THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 04 FOR CENTRAL ROCKIES TO UPPER MIDWEST SNOW
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 AM CDT THU MAY 02 2013

...LIGHT SNOW FALLING ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WITH A BAND OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO
THE UPPER MIDWEST....

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FROM EAST COLORADO
NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 300 AM CDT...A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINED ANCHORED
ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. MOISTURE
AHEAD OF AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES
CONTINUED TO BE LIFTED AND PRECIPITATED AS SNOW IN THE COLD AIR
BEHIND A POLAR FRONT STRETCHED FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES INTO THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT A NARROW BAND OF LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW... WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER POCKETS... EXTENDED FROM
EASTERN COLORADO NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND THE
WESTERN PARK OF LAKE SUPERIOR. FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST... A COLD
RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS FALLING ACROSS WESTERN
OKLAHOMA... CENTRAL KANSAS... AND INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA.  ALL OF THE
PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING IN A GENERAL NORTHEAST DIRECTION.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1200 AM CDT TUE
APR 30 THROUGH 300 AM CDT WED MAY 01...

...COLORADO...
BUCKHORN MOUNTAIN 1 E                28.2                    
PINGREE PARK 3 WNW                   24.0                    
ESTES PARK 1.8 S                     19.4                    
CAMERON PASS 1 NNW                   18.0                    
STOVE PRAIRIE 2 WNW                  17.0                    
FORT COLLINS 2 ENE                   16.0                    
TRAIL RIDGE 5 N                      16.0                    
LIVERMORE 9.9 WSW                    15.5                    
BRECKENRIDGE 2 SSE                   15.3                    
GLEN HAVEN 1.6 NE                    15.0                    
DRAKE 5.3 WNW                        14.5                    
NEDERLAND 4 ENE                      14.5                    
WARD 5 NE                            14.5                    
BOULDER 2 SSW                         8.0                    
DENVER 3 SE                           5.0                    

...IOWA...
RINGSTED                              6.5                    
SIOUX RAPIDS 4 E                      6.2                    
FOREST CITY 6 N                       6.0                    
HAWARDEN                              5.0                    
FENTON                                4.7                    
ALTA                                  4.3                    
EMMETSBURG                            4.0                    
GEORGE                                4.0                    
LITTLE SIOUX 2 NW                     4.0                    
ROCK VALLEY                           4.0                    
TERRIL 3 SE                           3.5                    
SIOUX CENTER 2 SE                     3.2                    

...KANSAS...
ST. FRANCIS 12 NNW                    2.0                    

...MINNESOTA...
OWATONNA                              8.0                    
HASTINGS 1 N                          5.5                    
LISMORE                               4.0                    
RED WING                              4.0                    
CLARKS GROVE                          3.6                    
BERNE 2 NE                            2.5                    
HAYWARD 8 S                           2.5                    
SLAYTON                               2.5                    
NEW POST                              2.0                    
LAKEFIELD 2 NE                        1.4                    

...NEBRASKA...
DALTON 0.4 SE                         5.0                    
GERING 10.1 S                         5.0                    
SCOTTSBLUFF 2.7 WNW                   4.2                    
BAYARD 13.5 NNE                       4.0                    
ELLSWORTH                             4.0                    
ARTHUR                                3.0                    
MULLEN                                3.0                    
VALLEY 1 N                            2.4                    
COLERIDGE                             2.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
BERESFORD 2 S                         6.0                    
SIOUX FALLS 3.4 ESE                   2.0                    

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

...WYOMING...
WARREN AFB 20.6 WSW                  18.2                    
CHEYENNE 15 W                        15.0                    
LANDER 5.7 SW                        12.2                    
CARPENTER 3.9 NNE                    10.0                    
WHEATLAND 20.0 SW                     9.1                    
PINE BLUFFS 0.8 SW                    9.0                    
SOUTH GREELEY 6.2 SW                  9.0                    
BURNS 6 WNW                           8.5                    
HILLSDALE 0.1 N                       8.5                    
LA GRANGE 4.4 ESE                     8.1                    
YODER 6.5 SSE                         7.5                    
LARAMIE 1 N                           6.0                    


MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
SNOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND THE UPPER MIDWEST TODAY. A BAND
OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FROM EASTERN COLORADO
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS...EASTERN NEBRASKA AND INTO
THE UPPER MIDWEST... WITH SNOW ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PLAINS GRADUALLY THROUGHOUT THE DAYTIME HOURS. SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT THURSDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF ON
FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. TOTAL STORM
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...
ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES WITH UP TO 6
INCHES IN THE DENVER METRO AREA. BETWEEN 2 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED
FOR PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST WITH A
NARROW HEAVIER BAND OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL IOWA AND
NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE MICHIGAN UPPER
PENINSULA.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 1000 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

MONARSKI




Last Updated: 435 AM EDT THU MAY 02 2013