THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 04 FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. HEAVY RAIN
AND NORTHERN PLAINS HEAVY SNOW
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...LARGE SPRING STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO BRING SNOW TO PORTIONS
OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS AND HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE
WEATHER TO MUCH OF THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHEAST AND
MID-ATLANTIC...
HIGH WIND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS.
FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND FLOOD ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST AND TENNESSEE VALLEY AS WELL AS PORTIONS
OF THE OHIO VALLEY AND MID-ATLANTIC. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN
EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTHWEST ALABAMA...AND SOUTH
CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHERN PLAINS
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 A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 990
MB...29.24 INCHES...WAS CENTERED OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA. A COLD
FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM THE SURFACE LOW INTO THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...BECOMING A STATIONARY FRONT IN THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. A WEST TO EAST ORIENTED STATIONARY BOUNDARY
EXTENDED FROM THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY
AND CAROLINAS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF RAIN NORTH AND EAST OF
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE MID-ATLANTIC.
AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...ORGANIZED CONVECTION IS AFFECTING THE
OHIO...TENNESSEE...AND MID/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL AND SEVERE WEATHER. WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE SURFACE
LOW...AREAS OF GENERALLY LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WERE OCCURRING ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CDT SAT APR
26 THROUGH 900 PM CDT MON APR 28...
...MONTANA...
SIDNEY 3.0
...NORTH DAKOTA...
WATFORD CITY 7.0
GRASSY BUTTE 6.8
RHAME 1.9 E 5.5
REEDER 5.0
STANLEY NW 4.8
BEACH 4.0
BOWMAN 4.0
KILLDEER 4.0
MANDAREE 4.0
WILLISTON 4.0
SCRANTON 3.0
...NEBRASKA...
GORDON 6 N 3.0
HAY SPRINGS 3.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
DEADWOOD 10.0
LEAD 7 SSE 10.0
ROCHFORD 7 NW 10.0
DEERFIELD 10 NW 7.0
LEAD 7.0
PENNINGTON 7.0
PORCUPINE 5 E 7.0
MARTIN 15 W 5.5
RALPH 8 SSE 4.0
SAINT ONCE 2 NNW 4.0
SPEARFISH 4.0
DEADWOOD 15 SSE 3.5
LEMMON 3.0
...WYOMING...
FOUR CORNERS 6.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CDT SAT APR
26 THROUGH 900 PM CDT MON APR 28...
...ALABAMA...
MUSCLE SHOALS RGNL ARPT 2.74
...ARKANSAS...
BATESVILLE 6.55
CORNING 2.1 W 6.37
POCAHONTAS 8.6 SSW 5.75
RAVENDEN SPRINGS 5.22
EVENING SHADE 1.2 S 5.20
CALICO ROCK 1.6 E 5.00
HARDY 11.0 S 4.38
WALNUT RIDGE RGNL ARPT 4.08
SADDLE 3.94
DOVER 3.0 SW 3.11
HEBER SPRINGS 0.8 WSW 3.05
SCOTTSVILLE 2.99
WILBURN 2.83
JONESBORO MUNI ARPT 2.52
HARRISON/BOONE CO. ARPT 1.97
...IOWA...
AMES 1.5 NNE 2.72
KEOKUK 0.6 NE 2.61
HARTFORD 1.0 ENE 2.51
GILBERT 0.2 W 2.42
NORTH LIBERTY 1.0 ENE 2.07
OSAGE 2.04
DAVENPORT/QUAD CITIES WFO 1.89
IOWA CITY MUNI ARPT 1.84
DEWITT ENE 1.56
MUSCATINE 1 ESE 1.50
CALAMUS 2 SSW 1.40
DUBUQUE MUNI ARPT 1.14
CLINTON MUNI ARPT 1.07
BURLINGTON RGNL ARPT 1.04
...ILLINOIS...
EFFINGHAM 1.2 E 3.31
WATSON 3.25
EFFINGHAM 3 SW 2.80
FLORA 2.65
GALESBURG 2.65
QUINCY 2.53
ALTONA 2.23
EFFINGHAM 2.04
NW GALESBURG 1.85
CAMBRIDGE 1 W 1.80
BIRDS 3 W 1.64
HUTSONVILLE 1.56
ARTHUR 1 W 1.34
HARRISBURG 1.28
SHERMAN 1.11
...INDIANA...
