THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR CENTRAL PLAINS TO UPPER MIDWEST
BLIZZARD
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
900 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012
...A MAJOR WINTER STORM IN PROGRESS ACROSS THE MIDWEST WITH
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS...WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FROM EASTERN KANSAS AND EASTERN NEBRASKA
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE MIDWEST INTO THE GREAT LAKES.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WINTER STORM
WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE OHIO VALLEY...CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS...AS WELL AS IN THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS OF UPSTATE
NEW YORK.
HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
THE MIDWEST...ON THE LEE SIDE OF LAKE ONTARIO AND LAKE EIRE...AS
WELL AS CENTRAL/SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 800 AM CST...A 987 MB...29.15 INCHES...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WAS
MOVING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A BROAD
AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER
MIDWEST MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER
WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WERE REPORTED WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WITH POSSIBLY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WAS
OBSERVED IN WESTERN MISSOURI.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 AM CST WED DEC
19 THROUGH 800 AM CST THU DEC 20...
...IOWA...
JOHNSTON 3.7 NNW 13.1
MADRID 6.4 S 11.5
DES MOINES 4.5 ENE 11.0
S AURORA 10.0
DUBUQUE 4 WNW 9.0
AMES 3 W 8.5
URBANDALE 8.4
POLK CITY 3 S 8.3
GRIMES 1 N 6.8
ELKADER 5 SSW 6.5
ANKENY AIRPORT 1 NW 6.0
WATERLOO 4 WNW 6.0
DES MOINES INT AIRPORT 5.6
YALE 3 NE 5.6
CUMMING 5 WSW 5.0
LITTLE SIOUX 2 NW 5.0
...ILLINOIS...
ORANGEVILLE 2.8 NW 3.0
...KANSAS...
BURR OAK 5.0
MORROWVILLE 4.5
AMERICUS 3.7
...MICHIGAN...
HARRISON 5.5
LAKE CITY 5.0
DIGHTON 4.0
GRAYLING 10 S 3.0
...MINNESOTA...
WANAMINGO 4.0
...MISSOURI...
PLATTE CITY 2.0 SSE 5.0
ST JOSEPH 2.1 NE 5.0
...NEBRASKA...
HASTINGS 4 N 8.0
AURORA 7.5
STRATTON NE 7 NNW 7.2
HOLDREGE 7.0
ANSELMO 6.0
CURTIS 6.0
EUSTIS 6.0
KEARNEY 6.0
LEXINGTON 6.0
WELLFLEET 6.0
CLAY CENTER 6 ESE 5.0
GRAND ISLAND 5.0
IMPERIAL 5.0
STAPLETON 5.0
TAYLOR 5.0
...WISCONSIN...
STRAWBERRY POINT 12.2
NORTHFIELD 7 NNW 12.0
VOLGA 11.3
OSSEO 11.2
OELWEIN 9.5
CHILI 1SW 9.0
MOUNT HOREB 1.1 SE 7.8
LAKE CITY 7.0
BEAVER DAM 3 NE 6.7
RANDOM LAKE 6.5
PLATTEVILLE 5.8
LANCASTER 5.5
BELMONT 4.9
MIDDLETON 4.3
RICHLAND CENTER 4.3
DURAND 4.0
MOUNT HOREB 1 E 4.0
WEST BEND 4.0
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...KANSAS...
COOLIDGE 1 S 60
GARDEN CITY 8 ESE 60
KENDALL 1 ESE 60
SYRACUSE 1 NNE 60
...MISSOURI...
HAZELWOOD 52
...NEBRASKA...
BEATRICE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 52
VALLEY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 52
LINCOLN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 49
...OKLAHOMA...
WEATHERFORD 4 WSW 63
GOODWELL 2 E 62
CHEYENNE 6 SW 61
...TEXAS...
BUSHLAND 3 E 67
LAKE TANGLEWOOD 2 NE 64
AMARILLO 5 SSW 62
GOODNIGHT 15 S 62
MASTERSON 8 SSE 62
WOLFFORTH 6 SSW 62
REESE CENTER 61
CLARENDON 60
DENVER CITY 7 WNW 60
DUMAS 60
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...COLORADO...
COLONA 8 NNW 12.5
WOLF CREEK PASS 1 SSE 12.0
GENESEE 11.9
RYE 1 SSW 11.2
FOUR CORNERS 8 NE 10.8
ESTES PARK 2 SSE 9.2
ELDORADO SPRINGS 4 WSW 9.0
PENROSE 2 SE 9.0
CRESCENT VILLAGE 2 SSW 8.5
EVERGREEN 3 S 8.0
BROOKVALE 4 SSE 7.8
NEDERLAND 4 ENE 7.0
THE SURFACE LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM SHOULD
CONTINUE TO DEEPEN WHILE TRACKING NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE UPPER
GREAT LAKES BY TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW....RESULTING IN A SWATH
OF SIX TO TWELVE INCH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM THE CENTRAL
PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. PORTIONS OF EASTERN WISCONSIN AND
THE UPPER PENINSULA AND NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WILL SEE EVEN
HIGHER AMOUNTS...WITH STORM TOTALS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT EXPECTED.
IN ADDITION...WIDESPREAD STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH
THE HEAVY SNOWS TO CREATE DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 300 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.
KONG
Last Updated: 1002 AM EST THU DEC 20 2012