THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
CAMP SPRINGS, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR CENTRAL/EASTERN U.S. MAJOR SPRING STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
500 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007
...THUNDERSTORMS PROGRESSING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN UNITED
STATES...LIGHT RAIN ADVANCING INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC...
FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
TEXAS...SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...SOUTHEASTERN
KANSAS...PORTIONS OF MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS.
WINTER STORMS WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK...MUCH OF VERMONT...NORTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE...NORTHWESTERN MAINE...AND THE HIGH TERRAIN OF WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.
WINTER STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW YORK...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN
NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN VERMONT...NORTHWESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN MAINE...AND THE HIGH TERRAIN OF WESTERN
MARYLAND AND NORTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
NEW YORK...NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN
MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND THE SOUTHERN
COAST OF MAINE.
FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH
CAROLINA...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...PORTIONS OF
MARYLAND...SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN NEW
JERSEY...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...MUCH OF
MASSACHUSETTS...CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...AND COASTAL SECTIONS
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
VIRGINIA.
COASTAL FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND ALL OF
DELAWARE.
AT 500 PM EDT...A 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR THE KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE BORDER...WITH A
COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH ALABAMA. THIS LOW IS FORECAST TO
CONTINUE MOVING EAST NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD VIRGINIA BY TOMORROW
MORNING. RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS OBSERVED ALONG AND
EAST OF THE COLD FRONT FROM EASTERN TENNESSEE SOUTHWARD. THE
SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE MID ATLANTIC COAST BY SUNDAY
EVENING...WHEN RAPID DEEPENING OF THIS LOW IS FORECAST. THIS STORM
THEN HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP INTO A MAJOR NOR'EASTER THAT
WILL BRING A VARIETY OF WEATHER TO THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
THROUGH TUESDAY.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES AS OF 500
PM EDT...
...COLORADO...
ANTONITO 18.0
LA VETA 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
...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 400 PM EDT...
...KANSAS...
MOLINE 7.9 S 2.72
CENTERVILLE 2.48
INGALLS 15 WSW 2.35
SCOTT CITY 10 SE 2.29
MEDICINE LODGE AMOS 2.29
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 2.12
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 LEONARDWOOD 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
...MISSISSIPPI...
HATTIESBURG 2.19
AS THIS DYNAMIC SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS...LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON THE
NORTHERN FRINGE OF THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD. ONCE THE SYSTEM
REACHES THE EAST COAST AND INTENSIFIES...SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
ACROSS THE NORTHERN APPALACHIANS AND INTO NEW ENGLAND. TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND...WELL AWAY FROM
THE COAST...IS FORECAST TO REACH ONE TO TWO FEET IN SOME
LOCATIONS. FURTHER SOUTH...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
NORTHEAST COASTAL SECTIONS IS POSSIBLE. TOTAL RAINFALL MAY EXCEED
THREE INCHES OVER A LARGE AREA OF NEW ENGLAND.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 11 PM EDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
FRACASSO
Last Updated: 850 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007