STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR CENTRAL PLAINS TO GREAT LAKES WINTER
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
1000 AM CDT SAT APR 04 2009
 
...A WINTER STORM WITH POSSIBLE LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS IS DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...
 
WINTER STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES COVER MUCH OF THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS...INTO THE
UPPER AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
 
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL GREAT
PLAINS...EXTENDING INTO NORTHWESTERN IOWA AND EXTREME SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 1000 AM CDT...A 989 MB LOW WAS OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO WITH
A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS REPORTED ALONG THE ROCKIES...THE
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...INTO THE DAKOTAS...WHILE LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN WAS REPORTED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 100 PM CDT FRI APR
03 THROUGH 1000 AM CDT SAT APR 04...

...COLORADO...
ST MARYS GLACIER                      9.0                     
GLENDEVEY 14 NNW                      8.0                     
ESTES PARK 1 SSE                      7.0                     
FORT COLLINS 4 E                      6.5                     
LOVELAND 8 W                          6.0                     
CENTRAL CITY 4 NNE                    5.5                     
BOULDER 2 W                           2.8                     
FOUNTAIN 9 WSW                        2.0                     
MONARCH PASS 1 NNW                    2.0                     

...NEBRASKA...
HARRISON                              3.0                     
RUSHVILLE                             3.0                     
SCOTTSBLUFF                           2.0                     
BUSHNELL 15 S                         0.5                     

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
RAPID CITY                            2.8                     
HEREFORD 12 SW                        2.5                     
NISLAND                               1.5                     
SPEARFISH                             1.5                     
UNION CENTER 1 SE                     1.0                     

...WYOMING...
CHEYENNE                              7.0                     
CHUGWATER                             5.8                     
GLENDO 6 NE                           2.6                     
TORRINGTON 29 N                       2.5                     
OLD FORT LARAMIE                      2.0                     
SHIRLEY BASIN                         1.9                     


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD INTO KANSAS
WHERE IT WILL INTENSIFY LATER TODAY. 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. 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 400 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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