THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR PLAINS TO MID-ATLANTIC WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED FROM THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
PLAINS TO THE MID-ATLANTIC AS AN ARCTIC AIR MASS SURGES
SOUTHWARD...
WINTER STORM WATCHES, WARNINGS, AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE
IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE AREA FROM THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS
AND EXTENDING EASTWARD THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TO THE MID-ATLANTIC
COAST. ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS, AS WELL AS WESTERN KENTUCKY.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 200 PM CST...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NEW ENGLAND
SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS. THE COLD FRONT IS MOVING SOUTHWARD, WITH A FRIGID AIR MASS
AND TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING BEHIND THE FRONT. A SURFACE
LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1015 MB OR 29.97 INCHES WAS
CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED
THAT PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING OVER A LARGE AREA FROM THE OHIO
VALLEY TO THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST. IN PORTIONS OF THE OHIO VALLEY,
WARMER AIR ABOVE THE SURFACE WAS CAUSING PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS
A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. FARTHER SOUTHWEST, WIDESPREAD
SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF THE
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO DEVELOPING OVER OKLAHOMA, EASTERN TEXAS,
AND ARKANSAS.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 AM CST SAT MAR
1 THROUGH 300 PM CST SUN MAR 2...
...ILLINOIS...
SW HILLSDALE 5.5
DOWNERS GROVE 5.1
CHADWICK 2.7 WSW 5.0
OHARE AIRPORT 4.5
ROCK ISLAND 4.5
COGGON 4.3
COLUSA 2 NE 4.0
PRINCETON 4.0
ALTONA 3.7
GALESBURG 3.7
QUINCY 3.1
BLOOMINGTON 3.0
LEWISTOWN 2.8
CHAMPAIGN 2 ESE 1.8
...INDIANA...
PORTAGE 9.8
BURNS HARBOR 4 NE 9.3
PORTER 0.6 S 8.7
PORTAGE 0.9 ESE 8.4
LAKES OF THE FOUR SEASONS 1.5 NNE 6.4
VALPARAISO 1.8 N 5.0
CHURUBUSCO 4.0
SW FORT WAYNE 3.7
SIMONTON LAKE 3.5
MARION 2 N 3.3
FLORA 3.0
WOODBURN 2 N 3.0
...KANSAS...
NEWTON 5.0
SYLVIA 5.0
MARION 3.5
KINGMAN 3.0
OZAWKIE 3 NW 3.0
BLAINE 2.0
OSAGE CITY 1 WSW 1.5
TROUSDALE 1 NE 1.5
TOPEKA 1.4
DODGE CITY 1.3
LIBERAL 2 ENE 1.0
MEADE 10 N 1.0
...MISSOURI...
MEMPHIS 6.0
CHILLICOTHE 4.0
CONCEPTION JUNCTION 0.3 SE 4.0
ROCKPORT 4.0
ST. JOSEPH 3.6
DOWNING 3 NNE 3.5
BETHANY 3.0
CAMERON 3.0
JAMESPORT 3.0
POLO 3.0
...NEW MEXICO...
ARROYO SECO 8 NE 7.0
CANON PLAZA 11 NNW 6.0
...OHIO...
NAPOLEON 0.3 NNW 4.3
BELLEFONTAINE 2 N 4.0
BRYAN 1 NW 3.8
KENTON 1 SSE 3.5
WAPAKONETA 2 SSE 3.5
TOLEDO 2.4 ENE 3.4
CASTALIA 1.8 NNE 3.0
CELINA 3.0
COLUMBUS GROVE 3.0
SHAKER HTS 3.0
GREENVILLE 2.0
WILMINGTON 3 SSW 1.0
XENIA 1.0
...PENNSYLVANIA...
GREENSBURG 2.5
MONACA 2.5
POINT BREEZE 2.5
BUTLER 2.0
CALIFORNIA 2.0
SOUTH HILLS 2.0
...WEST VIRGINIA...
WHEELING 2.5
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 600 AM CST SAT MAR 1
THROUGH 300 PM CST SUN MAR 2...
...ILLINOIS...
IRONTON 1.50
CARBONDALE 1.00
PICKNEYVILLE 1.00
CUTLER 0.80
...KANSAS...
MOUNT HOPE 1.00
EMINENCE 20 NW 0.75
ERIE 1 N 0.50
...MISSOURI...
JEFFERSON CITY 1.50
GRAVOIS MILLS 1.00
NIXA 1.00
PARK HILLS 1.00
PITTSBURG 1.00
SALEM 1.00
DIXON 0.75
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
600 AM CST SAT MAR 1 THROUGH 300 PM CST SUN MAR 2...
...ILLINOIS...
DAHLGREN 0.20
EFFINGHAM 0.05
...INDIANA...
FRANCISCO 0.20
VICENNES 4 E 0.10
...KANSAS...
ARKANSAS CITY 0.10
...MISSOURI...
DORA 8 N 0.13
MARIONVILLE 0.13
IRON MOUNTAIN 0.10
POPLAR BLUFF 7 NW 0.10
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...IOWA...
E SOLON 5.2
DONNELLSON 4.9
COGGON 4.3
DAVENPORT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 4.0
DUBUQUE 4.0
FAIRFIELD 4.0
PARNELL 4.0
BURLINGTON 2 SSE 3.8
DEWITT 4 S 3.6
IOWA CITY 5 NW 3.2
...MICHIGAN...
HILLSDALE 4 WSW 5.5
SANDSTONE 4 NNE 5.1
LITCHFIELD 0.3 ENE 4.5
MOSCOW 1 NE 4.5
ROMULUS 4.5
HOWELL 4.4
SUNSET BEACH 2 N 4.4
ANN ARBOR 4.1
DURAND 4.1
BEECHWOOD 1 ENE 4.0
BELLEVUE 4.0
FARMINGTON 4.0
LANSING 3.8 WNW 4.0
LAPEER 4.0
FLINT 3.9
THE ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD
TODAY...WITH ARCTIC AIR AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION OVERSPREADING THE
TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY AND MUCH OF THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION THIS
EVENING. WHILE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS RAIN...THE RAPID DROP
IN TEMPERATURE BEHIND THE FRONT WILL QUICKLY CHANGE PRECIPITATION
TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW FOR MANY AREAS. PRECIPITATION
WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS
TONIGHT...AND ACROSS THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS MONDAY
MORNING. ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST...THE
PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING IN
THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO
6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE OHIO VALLEY. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE
EXPECTED FROM THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
MID-ATLANTIC STATES. SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN ICE ACCUMULATIONS
ARE FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...TENNESSEE
VALLEY...AND OHIO VALLEY...WHERE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF GREATER THAN
A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVY SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL
LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS IN THESE REGIONS.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 900 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
HAMRICK/OTTO
Last Updated: 359 PM EST SUN MAR 02 2014