THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
CAMP SPRINGS, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR CENTRAL/EASTERN U.S. MAJOR SPRING STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANYING LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES WITH SWATH OF LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAINFALL EXTENDING INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...
FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...AND NORTHWARD INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA...SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...AND PARTS OF 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...NEW YORK...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN NEW
JERSEY...VERMONT...NEW HAMPSHIRE...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND THE
LOWER HALF OF MAINE.
FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN VIRGINIA...THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...PORTIONS OF MARYLAND...SOUTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW
YORK...MUCH OF MASSACHUSETTS...CONNECTICUT...AND RHODE ISLAND.
COASTAL FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND ALL OF
DELAWARE.
AT 900 AM CDT...A 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER WAS LOCATED VERY CLOSE TO MEMPHIS...TENNESSEE. THIS LOW 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 LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS
FORMED AND CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN LOUISIANA NORTHEASTWARD
INTO 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 FORECASTED...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 900
AM CST...
...COLORADO...
ANTONITO 18.0
N LA VETA 15.5
COLORADO CITY 14.0
COLORADO CITY 15 E 13.0
RED MOUNTAIN 13.0
WESTCLIFFE 8.0 W 12.1
CUCHARA 1 S 12.0
COAL BANK 12.0
PRITCHETT 14 NNW 11.0
SOUTH FORK 4 WSW 11.0
RYE 11.0
AGUILAR 5 NNW 10.5
BEULAH 10.0
CUCHARA 10.0
SHERIDAN LAKE 10.0
LA VETA 10.0
...NEW MEXICO...
CUBA 20 ESE 16.0
JEMEZ SPRINGS 9 N 10.0
UTE PARK 9.0
CAPULIN 8.0
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...
LEOTI 1 SE 14.5
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
NEWTON 7.0
TRIBUNE 6.0
HILLSBORO 6.0
ULYSSES 3 NE 5.7
HEALY 5.0
GOODLAND 4.4
DODGE CITY 4.0
COLBY 4.0
HUTCHINSON 4.0
COTTONWOOD FALLS 4.0
STERLING 4.0
MCPHERSON 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 900 AM CDT...
...KANSAS...
MOLINE 7.9 S 2.72
INGALLS 15 WSW 2.35
SCOTT CITY 10 SE 2.29
MEDICINE LODGE AMOS 2.26
IOLA 2.7 SSE 2.22
CALDWELL 0.2 SSE 2.16
MINNEOLA 4.1 SSE 2.01
HUTCHINSON 2.2 NNE 2.00
GOODLAND WFO 1.69
...OKLAHOMA...
TONKAWA 0.4 SSW 2.75
BILLINGS 4.1 SSE 2.39
GARBER 7.9 ESE 2.25
HUNTER 6.0 NNE 2.21
PONCA CITY 2.08
COVINGTON 3.9 ENE 2.03
VANCE AFB/ENID 1.17
...TEXAS...
WHEELER 6.0 SE 1.37
...MISSOURI...
DREXEL 5.6 E 2.50
BUFFALO 8.6 SSW 2.32
FORT LEONARD WOOD 10.1 S 2.18
SUMMERSVILLE 6.1 NNW 2.16
LICKING 2.6 NW 2.10
CONWAY 8.9 SW 2.10
IRON GATES 0.9 S 2.09
EVERTON 0.2 NNW 2.04
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 4 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.
RUBIN-OSTER
Last Updated: 1000 AM EDT SAT APR 14 2007