STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR WINTER STORM: SOUTHERN PLAINS TO
NORTHEAST
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008

...DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EXPECTED TO BRING WINTRY WEATHER
FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH INTERIOR NEW
ENGLAND...AND POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE EAST COAST OF THE
U.S.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES...AND SNOW
ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FROM NORTHEASTERN TEXAS ACROSS NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE OHIO VALLEY.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR A EXTENDED AREA FROM
PARTS OF TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES
THROUGH THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. FOR A
DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...PLEASE VISIT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV.

A LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS BEGINNING TO FORM NEAR THE
TEXAS-LOUISIANA BORDER ALONG A COLD FRONT. AT 9 PM CST...NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED A
BAND OF MODERATE RAIN MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS INTO
LOUISIANA. THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS IN THE FORM OF SNOW AS IT MOVED
THROUGH NORTHEASTERN TEXAS IN THE AFTERNOON. A CLUSTER OF HEAVY
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ALONG THE GULF COAST IN THE WARM
AIR MASS...WHEREAS A BAND OF SNOW IS SEEN FARTHER NORTH IN
ARKANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES SINCE THE
AFTERNOON OF MAR 6...

...TEXAS...

SAGINAW                        6.5

...OKLAHOMA...

ALBION                         4.0

...ARKANSAS...

YELLVILLE                      3.8
BOONEVILLE                     3.0


THE DEVELOPING LOW OVER THE TEXAS-LOUISIANA BORDER IS FORECAST TO
MOVE EASTWARD AND THEN NORTHEASTWARD...BRINGING IT TO A POSITION
OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES BY SATURDAY EVENING. A SWATH OF HEAVY
SNOW IS FORECAST WITH THIS SYSTEM FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY SATURDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...FREEZING
RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY
EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS NEW YORK STATE INTO CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND.
HEAVY RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED IN THE WARM AIR
WITH THE STORM AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE SOUTHEAST COULD TURN SEVERE.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 3 AM CST MARCH 7. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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