THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR CENTRAL/EASTERN U.S. MAJOR SPRING STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

...STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TAKING SHAPE OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS AS MODERATE SNOW IN PROGRESS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST
COLORADO...WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS...THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN
TEXAS PANHANDLES...AND NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. 

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN
KANSAS.

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN
COLORADO...SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...NORTHEASTERN
KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

FURTHER EAST...WATCHES ARE NOW POSTED FOR RAIN AND SNOW...

WINTER STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...CENTRAL NEW YORK...AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN NEW
JERSEY.

FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE HUDSON VALLEY REGION OF NEW
YORK...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN AND SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

COASTAL FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND DELAWARE.


AT 400 PM CDT...AN UPPER-LEVEL CYCLONE EXITING THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES COMBINED WITH COLD AIR NEAR THE SURFACE WAS BRINGING LIGHT
TO MODERATE SNOW TO NORTHERN NEW MEXICO...SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO...AND INTO KANSAS. RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE
REPORTED FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS SOUTHWARD INTO TEXAS. A 998
MB...29.47 INCHES...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS LOCATED IN
NORTHERN TEXAS. THIS LOW IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE
INTERIOR OF THE GULF COAST STATES DURING THE WEEKEND...REACHING
THE EAST COAST BY SUNDAY. RAPID DEEPENING OF THIS LOW IS
FORECAST...WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP INTO A MAJOR
NOR'EASTER THAT WILL AFFECT THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES FROM
LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES AS OF 400
PM CST...

...COLORADO...

N LA VETA                           15.5 
RED MOUNTAIN                        13.0 
CUCHARA 1 S                         12.0
COAL BANK                           12.0 
SOUTH FORK 4 WSW                    11.0
PUEBLO WEST                          2.5 

...NEW MEXICO...

CUBA 20 ESE                         16.0 
JEMEZ SPRINGS 9 N                   10.0 
UTE PARK                             9.0 
LOS ALAMOS 6 W                       7.0 
TAOS                                 5.0 

...NEBRASKA...

WILSONVILLE                          2.0 

...KANSAS...

SYRACUSE                            10.5 
TRIBUNE                              6.0 
ULYSSES 3 NE                         5.7
LEOTI                                5.0 
GOODLAND                             4.0 
DODGE CITY                           4.0 

...SELECTED FREEZING RAIN ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES AS OF 400 PM
CST...

...KANSAS...

GOODLAND                             0.1


AS THE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF OVER SIX INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AND
SOUTHEAST COLORADO EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AS THE LOW
TRACKS EASTWARD DURING THE WEEKEND...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND
POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE
INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES. BY SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...AND
FLOODING THREAT FOR THE COASTAL SECTIONS IS POSSIBLE. FURTHER
INLAND...SIGNIFICANT SNOW OF OVER ONE FOOT IS POSSIBLE FROM THE
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

KONG/FRACASSO




Last Updated: 901 PM EDT FRI APR 13 2007