THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR CENTRAL TO NORTHERN PLAINS BLIZZARD
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2018
...LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO
SPREAD HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WHILE
THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT INCREASES ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO
THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE
NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS INTO PARTS OF THE NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL ROCKIES.
WINTER STORM WATCHES AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM
PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND MUCH OF
MICHIGAN.
HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH
OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO PARTS OF TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 300 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH
ESTIMATED SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE OF 990 MB...29.23 INCHES OF
MERCURY...WAS MOVING SLOWING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA
MISSOURI. A STATIONARY FRONT WITH A SHARP TEMPERATURE GRADIENT
EXTENDED FROM WEST TO EAST FROM THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER INTO THE
OHIO VALLEY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WAS ORIENTED SOUTHWESTWARD FROM
THE LOW TO THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED THAT AREAS OF SNOW
EXTENDING FROM EAST-CENTRAL COLORADO NORTHWARD TO WESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA. MEANWHILE...A SHIELD OF COLD RAIN WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS
WERE FORMING IN THE COLD AIR MASS OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TO
MICHIGAN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN PLAINS
AND THE LOWER/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 AM CDT THU APR
12 THROUGH 300 PM CDT FRI APR 13...
...COLORADO...
BERTHOUD FALLS 4 W 10.0
CEDAREDGE 10.5 NNW 9.5
PLACERVILLE 9 NE 9.0
RAND 8 SSE 9.0
COLONA 5 SW 8.5
RIDGEWAY 5.3 NNW 8.5
CIMARRON 11.2 S 6.0
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS 1.9 E 4.1
FOXFIELD 3.7 ESE 4.0
THE PINERY 1.2 ESE 3.5
...MONTANA...
BOZEMAN 11 NNE 25.0
JBELT 6 SSW 12.0
GRASS RANGE 11.0
BMELSTONE 6 SE 10.0
BRACKETT CREEK SNOTEL 10.0
CONRAD 10.0
GREAT FALLS 5 WSW 9.7
CLOVER MEADOW SNOTEL 8.0
GALLATIN GATEWAY 5 E 8.0
SHOWER FALLS SNOTEL 8.0
...NEBRASKA...
ALLIANCE 6 NE 5.0
DALTON 5.0
CHADRON SE 4.0
GURLEY 2 E 4.0
GORDON 6 N 3.0
RUSHVILLE 7.3 SSW 2.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
ELM SPRINGS 5 ESE 12.0
RAPID CITY 4 WNW 10.0
BOX ELDER 8.0
PHILIP 8.0
DEERFIELD 4 SE 6.0
WALL 13 SSE 6.0
FAITH 20.5 NW 5.0
HERMOSA 10.3 ESE 4.0
PIEDMONT 4.6 WNW 3.5
HERMOSA 0.3 ENE 3.0
...UTAH...
ALTA 10.0
BRIGHTON 10.0
...WASHINGTON...
MALO 10 WNW 4.5
...WYOMING...
ALTA 6 ENE 18.0
AFTON 8 NE 12.0
JACKSON 8 WNW 12.0
JACKSON 9.9 NNW 10.0
BROOKS LAKE 9.0
MORAN JUNCTION 25 NE 9.0
YELLOWSTONE SOUTH ENTRANCE 5 N 9.0
JACKSON HOLE 8.0
KEMMERER 36 N 8.0
PAHASKA 4 WSW 7.0
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...ARIZONA...
TWO GUNS 1 W 62
WINSLOW 1 W 62
HEBER-OVERGAARD 61
SHOW LOW 3 NE 59
ROOSEVELT 1 W 50
...CALIFORNIA...
BURNS CANYON 84
INDEPENDENCE 5 NW 77
WHITEWATER RAWS (2 N) 69
CASTAIC LAKE 6 SSW 68
MOJAVE AIRPORT 67
WHITAKER PEAK 65
WAREN SIDING MOJAVE 63
VOLCAN MOUNTAIN 61
CARPINTERIA 6 ENE 60
DESERT HOT SPRING 5 WSW 60
SANTA CRUZ ISLAND CENTR 60
JOSHUA TREE LAKE 3 NNW 59
THOUSAND PALMS (5 NNE) 59
CACHE CREEK CHP ON 58 58
DAGGETT 5 E 58
...IDAHO...
IDAHOME INTERCHANGE ITD 64
BLUE DOME 62
MINIDOKA 6 NW 62
OWINZA 5 N 61
POCATELLO AIRPORT 60
TABER 3 W 60
TOM CAT SUMMIT 60
CRATERS OF MOON 20 ESE 59
MUD LAKE 8 SSW 59
TERRETON 1 E 59
POTTER BUTTE 58
IDAHO FALLS 1 NW 57
MONTEVIEW 11 WSW 57
TIMMERMAN HILL 57
ATOMIC CITY 8 NNW 55
...NEVADA...
MOREY CREEK RAWS 67
SPRING GULCH RAWS 66
RUBY VALLEY RAWS 63
COAL MINE CANYON N7NNV 61
WARM SPRINGS SUMMIT CEM 61
BEATTY RV PARK 35 ENE 59
MERCURY 36 N 58
...UTAH...
TRIAL LK 96
HANNA 84
SUNDANCE 84
RICHFIELD 80
CEDAR CITY 75
SNYDERVILLE 75
KEETLEY 73
MONROE 72
NORDIC VLY 72
WENDOVER 72
SANDY 70
SALINE 66
BURNTFORK 64
LUCIN 64
MILLS 64
...WYOMING...
CHURCH BUTTES 50
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL REMAIN WELL
DEFINED AS IT MOVES SLOWLY EASTWARD FRIDAY INTO THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON SATURDAY TOO...INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY
SUNDAY. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AN ARRAY OF HAZARDS
FROM BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND HEAVY SNOWS FROM PORTIONS OF THE
CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND UPPER GREAT
LAKES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...TO INCREASING HEAVY RAINS AND
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO
BLOSSOM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FRIDAY
EVENING. THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING RISK WILL STRETCH FROM
THE OHIO VALLEY AND TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO THE CENTRAL GULF COASTAL
REGION SATURDAY AND INTO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS TO SOUTHEASTERN
U.S. ON SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 15 INCHES POSSIBLE
FROM NORTHERN NEBRASKA...CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...CENTRAL TO NORTHERN WISCONSIN INTO
THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN AND THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE
LOWER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. TO THE SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW
REGION...ACCUMULATING FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE FROM SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN---CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN LOWER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN INTO
WESTERN TO NORTHERN NY STATE AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. STRONG WINDS
AND DRY CONDITIONS IN THE WAKE OF THIS STORM WILL ALSO SUPPORT A
SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF WILDFIRES FROM THE SOUTHWEST INTO WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS.
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.
Ziegenfelder
Last Updated: 547 PM EDT FRI APR 13 2018