THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR CENTRAL TO NORTHERN PLAINS BLIZZARD
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2018
...LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WAS PRODUCING HEAVY
SNOW AND HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WHILE HEAVY RAIN
AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREAD EAST TOWARD THE MID AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY LATE TONIGHT...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR A BROAD SWATH OF THE GREAT
PLAINS FROM NORTHEAST COLORADO TO WESTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST
IOWA.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM WESTERN NEBRASKA...ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY...AND EAST ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN.
FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS THE SOUTH FROM SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA ACROSS ALL OF MISSISSIPPI...WESTERN ALABAMA AND WESTERN
TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS.
HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH
OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 900 PM CDT...THE CENTER OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH
ESTIMATED SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE OF 996 MB...29.41 INCHES OF
MERCURY...WAS NEAR SOUTHWEST IOWA. A STATIONARY FRONT WITH A SHARP
NORTH TO SOUTH TEMPERATURE GRADIENT EXTENDED EAST FROM THE LOW
PRESSURE CENTER ACROSS THE MIDWEST. A COLD FRONT WAS SITUATED
SOUTH OF THE LOW FROM EASTERN KANSAS INTO OKLAHOMA AND WEST TEXAS.
NWS RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED BANDS OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AROUND THE NORTHWEST PERIPHERY OF THE
SURFACE LOW FROM EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA INTO NEBRASKA. HEAVY RAIN
AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE COLD AIR NORTH OF THE
STATIONARY FROM FROM IOWA TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. A
NEARLY SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND
SCATTERED SEVERE WEATHER FROM SOUTHEAST MISSOURI TO NORTHEAST
TEXAS.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 AM CDT THU APR
12 THROUGH 900 PM CDT FRI APR 13...
...MINNESOTA...
ARTICHOKE 5 WNW 10.2
...NORTH DAKOTA...
REGENT 4.0
...NEBRASKA...
POTTER 9 N 10.0
HARRISON 8.0
SIDNEY 8.0
HARRISON 6 SE 7.0
LEWELLEN 11 E 6.5
VALENTINE 1 W 6.0
ALLIANCE 6 NE 5.0
DALTON 5.0
CHADRON SE 4.0
GURLEY 2 E 4.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
ELM SPRINGS 5 ESE 12.0
FOLSOM 4 SE 12.0
USTA 8 WNW 11.0
DOWNTOWN RAPID CI 5 ESE 10.0
NEMO 1 NNW 10.0
RAPID CITY 4 WNW 10.0
DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY 1 E 9.8
KENNEBEC 9.0
RAPID CITY AIRPORT 8.8
BOX ELDER 8.0
PIERRE 1.0
...WYOMING...
ALTA 6 ENE 18.0
AFTON 8 NE 12.0
JACKSON 8 WNW 12.0
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...
...COLORADO...
CAMPO 4 SW 79
SPRINGFIELD 8 S 76
BURLINGTON CO AIRPORT 74
HUGO 72
TWO BUTTES 17 NW 65
LAMAR AIRPORT 63
IDALIA 3 NE 62
FLAGLER 1 N 61
AIR FORCE ACADEMY 1 WNW 60
COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPOR 60
...IOWA...
STEAMBOAT ROCK 3 N 61
ESTHERVILLE MUNICIPAL A 59
...KANSAS...
GOODLAND 62
HORACE 1 WNW 58
BREWSTER 6 N 52
ATWOOD 2 N 51
RULETON 12 NNW 51
GEM 3 ENE 50
OAKLEY 2 ESE 50
...MINNESOTA...
FAIRMONT AP 58
...NEBRASKA...
CRESCENT LAKE NWR 60
OGALLALA 3 E 60
VALENTINE 27 S 60
BROKEN BOW 59
VALENTINE 59
MCCOOK AIRPORT 53
...NEW MEXICO...
FARMINGTON 2 W 60
TULAROSA 22 NW 58
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
WINNER 2 ESE 45
...TEXAS...
FLOYDADA 2 NNE 61
...WYOMING...
PUMPKIN VINE 54
HORSE CREEK 16 E 50
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...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
YUMA 5.0
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS 1.9 E 4.1
FOXFIELD 3.7 ESE 4.0
THE PINERY 1.2 ESE 3.5
HAYDEN 1.5
BLACK FOREST 2 N 1.0
COLONA 4NW 1.0
...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
HARLOWTON 2.0
...UTAH...
ALTA 10.0
BRIGHTON 10.0
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN WELL DEFINED AS IT TRACKS
EASTWARD ACROSS THE MIDWEST THROUGH SATURDAY. THE STORM WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AN ARRAY OF HAZARDS FROM BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
AND HEAVY SNOW OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
AND UPPER GREAT LAKES...TO HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 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. TOTAL 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 WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM SOUTHERN WISCONSIN---CENTRAL
TO SOUTHERN LOWER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN INTO WESTERN TO NORTHERN
NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. STRONG WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS
IN THE WAKE OF THIS STORM WILL ALSO SUPPORT A CONTINUING THREAT OF
WILDFIRES OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 400 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
Carbin
Last Updated: 1111 PM EDT FRI APR 13 2018