STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...DYNAMIC STORM DEVELOPING ACROSS OKLAHOMA....

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE
CENTRAL US. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR AREAS FROM THE CENTRAL US
NORTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. NUMEROUS FLOOD AND FLASH
FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FROM MISSOURI
NORTHEASTWARD INTO CENTRAL NEW YORK. FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL
DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE REFER TO
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV.

AT 900 AM CST...A 1001 MILLIBAR...29.56 INCHES...LOW PRESSURE
CENTER WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. A SLOWLY MOVING COLD
FRONT EXTENDED NORTHEASTWARD TO A WEAKER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
DEPICTED A WEAKENING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH
THE OHIO VALLEY WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN BEHIND IT. LIGHT SNOW
CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS KANSAS AND NEBRASKA...WHILE A COLD RAIN
WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS
WESTERN MISSOURI AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM 900 PM CST
MONDAY FEB 4 THROUGH 800 AM CST TUESDAY FEB 5...

...KANSAS...
OBERLIN                       6.0 
GOODLAND                      4.8 
COLBY 0.6 NNW                 4.5 
ELLIS 11 NNE                  3.2 
SUBLETTE                      2.0 

...NEBRASKA...
ROSELAND                      4.0 
CULBERTSON                    2.5 

...COLORADO...
GOLDEN 2 SW                   9.6 
6 SW EVERGREEN                8.1 
CONIFER 3.4 WNW               8.0 
WALSENBURG 1 WNW              7.6 
GLEN HAVEN                    6.3 


THE STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TODAY TOWARD
THE MID-MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI AND
TENNESSEE VALLEYS IN THE WARMER AIRMASS. TO THE NORTH...A WINTRY
MIX WILL SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION BY
THIS EVENING. THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX
INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE FROM NORTHERN KANSAS INTO THE SOUTHERN
GREAT LAKES REGION AND INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND...FREEZING RAIN
ACCUMULATIONS OF AT LEAST ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE JUST SOUTH
OF THE SNOW AREA...AND HEAVY RAINFALL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IS
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
THE STORM SYSTEM...ITS ATTENDANT COLD FRONT...AND THE BULK OF THE
PRECIPITATION SHOULD EXIT THE EAST COAST BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 300 PM CST TUESDAY FEBRUARY 5. PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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