THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 7 FOR CENTRAL PLAINS TO NORTHEAST WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 PM CST SAT FEB 10 2018

...LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE SNOW SPANS MULTIPLE STATES FROM THE
UPPER MIDWEST TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND... 

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM PARTS OF THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS...AS WELL AS
OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN NEW YORK AND PARTS OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
OTHER WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE
OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH MUCH OF MISSOURI...AS WELL AS ACROSS
CENTRAL TEXAS.

FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FROM INTERIOR SOUTHEASTERN U.S INTO
THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...THEN ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS...AND INTO THE
NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC STATES...INCLUDING WASHINGTON D.C. AND
PHILADELPHIA.

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

AT 200 PM CST...AN ARCTIC FRONT WITH MULTIPLE LOW PRESSURE CENTERS
EXTENDED FROM TEXAS NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE MID-MISSISSIPPI AND
OHIO VALLEYS AND CONTINUED INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT A LOW PRESSURE CENTER OF 1009
MB...29.80 INCHES OF MERCURY...WAS CONSOLIDATING OVER SOUTHWESTERN
ARKANSAS.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IMAGERY AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED AREAS OF LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE SNOW
EXTENDED ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST TO NORTHERN
NEW ENGLAND WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE ARCTIC FRONT.  ANOTHER AREA
OF SNOW...LOCALLY HEAVY...WAS ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF COLORADO AS
A LOW PRESSURE CENTER FORMED NEAR THE FOOTHILLS ALONG THE ARCTIC
FRONT.  SOUTH OF THE FRONT...LARGE AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL WERE SPREADING FROM THE DEEP SOUTH THROUGH THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY...THEN ACROSS THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND INTO THE
MID-ATLANTIC STATES. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 900 PM CST WED FEB
07 THROUGH 200 PM CST SAT FEB 10...

...IOWA...
FORT DODGE 2 ENE                     11.0                    
IOWA FALLS 1 NE                       8.5                    
PARKERSBURG 1 WNW                     7.0                    
STANLEY 4 W                           7.0                    
READLYN                               6.0                    
GRUNDER CENTER                        5.5                    
TRIPOLI                               5.2                    
EDGEWOOD                              5.0                    
ROCKWELL CITY                         5.0                    
DUBUQUE 2 WNW                         4.8                    
CHARLES CITY                          4.5                    
HAMPTON                               4.5                    
WAUKON                                4.5                    
JEWELL                                4.2                    
CEDAR FALLS                           4.0                    
FREEPORT 1 E                          4.0                    
ORANGE CITY                           4.0                    
ANAMOSA                               3.7                    
TRAER                                 3.5                    
MASON CITY 1 NNE                      3.0                    
LOWDEN                                2.6                    
OGDEN 1 SE                            2.0                    
MARSHALLTOWN                          1.5                    

...ILLINOIS...
PLAINFIELD                           13.5                    
WILLOW SPRINGS                       12.4                    
GARY 5ENE                            12.0                    
JOLIET LOCK/DAM                      12.0                    
SOMONAUK 2NE                         12.0                    
PALOS PARK                           11.0                    
PARK FOREST                          11.0                    
AURORA                               10.0                    
BELIVIDERE                            9.0                    
PALOS HEIGHTS                         9.0                    
JOLIET                                8.2                    
NAPERVILLE                            8.0                    
SOMONAUK                              8.0                    
VALPARAISO                            8.0                    
DE KALB                               7.5                    
GENOA                                 7.3                    
CHICAGO 6 ESE                         7.2                    

...INDIANA...
WESTVILLE                            16.0                    
GRANGER                              15.0                    
OSCEOLA 1 NE                         14.0                    
LONG LAKE                            12.0                    
DYER                                 10.5                    
NEW CARLISLE                          8.0                    
GARY                                  7.0                    
GOSHEN 2 WNW                          7.0                    
STEVENSVILLE                          7.0                    
ROSELAND 1 S                          5.1                    
INDIAN VILLAGE 1 E                    5.0                    
OSCEOLA 1 N                           4.5                    
ANGOLA                                2.2                    
WALDEN 3 SSW                          2.0                    

...MAINE...
KNOX 2 N                              5.3                    
HOPE                                  4.0                    
UNION 3 NW                            4.0                    
P.O. BOX AT BETHEL                    3.5                    
HARTLAND 1 ESE                        3.3                    
BRIDGTON 3 NNW                        3.1                    
WESTPORT                              2.9                    

...MICHIGAN...
DOWAGIAC                             15.0                    
COLDWATER                            14.0                    
BUCHANAN                             12.5                    
NILES                                11.5                    
ADRIAN                                9.0                    
MILAN 5 NNW                           9.0                    
NORTHVILLE                            8.5                    
CARLETON                              8.0                    
LIVONIA                               7.6                    
FLINT                                 7.5                    
ANN ARBOR                             7.0                    
MASON 2 N                             6.7                    
BRECKENRIDGE                          5.4                    
SARANAC                               5.2                    
WYOMING 3 SW                          5.1                    
SAINT JOHNS                           5.0                    

...MINNESOTA...
CALEDONIA                             3.0                    
SPRING VALLEY 3E                      2.1                    
AUSTIN 4 WSW                          2.0                    
MANKATO                               1.5                    
ELGIN 2 SSW                           1.1                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
RHAME 2 E                             7.0                    
FLASHER                               1.2                    

...NEBRASKA...
CHADRON                               7.5                    
BROKEN BOW                            4.5                    
TAYLOR 17 N                           4.5                    
RAVENNA 4 WNW                         4.0                    
NORTH PLATTE 1 NW                     3.5                    
DENTON 4 E                            3.0                    
HAZARD                                3.0                    
NORFOLK                               1.5                    

