THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 9 FOR CENTRAL U.S. ICE STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007

...SIGNIFICANT ICING CONTINUES FROM THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MID-WEST. STEADY FREEZING RAIN NOW
SPREADING INTO LOWER MICHIGAN...

WINTER STORM AND HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS...AS WELL AS SNOW
ADVISORIES...ARE CENTERED AROUND THE FOUR CORNERS STATES. 
MEANWHILE...AN EXTENDED AREA OF WINTER STORM AND ICE STORM
WARNINGS...AS WELL AS FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES...CONTINUE TO BE IN
EFFECT FROM THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 800 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
CURRENT SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY FREEZING
RAIN MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND EASTERN KANSAS
INTO NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI. LIGHTER FREEZING RAIN IS SEEN ACROSS
SOUTHERN IOWA...NORTHERN ILLINOIS...NORTHERN INDIANA...AND MUCH OF
LOWER MICHIGAN WHERE A CHANGEOVER FROM SNOW HAD OCCURRED.
SCATTERED AREAS OF SNOW WERE SEEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF
ARIZONA...EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO WITH A MORE
CONCENTRATED AREA OF SNOW OVER EASTERN COLORADO. PRECIPITATION WAS
IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN TEXAS WHERE TEMPERATURES HAD RISEN ABOVE FREEZING.


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES FROM 700 AM
CST SATURDAY DEC 8 THROUGH 900 AM CST TUESDAY DEC 11...

...WISCONSIN...

PLATTEVILLE	       1.50 SLEET

...IOWA...

BUSSEY	               0.25 FREEZING RAIN

...NEBRASKA...	       
MCCOOL JUNCTION	       0.25 FREEZING RAIN
CLAY CENTER 6 SE       0.25 FREEZING RAIN
CAMBRIDGE	       0.25 FREEZING RAIN
GENEVA		       0.25 FREEZING RAIN
LINCOLN		       0.20 FREEZING RAIN

...KANSAS...
ADA 2 NE	       0.75 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 11)
ENTERPRISE	       0.50 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 11)
MULLINVILLE	       0.50 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 11)
WALTON	               0.50 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 11)

WASHINGTON	       0.50 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)
CULVER		       0.50 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)
LINCOLN                0.40 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)
SYLVIA		       0.40 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)
WILLARD		       0.25 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)
BLUE RAPIDS	       0.25 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)
HOLTON		       0.25 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)     
LONGFORD 5E	       0.50 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)
MANHATTAN	       0.50 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)
STERLING	       0.50 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)
PARKER		       0.50 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)
LYNONS		       0.50 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)

EDNA                   1.00 FREEZING RAIN
COLUMBUS               1.00 FREEZING RAIN
PITTSBURG              1.00 FREEZING RAIN
INDEPENDENCE           1.00 FREEZING RAIN
HUTCHINSON             1.00 SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
WASHINGTON             0.50 FREEZING RAIN 
HILL CITY              0.39 FREEZING RAIN 
MINNEAPOLIS            0.20 FREEZING RAIN 
LAWRENCE 10 SW         0.16 FREEZING RAIN 

...MISSOURI...
PLATTSBURGH	       0.40 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)
ALBANY		       0.40 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)
LIBERTY		       0.31 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)
KINGSTON	       0.25 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)
SAVANNAH	       0.25 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)
PLEASANT HILL	       0.20 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)      

		       SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN

BOWLING GREEN          2.00-3.00
COLUMBIA 1 E           2.00
SWEET SPRINGS          1.50
NW JEFFERSON CITY      1.00
NEVADA                 1.00
ASHLAND                0.80-1.00
RAYMORE 1 SE           0.80
MONTGOMERY CITY        0.75 FREEZING RAIN
LOWRY CITY 5E          0.75 FREEZING RAIN 
LAMAR 6 N              0.75 FREEZING RAIN 
CLINTON 3 ESE          0.70
VERSAILLES             0.50-1.00
WARSAW                 0.50-1.00
RHINELAND              0.50-0.80


...OKLAHOMA...      
COLLINSVILLE           1.25 RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN
WATONGA                0.50 FREEZING RAIN
MIAMI                  0.50 FREEZING RAIN
OKLAHOMA CITY          0.30 FREEZING RAIN
ENID                   0.25 FREEZING RAIN
KENDRICK               0.20 FREEZING RAIN

...NEW YORK...      FREEZING RAIN
NISKAYUNA              0.30
CATSKILL               0.20
ALBANY                 0.10			
BOICEVILLE	       0.10

