STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR CENTRAL U.S. SPRING STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007

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

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

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
IOWA...SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
WISCONSIN...NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...AND MOST OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN.
IN ADDITION...WINTER STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR
NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND CENTRAL VERMONT.

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOME PORTIONS OF
MONTANA...SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA...EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AS WELL AS
THE BLACK HILLS AREA...CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...NORTHERN ILLINOIS...WESTERN IOWA...NORTHEASTERN
NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN.

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

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
EASTERN IOWA...NORTHERN ILLINOIS...PORTIONS OF LOWER
MICHIGAN...AND CENTRAL NEW YORK. 

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW
YORK...VERMONT...MUCH OF NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND PORTIONS OF
MASSACHUSETTS.

AT 900 AM CDT...A 989 MB LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR THE MISSOURI-ILLINOIS-IOWA BORDER...AND CONTINUED TO
MOVE NORTHEASTWARD. LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE SNOW CONTINUED TO BE
OBSERVED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE NORTH OF THIS LOW...AND
WAS MOVING INTO LOWER MICHIGAN. AREAS OF MODERATE RAIN ALONG WITH
SOME EMBEDDED STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED FROM CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND
ALABAMA. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
INERIOR OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES IN ASSOCIATION WITH A
DEVELOPING COASTAL FRONT.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES AS OF 900 AM CDT...

...MONTANA...

BABB 18 WSW                         14.0
WHITE SULPHUR SPRING 26 N           11.0
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...

CLEAR LAKE                           7.0
HAYTI                                5.5
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 
SPRINGFIELD                          3.3
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 
BUCHANAN                             3.2
ESTHERVILLE                          3.0 

...ILLINOIS...

LOMBARD                              2.0

...MICHIGAN...

OSHTEMO                              3.0

...COLORADO...

CLIMAX                               4.0 
LEADVILLE                            3.7 


THIS VIGOROUS SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS NORTHEASTWARD
TODAY TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES. A COLD FRONT SHOULD SWEEP THROUGH
THE SOUTHEAST BRINGING MODERATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE OHIO
VALLEY SOUTHWARD INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. FARTHER NORTH...FROM
PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND IOWA EASTWARD THROUGH MICHIGAN AND THE
EASTERN GREAT LAKES...AN AREA OF SNOWFALL EXCEEDING 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 4 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

KONG/ORRISON