THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. WINTER STORM
AND ARCTIC OUTBREAK
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 PM CST SUN JAN 05 2014
...STORM SYSTEM BRINGING WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF THE
CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. WITH DANGEROUSLY COLD AIR MASS TO AFFECT
MUCH OF THE NATION BEHIND THE STORM...
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...MIDWEST...AND LOWER GREAT LAKES. WINTER STORM WARNINGS
ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...TENNESSEE RIVER
VALLEY...AND THE SOUTHEAST. ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC AND
NORTHEASTERN STATES...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES AND WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THOSE REGIONS. ICE STORM
WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR INTERIOR PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA AND
MARYLAND.
WIND CHILL ADVISORIES...WATCHES...AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR
AN EXPANSIVE AREA OF THE NATION INCLUDING THE NORTHERN HIGH
PLAINS...MIDWEST...GREAT LAKES...TENNESSEE VALLEY...OHIO
VALLEY...SOUTHEAST...MID-ATLANTIC...AND NORTHEAST. HARD FREEZE
WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
AND SOUTHEASTERN STATES.
HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK
STATE AND MAINE.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 200 PM CST...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS MOVING ACROSS THE OHIO
AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEYS. A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES...WAS LOCATED NEAR CINCINNATI
OHIO. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWESTWARD FROM THE SURFACE LOW
ALONG THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS TO THE LOUISIANA GULF COAST.
A WARM FRONT EXTENDED EASTWARD FROM THE SURFACE LOW INTO THE
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. WEST OF THE COLD FRONT...AN EXTREMELY COLD
ARCTIC AIR MASS WAS MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. AND THE MIDWEST.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED
SNOW FALLING ACROSS AN AREA FROM NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS
NORTHWARD TO PORTIONS OF OHIO AND MICHIGAN. SNOW WAS GENERALLY
LIGHT TO MODERATE...ALTHOUGH OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WAS REPORTED.
THE INTENSE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE SURFACE LOW OVER THE
OHIO VALLEY AND AN ARCTIC SURFACE HIGH OVER MONTANA WAS RESULTING
IN GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH ACROSS A LARGE AREA OF
THE CENTRAL U.S. COMBINED WITH THE COLD TEMPERATURES...THIS WAS
RESULTING IN WIND CHILL VALUES WELL BELOW ZERO IN MANY LOCATIONS.
EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS...A RESIDUAL COLD AIR MASS THAT MOVED
INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE PREVIOUS WINTER STORM IS
LINGERING...WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING AT OR BELOW FREEZING IN
MANY AREAS FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC INTO THE NORTHEAST. SCATTERED
AREAS OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THESE AREAS HAVE PERSISTED THROUGH
MUCH OF THE DAY...WITH FREEZING RAIN FALLING IN MANY AREAS.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1200 PM CST SAT
JAN 04 THROUGH 200 PM CST SUN JAN 05...
...ARKANSAS...
BELLA VISTA 5.0
BENTONVILLE 3.0
CENTERTON 3.0
DECATUR 3.0
...ILLINOIS...
CASEY 10.5
GRANITE CITY 10.0
BELLEVILLE 9.5
DUPO 3 E 9.0
EFFINGHAM 9.0
MASCOUTAH 9.0
OHARE AIRPORT 9.0
PANA 8.6
CENTRALIA 8.5
ROMEOVILLE 8.4
PEORIA 8.0
HOMEWOOD 7.7
MORRIS 7.5
YORKVILLE 7.3
DOWNERS GROVE 7.2
...INDIANA...
JAMESTOWN 2 E 11.0
THORNTOWN 9.0
COLUMBIA CITY 7 SSE 8.0
KOKOMO 8.0
MICHIGANTOWN 2 SW 7.8
DUNLAP 7.0
TRI-LAKES 7.0
INDIANAPOLIS INTL ARPT 6.7
LARWILL 6.3
AKRON 6.0
LA CROSSE 3 NW 6.0
PERU 2 WSW 6.0
ROSELAND 2 S 6.0
AMBOY 5.8
GREENCASTLE 4 SSE 5.5
...KANSAS...
