 NNW                    4.0                    
CAPULIN 3 N                           4.0                    
LLANO LARGO 5 SSE                     4.0                    
RED RIVER 11 ENE                      4.0                    
TERERRO 6 WNW                         4.0                    

...WYOMING...
DIXON 14 E                           10.0                    
ELK MOUNTAIN 21 SSE                   6.0                    
ENCAMPMENT 11 SSE                     5.0                    
SAVERY 28 E                           5.0                    
ARLINGTON 10 SSW                      4.8                    
CENTENNIAL 7 NW                       4.8                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CDT THU APR
28 THROUGH 300 AM CDT SAT APR 30...

...ARKANSAS...
LITTLE ROCK AFB                       3.72                    
HOT SPRINGS/MEMORIAL FIELD            3.39                    
RUSSELLVILLE                          3.25                    
FORT SMITH MUNI ARPT                  3.01                    
MOUNT IDA                             2.87                    

...KANSAS...
PRATT INDUSTRIAL ARPT                 2.44                    
GREAT BEND MUNI ARPT                  2.34                    
DODGE CITY WFO                        2.27                    

...NEBRASKA...
BURWELL                               3.32                    

...OKLAHOMA...
POTEAU/ROBERT S KERR ARPT             4.03                    
MCALESTER REGIONAL ARPT               3.81                    

...TEXAS...
PARIS/COX FIELD                       7.41                    
PITTSBURG                             5.59                    
MOUNT PLEASANT ARPT                   4.28                    
GILMER/FOX STEPHENS FIELD             3.52                    
HENDERSON 6 SW                        2.50                    
FORT HOOD AF/KILLEEN                  2.05                    

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...

...COLORADO...
SWAMP ANGEL 2 SW                      72                    
SILVERTON 2 SE                        66                    
MOUNT ABRAMS                          54                    


THE SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TO FALL FROM PORTIONS OF COLORADO AND WYOMING EAST INTO
PORTIONS OF NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH SATURDAY. THE
HEAVIEST ADDITIONAL SNOW IS FORECAST TO FALL FROM SOUTHEASTERN
PORTIONS OF WYOMING TO THE WESTERN HALF OF NEBRASKA...WHERE 5 TO
10 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ARE EXPECTED. ACROSS THE COLORADO
ROCKIES...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED...WITH AN ADDITIONAL FOOT POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE PLAINS -- BUT SNOW SHOWERS COULD
CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR THE ROCKIES. THE POTENTIAL FOR
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN IS
POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 

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.

RYAN




Last Updated: 441 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2016