STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR CENTRAL ROCKIES/GREAT PLAINS STORM 
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
400 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007  
  
...LATE SEASON WINTER STORM AFFECTING PARTS OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES
WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL IMPACTS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS STATES...

WINTER STORMS WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL WYOMING
AND WESTERN COLORADO.

HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN UTAH.

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF UTAH...WYOMING AND
WESTERN COLORADO.

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL COLORADO.

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...EASTERN NEBRASKA...EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WESTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST
MISSOURI.

FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA...EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...EASTERN NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN IOWA.

AT 400 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT
SNOW CONTINUED TO OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL WYOMING WHILE
SNOW IN NORTHERN COLORADO HAS DECREASED IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY.
IN THE PLAINS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WESTERN
MINNESOTA INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS...THEN SOUTHWEST INTO THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR IN SOME PLACES.


...SELECTED RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 4 AM CDT...

...SOUTH DAKOTA...

CLARK                               4.47
HURON REGIONAL ARPT                 4.18 
WEBSTER SCHOOL                      3.65
CHAMBERLAIN                         2.73 
LEAD                                2.21 
FORT MEADE                          2.11 
WHITE LAKE                          2.09
WINNER                              2.09
WESSINGTON SPRINGS                  2.03              
SIOUX FALLS 5SE                     1.91
ABERDEEN                            1.25

...NEBRASKA...

BLADEN 8.7SW                        3.49 
EDDYVILLE 11.4N                     3.36 
BERWYN 5.9SSW                       3.29 
OCONTO 0.9ESE                       3.28 
LINCOLN MUNICIPAL                   3.24 
AINSWORTH AIRPORT                   3.07 
VALLEY NWS OFFICE                   2.71 
BROKEN BOW                          2.02 
VALENTINE                           1.87 

...KANSAS...

GREAT BEND                          2.80 


...SELECTED SNOWFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 9 PM CDT...

...WYOMING...

HOBBS PARK                         27.0 
MARQUETTE                          22.0 
KIRWIN                             21.0 
ST LAWRENCE ALT                    20.0 
BURGESS JUNCTION                   20.0 
TOWNSEND CREEK                     19.0 
COLD SPRINGS                       19.0 
DOME LAKE                          18.0 
BIG GOOSE                          18.0 
LITTLE WARM                        18.0 
GRAVE SPRINGS                      15.0 
SOUTH PASS                         13.0 
DEER PARK                          13.0 
ARMNITO 21N                        13.0 
CASPER MOUNTAIN                    12.0 
HANSEN SAWMILL                     12.0 

...COLORADO...

OURAY                               2.0
VALLECITO DAM                       2.0

...UTAH...

ALTA COLLINS                        9.0
SNOWBIRD                            8.5
GOTHIC                              4.5
BRIGHTON CREST                      4.0
PAGOSA SPRINGS 12NW                 2.0

...MONTANA...

COLE CREEK                          6.0 
RED LODGE                           6.0 
ROSCOE 4SE                          6.0 
DEAN 11SW                           5.0 

AT 400 AM CDT...AN ELONGATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWARD OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. A TRAILING COLD FRONT SOUTH OF THIS LOW WILL REMAIN
THE FOCUS FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN FOR THE CENTRAL PLAINS
STATES ON SUNDAY. 1 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED IN
PARTS OF NEBRASKA...KANSAS...OKLAHOMA...IOWA...AND MISSOURI.

FARTHER WEST...IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES...THE FOCUS FOR
ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL SHIFT INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES LATER
TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION AT 10 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

KONG/ECKERT