THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 06 FOR CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM CDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS FALLING ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY AND BEGINNING TO SPREAD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND NORTHERN
MID ATLANTIC...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...OHIO
VALLEY...CENTRAL APPALACHIANS...AND MID ATLANTIC.

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

AT 300 PM CDT...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW LOCATED OVER THE
MISSOURI-ILLINOIS BORDER WAS SUPPORTING A BROAD AREA OF
PRECIPITATION THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND
BEAN TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED AN AREA
OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW... WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW... ACROSS
MOST OF MISSOURI NORTHWARD INTO IOWA...PORTIONS OF
MINNESOTA...SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...MOST OF ILLINOIS...AND BEGINNING
TO SPREAD INTO WESTERN INDIANA. IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST
OF THE SNOW...MODERATE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED ACROSS
SOUTHERN INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE. 
FARTHER EAST...ANOTHER BROAD AREA OF SNOWFALL WAS OBSERVED IN
OHIO...WEST VIRGINIA...AND WESTERN VIRGINIA. LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAIN WAS ALSO BEING OBSERVED IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA AND THE
EASTERN HALF OF NORTH CAROLINA. A BAND OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
WAS MOVING SOUTH FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TOWARDS SOUTH FLORIDA.      
                                                                  
   

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 500 AM CDT SAT MAR
23 THROUGH 300 PM CDT SUN MAR 24...

...IOWA...
CANTRIL 5 E                           4.5                    
NEW VIRGINIA 1 W                      4.0                    
FAIRFIELD 1 NNE                       3.0                    
FORT MADISON 1 ENE                    3.0                    
OTTUMWA 6 SSW                         3.0                    
ALBIA 3 NNE                           2.5                    
LORIMOR                               2.5                    
NEWTON 1 WSW                          2.5                    
INDIANOLA                             2.4                    
MACOMB 4 WSW                          2.0                    
DAVENPORT MUNICIPAL ARPT              1.3                    

...ILLINOIS...
HILLSBORO                             9.0                    
JERSEYVILLE                           9.0                    
SPRINGFIELD 2 N                       8.1                    
ASHLAND                               8.0                    
JACKSONVILLE                          8.0                    
PHILADELPHIA 2 S                      8.0                    
NOKOMIS 5 NW                          7.0                    
JEROME 1 SW                           6.1                    
ASTORIA                               6.0                    
COLLINSVILLE                          4.5                    
EFFINGHAM                             4.5                    
MOLINE QUAD-CITY ARPT                 2.3                    

...INDIANA...
NEW ROSS 2 E                          2.7                    
CLINTON                               2.5                    
HARTFORD CITY                         2.0                    
LEBANON 4 W                           2.0                    
LIZTON 5 NNE                          2.0                    

...KANSAS...
GOODLAND 1 N                         15.0                    
LEVANT                               14.0                    
ST. FRANCIS                          12.0                    
WRAY                                 10.5                    
COLBY                                10.0                    
WHEELER 10 S                         10.0                    
EDSON 13 N                            9.0                    
GARDNER                               9.0                    
OVERLAND PARK                         9.0                    
QUENEMO                               9.0                    
BREWSTER 4 W                          8.0                    
MORAN                                 8.0                    
RICHMOND                              6.5                    
NORTON 9 SSE                          6.0                    
OBERLIN                               6.0                    

...MISSOURI...
NEW MELLE                             9.2                    
HICKORY HILL                          9.0                    
ST. PETERS                            9.0                    
GRANDVIEW 3 NE                        8.5                    
GREENWOOD                             8.5                    
HOLTS SUMMIT 3 N                      8.5                    
O'FALLON                              8.5                    
ASHLAND 4 NNE                         8.2                    
JEFFERSON CITY                        8.0                    
ROELAND PARK 3 E                      8.0                    
COLUMBIA 1 NNW                        7.5                    
GLADSTONE                             7.0                    
WILDWOOD                              7.0                    
GERALD                                6.2                    
CENTERTOWN                            5.0                    
MURRAY 1 N                            4.8                    
CENTRALIA                             4.0                    
MEXICO                                4.0                    
ST. LOUIS                             3.5                    

...OHIO...
ATHENS                                2.0                    
LANCASTER 2 S                         2.0                    
LOGAN                                 2.0                    
DONNELSVILLE                          1.8                    
ROCKBRIDGE                            1.8                    
BROOKVILLE                            1.5                    
HIGHLAND 2 WSW                        1.5                    
MILAN                                 1.0                    
MONROE                                1.0                    
OSGOOD                                1.0                    

...VIRGINIA...
BOONES MILL 2 N                       3.0                    
CHRISTIANSBURG                        3.0                    
STEWARTSVILLE                         3.0                    
BLACKSBURG 2 NE                       2.5                    
EGGLESTON 2 SW                        2.3                    
APPOMATTOX                            2.0                    
CAVE SPRING 2 ESE                     2.0                    
LYNCHBURG ARPT 1 W                    2.0                    
RURAL RETREAT                         2.0                    
LYNCHBURG                             1.5                    

...WISCONSIN...
MADISON TRUAX ARPT                    1.8                    

...WEST VIRGINIA...
DURBIN                                2.0                    
GHENT                                 1.0                    
QUINWOOD                              1.0                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 500 AM CDT SAT MAR
23 THROUGH 300 PM CDT SUN MAR 24...

