THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 06 FOR NORTHERN ROCKIES AND NORTHERN PLAINS
WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM CDT SAT OCT 05 2013
...EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST-CENTRAL PORTION OF
SOUTH DAKOTA.
WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN
EFFECT FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...AS WELL AS NORTHWESTERN
NEBRASKA.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 300 PM CDT...AN OCCLUDED CYCLONE WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
1004 MB...29.65 IN...WAS CENTERED IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...MOVING
SLOWLY EASTWARD. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT AS TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARMED TO
NEAR FREEZING OR ABOVE AROUND THE STORM...THE COVERAGE OF THE SNOW
IN WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA HAD BEEN SLOWLY DECREASING.
NEVERTHELESS...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS REMAINED IN PORTIONS OF
NORTHWSTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP TO 40 MPH
WERE OBSERVED.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 400 AM CDT THU OCT
03 THROUGH 300 PM CDT SAT OCT 05...
...COLORADO...
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS 1.9 E 19.6
COALMONT 9.3 SSE 13.1
COLLBRAN 4 S 12.5
YAMPA 5.1 S 11.4
MESA 6 S 11.0
OAK CREEK 5.5 E 8.9
CARBONDALE 7 NNE 6.0
MEEKER 2 WSW 6.0
VAIL 2 W 6.0
RIDGWAY 2 NW 5.0
WOLCOTT 2 N 4.5
...NORTH DAKOTA...
REEDER 9.0
NEW LEIPZIG 8.0
NEW SALEM 8.0
RHAME 7.0
BOWMAN 6.0
REGENT 4 E 6.0
FLASHER 3.5
BISMARK 2 NNW 3.0
...NEBRASKA...
CRAWFORD 13.0
AGATE 18 SE 10.0
CHADRON 10.0
GORDON 4.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
SILVER CITY 47.0
LEAD 43.5
PIEDMONT 1 NNW 35.0
RAPID CITY DOWNTOWN 31.0
WHITEWOOD 4.2 NNW 30.4
PORCUPINE 5 E 30.0
HERMOSA 5 W 29.0
SPEARFISH 26.0
WHITEWOOD 4 NNW 25.0
BISON 8 SE 24.0
MARTIN 24.0
SUNDANCE 24.0
DOWNTOWN PIEDMONT 1 NNW 20.0
RAPID CITY 1 E 18.3
FAITH 36.3 W 18.0
WRIGHT 15.0
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...COLORADO...
LIMON 60
...NEBRASKA...
HARRISON 70
CHADRON ST PARK 3 NNE 67
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
ELLSWORTH AFB 71
USTA 71
RAPID CITY DOWNTOWN 68
RAPID CITY 1 E 67
BRIDGER 2 SW 64
WHITLOCKS BAY REC 3 SSW 63
PENNINGTON 59
WASTA 3 WNW 59
WIND CAVE VISITORS 1 W 59
RAPID CITY AIRPORT 54
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...MONTANA...
PONY 5 SW 32.0
MCALLISTER 10 WNW 24.0
MELVILLE 4 W 21.3
MELVILLE 0.3 W 18.0
RED LODGE 1.9 S 18.0
BIG SKY 21 S 17.0
JACKSON 14 SSW 16.0
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS 18 W 14.0
LIVINGSTON 6.6 ESE 13.3
GRANT 18 W 12.0
...WYOMING...
CASPER 22 SSE 34.0
BARNUM 13 W 27.0
BUFFALO 13 WSW 24.0
CASPER 7 S 24.0
LANDER 19 SSW 20.0
MUDDY GAP 18.0
CASPER AIRPORT 15.0
POWDER RIVER SCHOOL 15.0
RAWLINS 14.1
RAWLINS 34 NE 14.0
LANDER 5.7 SW 13.8
BOSLER 12 ENE 12.0
CASPER 2.6 E 12.0
AS THE STORM BEGINS TO WEAKEN...AND THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND THE
STORM CONTINUES TO WARM...THE SNOW CURRENTLY ACROSS THE WESTERN
PART OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER
TO RAIN TONIGHT. A FEW ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED
BEFORE THE SNOW CHANGES OVER TO RAIN.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST STORM SUMMARY ISSUED BY THE WEATHER
PREDICTION CENTER FOR THIS EVENT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
KONG
Last Updated: 503 PM EDT SAT OCT 05 2013