STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR MIDWEST CLIPPER SNOWS
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 AM EST WED DEC 5 2007

...ALBERTA CLIPPER SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY PRODUCING SNOWFALL FROM THE
OHIO VALLEY EASTWARD INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES...

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR AN AREA EXTENDING FROM ILLINOIS
SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC
STATES. PLEASE REFER TO HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LARGEMAP.PHP FOR
CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

AT 845 AM EST...A 999 MILLIBAR LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS LOCATED IN
SOUTHERN INDIANA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
CURRENT SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED THAT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWS
WERE EXTENDING FROM INDIANA EASTWARD INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION.
THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRING IN THIS SYSTEM WAS LOCATED ACROSS
SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND
SOUTHEASTERN OHIO. WITH MOST TEMPERATURES HOVERING AT...OR BELOW
32 DEGREES FARENHEIT...THIS WEATHER SYSTEM IS MAINLY A SNOWFALL
EVENT WHICH WAS MOVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 T0 50 MPH TOWARD THE
EAST-SOUTHEAST.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 200 AM EST TUESDAY
DEC 4 UP THROUGH 900 AM EST WEDNESDAY DEC 5...UNLESS OTHERWISE
NOTED...

...NORTH DAKOTA...

CAVALIER			6 TO 9
PEMBINA				6 TO 8
RAMSEY				6 TO 7
WALSH				6 TO 8
STEELE				     7
CASS				     6

...MINNESOTA...

MARSHALL			   8.0
POLK				5 TO 7
RUSH CITY			   6.0
LITTLE FALLS			   6.0
KITTSTON			   6.0
ROSEAU				   6.0
RED LAKE			   6.0
OTTERTAIL			   6.0
CLEARWATER			   6.0
FOREST LAKE                        5.6 
CHANHASSEN			   5.3 
ANNANDALE                          5.3 
NEW BRIGHTON			   5.0
DULUTH				   4.5
ST PAUL		                   4.0

...WISCONSIN...

KENOSHA 2.2 SW                     8.0 
MADISON 3.2 WSW                    6.5 
MIDDLETON 0.5 E                    6.4 
ARKDALE                            6.0 
MILWAUKEE 10 NW                    6.0 
BURLINGTON                         6.0
WATERFORD                          6.0 
REEDSBURG                          6.0 
WARRENS 5 WSW                      5.8 
CEDARBURG                          5.6 
NEILLSVILLE 4NNE		   5.5
CUBA CITY 2 NW                     5.5 
OSSEO				   5.5
STOUGHTON                          5.5 
ARGYLE                             5.5 
BROOKFIELD 1.8 SSE                 5.5 

...ILLINOIS...

BUFFALO GROVE 1.5 N                9.2 
LAKE BLUFF 1.3 W                   8.0 
BEACH PARK 1.4 W                   7.5 
GURNEE 2.5 NE                      7.5 
PARK RIDGE 1.0 NNE                 7.2 
HARWOOD HEIGHTS 2.6 SE             7.0 
LONG GROVE 1.1 NNE                 7.0 
WAUKEGAN 2.2 N                     7.0 
HAWTHORN WOODS 0.6 N               7.0 
STREAMWOOD 1.1 SW                  6.7 
CARY 1.8 N                         6.7 
ELK GROVE WILLAGE 2.2 WSW          6.5
DE KALB0 0.8 SSW                   6.5 
NAPERVILLE 2.5 ESE                 6.5 
LINCOLNSHIRE 1.3 WSW               6.5 
CHICAGO - NW SIDE                  6.1 

...INDIANA...

WALKERTON 5.7 ENE                  7.0 
NORTH WEBSTER 2N		   6.9
LA PORTE 1.6 SW                    6.6 
SHIPSHEWANA 6.8 NNW                5.9 
GOSHEN 2.4 NW 			   5.8 
ELKHART 3.1 SSE                    5.6 
SIMONTON LAKE                      5.5 
WAKARUSA 0.3 WSW                   5.5 
MILLERSBURG 0.5 SW                 5.5 
LEESBURG 4.7 E                     5.5 
KINGSBURY 0.3 WNW                  5.5 
VALPARIASO 2.0 WSW                 5.5 
CHESTERTON 0.5 SE                  5.5 
GEORGETOWN 0.9 ESE                 5.5 
GRANGER 1.6 N                      5.2 
COLUMBIA CITY 0.5 NNE              5.2 
FORT WAYNE 5.4 WSW                 5.0 

...IOWA...

WAUKON                             5.9 
VOLGA 1 NE                         3.0 
EDGEWOOD                           2.5 
WEST UNION 0.2 NE                  2.5 
ELMA                               2.0 
SABULA 4.4 WNW                     2.0 
ANAMOSA 2.5 SSW                    2.0 

...MICHIGAN...

NILES                              4.6 
BRONSON                            3.2 
STEVENSVILLE                       3.0 
BUCHANAN                           2.0 
HARBOR BEACH                       2.0 

...OHIO...

BEAVERCREEK                        3.8 
TROY                               3.3 
COSHOCTON                          3.0 
STEUBENVILLE                       2.0 

...PENNSYLVANIA...

SOUTH FAYETTE                      2.0 
LAUREL CAVERNS                     2.0 

THE LOW PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SNOWFALL WILL DROP
SOUTHEASTWARD AND BE LOCATED NEAR SOUTHERN VIRGINIA BY WEDNESDAY
EVENING. A BAND OF SNOW WILL TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE NORTH AND
EAST OF THE LOW. BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE
FOUND ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY FROM OHIO EASTWARD INTO SOUTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...AND STRETCHING SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL MARYLAND AND
NORTHERN VIRGINIA.

WHILE THIS IS NOT A MAJOR SNOWSTORM...CLIPPERS SUCH AS THIS ARE
KNOWN TO PRODUCE NARROW BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND THIS HAS SO FAR
BEEN THE CASE IN NORTH DAKOTA...MINNESOTA...AND ILLINOIS. SNOW
WILL DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...MARYLAND AND
VIRGINIA AND END TONIGHT AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES OFF THE MIDDLE
ATLANTIC COAST.  

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 4 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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