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

SNOW ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN COLORADO.

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
KANSAS...CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA...EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA...PORTIONS OF IOWA...NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST TEXAS...AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
KANSAS...EASTERN NEBRASKA...EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHEASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA...WESTERN IOWA...MUCH OF MISSOURI...AND A SMALL AREA
OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE.

AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SOME
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN
COLORADO WHILE MUCH OF THE SNOWFALL OVER UTAH AND WYOMING HAS
SUBSIDED. EAST OF THE ROCKIES...A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH HAVE BEEN OF
A SEVERE NATURE...HAS BEEN MOVING IN A NORTHWARD DIRECTION
COVERING MUCH OF KANSAS...MISSOURI...AND IOWA. IN ADDITION...A
SQUALL LINE HAS BEGUN TO DEVELOP FARTHER SOUTHWARD ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. AREAS
OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO FALLING ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SURFACE LOW.


...SELECTED RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 3 PM CDT...

...SOUTH DAKOTA...

COLUMBIA 1 S                        9.48 
HOUGHTON 4 SE                       9.20
ABERDEEN WFO                        9.00
REDFIELD                            8.27 
CLARK                               6.67
CARTHAGE 1 S                        6.62 
HECLA                               6.47 
BRITTON 15 NW                       6.28 
WESTPORT                            5.64 
WESSINGTON SPRINGS                  5.38

...NORTH DAKOTA..

VERONA                              4.25 
FULLERTON 1 ESE                     3.00 
FORMAN 5 SSE                        2.90 
JAMESTOWN (STATE HOSPITAL)          2.10 
MONTPELIER                          2.02 
FARGO/HECTOR FIELD                  1.98 

...NEBRASKA...

OMAHA/EPPLEY FIELD                  6.84 
FRANKLIN                            5.99 
MALCOLM                             5.84 
TEKAMAH                             5.61
OFFUTT AFB                          5.57 
FORT CROOK                          5.11 
RAYMOND 2 NE                        4.99 
SPRINGFIELD 7 E                     4.82 
PAPILLION                           4.79 
LINCOLN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT           4.50 

...KANSAS...

SMOLAN 1 NE                         6.70 
ELLSWORTH                           6.39 
BLUE RAPIDS                         6.05
SALINA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT            5.95 
PARALLEL                            4.78 
ALBERT 5 SE                         4.55 
ABILENE 2 W                         4.37 
MINNEAPOLIS                         4.21 
GREAT BEND                          4.19 
MANHATTAN                           3.33 

...IOWA...

LOGAN                               7.61 
RANDOLPH                            6.62 
ONAWA                               6.12 
GALVA                               5.96 
UNDERWOOD                           5.67 
GLENWOOD 3 SW                       5.54 
HOLSTEIN                            5.53 
RED OAK                             5.30 
SIDNEY                              5.00 
SIOUX CITY                          2.22 

...MINNESOTA...

HERON LAKE 7 E                      3.43
LAKEFIELD                           3.08 
JACKSON                             2.17 

...MISSOURI...

GRAHAM 1 NW                         4.98 
PATTERSON                           4.10 
MARYVILLE                           3.59 
TARKIO 1 SW                         3.58 
CONCEPTION                          3.30 
CLEARWATER DAM                      3.02 
GREENVILLE                          2.97 
POPLAR BLUFF                        2.84 
STE. GENEVIEVE                      2.70 
WORTH 4 W                           2.61 


...SELECTED SNOWFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 3 PM CDT...

...WYOMING...

SHERIDAN 19 SW                     28.0 
HOBBS PARK                         27.0
DAYTON 14 WSW                      25.0
MARQUETTE                          22.0 
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 
RENO HILL SNOTEL                   15.0 
GRAVE SPRINGS                      15.0 
SOUTH PASS                         13.0 
DEER PARK                          13.0 
ARMNITO 21 N                       13.0 
CASPER MOUNTAIN                    12.0 
HANSEN SAWMILL                     12.0 

...COLORADO...

BLACK HAWK 3.8 E                   15.3 
WARD 4.6 NE                        14.8 
JAMESTOWN 3 W                      14.6
EVERGREEN 6 SW                     13.5
BAILEY 6.4 NNW                     12.9 
PINE JUNCTION                      12.5 
NEDERLAND                          11.8
OURAY                              10.0 
BOULDER 7 SW                        6.0

...UTAH...

ALTA COLLINS                       12.5 
SNOWBIRD                           11.0 
BRIGHTON CREST                      6.0 
GOTHIC                              4.5
PAGOSA SPRINGS 12 NW                2.0

...MONTANA...

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

AT 330 PM CDT...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...CURRENTLY 1007
MILLIBARS...WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHERN MANITOBA. THIS LOW IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWARD WHILE SLOWLY STRENGTHENING OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. A TRAILING COLD FRONT SOUTH OF THIS LOW WILL SLOWLY
DRIFT EAST AND REMAIN THE FOCUS FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN
FOR THE SOUTHERN PLAINS UP INTO THE NORTHERN PLAIN STATES. 1 TO 3
INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH UP TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE IN ISOLATED AREAS
CAN BE EXPECTED IN PARTS OF
NEBRASKA...KANSAS...OKLAHOMA...IOWA...MISSOURI...AND TEXAS.

FARTHER WEST...IN THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...SEVERAL ADDITIONAL INCHES
OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF COLORADO.

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

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