STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR CENTRAL U.S. SPRING STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007

...SPRING STORM BRINGING WINTRY WEATHER TO THE NORTHERN STATES...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
IOWA...SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
WISCONSIN...AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS.

HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...AND NORTHWESTERN IOWA.

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH DAKOTA...EASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA...CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTHERN
ILLINOIS...AND WESTERN IOWA.

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL IOWA.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN
IOWA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS.

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF LOWER MICHIGAN...PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW
YORK...VERMONT...MUCH OF NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND PORTIONS OF
MASSACHUSETTS.

AT 1000 PM CDT...A 991 MILLIBAR LOW PRESSURE CENTER ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...MOVING TO THE
EAST. LIGHT AND MODERATE RAIN WAS NOTED WELL TO THE EAST OF THE
STORM CENTER OVER FLORIDA...STRETCHING NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE
CENTRAL PLAIN STATES AND NORTHWARD INTO IOWA AND NEBRASKA. FURTHER
NORTH...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS OBSERVED ACROSS
MINNESOTA...EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...AND MUCH OF NORTH DAKOTA.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES AS OF 1000 PM CDT...

...MONTANA...

SCOBEY 5 WSW                         4.0 
HOMESTEAD 4 E                        3.0 
PLENTYWOOD 6 SE                      2.0 

...NORTH DAKOTA...

HALLIDAY                             6.5 
LIDGERWOOD 6 S                       4.0 
ENGLEVALE 3 W                        4.0 

...SOUTH DAKOTA...

WINFRED                              2.0 
SIOUX FALLS                          1.9 
MITCHELL                             1.5 

...MINNESOTA...

CLARKFIELD                           2.0 

...IOWA...

ESTHERVILLE                          3.0 

...COLORADO...

CLIMAX                               4.0 
LEADVILLE                            3.7 


THIS VIGOROUS SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EASTWARD
OVERNIGHT AND HEAD TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH ALONG THE GULF COAST
BRINGING MODERATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE OHIO VALLEY SOUTHWARD TO
THE SOUTHEAST COAST. FURTHER NORTH...FROM PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA
AND IOWA EASTWARD TO MICHIGAN...AN AREA OF SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 8
INCHES IS POSSIBLE.  SOME AREAS OF THE NORTHEAST COULD SEE OVER
ONE FOOT OF SNOW BY THE TIME THE SYSTEM EXITS ON FRIDAY.
  
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 400 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

FRACASSO