STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR ROCKIES TO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS
WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 PM CST THU FEB 23 2017

...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OCCURRING IN THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
PLAINS WHILE SNOW CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE ROCKIES...

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
WYOMING...SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...NORTHERN IOWA...FAR SOUTHEASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA...AND FAR NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
ARE IN EFFECT FROM PORTIONS OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST EASTWARD
THROUGH THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS...UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY...AND INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.

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

AT 200 PM CST...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WAS LOCATED IN THE WESTERN
U.S....AND A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 988 MB...29.18
INCHES...WAS LOCATED ABOUT 70 MILES WEST OF DODGE CITY...KANSAS.
FROM THIS LOW...A WARM FRONT STRETCHED EASTWARD THROUGH THE
CENTRAL PLAINS...AND A COLD FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH
THE SOUTHWEST U.S. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALLING ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS. MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOW ALSO CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF
IDAHO...WYOMING...AND COLORADO.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 500 AM CST WED FEB
22 THROUGH 200 PM CST THU FEB 23...

...COLORADO...
TRAIL RIDGE 1 E                       9.0                    
DINOSAUR 0.3 SW                       7.5                    
HORSETOOTH MOUNTAIN 3.2 NNW           4.0                    
LIVERMORE 10.5 WSW                    3.5                    

...IDAHO...
POCATELLO AIRPORT                     7.1                    
CHUBBUCK 1 N                          5.1                    
RICHFIELD                             4.0                    

...NEBRASKA...
SCOTTSBLUFF                          13.0                    
VALENTINE 1 W                        11.3                    
MELBETA                              10.0                    
CROOKSTON                             9.0                    
CHADRON                               6.0                    
GORDON                                5.0                    
KILGORE 1 NE                          5.0                    
ELLSWORTH                             4.0                    
MERRIMAN 17 SSE                       4.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
LAKEVIEW 7 E                          4.0                    
FOLSOM 12 S                           2.5                    
MARTIN 5 ENE                          2.5                    
ROCKERVILLE 4 NE                      2.5                    
BLACK HAWK                            2.0                    
EDGEMONT 0.4 W                        2.0                    
PINE RIDGE                            2.0                    
HOT SPRINGS 4.2 W                     1.0                    

...WYOMING...
WHEATLAND 15 E                       20.0                    
CROWHEART 14 W                       18.0                    
LANDER 18 W                          18.0                    
CASPER                               16.0                    
ATLANTIC CITY 7 NW                   14.0                    
CENTENNIAL 1.1 NNE                   12.2                    
TORRINGTON                           12.0                    
FORT LARAMIE 7.0 NNE                  9.5                    
STORY 0.1 NE                          9.0                    
DOUGLAS 4.3 WSW                       8.0                    
ROCK SPRINGS 0.6 W                    6.7                    
CASPER 8 S                            6.0                    

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

...COLORADO...
RED MOUNTAIN PASS 2 WSW               90                    
WALSENBURG 5 N                        63                    


AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CONTINUES TO PROGRESS EASTWARD...THE
SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH THE
EVENING AND INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON FRIDAY. SNOW
WILL CONTINUE TO FALL NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW. THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT...SNOW OF 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...IS
EXPECTED FOR PORTIONS OF WYOMING EASTWARD INTO NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA. BY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...THE THREAT
OF HEAVY SNOW WILL SHIFT EASTWARD INTO IOWA AND PORTIONS OF THE
UPPER MIDWEST WITH UPWARDS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. PORTIONS OF THE
UPPER GREAT LAKES COULD SEE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ON FRIDAY INTO
SATURDAY AS WELL.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 900 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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