The Weather Prediction Center

College Park, MD


Storm Summary Message



Storm Summary Number 04 for Northern Plains through Mississippi
Valley Winter Storm
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
900 PM CST Sat Jan 15 2022

...Winter Storm to track across the Lower Mississippi Valley and
Southeast tonight...

Winter Storm Warnings are in effect across northern Arkansas,
northern Mississippi, northeast Alabama, central Tennessee,
central and eastern Kentucky, northeast Georgia, northwest South
Carolina, central and western North Carolina, central and western
Virginia, West Virginia, western Maryland, southeast Ohio, western
Pennsylvania, and western New York.

Ice Storm Warnings are in effect for north-central South Carolina
and far eastern Georgia.

Winter Weather Advisories are in effect for south-central
Missouri, eastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, northwestern Mississippi,
north-central Alabama, portions of northern Georgia, central South
Carolina, east-central North Carolina, eastern Virginia, the
District of Columbia, east-central Maryland, east-central
Pennsylvania, northwest New Jersey, and southern New York state.

Winter Storm Watches are in effect across northeast Pennsylvania,
north-central New York state, northwestern Connecticut,
west-central Massachusetts, Vermont, most of New Hampshire, and
western Maine.

Wind Advisories are in effect across far eastern Texas, western
Louisiana, most of Alabama, southern Tennessee, northern and
eastern Florida, western and central Georgia, central South
Carolina, Mid-Atlantic coastline, and Northeast coastline.

High Wind Warnings extend from the Smoky and Blue Ridge mountains
into north-central Georgia, and along the New England coastline.

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

At 800 PM CST...A deepening surface low with a central pressure of
1005 mb, or 29.68 in. Hg, was analyzed over the Mississippi
coastline at approximately 30.74, 89.06. Moderate snow was falling
near the system's TROWAL (TRough of Warm air ALoft), stretching
across much of Arkansas to the ArkLaTex border. In the warm sector
of the system, Doppler radar detected a wide swath of stratiform
rainfall over the Southeast and Mid-South.

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 300 PM
CST Thu Jan 13 through 800 PM CST Sun Jan 16...

...ARKANSAS...
HARRISON                             10.0                    
COWELL                                8.0                    
FORT SMITH AR                         2.5                    
FAYETTEVILLE                          2.0                    

...MISSOURI...
BRANSON WEST                          6.0                    

...OKLAHOMA...
HAWORTH                               4.3                    
IDABEL 1 SSW                          2.5                    

...Selected preliminary Peak Wind gusts in miles per hour earlier
in the event...

...KANSAS...
MCCONNELL                              45                    
NEWTON CITY ARPT                       44                    
RUSSELL MUNI ARPT                      41                    

...NEBRASKA...
BROKEN BOW                             60                    
NORTH PLATTE 10WNW                     59                    
VALENTINE 1ENE                         59                    
IMPERIAL AIRPORT                       58                    
CRESCENT LAKE                          56                    
VALENTINE AIRPORT                      55                    
AINSWORTH AIRPORT                      52                    
GORDON AIRPORT                         52                    
MERRITT DAM 13WNW                      52                    
THEDFORD AIRPORT                       52                    
OGALLALA AIRPORT                       48                    

...OKLAHOMA...
ENID WOODRING REG ARPT                 48                    
VANCE AFB                              46                    
CLINTON REG ARPT                       45                    
ELK CITY REG ARPT                      40                    
LAWTON MUNI ARPT                       40                    
OKC WILL ROGERS WORLD ARPT             40                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
DWTN RAPID CITY 1 E                    66                    
ELLSWORTH AFB 7 NNE                    65                    

...TEXAS...
BURNETT MUN ARPT                       53                    
DALLAS LOVE FIELD ARPT                 48                    
MESQUITE METRO ARPT                    46                    
SAN ANTONIO INT'L ARPT                 45                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches where the
event has ended...