...FLORIDA...
UNIV OF NORTH FLORIDA 3 SSW           4.52                    
MIDDLEBURG 7 NNE                      4.40                    
HOSFORD 3 SW                          4.35                    
LAKESIDE 6 W                          4.32                    
LIVE OAK 1 NE                         4.09                    
ORANGE PARK 3 WNW                     3.88                    
HAVANA 4 SW                           3.84                    
DOWLING PARK 5 ENE                    3.24                    
PERRY/FOLEY ARPT                      2.91                    
TALLAHASSEE 1 SW                      2.86                    
TALLAHASSEE RGNL ARPT                 2.77                    
ORANGE PARK                           2.75                    
JACKSONVILLE NAS                      2.66                    
JACKSONVILLE INTL ARPT                2.31                    
MAYPORT NAS                           1.92                    
DESTIN AIRPORT                        1.74                    

...GEORGIA...
VALDOSTA 3 NNW                        4.80                    
THOMASVILLE 6 ENE                     4.09                    
VALDOSTA MOODY AFB                    3.63                    
MOODY AFB/VALDOSTA                    3.59                    
COOLIDGE 3 SSW                        3.54                    
ATHENS MUNI APRT                      2.30                    
ATLANTA INTL ARPT                     1.93                    
WARNER ROBINS AFB                     1.52                    

...SOUTH CAROLINA...
VARNVILLE 7 SW                        3.27                    
CHARLESTON 6 NW                       3.10                    
HAMPTON 1 SW                          3.01                    
BRUNSON 2 SSW                         2.69                    
COLUMBIA METRO ARPT                   2.12                    
CHARLESTON MUNI ARPT                  1.92                    

...TENNESSEE...
CHATTANOOGA LOVELL FIELD              1.48                    

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

...COLORADO...
BEULAH                               19.4                    
ELDORADO SPRINGS 1 WNW               18.7                    
BURLINGTON                           15.0                    
CONIFER 4 ENE                        14.5                    
AURORA 3 SSE                         14.2                    
YUMA                                 14.0                    
GENESEE                              13.8                    
BURLINGTON 0.58 NE                   13.3                    
ANTON 5.8 SE                         12.5                    
COLORADO CITY 1 WNW                  12.0                    
COPE                                 12.0                    
HORSETOOTH MOUNTAIN 3.2 NNW          12.0                    
JOES                                 12.0                    
DENVER INTL AIRPORT                  11.6                    

...NEBRASKA...
MAX 4.4 NNE                           8.0                    
BIG SPRINGS 4 SW                      7.0                    
IMPERIAL 13 SW                        7.0                    
BENKELMAN                             6.0                    
GRANT 12 WSW                          6.0                    
STRATTON 7.9 NNW                      4.0                    
AUBURN 5 ESE                          3.5                    
OSHKOSH 10 NE                         3.5                    
FRANKLIN 1.5 ENE                      3.3                    
PALISADE                              3.0                    

...TEXAS...
STRATFORD                             3.5                    
DALHART                               3.0                    

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

...ALABAMA...
BIRMINGHAM MUNI ARPT                  3.24                    
CLANTON 9 E                           2.90                    
HUEYTOWN 1 NW                         2.65                    
GADSDEN MUNI ARPT                     1.64                    
ANNISTON METRO ARPT                   1.59                    
HUNTSVILLE/MADISON CO. ARPT           1.52                    
DECATUR-PRYOR FIELD                   1.51                    

...MISSISSIPPI...
COLUMBUS AFB                          3.17                    
GRENADA 1 S                           3.12                    
GOLDEN TRIANGLE RGNL ARPT             2.01                    


THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS THIS EVENING AND INTO MONDAY MORNING.
SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF IN THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND
CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING AND INTO
THE MID ATLANTIC BY MONDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS
EXPECTED FROM EASTERN ILLINOIS THROUGH CENTRAL OHIO. THE UPPER
LEVEL LOW WILL EVENTUALLY SHIFT ENERGY TO A COASTAL LOW DEVELOPING
ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND SNOWFALL WILL BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD INTO THE EASTERN OHIO VALLEY...CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS...AND MID ATLANTIC BY MONDAY. LIGHT RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH TONIGHT.  SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO PROGRESS ACROSS CENTRAL TO
SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...WITH UP TO HALF AN
INCH OF RAIN EXPECTED.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 1000 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

FANNING




Last Updated: 438 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013