THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 04 FOR ROCKIES TO UPPER MIDWEST WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2017
...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE UPPER MIDWEST...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...NORTHERN
IOWA...FAR SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...AND FAR NORTHEASTERN
NEBRASKA.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST
AND ROCKIES...PARTS OF THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN PLAINS...AND THROUGH
THE UPPER MIDWEST INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 200 AM CST...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 994
MB...29.35 INCHES...WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL MISSOURI. A
QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT STRETCHED EASTWARD FROM THIS LOW THROUGH
THE OHIO VALLEY...WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW FALLING FROM SOUTHERN MINNESOTA/FAR NORTHERN IOWA TO
NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...A TIGHT
PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND THE LOW WAS CAUSING GUSTY WINDS NEAR 40
MILES PER HOUR IN SPOTS. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ALSO CONTINUED
FARTHER WEST ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF IDAHO AND THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ROCKIES.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 500 AM CST WED FEB
22 THROUGH 200 AM CST FRI FEB 24...
...COLORADO...
TRAIL RIDGE 1 E 12.0
LONGS PEAK 4 NNW 11.0
FOUR CORNERS 9 ESE 10.0
CONIFER 3 N 8.2
CRESTED BUTTE 7 W 8.0
DINOSAUR 0.3 SW 7.5
ELDORA 1 SW 7.0
GENESEE 6.0
BOULDER 3 SSW 5.0
HORSETOOTH MOUNTAIN 3.2 NNW 4.0
LIVERMORE 10.5 WSW 3.5
...IOWA...
SERGEANT BLUFF 8.2
ALGONA 1 SSW 6.0
ROCK VALLEY 4.3
FONDA 4.0
SHELDON 1 WNW 4.0
...IDAHO...
MAGIC MOUNTAIN SKI 1 SSW 28.0
CHINA MOUNTAIN 8 WSW 16.0
TWIN FALLS 2 SSW 12.0
HOLLISTER 11.0
CASTLEFORD 10.0
GOODING 10.0
KIMBERLY 9.0
POCATELLO AIRPORT 8.1
HAZELTON 8.0
HANSEN 7.0
CHUBBUCK 1 N 5.1
RICHFIELD 4.0
...MINNESOTA...
DOUGLAS 3 SSE 5.5
OWATONNA 5.5
...NEBRASKA...
VALENTINE 1 W 13.5
SCOTTSBLUFF 13.0
MELBETA 10.0
CROOKSTON 9.0
GORDON 6 N 7.5
ATKINSON 3 SW 6.0
BUTTE 6.0
CHADRON 6.0
OSHKOSH 10 NE 5.5
BREWSTER 5.0
GROSS 5.0
KILGORE 1 NE 5.0
LYNCH 5.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
TEA 1 SE 6.8
SIOUX FALLS 4 S 6.0
BLACK HAWK 4.5
LAKEVIEW 7 E 4.0
ROCKERVILLE 4 NE 4.0
VERMILLION 4.0
...WISCONSIN...
OSSEO 1 S 4.0
...WYOMING...
TORRINGTON 23.0
WHEATLAND 15 E 20.0
GLENROCK 19.0
CROWHEART 14 W 18.0
LANDER 18 W 18.0
CASPER 16.0
CHUGWATER 11 NE 16.0
ATLANTIC CITY 7 NW 14.0
CENTENNIAL 1.1 NNE 12.2
HAWK SPRINGS 9 W 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
CHEYENNE 6.6
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
HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO THE NORTH OF THIS SYSTEM AS THE
SURFACE LOW TRACKS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND UPPER GREAT LAKES ON
FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE FROM NORTHERN IOWA THROUGH
THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. LIGHT TO MODERATE ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TO NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. ACROSS THE
ROCKIES...GENERALLY LESS THAN 6 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS
EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHEST TERRAIN.
GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 900 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
SANTORELLI
Last Updated: 359 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2017