Storm Summary Number 02 for Southern Plains to Northeast Winter
Storm
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
900 AM CST Thu Feb 24 2022

...A wintry mix is moving across the Southern Plains to the Ohio
Valley as more significant ice and heavy snow impacts are expected
through Friday... 

Winter Storm Warnings are in effect for portions of the Southern
Plains, Lower and Middle Mississippi Valley, and over portions of
the Northeast and New England.

Ice Storm Warnings are in effect for portions of southwest
Pennsylvania and western Maryland.

Winter Storm Watches are in effect for portions of the Northeast
and New England.

Winter Weather Advisories are in effect surrounding the Winter
Storm Warnings for portions of the Southern Plains, Lower and
Middle Mississippi Valley, and Upper Great Lakes.

For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
and advisories, please see www.weather.gov

At 800 AM CST...A quasi-stationary cold front was draped from the
Mid-Atlantic southwest through the Lower Mississippi Valley, and
into the western Gulf of Mexico. A cold, arctic air mass was in
place behind of the front with strong high pressure analyzed over
the Upper Great Lakes. Morning Doppler RADAR mosaic imagery
depicted a swath of mixed precipitation and snow north of the
frontal boundary over the Central-Southern Plains and Mississippi
Valley as elevated moisture overruns the shallow Arctic airmass in
place. Scattered convection was noted over portions of Oklahoma
and Arkansas beneath a plume of elevated instability.

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 700 AM
CST Wed Feb 23 through 800 AM CST Thu Feb 24...

...ARKANSAS...
EDWARDS JUNCTION                      1.0                    

...KANSAS...
INDEPENDENCE                          2.0                    
PITTSBURGH 1 S                        1.8                    
PARSONS 1 W                           1.5                    

...MISSOURI...
IRWIN 1 N                             2.5                    
URBANA 3 NNE                          2.5                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Sleet in inches from 700 AM
CST Wed Feb 23 through 800 AM CST Thu Feb 24...

...ARKANSAS...
BENTONVILLE 2 SW                     2.50                    
FAYETTEVILLE 1 WSW                   2.00                    
FORT SMITH 4 SE                      2.00                    
HUNTSVILLE                           2.00                    
BOONEVILLE                           1.30                    
JASPER                               0.80                    
NORFORK                              0.80                    
CLARKSVILLE                          0.50                    
HOT SPRINGS                          0.30                    
JONESBORO                            0.20                    
LITTLE ROCK NWS                      0.10                    

...ILLINOIS...
DU QUOIN                             0.40                    

...INDIANA...
EVANSVILLE 3 E                       0.10                    

...KENTUCKY...
LA CENTER                            0.50                    
AURORA                               0.40                    
OWENSBORO 2 SE                       0.40                    

...MISSOURI...
AVA                                  1.10                    
WEST BRANSON 1 ESE                   1.00                    
NOEL                                 0.80                    
CARL JUNCTION                        0.50                    
FAIR GROVE                           0.50                    
HIGHLANDVILLE                        0.50                    
EAST PRAIRIE                         0.30                    
PITTSBURG                            0.30                    
POPLAR BLUFF                         0.30                    
ST. LOUIS                            0.20                    

...OKLAHOMA...
ADA 1 ESE                            2.00                    
CHECOTAH                             2.00                    
CHOUTEAU                             2.00                    
MCALESTER 1 E                        2.00                    
OKEMAH                               1.50                    
TECUMSEH                             1.50                    
NORMAN 3.1 WNW                       1.30                    
TULSA NWS                            1.20                    
MUSKOGEE 2 E                         1.00                    
VINITA 1 SSE                         1.00                    
BETHANY                              0.80                    
SALLISAW 2 N                         0.80                    
WYANDOTTE                            0.80                    
LAWTON                               0.50                    
ANTLERS                              0.30                    

...TENNESSEE...
COVINGTON                            0.50                    

...TEXAS...
QUANAH                               2.00                    
WICHITA FALLS                        1.30                    
DICKENS                              1.00                    
PADUCAH 10 S                         1.00                    
VERNON                               0.80                    
NOVICE                               0.50                    
WELLINGTON                           0.20                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Freezing Rain ice amounts in
inches from 700 AM CST Wed Feb 23 through 800 AM CST Thu Feb 24...

...ARKANSAS...
OSCEOLA                              0.38                    
MILL CREEK 3 E                       0.13                    
HARRISON                             0.10                    

...KENTUCKY...
POWDERLY                             0.10                    

...MISSOURI...
OXLY 5 NNW                           0.15                    

...TENNESSEE...
DYERSBURG                            0.25                    


As the initial wave of precipitation continues to the northeast,
more significant freezing rain and heavy snow impacts are expected
through Friday stretching from the Southern Plains to the
Northeast. An upper-level trough over the western U.S. will eject
over the Plains and facilitate cyclogenesis along the stationary
boundary over the Lower Mississippi Valley by early Thursday
afternoon. A widespread area of freezing rain is forecast from the
Southern Plains to the Mid-Atlantic to the northwest of the low
track as warm air overrides the Arctic front, with areal averages
of .01-.10" and localized significant accumulations up to .25"
over the Laurel Highlands in PA. Furthermore, coastal low
development tonight into tomorrow will yield heavy snows over the
Northeast and New England, where 8-12 inches of snow are possible.


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.

Asherman/Putnam