THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR CENTRAL U.S. SPRING STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...SPRING STORM BRINGING WINTRY WEATHER TO THE NORTH-CENTRAL
U.S....

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

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

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

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 UPPER MICHIGAN...PORTIONS
OF EASTERN NEW YORK...VERMONT...MUCH OF NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND
PORTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS.

AT 300 AM CDT...A 993 MB LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED IN WESTERN MISSOURI AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. LIGHT
TO MODERATE RAIN WAS NOTED WELL TO THE EAST OF THE STORM CENTER
OVER FLORIDA...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND
MORE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IN THE MIDWEST AND CENTRAL PLAIN
STATES. FARTHER NORTH...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS OBSERVED ACROSS
WISCONSIN...MINNESOTA...NORTHERN IOWA...EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
MUCH OF NORTH DAKOTA.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES AS OF 300 AM CDT...

...MONTANA...

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

...NORTH DAKOTA...

HEBRON                               7.0 
HALLIDAY                             6.5 
BISMARCK                             5.1 
LIDGERWOOD 6 S                       4.0 
ENGLEVALE 3 W                        4.0 

...SOUTH DAKOTA...

SIOUX FALLS                          5.2 
FLANDREAU                            5.0 
BROOKINGS                            4.5 
MADISON                              4.0 
ALEXANDRIA                           4.0 
SALEM                                4.0 

...MINNESOTA...

PIPESTONE                            6.0 
WORTHINGTON                          5.0 
MADISON                              4.0 
JACKSON                              4.0 
WINDOM                               3.0 
IVANHOE                              3.0 
CLARKFIELD                           2.0 
FAIRMONT                             2.0 

...IOWA...

SIBLEY                               4.0 
ROCK RAPIDS                          4.0 
SPENCER                              4.0 
SPIRIT LAKE                          3.5 
ESTHERVILLE                          3.0 

...COLORADO...

CLIMAX                               4.0 
LEADVILLE                            3.7 


THIS VIGOROUS SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EASTWARD ON
WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT SHOULD SWEEP THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST
BRINGING MODERATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE OHIO VALLEY SOUTHWARD.
FARTHER NORTH...FROM PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND IOWA EASTWARD
THROUGH MICHIGAN AND THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES...AN AREA OF SNOWFALL
IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. SOME AREAS COULD SEE OVER ONE
FOOT OF SNOW BY THE TIME THIS SYSTEM EXITS ON FRIDAY.
  
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

TRIMARCO






Last Updated: 419 AM EDT WED APR 11 2007