STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR ROCKIES SNOW STORM AND CENTRAL U.S.
HEAVY RAIN
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
4 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007

...MAJOR SPRING STORM IS BRINGING HEAVY SNOW TO THE
ROCKIES...WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS OVER
THE CENTRAL PLAINS...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
UTAH...WYOMING...WESTERN COLORADO AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA. WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN
MONTANA. IN ADDITION...A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS
OF SOUTHERN MONTANA AS WELL AS NORTHERN WYOMING.

A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING AND A
SMALL AREA OF CENTRAL WYOMING.

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF KANSAS
INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA.

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES IN WESTERN
KANSAS...A SMALL PORTION OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...AND AN AREA OF
WEST TEXAS.

...TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
FROM WESTERN OKLAHOMA SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND
INTO WEST TEXAS.

AT 4 AM CDT...A STRENGTHENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER SOUTH
DAKOTA WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN HIGH
PLAINS TO NORTHERN MEXICO. REGIONAL RADAR LOOPS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATE HEAVY SNOW FALLING THROUGH THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES...WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...HIGH
WINDS AND TORNADOES WERE IN PROGRESS THROUGH THE PLAINS.

...SELECTED STORM SNOW TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 4 AM CDT THURSDAY...

...WYOMING...

HOBBS PARK                       24.0
ST. LAWRENCE ALT                 20.0
LANDER 7 SW                      18.0
CLOUD PEAK RESERVOIR             17.0
CASPER MOUNTAIN                  16.0
TIMBER CREEK                     16.0
MEADOWLARK LAKE                  16.0
POWDER RIVER PASS                16.0
BEAR TRAP MEADOW                 15.0
MARQUETTE                        15.0
HANSEN SAWMILL                   15.0
DEER PARK                        14.0
RENO HILL                        14.0
SOUTH PASS                       14.0
SHERIDAN                         14.0
BONE SPRINGS DIVIDE              12.0
BALD MOUNTAIN                    12.0
SHERIDAN 14S                     12.0
STORY                            12.0

...MONTANA...

BUSBY                            12.0
RED LODGE                        12.0
LODGE GRASS                      10.0
SONNETTE                          8.0
BILLINGS 15 SSW                   6.0
WYOLA                             6.0
BIG HORN 9 SSE                    6.0

...UTAH...

BRIAN HEAD                       27.0
COVE FT                          12.0
FILLMORE                          9.0

...COLORADO...

OAK CREEK 7 SW                    9.0
LAKE CITY                         1.0


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

...KANSAS...

GOODLAND                         1.69

...SOUTH DAKOTA...

PHILIP AIRPORT                   1.16


...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS AS OF 4 AM CDT THURSDAY...

...UTAH...

OGDEN PEAK                       85 MPH
SOUTHERN WASATCH PEAKS           77 MPH
TOOELE                           73 MPH
CAMEL BACK MTN DUGWAY            72 MPH
BULLFROG MARINA                  72 MPH


THIS LOW AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY
EASTWARD TODAY INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS...THEREBY SUPPORTING A RATHER LARGE REGION OF HEAVY
SNOWS...UP TO 3 FEET IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...IN THE ROCKIES AND
NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS...WHILE DUMPING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH
A LARGE PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS.

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

ECKERT/RUBIN-OSTER