BALDWIN CITY 5.0
OLATHE 3 WNW 4.2
INDEPENDENCE 4.0
LAWRENCE 4.0
LENEXA 4.0
HOWARD 3.0
KINGMAN 3.0
TORONTO 3.0
...MICHIGAN...
PAW PAW 9.0
NEW BUFFALO 8.0
HOWELL 7.2
LAPEER 4 W 7.1
MARTIN 1 W 7.0
NORTH BRANCH 7.0
OSHTEMO 7.0
UNION CITY 1 SW 7.0
CORUNNA 6.5
MARLETTE 2 W 6.3
BELLEVUE 6.0
BUCHANAN 1 WNW 6.0
DELTON 3 NNW 6.0
STEVENSVILLE 2 SSE 5.7
ELBA 5.5
...MISSOURI...
BOURBON 10.0
HERCULANEUM 10.0
JENNINGS 9.8
BYRNES MILL 9.5
HEMATITE 2 NE 9.0
CADET 8.5
HILLSBORO 2 NW 8.5
PEVELY 8.3
DARDENNE PRAIRIE 1 N 7.7
RICHWOODS 2 NE 7.7
ST. PETERS 7.6
ST. LOUIS 7.5
STEELVILLE 7.1
JEFFERSON CITY 6.2
KANSAS CITY 5 S 3.5
...OKLAHOMA...
BARTLESVILLE 5.0
JAY 4.0
PRYOR 4.0
MIAMI 3.5
BIXBY 3 W 3.0
CHELSEA 3.0
CLEVELAND 3.0
JEFFERSON 3.0
PONCA CITY 3.0
STILLWATER 8 NW 3.0
...SELECTED WIND CHILL VALUES REPORTED EARLIER IN THE EVENT...
...MINNESOTA...
FLAG ISLAND -50
CROOKSTON -49
HALLOCK -47
BAUDETTE -46
BEMIDJI -46
INTERNATIONAL FALLS -46
STAPLES -42
ELY -41
GRAND RAPIDS -41
...MONTANA...
NAVAJO 1 N -61
COMERTOWN 6 S -58
BREDETTE 8 WSW -57
SAINT MARIE -56
LINDSAY 7 NNW -54
LANDUSKY 5 W -53
NOHLY 12 WSW -53
BLOOMFIELD 6 ESE -50
GLASGOW -50
VIDA 9 S -50
ZORTMAN 10 ENE -50
...NORTH DAKOTA...
ROLLA -60
CROSBY 1 NNW -56
TIOGA 2 ESE -56
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE -56
RUGBY AIRPORT -55
SHELL VALLEY 1 ENE -54
STANLEY 1 SW -54
DENHOFF 1 ENE -54
RAY 2 W -54
AMBROSE 4 SE -53
INTL PEACE GARDENS -53
LOSTWOOD -52
HARVEY AIRPORT -50
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
BUFFALO -50
FAITH -43
ABERDEEN -42
THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE OHIO
VALLEY TONIGHT AND MOVE INTO ONTARIO AND QUEBEC BY MONDAY MORNING.
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES. FROM
THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS INTO THE
INTERIOR MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEASTERN STATES...1 TO 3 INCHES OF
SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
ADDITIONALLY...FREEZING RAIN ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF GREATER THAN A
QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST.
LIGHTER FREEZING RAIN ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A HUNDREDTH TO LESS
THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA AND
GEORGIA AS WELL AS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO
TAPER OFF MONDAY MORNING...BUT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED
TO PERSIST INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE GREAT
LAKES...OHIO VALLEY...APPALACHIANS...AND THE NORTHEAST. FREEZING
RAIN ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO RAIN THIS
EVENING AS WARMER AIR TEMPORARILY MOVES INTO THE REGION...ALTHOUGH
FREEZING RAIN COULD PERSIST OVERNIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN NEW
ENGLAND.
BEHIND THE STORM SYSTEM...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE
FRIGID ARCTIC AIR TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES.
WIND CHILL VALUES OF -30 TO -60 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT WILL BE COMMON
TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING ACROSS A LARGE AREA FROM THE CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS INTO THE MIDWEST AND OHIO RIVER VALLEY.
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.
RYAN
Last Updated: 401 PM EST SUN JAN 05 2014