THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR NORTHERN U.S. SPRING STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

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

HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
IOWA...SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
WISCONSIN...NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...AND NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. IN
ADDITION...WINTER STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEASTERN
NEW YORK...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VERMONT...MUCH OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE...AND WESTERN MAINE.

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...NORTHERN ILLINOIS...AND PORTIONS OF THE UPPER
PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN.

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

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW
YORK...VERMONT...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN
MASSACHUSETTS...AND NORTHEASTERN MAINE.

AT 400 PM CDT...A 988 MB...29.17 INCHES...LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WESTERN ILLINOIS...AND CONTINUED TO MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD. LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE SNOW WAS OBSERVED ACROSS
THE NORTHERN PLAINS EASTWARD INTO LOWER MICHIGAN TO THE NORTH OF
THIS LOW. AREAS OF MODERATE RAIN ALONG WITH SOME EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED FROM CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND INDIANA
SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN ALABAMA. ELSEWHERE...LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS
WERE PROGRESSING ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES TOWARD NEW
ENGLAND.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES AS OF 400 PM CDT...

...MONTANA...

STAHL PEAK                          27.0 
FLATTOP MOUNTAIN                    21.0 
GRAVE CREEK                         16.0 
BABB 18 WSW                         14.0
BADGER PASS                         14.0 
MOSS PEAK                           13.0 
NOISY BASIN                         12.0 
EMERY CREEK                         12.0 
WHITE SULPHUR SPRING 26 N           11.0
NORTH FORK JOCKO                    11.0 

...COLORADO...

CLIMAX                               4.0 
LEADVILLE                            3.7 

...NORTH DAKOTA...

HEBRON                               7.0 
MANDAN EXP.                          7.0 
STANLEY                              7.0 
HALLIDAY                             6.5 
DUNN CENTER                          6.5 
BISMARCK NWS                         5.9 
FLASHER                              5.8 
LIDGERWOOD 6 S                       4.0 
ENGLEVALE 3 W                        4.0 
MINOT EXP.                           3.0 

...SOUTH DAKOTA...

BROOKINGS                            8.0 
CLEAR LAKE                           7.0
SIOUX FALLS                          6.8 
SALEM                                6.7 
HAYTI                                5.5
FLANDREAU                            5.0 
MADISON                              4.0 
ALEXANDRIA                           4.0 

...MINNESOTA...

LAKEFIELD                            8.0 
IVANHOE                              8.0 
WORTHINGTON                          7.0 
PIPESTONE                            6.0 
CHATFIELD                            5.7 
SPRING GROVE                         5.5 
WINONA 4 S                           5.5 
WYKOFF 3 N                           4.9 
MADISON                              4.0 
JACKSON                              4.0 
SPRINGFIELD                          3.3
MINNEAPOLIS MSP                      0.5 

...IOWA...

OCHEYEDAN                            7.0 
EVERLY                               6.5 
CALMAR                               6.1 
CRESCO                               6.0 
LIME SPRINGS                         4.7 
ST. ANSGAR                           4.2 
SIBLEY                               4.0 
ROCK RAPIDS                          4.0 
SPENCER                              4.0 
SPIRIT LAKE                          3.5 

...WISCONSIN...

VIROQUA                              7.0 
RICHLAND CENTER 4 W                  6.0 
MILWAUKEE                            5.6 
KENOSHA                              5.5 
LA CROSSE NWS                        5.0 
MADISON                              4.7 
LANCASTER                            4.0 
MUSCODA 6 S                          4.0 
MERRILLAN                            4.0 

...ILLINOIS...

WHEELING                             2.5 
LOMBARD                              2.0

...MICHIGAN...

ALLEGAN 5 W                          7.0 
WYOMING 1 S                          7.0 
HOLLAND 1 NW                         6.0 
YANKEE SPRINGS                       5.0 
GRANDVILLE                           4.5 
KENTWOOD                             4.5 
PLAINWELL                            4.5 
OSHTEMO                              3.0
HUDSONVILLE                          3.0 
CUTLERVILLE                          2.7 

...INDIANA...

LA PORTE 2 SW                        2.9 


THIS VIGOROUS SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS NORTHEASTWARD
TODAY TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO SWEEP
THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST...BRINGING MODERATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM
THE OHIO VALLEY SOUTHWARD INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. FARTHER NORTH
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES STATES INTO NEW ENGLAND...AN AREA OF
SNOWFALL EXCEEDING 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. SOME AREAS ACROSS UPSTATE
NEW YORK 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 10 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

FRACASSO




Last Updated: 510 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007