THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO NORTHEAST WINTER
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2015

...WINTER STORM BRINGING WIDESPREAD SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING
RAIN TO PLACES FROM THE LOWER AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO
THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
ARE IN EFFECT FROM PORTIONS OF THE LOWER/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
NORTH AND EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC AND THE
NORTHEAST.

AN ICE STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
TENNESSEE.

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

AT 200 AM CST...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
1004 MB...29.65 INCHES...WAS LOCATED IN NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS AND
MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED WESTWARD FROM
THE LOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND INTO THE SOUTHWEST WHILE A
WARM FRONT EXTENDED EASTWARD FROM THE LOW INTO THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE DEEP SOUTH. TO THE NORTH OF THE WARM
FROM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS
INDICATED A WIDESPREAD AREA OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION FALLING FROM
THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS AS
WELL AS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE DEEP SOUTH. IN THE NORTHERN THIRD
OF THIS PRECIPITATION SHIELD...MAINLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS
FALLING...WHILE ELSEWHERE...A COMBINATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN...OR A COLD RAIN WAS BEING REPORTED.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 300 PM CST FRI FEB
20 THROUGH 200 AM CST SAT FEB 21...

...GEORGIA...
WILDWOOD 2 ESE                        2.5                    
TRENTON                               1.5                    
RINGGOLD                              1.4                    

...ILLINOIS...
CAPITAL AIRPORT                       8.9                    
RIVERTON                              7.5                    
SPRINGFIELD 2 NE                      7.3                    
DECATUR 2 S                           5.3                    
MACON                                 4.0                    
QUINCY                                3.0                    

...MISSOURI...
BOWLING GREEN                         3.5                    
MOBERLY                               2.7                    
JACKSONVILLE 5 NE                     2.5                    

...TENNESSEE...
DUNLAP                                1.8                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 300 PM CST FRI FEB 20
THROUGH 200 AM CST SAT FEB 21...

...KENTUCKY...
CALVERT CITY 2 S                      0.50                    

...MISSOURI...
DEXTER 4 SW                           1.00                    
POTOSI                                1.00                    
PARK HILLS 1 NNE                      0.70                    

...TENNESSEE...
FRANKLIN 1 S                          0.50                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
300 PM CST FRI FEB 20 THROUGH 200 AM CST SAT FEB 21...

...ILLINOIS...
GOREVILLE 10 W                        0.25                    
JOPPA                                 0.20                    
MARION                                0.15                    
COBDEN 2 W                            0.12                    
FAIRFIELD                             0.10                    

...INDIANA...
EVANSVILLE 4 NE                       0.25                    
HAMBURG                               0.20                    
HARDINSBURG 2 WNW                     0.15                    
VINCENNES                             0.10                    

...KENTUCKY...
LEDBETTER                             0.25                    
PADUCAH                               0.25                    
BENTON                                0.20                    
CLAY                                  0.20                    
GRACEY NW                             0.10                    

...MISSOURI...
CADET                                 0.30                    
CAPE GIRARDEAU                        0.25                    
MARSHFIELD 1 N                        0.25                    
POPLAR BLUFF                          0.20                    
SPRINGFIELD 3 SW                      0.20                    
WARSAW                                0.20                    
BRANSON 1 N                           0.15                    
GOODSON                               0.10                    

...TENNESSEE...
CROSSVILLE                            0.50                    
BELLE MEADE 1 W                       0.25                    
CARTHAGE                              0.25                    
GALLATIN 2 S                          0.15                    
LA VERGNE 4 NE                        0.15                    
NASHVILLE 3 W                         0.12                    
CHATTANOOGA                           0.10                    
CLARKSVILLE 1 S                       0.10                    
HERMITAGE                             0.10                    


THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO
VALLEYS ON SATURDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE NORTHEAST BY
SUNDAY MORNING. WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
ACROSS THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS THIS MORNING AND MOVE INTO
THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC REGION AND THE NORTHEAST BY THIS
AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE FROM THE OHIO VALLEY TO THE NORTHEAST...WITH EVEN HIGHER
AMOUNTS OF UP TO 15 INCHES...POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A
TENTH OF AN INCH ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY AS WELL AS INTO PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC STATES.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 900 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

SANTORELLI




Last Updated: 410 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015