The Weather Prediction Center

College Park, MD


Storm Summary Message



Storm Summary Number 2 for Major Rockies, Great Plains, and
Midwest Winter Storm
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
900 PM CST Wed Feb 02 2022

...Widespread heavy wintry precipitation continues from the Great
Lakes to the Plains and southern Rockies as a frigidly cold air
mass spreads southward...

Ice Storm Warnings are in effect for portions eastern Arkansas,
northwestern Mississippi, western Tennessee, and southeastern
Illinois along the Mississippi River; southern Illinois and
Indiana along the Ohio River; and central and western Kentucky.

Winter Storm Warnings are in effect for portions of the Central
and Southern Rockies, the Central and Southern Plains, the Middle
and Lower Mississippi Valley, the Ohio Valley, the Lower Great
Lakes, the Interior Northeast, and northern New England.

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

Winter Weather Advisories are in effect for portions of the
Central and Southern Rockies, the southern High Plains, southern
and eastern Texas, the Lower Mississippi Valley, the Tennessee
Valley, and the central Appalachians.

Wind Chill Warnings and Advisories are in effect for portions of
the Northern and Central Plains and Upper Midwest.

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

At 800 PM CST...A wavy stationary boundary extended southwest from
the shore of Lake Erie in central Ohio through the Ohio and Lower
Mississippi Valleys before curving westward through eastern and
southern Texas, eventually curving back northwestward through the
Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico. National Weather Service Doppler
Radar indicated widespread precipitation occurring along and
behind this boundary from the Lower Great Lakes southwest through
the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys, the Plains, and into the
southern Rockies. Surface observations indicated that temperatures
dropped somewhat gradually behind the boundary leading to a
precipitation transition from rain near the boundary, to a mix of
freezing rain and sleet just north and west of the boundary, and
eventually to snow further north of the boundary. In addition to
the wintry precipitation, a cold Canadian air mass continued to
spread southward behind the boundary across the Plains and
Midwest, with temperatures in the teens from the Middle
Mississippi Valley and Southern Plains to below 0 in the Upper
Midwest and Northern Plains.

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 600 PM
CST Tue Feb 01 through 800 PM CST Wed Feb 02...

...COLORADO...
COLORADO SPRINGS 6 SSW               22.0                    
LA VETA 6 SSW                        19.5                    
DENVER 6.0 NE                        13.6                    
RYE 1 WNW                            13.2                    
ROSITA                               13.0                    
CASCADE 1 SE                         12.5                    
COMMERCE CITY 2 ESE                  12.1                    
BLACK FOREST 7 NNE                   12.0                    
BOULDER 1.4 W                        12.0                    
GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS                 12.0                    
HORSETOOTH MOUNTAIN 3.2 NNW          12.0                    
LAKEWOOD 2.2 ESE                     10.0                    
ARVADA 6.6 WNW                        9.9                    
CASTLE ROCK 3.9 NW                    8.0                    

...ILLINOIS...
MACOMB 1 SE                          14.5                    
LEWISTOWN                            14.4                    
CANTON                               12.0                    
PEORIA 1 N                           12.0                    
QUINCY 1 W                           11.5                    
VERMONT                              11.3                    
CHICAGO MIDWAY ARPT 3 SW             11.0                    
NORMAL 1 N                           11.0                    
CHICAGO-ROMEOVILLE NWS               10.0                    
WASHINGTON                           10.0                    
STREATOR                              9.0                    
ARENZVILLE 5.3 NNE                    8.0                    
MANITO                                8.0                    
SPRINGFIELD                           7.9                    
LOCKPORT 3.9 E                        7.0                    
CHAMPAIGN 2 SW                        6.8                    
CHICAGO O'HARE INTL ARPT              5.6                    

...INDIANA...
CEDAR LAKE                           12.5                    
AKRON                                12.0                    
MICHIGAN CITY 1 ESE                  11.0                    
MOROCCO 5 N                          11.0                    
CHESTERTON                           10.0                    
LAGRANGE 1 NE                         8.8                    
WEST LAFAYETTE 1 NW                   8.5                    
SOUTH BEND 1 SSW                      8.0                    
BEVERLY SHORES 0.8 W                  7.5                    
VEEDERSBURG                           6.5                    
FORT WAYNE 3 NW                       5.0                    
DE MOTTE 0.8 NNW                      4.2                    
ELKHART 4.8 SW                        4.0                    

...IOWA...
MOOAR 1 SSW                           5.0                    
BURLINGTON 2 N                        2.0                    

...KANSAS...
AUGUSTA 1 S                           8.5                    
JOHNSON CITY                          6.0                    
WICHITA EISENHOWER AIRPORT            6.0                    
FLORENCE                              5.6                    
EMPORIA 1 NW                          5.0                    
TOPEKA 7 WSW                          4.1                    
MANHATTAN                             4.0                    
OAKLEY 3 S                            4.0                    
LAWRENCE 1 WSW                        3.8                    
PRAIRIE VILLAGE                       3.0                    

