STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS SPRING SNOW
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
300 AM MDT SAT APR 18 2009
 
...HEAVY WET SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN
EFFECT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 200 AM MDT...A 1011 MB SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED OVER THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A BAND OF MIXED PRECIPITATION NORTH
OF THE SURFACE LOW...STRETCHING ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
 LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS FALLING ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AND INTO
THE FOOTHILLS OF THE COLORADO ROCKIES...WHILE PRECIPITATION WAS
MOSTLY RAIN OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO AND INTO
KANSAS AND NEBRASKA.  IN ADDITION...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE MIDDLE AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY...AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM MDT THU APR
16 THROUGH 300 AM MDT SAT APR 18...

...COLORADO...
PINECLIFFE 3 SE                      42.6                     
BLACK HAWK 3 N                       34.4                     
NEDERLAND 4 ENE                      34.0                     
GENESEE                              33.0                     
ELDORADO SPRINGS 4 WSW               32.0                     
S EVERGREEN                          31.0                     
TABERNASH 2 SSE                      28.0                     
VIRGINIA DALE 7 E                    27.0                     
BUCKHORN MOUNTAIN 1 E                25.1                     
GOLDEN 2 SW                          24.0                     
GUNNINSON 21 E                       21.0                     
ASPEN PARK 5 ESE                     20.0                     
ELDORA                               20.0                     
BAILEY 3 NNE                         18.0                     
BERGEN PARK 2 ENE                    18.0                     
LIVERMORE 12 SW                      17.0                     
CRESTONE 1 SSE                       16.0                     
LA VETA 15.2 NW                      15.5                     
IDAHO SPRINGS 4.7 SSE                15.3                     
BAKERVILLE                           15.0                     
WOODLAND PARK 1 WSW                  15.0                     
NW DENVER                             9.0                     

...NEW MEXICO...
GASCON                               12.0                     
TAOS 2 SSE                            5.6                     
CHAMA                                 5.0                     
SANDIA PARK 5 ESE                     4.5                     
ANGEL FIRE                            4.0                     
LOS ALAMOS                            4.0                     
SEDILLO 2 NW                          4.0                     
TESQUE 3 NE                           4.0                     
SANTA FE                              2.5                     

...WYOMING...
AFTON 17 E                           17.0                     
JACKSON 9.9 NNW                      17.0                     
LANDER 3.5 SW                        15.0                     
CROWHEART 14 W                       14.0                     
DUBOIS 6 WSW                         14.0                     
KEMMERER 36 N                        14.0                     
MEETEETSE 30 SW                      13.5                     
ROCK RIVER 9.6 WSW                   13.0                     
THAYNE 17.2 E                        12.0                     
RIVERTON 2 W                         11.5                     
BONDURANT 19 SW                      11.0                     
SOUTH ENTRANCE 8 W                   11.0                     
WAPITI 19 WSW                        11.0                     


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL
SLOWLY PROGRESS EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS DURING THE DAY
SATURDAY.  ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION IS WINDING DOWN ACROSS THE
FOOTHILLS AND FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  THIS LATE SPRING STORM
HAS ALREADY BROUGHT A WIDESPREAD 2 TO 3 FEET OF SNOW TO THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES BEFORE THIS STORM EXITS INTO THE
PLAINS.  FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN
A THREAT OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.  ALSO...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING
EXISTS OVER THE WESTERN GULF COAST REGION.  

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 900 AM MDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

GERHARDT