STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2006

...QUICK HITTING SNOWSTORM ACROSS PORTIONS OF UPPER MIDWEST AND
LOWER GREAT LAKES...

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NOW OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS WILL BE TRACKING
EAST-NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY ACROSS INDIANA AND
NORTHERN OHIO.  THIS LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BRING A SWATH OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN ILLIONIS INCLUDING THE
CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA...SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...EXTREME NORTHERN
INDIANA...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MICHIGAN.  MAXIMUM
SNOW AMOUNTS FROM THIS SYSTEM ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 6
INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. FARTHER SOUTH AND
CLOSER TO THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
CONSIDERABLY LESS AS WARMER AIR WILL KEEP THE PRECIPITATION IN THE
FORM OF RAIN FOR MUCH OF THE EVENT.  

NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS ARE SHOWING AN AREA OF
PRECIPITATION FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN IOWA THROUGH
NORTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
MICHIGAN.  OVERNIGHT THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES
ACROSS THIS AREA WITH THE RAIN/SNOW LINE GRADUALLY EXPECTED TO
PUSH SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY POSTED FOR
NORTHERN MISSOURI...EASTERN IOWA...NORTHERN ILLINOIS...NORTHERN
INDIANA AND MUCH OF THE LOWER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN.

...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES THROUGH 800 PM CST
FRIDAY...

IOWA...

TIPTON.................................5.0
BIRMINGHAM.............................5.0
EDGEWOOD...............................3.8
CEDAR RAPIDS...........................3.3


ILLINOIS...

OSCO...................................5.0
PRINCETON..............................4.0
OHIO...................................2.5
WOODSTOCK..............................1.9

WISCONSIN...

CHILTON................................2.0
OSH KOSH...............................2.0


THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 4 AM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN
YOUR AREA.

LADER



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