...OHIO...          FREEZING RAIN
MONTPELIER             0.25
NAPOLEON               0.25 
COLUMBUS GROVE         0.20 
LIMA                   0.20 

...INDIANA...       FREEZING RAIN
RENSSELAER             0.50
MOROCCO                0.38 
FORT WAYNE             0.30
WARSAW 1 NE            0.25
PERU 2 W               0.25
LAFAYETTE              0.25
NORTH WEBSTER 2 N      0.25
ANGOLA 6 W             0.20


...ILLINOIS...      SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
POPLAR GROVE 3 SW      1.00
PHILADELPHIA 2 S       0.70
JACKSONVILLE           0.50
MACKINAW 2 NW          0.50
BEACH PARK 1 W         0.50
BLOOMINGTON 1 NE       0.30
SPARTA                 0.25 FREEZING RAIN
CHESTER                0.25 FREEZING RAIN

...TEXAS...
LIPSCOMB               0.50 SLEET
SPEARMAN               0.50 FREEZING RAIN
AMARILLO               0.20 FREEZING RAIN 
PERRYTON               0.20 FREEZING RAIN


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES FROM 700 AM
CST SATURDAY DEC 8 THROUGH 800 AM CST TUESDAY DEC 11...

...WISCONSIN...
ARLINGTON              2.0

...KANSAS...       
RAWLINS                5.0  
SAINT FRANCIS 3 ESE    2.7  

...IOWA...          
ESTHERVILLE            4.5
SPENCER                4.5
HAMPTON                4.0
POCAHONTAS             4.0
RUTHVEN                4.0
STOUDT                 4.0
ALGONA                 3.5
DENVER                 3.0
FOREST CITY            3.0
HUMBOLDT               3.0

...COLORADO...       
BOULDER 2 S            8.6
CRESTED BUTTE 6 N      7.0
GREELEY 3 W            6.7
RALSTON BUTTES 1 NNW   6.5

...NEW MEXICO...     
CHAMA 2 N             10.5 
MCGAFFEY 5 SE         10.0
LOS ALAMOS 4 WNW       7.0 
SANTA FE 9 NE          6.0 

...UTAH...
NORTH PARK CITY       24.0
LIBERTY               15.0
SUNCREST              15.0
SALINA                14.0
EDEN                  11.0
BOUNTIFUL BENCH       10.5
TOOELE                10.5
KAMAS                  9.0
NORTH SALT LAKE        8.0

SHALLOW ARCTIC AIR AND A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES
EMANATING FROM A DEEP UPPER TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN UNITED
STATES...IN CONJUNCTION WITH STRONG UPPER LEVEL SOUTHWESTERLY
FLOW...ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CURRENT BOUT OF DANGEROUS WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AFFECTED AREA AND SPREAD INTO THE EASTERN PORTION OF
THE GREAT LAKES. AMOUNTS OF 0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES ARE LIKELY TO BE
WIDESPREAD FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES INTO THE MIDWEST AND
RESPONSIBLE FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. SOME AREAS WILL LIKELY
RECEIVE UP TO AN INCH OR MORE OF ICE...CAPABLE OF WIDESPREAD AND
DESTRUCTIVE DAMAGE...AS WELL AS HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

THE AREA FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST
THROUGH TUESDAY WITH THE FREEZING RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW ACROSS
KANSAS AND NEBRASKA BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY NIGHT. BY TUESDAY
NIGHT...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL HAVE CLEARED OUT OF THE
PLAINS STATES AS IT CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND
UPPER OHIO VALLEY. BY EARLY WEDNESDAY...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST BUT SHOULD
NOT BE AS SEVERE AS THE ICING FOUND OVER THE PLAINS AND PORTIONS
OF THE MIDWEST.  

AS THIS BATCH OF PRECIPITATION ENDS ON WEDNESDAY...A NEW AREA OF
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY AGAIN REDEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS AS THE NEWEST STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO FORM ALONG THE
TRAILING EDGE OF A COLD FRONT OVER THE GULF COAST AND TENNESSEE
VALLEY.  THIS SYSTEM MAY THEN SPREAD MORE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET
AND SNOW TO THE OHIO VALLEY AND THEN TO THE NORTHEAST ON
THURSDAY...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWS POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF NEW
YORK AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 3 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. 

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Last Updated: 1103 AM EST TUE DEC 11 2007