THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. HEAVY
PRECIPITATION EVENT
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
 
...MULTI-FACETED STORM SYSTEM NOW TAKING SHAPE THROUGH THE CENTRAL
U.S. AND EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARDS THE EAST COAST...
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES EXTEND FROM
EASTERN KANSAS...THROUGH THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION...AND
INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES EXTEND
FROM SOUTHERN MISSOURI...THROUGH THE CENTRAL OHIO VALLEY...AND
INTO PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  HIGH WIND WARNINGS
ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC REGION. 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS
OF THE DEEP SOUTH AND EXTENDING NORTHWARD INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 800 PM CST...SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATED A 999 MB...29.50
INCH...SURFACE LOW NEAR MEMPHIS.  REGIONAL RADAR IMAGERY...ALONG
WITH SURFACE OBSERVATIONS...DENOTED WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE
SNOW OVER EASTERN KANSAS...NORTHERN MISSOURI...SOUTHERN IOWA...AND
EXTENDING EASTWARD INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHERN INDIANA. 
THERE WERE ALSO A FEW POCKETS OF HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPING WITHIN
THESE AREAS.  FARTHER TO THE SOUTH...A WIDE SWATH OF HEAVY RAIN
AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OBSERVED FROM NORTHERN LOUISIANA...THROUGH
WESTERN TENNESSEE...AND THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE OHIO VALLEY.  LIGHT
RAIN WAS ALREADY ENTERING THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES.  A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED FROM CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TO
WESTERN KENTUCKY.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1200 PM CST THU
FEB 24 THROUGH 900 PM CST THU FEB 24...

...IOWA...
MURRAY                                4.0                     
MOUNT AYR                             3.0                     
OSKALOOSA                             3.0                     
OTTUMWA                               3.0                     

...ILLINOIS...
QUINCY                                1.5                     

...KANSAS...
OSKALOOSA                             5.2                     
ROSSVILLE 3 S                         5.0                     
BURR OAK                              4.0                     
TOPEKA 6 S                            4.0                     

...MISSOURI...
CAMERON                               6.0                     
KANSAS CITY INTL AIRPORT              4.0                     
KEARNEY 6 NW                          3.2                     

...NEBRASKA...
BLUE HILL 4 SW                       12.0                     
MILFORD                               4.2                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 1200 PM CST THU
FEB 24 THROUGH 900 PM CST THU FEB 24...

...ARKANSAS...
JONESBORO                             2.12                     
PINE BLUFF                            1.14                     

...INDIANA...
EVANSVILLE                            1.04                     

...KENTUCKY...
PADUCAH                               1.75                     

...MISSOURI...
POPLAR BLUFF                          2.69                     
CAPE GIRARDEAU                        2.11                     
SPRINGFIELD                           1.69                     

...TENNESSEE...
MEMPHIS                               1.28                     


THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL LIKELY AFFECT MOST OF THE EASTERN U.S.
THROUGH FRIDAY AS THE STRONG SURFACE LOW MOVES TOWARD THE
WASHINGTON DC AREA BY MIDDAY FRIDAY.  WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED
NORTH OF THE LOW TRACK OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES AND INTERIOR
PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND...WITH MANY LOCATIONS RECEIVING IN EXCESS OF
6 INCHES OF SNOW.  FARTHER TO THE SOUTH...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG
WINDS WILL BE THE ISSUE WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
POSSIBLE...AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS
PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES AND THE NORTHEAST U.S.  OVER THE
DEEP SOUTH AND INTO THE CAROLINAS...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE. 

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 300 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

HAMRICK




Last Updated: 949 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011