The Weather Prediction Center

College Park, MD


Storm Summary Message



Storm Summary Number 4 for Central Rockies to Central Plains
Spring Equinox Snowstorm
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
1000 AM CDT Fri Mar 20 2020

...Snow has ended across the Plains and is winding down across the
Great Lakes...

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and advisories, please see www.weather.gov

At 900 AM CDT...A low pressure center was located over southwest
Quebec. A cold front extended southeast across the Ohio and Lower
Mississippi valleys until reaching southern Texas. National
Weather Service radar and surface observations indicated light
snow coming to an end across the Upper Great Lakes, with scattered
showers and thunderstorms ahead of the cold front.

...Selected preliminary Peak Wind gusts in miles per hour earlier
in the event...

...COLORADO...
JEFFERSON 3 SW                         60                    
LAMAR 4 WSW                            59                    
BURLINGTON 5 S                         52                    
IDALIA 4 NE                            51                    

...KANSAS...
BELOIT 1 SSE                           62                    
DODGE CITY ARPT                        61                    
BELOIT                                 55                    
GOODLAND 1 NNE                         55                    
CODELL 8 NNE                           53                    
SMITH CENTER                           53                    
PHILLIPSBURG                           52                    
WESKAN 3 SSE                           51                    

...NEBRASKA...
LINCOLN                                60                    
ODESSA 5 ENE                           59                    
NORTH PLATTE 4 E                       58                    
MCCOOK 2 E                             54                    
BRADSHAW 5 SSE                         50                    
SYDNEY 8 SE                            45                    
SYDNEY 3 SSW                           42                    

...NEW MEXICO...
TECOLOTITO 6 N                         75                    

...OKLAHOMA...
HOOKER 1 W                             61                    
EVA 12 NE                              60                    
GUYMON 2 W                             58                    
VANCE AIR FORCE BASE B 2 SSW           58                    

...TEXAS...
DALHART 3 SW                           59                    
FRITCH 1 WNW                           58                    
ROMERO 11 SSW                          58                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches where the
event has ended...

...ARIZONA...
KACHINA VILLAGE 1 SW                 17.0                    
FLAGSTAFF ARPT                       13.7                    
FOREST LAKES 1 ENE                   12.0                    
BRIGHT ANGEL POINT                   11.5                    
MOUNTAINAIRE                          9.5                    
MUNDS PARK                            9.5                    
ALPINE                                9.0                    
PINETOP-LAKESIDE                      8.5                    
WALKER                                8.0                    

...COLORADO...
NEDERLAND 4 NE                       23.0                    
PINECLIFFE 4 SE                      21.8                    
CRESCENT VILLAGE 1 S                 21.0                    
JAMESTOWN 3 W                        18.5                    
GENESEE 1 N                          17.0                    
BROOKVALE                            15.8                    
EVERGREEN 1 S                        14.5                    
KITTREDGE                            14.5                    
DURANGO 10 W                         13.0                    
PARKER 3 NW                          12.2                    
ROCKWOOD 7 NNW                       12.1                    
BREEN 4 NNE                          12.0                    
VALLECITO 3 S                        12.0                    
BELLVUE 6 W                          11.5                    
FALFA 2 NW                           11.0                    
HESPERUS 1 NW                        11.0                    
WOODLAND PARK 1 WSW                   8.0                    
DENVER INTL ARPT 2 S                  7.8                    
AIR FORCE ACADEMY 4 ENE               6.0                    
COLORADO SPRINGS                      3.7                    

...IOWA...
SIOUX CITY 3 NNE                      4.0                    
SERGEANT BLUFF                        3.8                    
HULL                                  3.0                    

...MICHIGAN...
IRONWOOD 2 WNW                        5.0                    
THREE LAKES                           4.0                    
TWIN LAKES                            3.6                    

...NEBRASKA...
CONCORD                               5.4                    
MERNA                                 5.2                    
OSHKOSH 10 NE                         5.0                    
SIDNEY                                5.0                    
SARGENT                               4.0                    

...NEW MEXICO...
BLUEWATER LAKE 11 WSW                 9.0                    
LOS ALMOS 5 WNW                       8.0                    
MOGOLLON 6 ESE                        7.0                    
TERERRO 6 WNW                         6.0                    
RED RIVER 11 ENE                      5.0                    
BONITO 5 SW                           4.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
SIOUX FALLS 3 SE                      4.5                    
TYNDALL                               3.5                    

...WYOMING...
BUFORD 3 ESE                          3.0                    
CHEYENNE 10.7 N                       1.0                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Rainfall in inches where the
event has ended...

...ILLINOIS...
CLAY CITY 6 SSE                      4.50                    
OLNEY 2 S                            3.53                    
PALESTINE                            2.80                    

...INDIANA...
ALPINE 2 NE                          3.76                    
LIBERTY                              3.26                    
PARAGON 3 SSW                        2.17                    

...KANSAS...
BARTLETT                             2.67                    

...OHIO...
LONDON                               4.03                    
EATON 1 S                            3.30                    
XENIA 3 N                            3.30                    
JOHN GLENN ARPT                      3.29                    


The low pressure system has exited the U.S., with only showers and
thunderstorms expected to impact the East today.

This will be the last Storm Summary issued by the Weather
Prediction Center for this event. Please refer to your local
National Weather service office for additional information.

Snell




Last Updated: 1018 AM EDT FRI MAR 20 2020