Storm Summary Number 1 for Midwest to Great Lakes Winter Storm
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
900 AM CST Fri Jan 12 2024

...Major Winter Storm Strengthening over the Central Plains and
Midwest this morning...

Blizzard Warnings are in effect for eastern South Dakota, far
northeastern Nebraska, much of Iowa, northwestern Illinois, parts
of central and northern Wisconsin, and central Michigan.

Winter Storm Warnings are in effect from the Central Plains to the
Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region.

High Wind Warnings are in effect for parts of the Ohio and
Tennessee Valleys, the Appalachians, and the Northeast.

Wind Advisories are in effect from the Southern Plains to the
Southeast and up through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

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

At 800 AM CST...A surface low with a minimum pressure of 993 mb
(29.32 inHg) was positioned over south-central Missouri with its
attendant cold front draped to the southwest over western Arkansas
and eastern Texas and a stationary front extending east into
southern Illinois, Indiana, and northern Kentucky. An occluded
frontal system was closeby, with the central low of 994 (29.35
inHG) located in northeast Arkansas. Its associated cold front
draped southward through central Louisiana and its warm front
extended southeast from southeast Arkansas to the Alabama boot
heel. Organized lines and clusters of thunderstorms were moving
east-northeast ahead of the leading front across the Gulf states,
Mid-Mississippi Valley into the Ohio/Tennessee Valleys.  North of
these lows a precipitation shield consisting of mostly snow
spanned from Kansas to north to South Dakota and east to Lake
Michigan.

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 700 AM
CST Thu Jan 11 through 800 AM CST Fri Jan 12...

...ILLINOIS...
TROUT VALLEY                          7.0                    
CAMPTON HILLS 3 NNE                   6.4                    
GENESEO 2 NW                          6.4                    
ST CHARLES 6 NW                       6.4                    
DE KALB 0.7 SW                        6.3                    
ELGIN 3 W                             6.3                    
AURORA 2 N                            6.0                    
BULL VALLEY 2.5 WNW                   6.0                    
SUGAR GROVE 3 N                       6.0                    
HAMPSHIRE 1 ESE                       5.6                    
BATAVIA 1 NW                          5.5                    
CARBON HILL 3 N                       5.1                    
MARENGO                               5.1                    

...IOWA...
RIVERDALE 0.5 N                       7.5                    
OTTUMWA 2.2 ENE                       6.1                    
AINSWORTH 7.4 N                       6.0                    
AMES 4.6 NW                           6.0                    
BUSSEY                                6.0                    
FAIRFIELD 5.7 NNE                     6.0                    
KEOSAUQUA 3 ESE                       6.0                    
PERLEE 1 SW                           6.0                    
LITTLE SIOUX 1 NE                     5.7                    
CLIVE 3 SW                            5.5                    
RED OAK                               5.5                    
SERGEANT BLUFF                        5.4                    
WINDSOR HEIGHTS 0.8 SE                5.4                    
MURRAY 2 W                            4.8                    
ALBIA                                 4.5                    
INDIANOLA 1 WNW                       4.5                    
NORTH LIBERTY 1 NE                    4.5                    
POLK CITY 3 S                         4.4                    

...KANSAS...
NATOMA 6.7 NNE                        3.0                    
BREMEN 1 E                            2.0                    
CUBA 0.2 SSE                          2.0                    
JAMESTOWN 2 NW                        2.0                    
MINNEAPOLIS                           2.0                    

...NEBRASKA...
FREMONT 1.7 NW                        9.0                    
HASTINGS 1.8 N                        8.0                    
PLATTE CENTER 3.2 NNE                 8.0                    
PAPILLION 1.2 WSW                     7.5                    
ALBION 6.1 WSW                        7.0                    
VALLEY 1 WNW                          6.3                    
FORT CALHOUN 3 W                      6.1                    
ONEILL                                6.0                    
GRAND ISLAND AIRPORT                  5.7                    
MORRILL 10 S                          5.7                    
LINCOLN 1 ENE                         5.5                    
SEWARD                                5.2                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
CUSTER 5 ENE                          3.2                    
HARRISBURG 0.8 NNE                    3.2                    
SIOUX FALLS 5.2 E                     3.2                    
YANKTON                               3.0                    
GARRETSON 5.5 W                       2.5                    
CANTON 1 NNW                          2.1                    
NORRIS 2 SSW                          2.0                    
SWETT 2 WSW                           2.0                    


The leading occluded frontal system is expected to lift northward
through the Mississippi Valley to the Lower Great Lakes today and
through the Northeast Saturday into Sunday. Strong to severe
thunderstorms will be possible through Saturday morning as storms
sweep across the Deep South, Southeast, and southern Mid-Atlantic
regions. Within the cold sector of this system moderate to heavy
snow, possibly a wintry mix, will blanket the Midwest, Great
Lakes, and Northeast. Wind speeds will likely increase in response
to the low deepening along its trek across the country causing
blowing and drifting snow and blizzard-like conditions that will
impede travel and other daily activities.

The next Storm Summary will be issued by the Weather Prediction
Center at 900 AM CST Sat Jan 13 2024. Please refer to your local
National Weather Service office for additional information on this
event.

Campbell/Dolan