THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 06 FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS WINTER
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 PM CDT TUE APR 09 2013
...SNOW BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES
BUT CONTINUES TO FALL IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS ALONG
WITH FREEZING RAIN...HAIL AND THUNDERSTORMS BEHIND A DYNAMIC
ARCTIC FRONT...
ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT NEAR THE MINNESOTA-IOWA-SOUTH
DAKOTA-NEBRASKA BORDER.
BLIZZARD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF
UTAH AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES EXTENDING EASTWARD
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND INTO PARTS OF THE UPPER MIDWEST.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA.
FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE UPPER
MIDWEST AND INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 900 PM CDT...A SURFACE LOW WITH CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1004
MB...29.65 INCHES...WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF TOPEKA
KANSAS...MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF A WELL-DEFINED
ARCTIC COLD FRONT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS CONTINUED TO SHOW A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION COVERING
MUCH OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
PLAINS. TEMPERATURES FALLING WELL BELOW FREEZING ALONG WITH
SNOW...THUNDERSTORMS AND HAIL CONTINUED TO BE REPORTED FROM ACROSS
EASTERN NEBRASKA...SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. FARTHER
SOUTH...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL DEVELOPED JUST BEHIND THE ARCTIC
FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND INTO NORTHERN TEXAS ALONG WITH
WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AS TEMPERATURES PLUNGED FROM THE 70S AND
80S DOWN TOWARDS FREEZING IN THE PAST FEW HOURS.
MEANWHILE...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...LOCALLY HEAVY...CONTINUED TO
FALL ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CDT SUN APR
07 THROUGH 900 PM CDT TUE APR 09...
...COLORADO...
ELDORADO SPRINGS 17.9
ORODELL 1 N 16.5
IDLEDALE 3 NW 10.9
RED MOUNTAIN PASS 10.0
RYE 1 SSW 7.0
GOLDEN 0.7 NW 6.9
LITTLETON 6.6 W 6.0
DENVER INTL ARPT 4 W 3.5
BLACK HAWK 3 N 3.0
BREEN 3.0
GOTHIC 3.0
PAGOSA SPRINGS 5 W 3.0
BOULDER 2 WSW 2.8
DENVER 3.6 WSW 2.5
VAIL 0.9 WNW 2.1
ESTES PARK 2.0
...IDAHO...
BURLEY 18 SE 10.3
KETCHUM 22 NW 9.3
PRESTON 20 NE 9.2
DRIGGS 10 ENE 5.6
...MONTANA...
MARTINSDALE 13 SSW 12.0
PONY 5 SW 11.0
ISLAND PARK 25 WNW 9.9
DUPUYER 15 SW 9.0
ROUNDUP 4 SSE 9.0
WIBAUX 9.0
KINSEY 2 W 8.8
RED LODGE 2 W 8.0
SAINT PHILLIP 10 SW 8.0
KLEIN 1 S 7.4
CRAIG 8 NE 6.0
...NEBRASKA...
CHADRON 12.0
ALLIANCE 7.4 NW 10.0
HAY SPRINGS 7.5 WSW 10.0
SCOTTSBLUFF 6.6 NE 8.0
GERING 0.4 E 5.4
KIMBALL 5.0
DIX 4.0
GURLEY 1.3 W 4.0
RINGGOLD 13 NE 3.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
STURGIS 2 E 11.5
SPEARFISH 0.1 WSW 11.0
PACTOLA RESERVOIR 4 S 9.0
DUPREE 8.0
HAYES 6 SE 7.5
KENNEBEC 7.0
OPAL 7.0
MURDO 11.8 S 6.0
CHAMBERLAIN 5.0
HERMOSA 7 W 5.0
HILL CITY 5.0
NEWELL 2.8 ENE 5.0
PIERRE 4.8
CUSTER 5.9 SW 4.2
WOONSOCKET 4.0
GREGORY 1 WNW 2.8
PICKSTOWN 2.8
HERMOSA 5 W 2.5
PLATTE NE 2.5
...UTAH...
PARK CITY 16.0
THE CANYONS 16.0
ALTA 13.0
BIG COTTONWOOD SPRUCES 12.0
BRIGHTON 12.0
SOLITUDE 11.0
SNYDERVILLE 10.0
LAKETOWN 9.0
...WYOMING...
LANDER AIRPORT 18.6
INDIAN CREEK SNOTEL 18.0
TOWNSEND CREEK SNOTEL 14.0
CASPER MOUNTAIN 12.0
THERMOPOLIS 9 NE 11.6
HAMS FORK SNOTEL 11.0
RIVERTON 10.1
SNIDER BASIN 10.0
WHEATLAND 8 SW 10.0
WILLOW CREEK SNOTEL 10.0
LANCE CREEK 8.0
SARATOGA 6.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CDT SUN APR 07
THROUGH 900 PM CDT TUE APR 09...
...NEBRASKA...
AINSWORTH 0.50
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
700 AM CDT SUN APR 07 THROUGH 900 PM CDT TUE APR 09...
...NEBRASKA...
ANSELMO 2 W 1.75
NORTH PLATTE 15 NNE 0.25
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
PLATTE 13 NNW 0.20
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...ARIZONA...
FORT HUACHUCA 1 ESE 61
...CALIFORNIA...
CASTAIC LAKE 6 SSW 84
LANCASTER 12 WNW 67
SAN FERNANDO 5 NNE 66
...COLORADO...
MOUNT ABRAMS 69
HOEHNE 3 ESE 68
BLENDE 4 NE 67
SILVERTON 2 SE 63
PINON 5 NNW 62
CAMPO 4 SW 61
FALCON 3 ENE 59
...KANSAS...
GLENDALE 4 E 60
GOODLAND 55
...NEBRASKA...
NORTH PLATTE 3 E 60
...NEW MEXICO...
ENCINOSO 18 NNE 61
GALLUP 3 WNW 61
RED HILL 1 N 61
FRUITLAND 6 NW 60
FARMINGTON 2 W 58
...NEVADA...
RUBY VALLEY 5 SW 74
...UTAH...
CENTERVILLE 70
DIDDLE KNOLL 63
UPPER CEDAR MTN 63
OGDEN PEAK 61
BOUNTIFUL 4 NNW 59
WEBER CANYON POWER PLANT 57
WEST GRANITE 57
GUNNISON ISLAND 56
THE ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE
PLAINS AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVES NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE
MIDWEST BY THURSDAY. SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT. A
NARROW BAND OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG
THE TRANSITION ZONE FROM RAIN TO SNOW BEHIND THE ARCTIC FRONT
WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST...WITH 12 TO 20 INCHES
POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH DAKOTA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF
LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF
TONIGHT IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.
SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY...ALTHOUGH LIGHT SNOW WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE
INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 400 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
KONG
Last Updated: 1120 PM EDT TUE APR 09 2013