THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 7 FOR NORTHERN U.S. WINTER STORM AND SOUTHERN
U.S. HEAVY RAIN
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2018
...HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER
MIDWEST AND UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION WHILE HEAVY RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TO THE CENTRAL
GULF COAST...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NEBRASKA...EASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHERN IOWA...AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS...UPPER MIDWEST...GREAT
LAKES...AND INTERIOR NORTHEAST.
ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK.
FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AND WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR
EASTERN LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...AND WESTERN ALABAMA...AS WELL AS
PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS.
HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH
OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS...PORTIONS OF THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...AND PORTIONS OF IOWA AND ILLINOIS.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 300 PM CDT...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
1003 MB...29.62 INCHES OF MERCURY...WAS LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES...IOWA. AN OCCLUDED FRONT EXTENDED FROM
THIS LOW TO ANOTHER LOW IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WHICH HAD A CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 1004 MB OR 29.65 INCHES. FROM THIS SECOND LOW...A COLD
FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE MIDDLE AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY AND INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. A STRONG STATIONARY FRONT
STRETCHED EASTWARD THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY...PENNSYLVANIA...AND
INTO THE NORTHEAST. RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW WAS FALLING NORTH AND WEST OF THE FIRST SURFACE LOW
IN THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND
NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. SOME FREEZING RAIN WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL
LOWER MICHIGAN. A SQUALL LINE WAS MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH
ALABAMA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AND EASTERN LOUISIANA. FARTHER
NORTH...RAIN WAS OCCURRING IN PORTIONS OF THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO
VALLEYS.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 AM CDT THU APR
12 THROUGH 300 PM CDT SAT APR 14...
...IOWA...
GARNER 4 WSW 5.0
LEDYARD 5.0
ALGONA 4.5
LAKE PARK 4.0
FORT DODGE 2 NE 3.0
...KANSAS...
BIRD CITY 5.0
GOODLAND 0.5 ENE 3.2
TRAER 2 SW 3.0
ATWOOD 2.5
...MICHIGAN...
BOYNE FALLS 2 SW 17.0
ELMIRA 17.0
ELLSWORTH 16.0
VANDERBILT 1 E 15.0
BELLAIRE 14.0
CENTRAL LAKE 14.0
EAST JORDAN 1 WSW 14.0
EASTPORT 13.5
WOLVERINE 13.5
GAYLORD 2 E 13.0
...MINNESOTA...
ARTICHOKE 5 WNW 10.2
MARSHALL 8.0
EAGAN 7.0
RICHFIELD 1 W 7.0
MINNEAPOLIS 2 NE 6.8
EDINA 6.5
MANKATO 5.0
BLOOMINGTON 4.0
DAWSON 4.0
LAKE WILSON 4.0
SAINT CLOUD 4.7 W 3.5
...NORTH DAKOTA...
RHAME 2 E 4.5
REGENT 4.0
...NEBRASKA...
NEWPORT 14.0
W VALENTINE 11.0
POTTER 9 N 10.0
SIDNEY 10.0
CHADRON 9.0
HARRISON 9 NE 8.0
MONTROSE 12 SE 8.0
OSHKOSH 10 NE 8.0
NORTH PLATTE 3 ENE 5.5
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
OKREEK 10 SSW 20.0
WINNER 2 ESE 20.0
HURON 2 S 15.0
AMES 6 NE 14.0
KADOKA 13.6
CLEAR LAKE 13.5
ELM SPRINGS 5 ESE 12.0
FOLSOM 4 SE 12.0
KYLE 3 ENE 12.0
NORRIS 5 ESE 11.8
RAPID CITY 4 WNW 10.0
SIOUX FALLS 3 N 6.8
...WISCONSIN...
CARLSVILLE 2 NW 17.0
PELLA 3 SE 17.0
STURGEON BAY 17.0
ABRAMS 16.5
STILES 1 S 16.5
JACKSONPORT 16.0
THORNTON 15.0
CECIL 14.1
SHAWANO 14.0
BIG FALLS 5 NW 13.8
BAILEYS HARBOR 2 WNW 12.8
IOLA 4 N 12.0
...SELECTED PRELIMINARY STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 AM
CDT THU APR 12 THROUGH 300 PM CDT SAT APR 14...
...ARKANSAS...
DE WITT 0.2 N 5.77
SWAN LAKE 1 S 5.18
NADY 4.32
STAR CITY 9 ENE 4.31
HAMPTON 6.8 SE 4.18
LITTLE ROCK 10.1 NW 4.14
PINE BLUFF/GRIDER FIELD ARPT 3.87
LOCKESBURG 9.6 NNE 3.86
...ILLINOIS...
JACKSONVILLE 2.15
...INDIANA...
SOUTH BEND INTL ARPT 1.16
...KENTUCKY...
CADIZ 8 SE 1.97
MURRAY 1 SE 1.91
CANTON 1.64
...LOUISIANA...
SLIDELL ARPT 4.03
HAMMOND MUNI ARPT 3.52
LOUISIANA RGNL ARPT 3.21
NEW ORLEANS INTL ARPT 2.96
GOLDONNA 1.5 N 2.35
SHREVEPORT RGNL ARPT 1.50
...MISSOURI...
