THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 05 FOR ROCKIES TO UPPER MIDWEST WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
900 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2017
...HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO UPPER MIDWEST...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...NORTHERN
IOWA...FAR SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...AND FAR NORTHEASTERN
NEBRASKA.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS 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 800 AM CST...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 996
MB...29.41 INCHES...WAS LOCATED NEAR PEORIA...ILLINOIS. A WARM
FRONT STRETCHED EASTWARD FROM THIS LOW THROUGH SOUTHERN PORTIONS
OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION...WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING EASTWARD
ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND SOUTHERN
PLAINS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS
INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FALLING IN THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...IOWA...THE UPPER MIDWEST...AND THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.
FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING FOG WERE OBSERVED FOR PORTIONS OF THE
CENTRAL PLAINS...IOWA...WISCONSIN...AND LOWER MICHIGAN. IN
ADDITION...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND THE LOW WAS CAUSING
GUSTY WINDS IN SOME AREAS. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ALSO CONTINUED
FARTHER WEST ACROSS 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 800 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...
ALGONA 0.7 SE 9.2
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...
MAPLETON 12.7
GOODHUE 12.5
ROCHESTER 2 S 12.5
WASECA 0.9 NNE 11.6
MANTORVILLE 1.9 ESE 11.5
WABASHA 1 NE 11.5
LAKE CITY 1 SSW 11.0
PLAINVIEW 11.0
NERSTRAND 4.2 E 10.3
ELLENDALE 0.3 SW 9.2
ZUMBRO FALLS 3.5 SSW 9.1
OWATONNA 0.8 E 8.9
...NEBRASKA...
CROOKSTON 13.8
VALENTINE 1 W 13.5
SCOTTSBLUFF 13.0
MELBETA 10.0
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...
YANKTON 2 ESE 12.0
SIOUX FALLS 3.4 WSW 8.5
VERMILLION 1.4 SE 8.5
TEA 1 SE 6.8
BLACK HAWK 4.5
RAPID CITY 1 E 4.4
LAKEVIEW 7 E 4.0
ROCKERVILLE 4 NE 4.0
VERMILLION 4.0
...WISCONSIN...
STOCKHOLM 3.0 NE 12.7
AUGUSTA 4.5 NNW 11.0
EAU CLAIRE 2 WNW 10.0
ALTOONA 1 WSW 9.7
ARCADIA 8.0
ELK CREEK 3 SSE 8.0
MERRILL 7.0 W 7.6
BLOOMER 6 SW 7.0
TIGERTON 2.4 SE 6.2
FRENCHVILLE 3 NNW 6.0
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
CHEYENNE 6.7
ROCK SPRINGS 0.6 W 6.7
CASPER 8 S 6.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
500 AM CST WED FEB 22 THROUGH 800 AM CST FRI FEB 24...
...NEBRASKA...
HASTINGS AIRPORT 0.22
GRAND ISLAND AIRPORT 0.14
...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 AND WEST OF THIS SYSTEM
AS THE SURFACE LOW TRACKS INTO THE 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 WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE. ACROSS
THE ROCKIES...GENERALLY LESS THAN 4 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 300 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
TATE
Last Updated: 957 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2017