THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 04 FOR ROCKIES INTO NORTHERN PLAINS WINTER
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 AM MDT WED APR 17 2013
...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FALLING ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES INTO
THE NORTHERN PLAINS...
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.
WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA...MINNESOTA...AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 200 AM MDT...A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WITH ESTIMATED SEA-LEVEL
PRESSURE OF 1001 MB... 29.60 INCHES... WAS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER
THE HIGH TERRAIN OF CENTRAL COLORADO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES
NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND WESTERN MINNESOTA.
COLD AIR BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS ADVANCING
SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST U.S. IN WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE BEING OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF THE GREAT
BASIN.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1200 PM MDT MON
APR 15 THROUGH 200 AM MDT WED APR 17...
...COLORADO...
GOLDEN 9.4 WNW 24.5
ESTES PARK 1 SSE 23.0
FORT COLLINS 2.8 NE 21.5
JAMESTOWN 3 W 21.0
GREELEY 10.5 SSE 18.6
LOVELAND 12.2 W 18.2
ERIE SW 17.1
BOULDER 4.7 E 16.1
LAFAYETTE 0.4 WSW 16.0
LOUISVILLE 1 NNW 15.7
GENESEE 15.4
FREDERICK 15.0
EVERGREEN 6.5 WSW 14.5
ROLLINSVILLE 1.1 SSW 13.3
WHEAT RIDGE 12.6
DENVER 3 SE 9.5
...MINNESOTA...
MOORHEAD 2.0 N 8.8
TWO HARBORS 7 NW 7.5
SILVER BAY 7.0
BRECKENRIDE 3 SE 6.4
FRAZEE 6.0
LONG PRAIRIE 6.0
SABIN 5.9
GRAND RAPIDS 6.2 SSW 5.5
LUTSEN 5.5
DULUTH 5 NW 4.1
INTERNATIONAL FALLS 1.9
...MONTANA...
HINSDALE 4 SW 14.6
BLOOMFIELD 13 NE 14.0
CULBERTSON 14 SSE 13.0
FORSYTH 13 NW 12.0
BLOOMFIELD 5 NE 11.0
GLASGOW 10.0
SIDNEY 10.0
ZORTMAN 9.0
GLENDIVE 1E 7.0
ROCK SPRINGS 3 NNW 7.0
PLEVNA SE 6.5
REED POINT 8.6 WSW 6.0
OUTLOOK 5.6 WNW 5.0
RED LODGE 3.0 SW 5.0
HELENA 1.0
...NORTH DAKOTA...
BISMARCK 23.5
CENTER 22.0
ELLENDALE 20.0
LINCOLN 2 S 19.4
HAZELTON 4 NW 18.7
STERLING 17.0
ALMONT 16.5
KULM 4 NNE 15.5
MANDAN 15.0
GARRISON 14.0
KULM 0.1 WSW 13.4
GRASSY BUTTE 12.5
LISBON 11.0
FARGO 10.8
...NEBRASKA...
NORTH PLATTE 5.3
SCOTTSBLUFF 5.0
KIMBALL 3.5
...NEVADA...
GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK 16.0
MAJORS PLACE 10 NNW 8.0
MCGILL 10 ESE 8.0
AUSTIN 6.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
HOVEN 2 N 16.0
HOUGHTON 4 SE 14.0
LEOLA 12.5
CLAREMONT 2.4 SSE 12.1
MOBRIDGE 12.0
POLLOCK 12.0
ROSCOE 12.0
HERREID 3.6 ESE 11.0
ABERDEEN 1.5 SSW 10.8
ROSCOE 0.3 NNW 10.1
BOWDLE 9.5
EUREKA 9.0
CLAREMONT 2 SSE 8.0
HOT SPRINGS 6.0
DOWNTOWN CUSTER 1 E 4.0
DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY 7 SW 3.5
...UTAH...
BRIGHTON CREST 13.0
FLAMING GORGE DAM 12.0
ALTAMONT 10.0
...WISCONSIN...
BRUCE 12 N 4.5
BUTTERNUT 5.9 SW 4.0
ODANAH 1.5 E 4.0
MELLEN 18.6 SW 3.8
BAYFIELD 8.8 N 3.1
ALEXANDRIA 3.0
GLIDDEN 3.0
HAYWARD 8 S 3.0
...WYOMING...
ENCAMPMENT 11 SSE 26.0
CENTENNIAL 7 NW 18.0
ESTERBROOK 12 SW 18.0
MEDICINE BOW 12.0
LANDER 5.7 SW 10.5
DULL CENTER 10.0
CHEYENNE 9.0
SAVERY 28 E 9.0
BILL 8.0
DOUGLAS 8.0
SARATOGA 8.0
PINE BLUFFS 8.2 WSW 7.1
LARAMIE 10 SE 6.0
CENTENNIAL 3.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
1200 PM MDT MON APR 15 THROUGH 200 AM MDT WED APR 17...
...MINNESOTA...
DULUTH 5 NW 0.05
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...ARIZONA...
WINSLOW AIRPORT 68
HOUSEROCK VALLEY 63
SHOW LOW AIRPORT 61
...COLORADO...
SILVERTON 2 SE 86
BLENDE 4 NE 66
ROYAL GORGE 11 S 60
...WYOMING...
LARAMIE 57
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT
HAS ENDED...
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
ESTELLE 0.25
GROTON 0.25
WATERTOWN 0.15
ANDOVER 0.10
RAYMOND 0.10
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL ROCKIES IS FORECAST TO
BEGIN MOVING MORE STEADILY TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST LATER TONIGHT.
THIS WILL ALLOW MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER TO SPREAD BACK INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILL AREAS OF
CENTRAL COLORADO ON WEDNESDAY. FARTHER NORTH IN THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS... LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO BECOME LIGHTER AND MORE SCATTERED ON WEDNESDAY. STORM
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES... WITH LOCALIZED
HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING OR EXCEEDING TWO FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN
EASTERN WYOMING AS WELL AS FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES IN
COLORADO. AS THE LOW MOVES OFF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND
INTENSIFIES IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS IN THE LATTER PART OF THE
WEEK...MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS
INTO UPPER MIDWEST WHERE SNOW TOTALS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...MOISTURE RETURNING FROM THE GULF OF
MEXICO AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY
RAINFALL IN THE GREAT LAKES AND MIDWEST DURING THE LATTER HALF OF
THE WEEK.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 900 AM MDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
KREKELER
Last Updated: 431 AM EDT WED APR 17 2013