THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
900 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015
...WINTER STORM MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL U.S....
WINTER STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NEBRASKA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA
EASTWARD THROUGH THE MIDWEST...OHIO VALLEY...LOWER GREAT
LAKES...AND INTO THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 800 PM CST...A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST U.S. WITH A NEARLY CLOSED OFF UPPER LEVEL LOW ACROSS
NORTHWESTERN MEXICO. THIS CLOSED LOW WAS ALLOWING PLENTY OF
MID-LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE SUBTROPICAL PACIFIC TO STREAM
NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADARS AND OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE
TO LOCALLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS AND INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
AT THIS POINT...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS IN THE FORM OF SNOW
ACROSS NEBRASKA...IOWA...AND NORTHERN MISSOURI...WITH RAIN BEING
REPORTED TO THE SOUTH.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 PM CST THU JAN
29 THROUGH 800 PM CST SAT JAN 31...
...COLORADO...
UPPER SAN JUAN 6.0
COAL BANK PASS 5.5
KEBLER PASS 3 N 5.5
MONARCH PASS 1 NNW 5.0
PAGOSA SPRINGS 2.5 W 4.5
MAYSVILLE 4.2
DURANGO 18 NNE 4.0
...IOWA...
LAKE VIEW 2.5
LAURENS 2.3
...KANSAS...
BEATTIE 2 NE 4.0
...MISSOURI...
GILMAN CITY 2.0
...NEBRASKA...
MULLEN 16 SW 5.0
WILBER 4.0
ALLIANCE 3.0
BASSETT 2.5
...NEW MEXICO...
SANTA FE 1 WNW 5.5
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
TEA 1 SE 3.0
SIOUX FALLS 3 SSE 2.5
YANKTON 2.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 PM CST THU JAN
29 THROUGH 800 PM CST SAT JAN 31...
...NEW MEXICO...
MOGOLLON 3 WSW 1.73
PLEASANTON 1.58
...TEXAS...
MARFA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 2.27
PINE SPRINGS 1 NE 2.05
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...COLORADO...
COAL BANK PASS 5.5
...NEW MEXICO...
LOS ALAMOS 6 W 15.0
TIERRA AMARILLA 14.0
CHAMA 12.3
DULCE 12.0
LINDRITH 1 W 11.5
COWLES 11.0
ALCALDE 19 N 10.0
RED RIVER 10.0
BLUEWATER LAKE 11 WSW 9.0
EDGEWOOD 4.8 NW 8.0
QUESTA 2.2 NNE 8.0
SANDIA PARK 4 NW 7.0
TAOS 2 SSE 6.5
SANTA FE 1 WNW 5.5
...UTAH...
EAST WILLOW CREEK 6.0
CEDAR POINT 5.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...ARIZONA...
CLIFTON ALERT WEATHER STATION 6.30
MILLER CARR CANYON ALERT GAUGE 5.91
MT LEMMON ALERT 5.70
DAN SADDLE 5.27
WHITE TAIL 5.04
SIERRA VISTA 8 S 4.78
ITALIAN TRAP 4.57
CARR RAWS 4.30
MORENCI 11 N 4.02
DRAGOON 3.98
MONTEZUMA CANYON 3.94
TEMPE 2 E 2.75
FLAGSTAFF AIRPORT 2.69
...NEVADA...
NELSON 1.57
SAM'S TOWN 2 NNW 1.29
THE BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD
OVERNIGHT...REACHING THE CENTRAL U.S. BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. AS
THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY EXITS THE MOUNTAINS...AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL
PLAINS ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES
EASTWARD TOWARDS THE OHIO VALLEY. AN ORGANIZED AREA OF SNOW
SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND INTO
THE OHIO VALLEY BY SUNDAY... EVENTUALLY REACHING THE NORTHEAST BY
MONDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED FROM IOWA TO MASSACHUSETTS
AND DOWNEAST MAINE. OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...LIGHTER AMOUNTS ON THE ORDER OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 300 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
RUBIN-OSTER/HURLEY/PEREIRA
Last Updated: 938 PM EST SAT JAN 31 2015