THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
CAMP SPRINGS, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 7 FOR CENTRAL/EASTERN U.S. MAJOR SPRING STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
500 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007
...THUNDERSTORMS PROGRESSING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN UNITED
STATES...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND SNOW ADVANCING INTO THE
NORTHEAST...
FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
TEXAS...NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...EASTERN KANSAS...MISSOURI...AND
FARTHER EAST INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY AND WEST VIRGINIA.
WINTER STORMS WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NEW
YORK...VERMONT...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHWESTERN MAINE...AND
THE HIGH TERRAIN OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
NEW YORK...NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA...WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND THE SOUTHERN COAST OF
MAINE.
A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
KENTUCKY...EXTREME WESTERN VIRGINIA...AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF
EASTERN TENNESSEE.
FLOOD WATCHES EXTEND ALONG A LARGE SECTION OF THE EAST COAST
INCLUDING PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA...VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA...DELAWARE...SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NEW
JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...MASSACHUSETTS...AND CONNECTICUT.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
VIRGINIA.
COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...DELAWARE...AND
COASTAL SECTIONS OF NEW YORK...CONNECTICUT...RHODE
ISLAND...MASSACHUSETTS...NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND MAINE.
AT 400 AM EDT...A 996 MB...29.41 INCHES...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA ABOUT 130
MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF ROANOKE VIRGINIA. AN EASTWARD MOVING
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST PASSING
THROUGH THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA AND WESTERN GEORGIA. THE SYSTEM
IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE MOVING EAST NORTHEASTWARD...ENDING UP NEAR
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BY SUNDAY EVENING. EASTWARD PROGRESSING RAIN
AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED ALONG AND EAST OF THE
COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO UP TO THE MID
ATLANTIC. NORTH OF THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...ONLY RAIN WAS
OBSERVED UP TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WITH LIGHT SNOW FALLING NEAR
THE CANADIAN BORDER. ONCE THE SURFACE LOW REACHES THE MID ATLANTIC
COAST SUNDAY EVENING...IT IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY. THIS
STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP INTO A MAJOR NOREASTER THAT
WILL BRING A VARIETY OF WEATHER TO THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
THROUGH TUESDAY INCLUDING HEAVY RAIN...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES AS OF 500
AM 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 5.5
GUYMON 3.5
BEAVER 3.0
SLAPOUT 0.5
...TEXAS...
BORGER 6.6
PAMPA 6.0
HARTLEY 5.5
CHANNING 5.0
DALHART 4.5
MIAMI 4.5
BOYS RANCH 4.0
STRATFORD 4.0
DUMAS 4.0
VALLEY DEL ORO 4.0
AMARILLO NWS 0.8
...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
EMPORIA 3.0
...MISSOURI...
HARRISONVILLE 3.0
RAYMORE 2.3
GREENWOOD 2.0
WHITEMAN AFB 1.0
VERSAILLES 1.0
...INDIANA...
MONROEVILLE 3.0
ANGOLA 6 SW 2.5
FORT WAYNE 5 WSW 2.0
BLUFFTON 2.0
...OHIO...
VAN WERT 2.0
COLUMBUS GROVE 2.0
...SELECTED STORM RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 400 AM EDT
UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED...
...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
...ARKANSAS...
MONTICELLO AIRPORT 2.00
...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...
CHAIN MUNICIPAL ARPT 2.61
HATTIESBURG 2.61
PINE BELT 1.35
...ALABAMA...
TROY MUNI ARPT 3.35
EVERGREEN 2.96
HUNTSVILLE 2.81
BRANTLEY 2.79
DECATUR 16 SW 2.22
ATHENS 5 NE 2.08
DECATUR 2.06
...GEORGIA...
OAKFIELD 4.09
DAWSON 3.81
FRANKLIN 3.19
COLUMBUS METRO ARPT 2.51
FORT BENNING 2.43
ALBANY 2.07
MACON 1.59
ATLANTA 1.11
...SOUTH CAROLIA...
CAMP THUNDERBIRD 1.74
ABBEVILLE 1.28
FOUNTAIN INN 1.21
ROCK HILL 1.07
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...AWAY FROM
THE COAST...IS FORECAST TO REACH ONE TO TWO FEET IN SOME
LOCATIONS. TOTAL RAINFALL MAY EXCEED THREE INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INTO THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC REGION.
FURTHER SOUTH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHERN MID ATLANTIC
STATES...ENDING DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF
HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...AND FLOODING ACROSS NORTHEAST COASTAL
SECTIONS IS POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE MONDAY.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 11 AM EDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
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Last Updated: 515 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007