Storm Summary Number 1 for Central U.S. Spring Storm
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
1200 AM CST Tue Mar 04 2025

...A deepening cyclone over the central U.S. is bringing hazardous
winds and severe weather across the Plains and snow in the
northern Rockies...

A Winter Storm Watch is active for portions of the northern
Midwest.

Winter Storm Warnings and Winter Weather Advisories are in effect
for Colorado and South Dakota.

Blizzard Warnings are active across eastern Colorado and portions
of the central Plains.

Red Flag Warnings are active across Texas.

High Wind Warnings are active over the southern and central
Plains, across the Mountain West for eastern Wyoming and Colorado,
and along the central Gulf Coast.

For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
and advisories, please see www.weather.gov

At 1100 PM CST...A strong area of low pressure has developed over
the Plains near the Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado border. The
occluded low pressure was analyzed at 986 mb (29.12 in. Hg) with a
cold front extending southward across Texas and a warm front
moving across Oklahoma. A squall line has developed across north
Texas and Oklahoma in the warm sector, and snow is falling across
areas of high elevation in Colorado on the cold side of the
system.

...Selected preliminary Peak Wind gusts in miles per hour earlier
in the event...

...COLORADO...
LA JUNTA MUNICIPIAL AIRPORT            53                    
PUEBLO AIRPORT                         49                    
LIMON AIRPORT                          48                    
RAMAH                                  44                    

...KANSAS...
MEDICINE LODGE                         43                    
WICHITA AIRPORT                        43                    
GUTHRIE AIRPORT                        41                    

...NEW MEXICO...
SALINAS PEAK                           90                    
ROSWELL AIR CENTER                     77                    
SAN AUGUSTIN PASS                      74                    
TUCUMCARI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT            70                    
NORTH OSCURA PEAK                      69                    
DORA                                   68                    
MINE                                   68                    

...OKLAHOMA...
INDIAN CITY                            43                    
GUTHRIE AIRPORT                        41                    

...TEXAS...
PINE SPRINGS                           85                    
DALHART 12 SW                          69                    
ROMERO S                               66                    
AMARILLO                               64                    
WHITES CITY                            62                    
FRITCH                                 60                    


The cyclone across the central Plains should continue to
strengthen in response to impressive dynamics across the region.
The storm system will move northeastward across the eastern Plains
into the Midwest region by Tuesday afternoon. In the warm sector
of the system, severe weather and scattered instances of flash
flooding are expected across the Gulf Coast and South. On the cold
side of the system, the central Plains and northern Plains will
see possible blizzard conditions as the cyclone wraps moisture
into an increasingly cold air mass on the back side of the system.
Furthermore, wind gusts will continue to be hazardous as the
system intensifies and continue the risk for power outages and
dust storms.

The next Storm Summary will be issued by the Weather Prediction
Center at 900 AM CST. Please refer to your local National Weather
Service office for additional information on this event.

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