Severe thunderstorms with destructive winds, very large hail, a couple tornadoes, and excessive rainfall will move across southern Oklahoma and northern Texas overnight. On Monday, scattered damaging winds, a couple tornadoes, and isolated large hail is possible across the Southeast U.S. into the Upper Ohio Valley. Excessive rainfall may bring flooding in the northern Gulf Coast and Northeast US. Read More >
SYNOPSIS: A strong slow-moving upper level low pressure system moved across the Great Basin and Four Corners area Thursday and Friday. The storm brought 20 to over 30 inches of snowfall to the eastern Wind River Mountains, and widespread precipitation amounts over 2.50" to the Wind River Basin. A top rainfall amount (with some snow mixed in) of 4.65 inches at a weather station in Arapahoe on the Wind River Indian Reservation. The Riverton Airport set an all-time daily record precipitation record with 2.64 inches of precipitation measured on March 31st. Lander had their 6th highest all-time daily precipitation total on 127 years of record, measuring 2.71 inches on March 31st. South Pass remained closed early Saturday morning due to a sustained period of blizzard conditions with around 20 inches of snowfall since Thursday evening. The Wyoming Department of Transportation expects to open the road sometime after 8 am Saturday morning. Please check the latest road conditions (https://map.wyoroad.info/wtimap/index.html) for updated closure information.
| Preliminary Snowfall Amounts for March 30-31, 2017 Click Image to Enlarge |
24 Hour Observed Precipitation on March 31, 2017 Click Image to Enlarge |
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