PILOT KNOB 3.28
MANSFIELD 3.7 SSE 3.20
FARMINGTON ARPT 3.02
LESTERVILLE 3 N 2.93
LIBERTYVILLE 1 N 2.55
STE. GENEVIEVE 10.4 WSW 2.55
FORSYTH 0.7 SW 2.33
BATCHTOWN 1.97
PINCKNEYVILLE 1.66
...MISSISSIPPI...
TUNICA MUNI ARPT 3.65
SOUTHAVEN 2.70
CLARKSDALE 2.9 SW 2.44
TUPELO RGNL ARPT 2.18
...TENNESSEE...
MEMPHIS INTL ARPT 3.02
GERMANTOWN 2.91
OAKLAND 1.3 NE 2.80
BELLS 2 SW 2.69
BARTLETT 1.3 ENE 2.39
JACKSON 5.6 NE 2.30
...TEXAS...
BATISTE CREEK @ S.H. 770 2.36
COLMESNEIL 11.6 ESE 2.14
TILDEN 16.0 NNW 2.00
THE WOODLANDS 2 WNW 1.92
EL LAGO 1.68
COLDSPRING 5 SSE 1.66
LAKE LIVINGSTON 1.64
...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
FIRSTVIEW 58
...IOWA...
CLARION AIRPORT 66
STEAMBOAT ROCK 3 N 61
ESTHERVILLE MUNICIPAL A 59
BOONE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 58
...KANSAS...
GARDEN CITY 1 ENE 62
GOODLAND 62
DODGE CITY 58
HILL CITY 1 NE 58
HORACE 1 WNW 58
BREWSTER 6 N 57
COLBY 2 ENE 56
GEM 3 ENE 56
LOGAN 54
ULYSSES 1 NW 54
HUGOTON 53
LIBERAL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 52
...MINNESOTA...
FAIRMONT AP 58
ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL ARPT 51
...NEBRASKA...
ORD AIRPORT 64
HASTINGS AIRPORT 63
IMPERIAL 61
CRESCENT LAKE NWR 60
KEARNEY REGIONAL AIRPORT 60
MCCOOK AIRPORT 60
OGALLALA 3 E 60
VALENTINE 27 S 60
BROKEN BOW 59
GRAND ISLAND AIRPORT 59
NORTH PLATTE 4 E 58
...NEW MEXICO...
FARMINGTON 2 W 60
TULAROSA 22 NW 58
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
WINNER 2 ESE 45
...TEXAS...
PALACIOS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 75
MAGNOLIA BEACH 8 ESE 63
FLOYDADA 2 NNE 61
GANADO 7 S 56
SAN LEON 19 E 52
MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPORT 51
...WISCONSIN...
SHEBOYGAN-AIRPORT 52
...WYOMING...
PUMPKIN VINE 54
HORSE CREEK 16 E 50
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...COLORADO...
CEDAREDGE 10.5 NNW 14.5
OURAY .23 NNW 10.1
BERTHOUD FALLS 4 W 10.0
PLACERVILLE 9 NE 9.0
RAND 8 SSE 9.0
COLONA 5 SW 8.5
RIDGEWAY 5.3 NNW 8.5
BLACK FOREST 3.8 W 7.5
CIMARRON 11.2 S 6.0
YUMA 5.0
COLORADO SPRINGS 7 NNE 3.0
...MONTANA...
BOZEMAN 11 NNE 25.0
GRASS RANGE 14.0
JBELT 6 SSW 12.0
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
...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
LUSK 10 N 7.0
PAHASKA 4 WSW 7.0
...SELECTED PRELIMINARY STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE
EVENT HAS ENDED...
...OKLAHOMA...
BROKEN BOW 2.53
IDABEL 2.3 SE 1.73
...WISCONSIN...
CHILTON 1 W 2.88
JUNCTION CITY 3 NNW 2.80
WILD ROSE 2.53
FLINTVILLE 2.46
CASCO 2.27
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD AND
NORTHWARD THROUGH THE NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY REGION AND INTO THE
UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION ON SUNDAY. CONTINUED THREATS FROM THIS
STORM INCLUDE HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...FREEZING RAIN
ACCUMULATING TO A HALF OF AN INCH...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLASH FLOODING
AND SEVERE WEATHER...AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
FIRST...SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL TAPER OFF FOR THE PLAINS
OVERNIGHT...BUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW OVER A FOOT IS EXPECTED FOR
PORTIONS OF WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
PARTS OF MINNESOTA AND IOWA COULD SEE 4 TO 6 ADDITIONAL INCHES OF
SNOW. NEXT...THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT WILL RAMP UP OVERNIGHT AND
SUNDAY IN LOWER MICHIGAN TO UPSTATE NEW YORK...AND INTERIOR NEW
ENGLAND BY LATE SUNDAY. ICE AMOUNTS OVER A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE
EXPECTED THROUGHOUT PORTIONS OF MICHIGAN AND NEW YORK...WITH
ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER A HALF AN INCH. FARTHER
SOUTH...THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE SEVERE AND/OR
CONTAIN FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH THE
SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. ON SUNDAY...THE FLASH FLOODING
THREAT WILL BE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS...WITH THE SEVERE THREAT THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC INTO THE SOUTHEAST. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS AND
DRY CONDITIONS IN THE WAKE OF THIS STORM WILL ALSO SUPPORT A
CONTINUING THREAT OF WILDFIRES OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN 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.
TATE
Last Updated: 505 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2018