STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...DYNAMIC STORM BRINGING SNOW TO THE NORTH-CENTRAL U.S...SEVERE
WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING TO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND
MIDWEST...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES...AS WELL AS
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS A LARGE
PORTION OF THE NORTH-CENTRAL U.S. INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES.
WINTER STORM WATCHES AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. NUMEROUS FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD
WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FROM MISSOURI
NORTHEASTWARD TO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL
DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE REFER TO
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV.

AT 900 PM CST...A 998 MILLIBAR...29.47 INCHES...LOW PRESSURE
CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA...WITH A NEARLY
STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD TO A WEAKER AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE IN PENNSYLVANIA AND A COLD FRONT EXTENDING DOWN TO THE
TEXAS GULF COAST. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
THAT LIGHT SNOW CONTINUED TO FALL IN KANSAS...SOUTHEASTERN
NEBRASKA...AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE UPPER MIDWEST. STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
AND THE MIDWEST.

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


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

...ILLINOIS...
DECATUR ARPT                          2.79
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA                      1.94
MATTOON/CHARLESTON                    1.49

...INDIANA...
  
MUNCIE/JOHNSON FIELD                  1.57
EVANSVILLE RGNL ARPT                  1.55
TERRE HAUTE/HULMAN RGNL ARPT          1.44

...KANSAS...
  
OLATHE/JOHNSON CO. EXE ARPT           1.10

...KENTUCKY...
  
HENDERSON CITY                        2.91
LEXINGTON/BLUE GRASS FIELD            1.20

...MISSOURI...
  
SPRINGFIELD MUNI ARPT                 2.12
ST CHARLES                            1.93
ST LOUIS/LAMBERT INTL ARPT            1.86

...OHIO...
  
LIMA/ALLEN CO. APRT                   1.59
DAYTON GENERAL AIRPORT                1.53
DEFIANCE MEMORIAL ARPT                1.41

...TENNESSEE...
  
OAK RIDGE (ASOS)                      1.68
KNOXVILLE MUNI ARPT                   1.34


THE STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE EASTWARD TONIGHT TOWARD THE
NEW ENGLAND AREA. A WINTRY MIX WILL SPREAD INTO THE LOWER GREAT
LAKES REGION EARLY ON WEDNESDAY. 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. A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE
VALLEYS TONIGHT. 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 AM CST WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 6. PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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