...ILLINOIS...
QUINCY 1 E                            7.5                    
COLUSA 2 NNE                          5.2                    
MACOMB 1 WNW                          5.2                    
QUAD CITY ARPT 3 SW                   4.6                    
JERSEYVILLE 2 SW                      3.5                    
BARRY                                 3.0                    
PEORIA 2 NW                           2.7                    
HANOVER                               2.5                    

...IOWA...
DES MOINES INT'L ARPT                14.3                    
ALGONA 0.7 SE                        13.2                    
JOHNSTON 3.7 NNW                     12.9                    
WEST DES MOINES 2.0 W                11.7                    
OTTUMWA 2 NE                         11.5                    
WAUKEE 1.2 ENE                       11.0                    
FORT DODGE 1.6 ENE                   10.0                    
POLK CITY 1.0 N                       9.0                    
MINBURN 2 WSW                         8.5                    
MURRAY 0.5 N                          8.0                    
WATERLOO 1.9 SSE                      7.3                    
BLOOMFIELD 8.4 NNE                    7.0                    
IOWA FALLS                            7.0                    

...KANSAS...
LAWRENCE 2 WNW                        4.5                    
BASEHOR 1 SW                          3.5                    
FAIRWAY 1 E                           3.4                    
LENEXA 2.0 NE                         3.4                    
LAKE QUIRVA 0.6 W                     3.0                    

...MINNESOTA...
GARVIN                               10.0                    
FAIRMONT 0.7 E                        9.4                    
GRANITE FALLS                         9.0                    
MADISON 1 ESE                         9.0                    
MARSHALL                              9.0                    
DAWSON                                8.0                    
WILMAR 5 N                            7.2                    
MANKATO 1.3 SW                        7.0                    
PRINSBURG 0.1 WNW                     7.0                    
OWATONNA                              6.5                    
MINNEAPOLIS INT'L ARPT                3.7                    

...MISSOURI...
CHARLIE HEATH MEM 2 SSE               8.0                    
KIRKSVILLE 1 ENE                      8.0                    
EWING                                 7.5                    
PRINCETON                             6.5                    
UTICA 1 N                             5.0                    
HANNIBAL                              4.0                    
BROOKFIELD 3.7 NNE                    3.9                    
PLATTE WOODS 1 NW                     3.5                    
KANSAS CITY 8.0 SSW                   3.4                    
CARTHAGE 4.5 E                        3.0                    
COLUMBIA 4 NE                         3.0                    

...NEBRASKA...
TECUMSEH 1 S                          6.0                    
OMAHA 1 NNW                           4.5                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
CASSELTON 4ENE                       16.0                    
KARLSRUHE                            12.0                    
VELVA                                12.0                    
LANSFORD                             11.2                    
GRANVILLE                            10.0                    
MINOT AFB                            10.0                    
TOWNER 7N                            10.0                    
UPHAM                                10.0                    
WILLOW CITY                           9.5                    
MAXBASS 4.9ENE                        8.5                    
BOTTINEAU                             8.0                    
CATHAY 6.5N                           8.0                    
EMRICK 6NE                            8.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
MILBANK                              10.0                    
SISSETON 3.8 W                        9.4                    
BIG STONE CITY 5 S                    8.5                    
LABOLT 0.1 WSW                        8.0                    
BROOKINGS 1 WNW                       6.0                    
BRUCE 5.3 W                           6.0                    
CURRIE 4N                             6.0                    
LAKE PRESETON                         6.0                    
VOLGA                                 5.0                    
JACKSON                               4.5                    
SPENCER                               4.5                    
WATERTOWN                             3.9                    

...WISCONSIN...
MINNEISKA 4 SE                        4.0                    
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN                      3.6                    
POTTSVILLE 6 NE                       2.9                    
DOUGLASS 5 ESE                        2.8                    
BENTON 0.3 WNW                        2.7                    
MONDOVI 12.1 SSE                      2.5                    
NORWALK                               2.5                    
RIVER FALLS 1.2 SSW                   2.5                    
LA CROSSE                             2.0                    


The occluded frontal system is forecast to progress eastward
tonight toward the Piedmont and gradually strengthen. As the low
tracks east, significant snowfall is expected from the Tennessee
Valley to Southern Appalachians with localized snowfall rates
exceeding 1" per hour, alongside dangerously icy conditions in the
Carolina Piedmont and far northwest Georgia tonight and into
Sunday morning.

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.

Asherman




Last Updated: 1010 PM EST SAT JAN 15 2022