STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 6 FOR CENTRAL PLAINS TO GREAT LAKES WINTER
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
400 AM CDT SUN APR 05 2009
 
...A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WITH POSSIBLE LIFE THREATENING
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IS ENTERING THE MIDWEST...
 
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 400 AM CDT...A 999 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS LOCATED IN
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN IOWA 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...SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA...WHILE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS REPORTED IN
WISCONSIN...KANSAS AND COLORADO.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 100 PM CDT FRI APR
03 THROUGH 1000 PM CDT SUN APR 05...

...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                    
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                     
VALENITNE 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                     
HARDING 1 N                          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                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...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                     


THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST NORTHEAST
TOWARDS THE OHIO VALLEY ON SUNDAY...MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES
REGION BY MONDAY MORNING. AS THE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO TRACK
TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES ON SUNDAY EVENING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
WILL SUBSIDE. A LACK OF SUBSTANTIALLY COLD AIR IN THE MIDWEST WILL
RESULT IN LOWER ACCUMULATIONS THAN THOSE SEEN IN THE PLAINS.
LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE GREAT
LAKES.

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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