STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 7 FOR CENTRAL ROCKIES/GREAT PLAINS STORM 
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
400 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007  
  
...LATE SEASON WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO BRING SNOW TO THE CENTRAL
ROCKIES AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES...

SNOW ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL COLORADO.

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FROM SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA ACROSS SOUTHWEST IOWA...EASTERN NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST
MISSOURI...EASTERN KANSAS...MUCH OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO
SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN
IOWA...EASTERN KANSAS...CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST
TEXAS.

AT 400 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN
AREA OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN COLORADO MOVING
SLOWLY NORTHWARD. THE PRECIPITATION WAS IN THE FORM OF LIGHT SNOW
IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WITH RAIN IN THE HIGH PLAINS IN EASTERN
COLORADO. TO THE EAST OF THE ROCKIES...A LARGE MESOSCALE
CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WAS AFFECTING MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PLAIN STATES.
LINES OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE
SWEEPING EASTWARD ACROSS OKLAHOMA...EASTERN KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN
MISSOURI...AND INTO IOWA. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS
OVER SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...JUST NORTH OF THE BIG BEND AREA.


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

...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
GARRISON 1 W                        2.98
FORMAN 5 SSE                        2.90 
JAMESTOWN                           2.10 
MONTPELIER                          2.02 
FARGO/HECTOR FIELD                  1.98 

...NEBRASKA...

OMAHA/EPPLEY FIELD                  6.84 
CRETE 2.4 NE                        6.52
FRANKLIN                            5.99 
BELLEVUE 2.0 NW                     5.85
MALCOLM                             5.84 
TEKAMAH                             5.61
OFFUTT AFB                          5.57 
NEBRASKA 0.7 ENE                    5.48
DAYKIN 5.3 E                        5.47
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
GREAT BEND MUNI AIRPORT             5.49
PARALLEL                            4.78 
TOPEKA/FORBES FIELD                 4.72
ALBERT 5 SE                         4.55 
ABILENE 2 W                         4.37 
MINNEAPOLIS                         4.21 
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
LITTON AGRI-SCI CENTER              4.42 
PATTERSON                           4.10 
MARYVILLE                           3.59 
TARKIO 1 SW                         3.58 
LEES SUMMIT MUNI AIRPORT            3.47
CONCEPTION                          3.30 
CLEARWATER DAM                      3.02 
GREENVILLE                          2.97 
POPLAR BLUFF                        2.84
KANSAS CITY MUNI AIRPORT            2.71 
STE. GENEVIEVE                      2.70 
WORTH 4 W                           2.61 


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

...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
BLACK JACK 3.8 E                   10.3
OURAY                              10.0
CONIFER 3 WSW                       9.7
NEDERLAND 0.5 WNW                   9.0
WARD 4.6 NE                         8.7
PINE 3.6 NNW                        8.0
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 400 AM CDT...A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM WAS IN PROGRESS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PLAIN STATES AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT.
THIS COLD FRONT WILL DRIFT EASTWARD SLOWLY AND REMAIN THE FOCUS
FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS.  1 TO 3 INCHES OF
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FROM SOUTHERN IOWA INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. ISOLATED TOTALS
OVER FIVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

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 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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