STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR CENTRAL PLAINS TO GREAT LAKES WINTER
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 AM CDT SAT APR 04 2009
 
...A WINTER STORM WITH POSSIBLE LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS IS DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...
 
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL GREAT
PLAINS...EXTENDING INTO THE EXTREME WESTERN IOWA.
 
WINTER STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES COVER MUCH OF THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES AND THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 400 AM CDT...A 988 MB LOW WAS OVER EASTERN COLORADO WITH A
STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
LIGHT SNOW WAS REPORTED ALONG THE ROCKIES AND IN THE
DAKOTAS...WHILE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS REPORTED NORTH OF THE
CENTRAL LOW IN THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 100 PM CDT FRI APR
03 THROUGH 400 AM CDT SAT APR 04...

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
HEREFORD 12 SW                        2.5                     
NISLAND                               1.5                     
SPEARFISH                             1.5                     
UNION CENTER 1 SE                     1.0                     

...WYOMING...
CHEYENNE                              2.7                     


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD INTO KANSAS
WHERE IT WILL INTENSIFY ON SATURDAY. CONDITIONS OVER THE CENTRAL
PLAINS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE AS COLD AIR IS DRAWN INTO THE
SYSTEM...CHANGING RAIN TO ICE AND SNOW. THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES ON SUNDAY. A SWATH OF
HEAVY SNOW...ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS...WILL CAUSE TREMENDOUS
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO THE NORTH OF THE LOW...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH THE
CENTRAL PLAINS ON SATURDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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