STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR CENTRAL/EASTERN U.S. MAJOR SPRING STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANYING LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
KANSAS...AS WELL AS THE OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLES.

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.

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

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
OKLAHOMA...KANSAS...MISSOURI...AND WESTERN ILLINOIS.

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...AND NORTHWARD INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA...KANSAS...AND MISSOURI.

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

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

FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW
YORK...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN AND SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND.

COASTAL FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND ALL OF
DELAWARE.

AT 300 AM CDT...A 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER WAS LOCATED ON THE BORDER OF LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS. THIS
LOW AND ITS ASSOCIATED LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS MOVING EAST
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
INCLUDING NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. RAIN
WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS OBSERVED FROM THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND LOWER OHIO VALLEY SOUTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE
GULF COAST. AN EASTWARD PROGRESSING SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS FORMED AND IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

THE SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE
INTERIOR OF THE GULF COAST STATES DURING THE WEEKEND...REACHING
THE MID ATLANTIC COAST BY SUNDAY EVENING. 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. 

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

...OKLAHOMA...

BOISE CITY                           3.0 
GUYMON                               2.0
SLAPOUT                              0.5
BEAVER                               0.5

...TEXAS...

STRATFORD                            3.5 
HARTLEY                              3.0 
DALHART                              3.0 
CHANNING                             3.0
DUMAS                                2.0 
VEGA                                 1.5 
AMARILLO NWS                         0.3 

...NEBRASKA...

WILSONVILLE                          2.0 

...KANSAS...

JOHNSON CITY                        13.0 
ULYSSES 14 ENE                      12.0 
LEOTI                               11.0 
SYRACUSE                            10.5 
DODGE CITY NWS                      10.0 
LIBERAL 15 NNW                       7.0 
TRIBUNE                              6.0 
ULYSSES 3 NE                         5.7
HEALY                                5.0 
GOODLAND                             4.4 
DODGE CITY                           4.0 
COLBY                                4.0
EMPORIA                              3.0 

...MISSOURI...

HARRISONVILLE                        3.0 
GREENWOOD                            2.0
WHITEMAN AFB                         1.0
VERSAILLES                           1.0 

...SELECTED STORM RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 300 AM CDT...

...KANSAS...

MEDICINE LODGE AMOS                  2.26

...OKLAHOMA...

PONCA CITY                           2.08 


AS THIS DYNAMIC SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SATURDAY SHOULD BE
LIGHT ACROSS AREAS TO THE NORTH OF THE LOW. ONCE THE SYSTEM
REACHES THE EAST COAST AND INTENSIFIES...SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS AND NEW ENGLAND. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACROSS NEW
ENGLAND...EXCLUDING THE COAST...IS FORECAST TO REACH ONE TO TWO
FEET IN SOME LOCATIONS. AS THIS SYSTEM PROGRESSES
EASTWARD...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER ARE
EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHERN MID ATLANTIC
STATES. BY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAVY
RAIN...STRONG WINDS...AND FLOODING ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS IS
POSSIBLE WHILE SIGNIFICANT SNOW FALLS FURTHER INLAND ACROSS
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 10 AM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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