...MICHIGAN...
SAINT JOSEPH                         13.0                    
KENDALL 1 W                          12.1                    
FRANKENMUTH                          12.0                    
OWOSSO                               11.0                    
EAST LANSING 1 WNW                   10.4                    
STEVENSVILLE                         10.3                    
BATTLE CREEK                         10.0                    
HILLSDALE                            10.0                    
FLINT                                 9.9                    
JUHL 2 E                              9.0                    
STURGIS                               7.3                    
KALAMAZOO                             7.0                    
MARINE CITY 2 N                       5.5                    
ANN ARBOR                             4.2                    
SAGINAW                               3.5                    

...MISSOURI...
NEW LONDON                           12.2                    
HANNIBAL                             11.5                    
KNOB NOSTER                          11.0                    
MOBERLY 2 E                          11.0                    
CLARKSVILLE                           8.0                    
LA GRANGE                             8.0                    
COLUMBIA                              6.0                    
JEFFERSON CITY 2 ESE                  6.0                    
LAKE SAINT LOUIS 2 NNW                6.0                    
WINDSOR                               6.0                    
MIDDLETOWN 3.5 SW                     5.5                    
NEVADA                                4.0                    
KANSAS CITY 4 S                       3.8                    
SAINT JOSEPH                          2.7                    
SAINT LOUIS                           1.0                    

...NEW MEXICO...
CANON PLAZA 11 NNW                   21.0                    
TAOS SKI VALLEY 1 NW                 20.0                    
TERERRO                              10.0                    
CHAMA 5 NW                            9.0                    
MIERA                                 8.0                    
QUESTA                                8.0                    
REGINA 4 NNE                          8.0                    
SAN ANTONITO 3 NNE                    7.0                    
ALTO 2 SE                             6.0                    
CUBA 9 E                              6.0                    
RATON 1 N                             4.8                    
SANTA ROSA                            3.0                    
SENECA 6 SSW                          3.0                    
TUCUMCARI 1 NE                        3.0                    
SANTA FE 1 WSW                        1.0                    

...OHIO...
MONTPELIER                            3.3                    
DEFIANCE 2 W                          2.1                    

...OKLAHOMA...
GUYMON                                4.5                    
ALVA                                  3.0                    
BOISE CITY                            3.0                    
LAWTON 2 W                            3.0                    
CHICKASHA                             2.0                    
MOORE 4 SSW                           2.0                    

...TEXAS...
BOYS RANCH                            4.0                    
STRATFORD                             3.5                    
BORGER                                3.0                    
DALHART                               3.0                    
AMARILLO 5 W                          1.7                    

...WYOMING...
CHEYENNE 8.9 N                        7.0                    
BUFORD 5 ESE                          6.0                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Sleet in inches from 600 PM
CST Tue Feb 01 through 800 PM CST Wed Feb 02...

...ILLINOIS...
CHAFLIN BRIDGE 2 SE                  0.50                    
O'FALLON                             0.50                    
CARBONDALE                           0.30                    

...MISSOURI...
SHREWSBURY 2 E                       1.00                    
BONNE TERRE                          0.50                    

...TEXAS...
SEYMOUR                              1.00                    
ASPERMONT                            0.50                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Freezing Rain ice amounts in
inches from 600 PM CST Tue Feb 01 through 800 PM CST Wed Feb 02...

...ILLINOIS...
OGDEN                                0.20                    
EFFINGHAM                            0.15                    
SCOTT AFB 1 SSW                      0.15                    
KINMUNDY                             0.10                    

...MISSOURI...
PRESTON 3 E                          0.25                    
SAINT CHARLES                        0.15                    
WEBB CITY 1 NW                       0.11                    
WILLARD 5 SSE                        0.11                    

...OKLAHOMA...
ADA 1 S                              0.10                    
ENID                                 0.01                    
OKLAHOMA CITY                        0.01                    


Widespread wintry precipitation is forecast to continue over the
Midwest and Plains where precipitation has already fallen, as well
as spread eastward into the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, and New
England. The shallow, cold air mass spreading southeastward across
the Mid-Atlantic, Ohio Valley, Lower Mississippi Valley, and
Southern Plains is expected to result in significant freezing rain
from southern New York to central Texas. Totals between 0.1 to 0.5
inches are likely, with locally higher amounts from 0.5 to 0.75
inches focused across western Kentucky and Tennessee as well as
eastern Arkansas. In addition, an axis of heavy snow is forecast
further north in the colder air mass behind the front from New
England southwestward through Oklahoma and northwest Texas.
Forecast totals range from 4-8 inches, with locally higher
amounts, for the southwestern portion of the event from northwest
Texas to Illinois, increasing to 8-12 inches from the Lower Great
Lakes northeastward to New England. The heaviest snow is expected
across New York and western New England, where 12-18 inches of
snow is forecast.

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.

Putnam




Last Updated: 1001 PM EST WED FEB 02 2022