STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR CENTRAL/EASTERN U.S. MAJOR SPRING STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

...STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PROGRESSING THROUGH TEXAS...

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.

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

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

FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI AND
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MISSOURI AND
NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA.

FURTHER EAST...WATCHES ARE NOW POSTED FOR RAIN AND SNOW LATER THIS
WEEKEND...

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 1000 PM CDT...A 998 MB...29.47 INCHES...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEASTERN TEXAS. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW
WAS REPORTED OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO...SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO...CENTRAL KANSAS...AND THE PANHANDLES OF OKLAHOMA AND
TEXAS. RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WERE
REPORTED FROM SOUTHERN MISSOURI SOUTHWARD INTO TEXAS. THE SURFACE
LOW IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE INTERIOR OF THE GULF
COAST STATES DURING THE WEEKEND...REACHING THE EAST COAST BY
SUNDAY. BY SUNDAY NIGHT...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
1000 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 

...TEXAS...

STRATFORD                            3.5 
HARTLEY                              3.0 
DALHART                              3.0 
CHANNING                             3.0 
BOISE CITY                           3.0 
AMARILLO NWS                         0.3 

...NEBRASKA...

WILSONVILLE                          2.0 

...KANSAS...

SYRACUSE                            10.5 
LIBERAL 15 NNW                       7.0 
TRIBUNE                              6.0 
ULYSSES 3 NE                         5.7
LEOTI                                5.0 
HEALY                                5.0 
GOODLAND                             4.0 
DODGE CITY                           4.0 

...SELECTED FREEZING RAIN ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES AS OF 1000
PM CST...

...KANSAS...

GOODLAND                             0.1


...SELECTED STORM RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 900 PM CDT...

...KANSAS...

MEDICINE LODGE AMOS                  2.20 

...OKLAHOMA...

PONCA CITY                           2.05 


AS THIS DYNAMIC SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER SIX INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS TO
THE NORTH OF THE LOW. AS THE STORM 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 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 4 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

FRACASSO