STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...DYNAMIC STORM DEVELOPING IN THE CENTRAL U.S....

WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES...AS WELL AS
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS A LARGE
PORTION OF THE CENTRAL U.S. INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. WINTER
STORM WATCHES...SNOW ADVISORIES...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE LOWER GREAT LAKES...AS WELL AS
WESTERN NEW ENGLAND AND  NORTHERN MAINE. 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 300 PM CST...A DEEPENING 998 MILLIBAR...29.47 INCHES...LOW
PRESSURE CENTER WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS. A NEARLY
STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED NORTHEASTWARD TO A WEAKER AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE IN SOUTHERN QUEBEC. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
RADAR SHOWED THAT LIGHT SNOW CONTINUED TO FALL IN NORTHERN KANSAS
AND EASTERN NEBRASKA. SNOW HAD BEGUN TO FALL ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA
AND NORTH-CENTRAL ILLINOIS. LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF THEM
STRONG TO SEVERE...WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN BEHIND
THEM.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM 900 PM CST
MONDAY FEB 4 THROUGH 300 PM CST TUESDAY FEB 5...

...KANSAS...
ATWOOD                       10.0
GOODLAND                      8.0
MCCOOK                        7.0
OBERLIN                       6.0 
PHILLIPSBURG                  5.0
GOODLAND                      4.8 
COLBY 0.6 NNW                 4.5 
WAKEENEY                      4.0
ELLIS 11 NNE                  3.2 
SUBLETTE                      2.0 

...NEBRASKA...
ELWOOD 8 S                    5.2
CAMBRIDGE                     4.7
ROSELAND                      4.0 
WILSONVILLE                   4.0
CULBERTSON                    2.5 

...COLORADO...
AGATE                        10.2
GOLDEN 2 SW                   9.9 
EVERGREEN 6 SW                8.1 
CONIFER 3.4 WNW               8.0 
WALSENBURG 1 WNW              7.6 
GLEN HAVEN                    6.3 

...IOWA...
JOHNSTON                      1.7
MUSCATINE                     0.8


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 900 PM CST TUESDAY FEBRUARY 5. PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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