EVANSVILLE RGNL ARPT 2.32
...KANSAS...
WESTMORELAND 5.50
WOODBINE 7 N 5.00
MANHATTAN 2.53
CHAPMAN 4 S 2.40
OKETO 3 W 2.00
OLATHE/JOHNSON CO. EXE ARPT 1.21
...KENTUCKY...
PADUCAH 3.39
OWENSBORO/DAVIES CO ARPT 2.82
HENDERSON CITY 2.78
BOWLING GREEN-WARREN CO. ARPT 2.72
LOUISVILLE 1.87
...MINNESOTA...
BUFFALO MUNI ARPT 3.52
NORTH SAINT PAUL 1 NW 3.08
MINNETONKA 1 WSW 2.85
MINNEAPOLIS/FLYING CLOUD ARPT 2.76
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS 1 S 2.62
CHANHASSEN NWS 2.51
STACY 2.45
MANKATO 2 SW 2.40
WELLS 2.34
WILD RIVER STATE PARK 2.08
ST. PAUL DOWNTOWN SRPT 2.01
MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL ARPT 1.90
CLENCOE 1.07
MANKATO MUNI ARPT 1.02
...MISSOURI...
PARMA 7.90
POPLAR BLUFF 5.48
QUILIN 5.01
POPLAR BLUFF 7 NW 4.65
DONIPHAN 3.98
CAPE GIRARDEAU MUNI ARPT 3.63
PIEDMONT 3.48
JACKSON 3.18
WAPPAPELLO 3.03
MARBLE HILL 3.00
PALMYRA 2.02
WHITEMAN AFB/SEDALIA 1.77
KANSAS CITY INTL ARPT 1.73
JEFFERSON CITY ARPT 1.17
...MISSISSIPPI...
COLUMBUS AFB 1.07
...NORTH CAROLINA...
SEABOARD 2.00
...NORTH DAKOTA...
GACKLE 1.35
HARVEY 1.28
...NEBRASKA...
CHERRY 2.81
KILGORE 1 NE 2.40
VALENTINE ARPT 2.28
VALENTINE/MILLER FIELD 2.12
NEBRASKA CITY 1.54
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
GETTYSBURG 2.58
WINNER 2.24
DOWNTOWN HOT SPRINGS 1.75
MARTIN 13 WSW 1.70
ABERDEEN REG ARPT 1.29
NEWELL 3 ENE 1.04
...TENNESSEE...
MEMPHIS INTL ARPT 2.57
NASHVILLE METRO ARPT 2.38
DYERSBURG MUNI ARPT 2.06
...WISCONSIN...
OSCEOLA 2.06
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...COLORADO...
KIT CARSON 61
YUMA 58
CHEYENNE 54
SEIBERT 51
...KANSAS...
GOVE 54
LOGAN 54
COLBY 2 ENE 53
THOMAS 53
ATWOOD 4 N 52
OAKLEY 2 ESE 49
GRINNELL 46
...MICHIGAN...
OLD MISSION 2 SSW 53
MACATAWA 50
...MINNESOTA...
MANKATO 69
MANKATO MUNI ARPT 69
KNIFE RIVER 1 N 50
DULUTH INTL ARPT 48
DULUTH 46
...MISSOURI...
KANSAS CITY INTL ARPT 50
...NEBRASKA...
SIDNEY 54
SCOTTSBLUFF 51
...OKLAHOMA...
GUYMON 2 W 61
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
RAPID CITY 60
...TEXAS...
FLOYDADA 2 NNE 63
SUNDOWN 8 WSW 63
AMHERST 1 NE 62
DIMMITT 2 NE 62
HART 3 N 60
FRIONA 2 NE 59
MULESHOE 2 SSW 59
ABERNATHY 5 ENE 58
LUBBOCK 6 NE 58
MORTON 1 ENE 58
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE VERY SLOW-MOVING TONIGHT AND IS
FORECAST TO BE CENTERED OVER CENTRAL IOWA BY TOMORROW MORNING.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE
TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS...SOUTHEAST...AND MID-ATLANTIC WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER
AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST AND TENNESSEE
VALLEY. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM THE GREAT LAKES
TO THE MID-ATLANTIC THROUGH TOMORROW. WEST OF THE SURFACE LOW IN
THE COLD AIR...SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS
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.
KREKELER
Last Updated: 1034 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014