...NEW HAMPSHIRE...
MOUNT WASHINGTON                      4.9                    
PINKHAM NOTCH                         3.2                    

...NEW JERSEY...
WANTAGE                               0.3                    

...NEW YORK...
LORRAINE                             21.7                    
MANNSVILLE                           21.0                    
REDFIELD 8 N                         14.8                    
HOOKER 12 NNW                        10.3                    
REDFIELD 7 NNW                        7.0                    
OSCEOLA                               6.5                    
LACONA 4 SSE                          5.8                    
BUFFALO AIRPORT                       5.6                    
ALDEN 4 NW                            5.0                    
BATAVIA 3 ENE                         5.0                    
HIGHMARKET                            4.5                    
BENNETTS BRIDGE                       3.5                    
LOWVILLE                              3.5                    
EDINBURG                              2.8                    

...OHIO...
DEWART LAKE                           6.8                    
MOSCOW 1 NE                           6.0                    
MONTPELIER                            4.2                    
AUBURN                                2.0                    
KIPTON                                2.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
HARDING 3 SSE                         9.0                    
ORAL                                  8.0                    
DUPREE                                7.0                    
HOOVER 8 SE                           7.0                    
RED ELM 9 WSW                         6.0                    
SOUTH EAGLE BUTTE 5 SE                6.0                    
FORT PIERRE 1 ENE                     5.7                    
HILL CITY 4 SSW                       5.5                    
GREGORY 8.7 N                         4.5                    
STEPHAN 2 E                           4.5                    
GANN BALLEY                           4.0                    
SALEM 5 NE                            4.0                    
SIOUX FALLS 3 ESE                     3.5                    
CHESTER 2 N                           2.2                    
HERMOSA 10 ESE                        2.0                    

...WISCONSIN...
WHITEWATER 7 SSE                      5.6                    
KENOSHA 2 W                           5.5                    
STEUBEN 4 SE                          5.5                    
DESOTO 1 SE                           5.0                    
RICHLAND CENTER                       5.0                    
WAUKESHA                              4.8                    
PLATTEVILLE                           4.3                    
OCONOMOWOC 2 SW                       3.8                    
PEWAUKEE                              3.6                    
WATERTOWN 1 W                         3.4                    
FITCHBURG                             3.1                    
WEST BEND                             3.0                    
HILLSBORO 2 SW                        2.4                    

...WYOMING...
DOWNTOWN GILLETT 14 NNW               9.0                    
UPTON 13 WNW                          7.0                    
ROCKYPOINT 1 N                        5.0                    
RECLUSE 15 NNE                        2.0                    

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...

...MONTANA...
YELLOWSTONE CLUB - TIMBER STATION     62                    
SIEBEN FLATS MDT                      59                    

...WYOMING...
GARRETT 11 SSE                        67                    
WHEATLAND 9 S                         64                    
W ROCK RIVER                          61                    
CENTENNIAL 14 NE                      60                    
GLENDO 9 S                            60                    
CHEYENNE 12 WNW                       58                    
SHERIDAN 2 SSW                        57                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...MONTANA...
BYNUM 4 SSE                          17.0                    
ROCKY BOY 11 NE                      16.0                    
HAVRE 1 S                            13.3                    
BILLINGS                             12.0                    
POWDERVILLE 8 NNE                    12.0                    
MELVILLE 11 ENE                      11.0                    
RAPELJE                              10.0                    
GREAT FALLS 3 SSW                     9.0                    
HOGELAND                              9.0                    
EKALAKA                               8.7                    
BILLINGS 10 ENE                       8.5                    
ETHRIDGE 8 SW                         8.0                    
FORSYTH 0.4 ENE                       8.0                    
ISMAY 27.6 WSW                        8.0                    
MALTA 33 SW                           8.0                    
ROCK SPRINGS                          8.0                    
TURNER 11 N                           7.3                    
CHINOOK                               7.0                    
FORT BELKNAP 2 SW                     6.3                    
LEWISTOWN                             6.0                    
GREAT FALLS 1 ESE                     5.9                    
ULM 8 SE                              5.5                    
ALBRO LAKE                            5.0                    
MANY GLACIER                          5.0                    


THE ARCTIC FRONT IS FORECAST TO SLIDE OFF TO THE EAST DURING THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER ARKANSAS
DEVELOPS AND THEN RIDES NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE FRONT TOWARD NEW
ENGLAND TOMORROW EVENING.  THIS WILL LEAD TO A STRIP OF LIGHT SNOW
TO SPREAD ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE MIDWEST AND INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES
AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND WHERE 1 TO LOCALLY 4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL
SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED.  SOUTH OF THE LIGHT SNOW...A STRIP OF
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM THE MID-MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT...AND ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT
LAKES AND CENTRAL TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND TOMORROW.  THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE AWAY FROM NEW ENGLAND INTO THE
CANADIAN MARITIMES ON MONDAY ENDING THE SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN
ACROSS NEW ENGLAND.  OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...UP TO A FOOT OF
SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN WESTERN COLORADO.  MEANWHILE...TO THE
SOUTH OF THE ARCTIC FRONT...THE EMPHASIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL...SOME OF IT HEAVY ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS...AND MID-ATLANTIC STATES. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN
IS FORECAST FROM THE SOUTHERN STATES TO NEAR WASHINGTON D.C. TO
LONG ISLAND. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS
OF THE SOUTHEAST STATES.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STORM SUMMARY ISSUED BY THE WEATHER
PREDICTION CENTER FOR THIS EVENT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

KONG




Last Updated: 357 PM EST SAT FEB 10 2018