STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 7 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
9 PM CST MON MAR 20 2006

...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN OVER WESTERN PLAINS AS AREAS TO THE
EAST BRACE FOR HEAVY SNOW...

A BLIZZARD WARNING IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR A
LARGE PORTION OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS EASTWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY.
 THESE WARNINGS INCLUDE PORTIONS OF EASTERN
COLORADO...KANSAS...NEBRASKA...SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...NORTHERN
MISSOURI...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHWESTERN
OHIO...AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI...WESTERN ILLINOIS...EASTERN
INDIANA...AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. 

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. SNOW ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF INDIANA...OHIO...EASTERN KENTUCKY...AND THE
MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN VIRGINIA...AND WESTERN
MARYLAND. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEASTERN
NEBRASKA...WESTERN IOWA...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN KANSAS...CENTRAL
MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN INDIANA...NORTHERN
KENTUCKY...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...WESTERN AND NORTHERN
VIRGINIA...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...AND WEST OF THE CHESAPEAKE
BAY IN MARYLAND.

A VERY SLOW MOVING LATE SEASON WINTER STORM IS CURRENTLY MOVING
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. AT 8 PM CST...MULTIPLE CENTERS OF LOW
PRESSURE COULD BE FOUND ACROSS THE SOUTH WITH A GENERAL EASTWARD
MOVEMENT EXPECTED TONIGHT AND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. SNOWFALL
IS BEGINNING TO DISSIPATE OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS. AS THE STORM
MOVES EASTWARD...WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL MOVE INTO
THE EASTERN PLAINS AND THE MIDWEST. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE
BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO FEET HAVE
BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREAS. 

...LATEST AVAILABLE SELECTED SNOWFALL TOTALS IN INCHES...


COLORADO...

CUCHARA........................24.0
HEREFORD.......................12.0
PEETZ..........................12.0
KIOWA..........................11.5
ELIZABETH.......................9.0
PUEBLO..........................8.0

WYOMING...

LUSK...........................18.0
TORRINGTON.....................12.0
FOUR CORNERS...................12.0
PINE BLUFFS.....................9.0
CHEYENNE........................8.0
SCOTTS BLUFF....................8.0

NEBRASKA...

GREELEY........................25.0
FULLERTON......................22.0
ORD............................22.0
GRAND ISLAND...................19.0
CENTRAL CITY...................19.0
KEARNEY........................17.5
CHAMBERS.......................17.0
HASTINGS.......................15.3
OSCEOLA........................15.0
LINCOLN........................13.5
BALTON.........................12.0
VALENTINE......................10.8
WAYNE..........................10.0

SOUTH DAKOTA...

KADOKA.........................18.0
BURKE..........................18.0
MURDO..........................16.0
WANBLEE........................15.0
JOHNSON SIDING.................15.0
GREGORY........................14.5
FAIRFAX........................14.0
ORAL...........................14.0
RAPID CITY.....................13.5
BURKE..........................13.0
SPRINGFIELD....................13.0
LAKE ANDES.....................12.0
IDEAL..........................12.0
USTA...........................12.0
DEADWOOD.......................11.5
BONESTEEL......................11.0
FORT PIERRE....................11.0
WAGNER.........................10.0

NORTH DAKOTA...

MOTT...........................10.0
HALLIDAY........................8.2
GLEN ULLIN......................7.0
BOWMAN..........................4.5

KANSAS...

GOODLAND.......................13.4 
SUBLETTE.......................10.0 

IOWA...

SIOUX CITY......................4.0
IDA GROVE.......................4.0



THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS STORM WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 3 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO
YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR DETAILS ON THIS
STORM...INCLUDING ALL WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND ADVISORIES.

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