STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR CENTRAL PLAINS TO GREAT LAKES WINTER
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
1000 PM CDT SAT APR 04 2009
 
...A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WITH POSSIBLE LIFE THREATENING
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IS SLIDING THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS...
 
BLIZZARD WARNINGS CURRENTLY ARE IN EFFECT FROM NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH MUCH OF NEBRASKA AND INTO PORTIONS
OF SOUTH DAKOTA...MINNESOTA...AND IOWA. WINTER STORM
WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES CURRENTLY ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS AND INTO THE UPPER AND
MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 1000 PM CDT...A 993 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS LOCATED IN
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KANSAS WITH ACCOMPANYING FRONTAL BOUNDARIES
EXTENDING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS AND
INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WAS
FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF NEBRASKA AND INTO SOUTH DAKOTA...WHILE
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS REPORTED IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AS
WELL AS ACROSS AREAS WITHIN THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS.

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

...COLORADO...
VAIL 0.9 WNW                         15.9                     
EDWARDS 1.3 WNW                      12.0                     
LIVERMORE 10.5 WSW                   11.0                     
CONIFER 3 SW                         10.5                     
MOUNT CRESTED BUTTE 0.3 ENE          10.3                     
EVERGREEN 5 W                        10.0                     
VIRGINIA DALE 7.2 SSW                 9.2                     
ST MARYS GLACIER                      9.0                     
SILVERTHORNE 2.1 WSW                  8.9                     
JAMESTOWN 3 W                         8.6                     
WARD 4.6 NE                           8.6                     
CRESCENT VILLAGE 3 SW                 8.0                     
PINECLIFFE 2 W                        8.0                     
RIVERSIDE 2.2 NE                      7.8                     
BOULDER 6.3 NW                        7.6                     
FORT COLLINS 5.4 N                    7.2                     
PINECLIFFE 3.1 ESE                    6.9                     
DILLON 2.3 SE                         6.5                     
CORTEZ 10 WNW                         6.0                     
LOVELAND 8 W                          6.0                     
BELLVUE 1 NW                          5.8                     
EMPIRE .2 E                           5.5                     
BRECKENRIDGE 3.3 SE                   5.4                     
FRISCO 0.5 N                          4.8                     
PAGOSA SPRINGS 13.7 SSE               4.5                     
SOUTH FORK 4.1 SW                     4.2                     
IDAHO SPRINGS 1.7 WSW                 4.0                     
LYONS 1.8 N                           4.0                     

...NEBRASKA...
MULLEN 15 S                           8.0                     
RUSHVILLE                             8.0                     
VALENTINE 65 WSW                      8.0                     
HAY SPRINGS                           6.0                     
KILGORE 1 NE                          6.0                     
OSHKOSH 10 NE                         5.5                     
ELSMERE 9 ENE                         5.0                     
NIOBRARA 5 S                          5.0                     
SCOTTSBLUFF 1 NW                      5.0                     

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
BEULAH 3 SE                          16.0                     
MISSION 5 SE                         16.0                     
NISLAND 3 ESE                        15.0                     
DEADWOOD 2 NE                        14.0                     
BELLE FOURCHE                        13.5                     
RAPID CITY                           13.5                     
DOWNTOWN STURGIS WSW                 12.0                     
OPAL                                 10.0                     
BEAR RIDGE                            8.0                     
CHAMBERLAIN                           8.0                     
DEERFIELD                             8.0                     
HOOVER 12 SSE                         8.0                     
MURDO                                 7.0                     
PIERRE 35 S                           7.0                     
ARMOUR                                6.5                     
OKATON 1 NW                           6.0                     
SALEM                                 6.0                     
NEWELL 2.8 ENE                        5.0                     
SILVER CITY                           4.9                     
KIMBALL 1 W                           4.5                     
LEAD 5.5 SSW                          4.5                     
MARTIN 19.6 ENE                       4.0                     
MOUND CITY 0.4 ENE                    4.0                     

...WYOMING...
HARRISBURG 12 NW                     12.0                     
NEW HAVEN                            11.0                     
YODER 6.5 SSE                        10.2                     
BRIDGEPORT 18 SW                     10.0                     
RECLUSE 17 N                         10.0                     
SUNDANCE SSE                         10.0                     
ELK MOUNTAIN 2.1 S                    9.2                     
HULETT 33.5 WNW                       8.8                     
ALBIN 0.7 WSW                         8.0                     
CHARDON                               8.0                     
BANNER 3.5 E                          7.5                     
CHEYENNE 2.3 W                        7.5                     
BUFFALO 7.3 NE                        6.8                     
RAWLINS 1 NW                          6.7                     
MEDICINE BOW 0.3 NE                   6.0                     
WHEATLAND 20.0 SW                     5.9                     
ROCK RIVER 9.6 WSW                    5.6                     
SHERIDAN 1.7 NW                       5.2                     
CASPER 10.7 ESE                       5.0                     
GREEN RIVER 0.2 WSW                   5.0                     
LARAMIE 27.3 WSW                      4.6                     
AFTON 12.2 S                          4.0                     

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...

...COLORADO...
HAXTUN                                  58                     
KIT CARSON 4 NNE                        55                     

...KANSAS...
MEDICINE LODGE 1 N                      59                     
MOUNDRIDGE                              54                     

...TEXAS...
HEREFORD 5 ENE                          58                     


THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD
TOWARD THE IOWA-MISSOURI BORDER BY TOMORROW MORNING. 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 OHIO VALLEY BY
TOMORROW NIGHT. 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 THROUGHOUT 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 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

KOST