THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 11 FOR CENTRAL U.S. ICE STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 PM CST TUE DEC 11 2007

...ICING COMING TO AN END ACROSS THE PLAINS AND MIDWEST...MAIN
FOCUS SHIFTING TO EASTERN GREAT LAKES AND NORTHEAST TONIGHT INTO
EARLY WEDNESDAY...

ICE STORM WARNINGS AND FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES CONTINUE TO BE IN
EFFECT FROM NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI TO NEAR SOUTHWESTERN LAKE
MICHIGAN. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MIDWEST AS WELL AS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES
REGION AND THE NORTHEAST.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 800 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
CURRENT SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A BROAD AREA OF
PRECIPITATION EXTENDING FROM EAST TEXAS UP TO THE GREAT
LAKES...AND EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHEAST. THIS AREA OF
PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT HAS
BEEN SITUATED ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS HAS FINALLY
STARTED TO MOVE EAST. 

THE MAJORITY OF THIS PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING AS LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN...WITH OCCASIONAL POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN. SCATTERED
AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WERE OBSERVED ACROSS NEBRASKA INTO IOWA.
ALSO...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WAS FALLING THE
NORTHERN EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION ALL THE WAY INTO NEW ENGLAND. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES FROM 700 AM
CST SATURDAY DEC 8 THROUGH 800 PM CST TUESDAY DEC 11...

...WISCONSIN...

PLATTEVILLE	       1.50 SLEET

...IOWA...
OTTUMWA                1.00 FREEZING RAIN
CENTERVILLE            1.00 FREEZING RAIN
PLEASANTVILLE 1 N      0.88 FREEZING RAIN
DAVENPORT              0.40 FREEZING RAIN
MOUNT PLEASANT         0.38 FREEZING RAIN (LAST HOUR)
GRIMES 4 N             0.35 FREEZING RAIN

...NEBRASKA...	       
DANBURY                0.75 FREEZING RAIN
MCCOOL JUNCTION	       0.25 FREEZING RAIN
CLAY CENTER 6 SE       0.25 FREEZING RAIN
CAMBRIDGE	       0.25 FREEZING RAIN
GENEVA		       0.25 FREEZING RAIN
HASTINGS 4 N           0.20 FREEZING RAIN
LINCOLN		       0.20 FREEZING RAIN

...KANSAS...
MANHATTAN              0.75 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 11)
ADA 2 NE	       0.75 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 11)
BURR OAK               0.75 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 11)
ENTERPRISE	       0.50 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 11)
MULLINVILLE	       0.50 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 11)
WALTON	               0.50 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 11)
PARKER                 0.50 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 11)

EDNA                   1.00 FREEZING RAIN
COLUMBUS               1.00 FREEZING RAIN
PITTSBURG              1.00 FREEZING RAIN
HUTCHINSON             1.00 SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
WASHINGTON             0.50 FREEZING RAIN 
HILL CITY              0.39 FREEZING RAIN 
MINNEAPOLIS            0.20 FREEZING RAIN 
LAWRENCE 10 SW         0.16 FREEZING RAIN 

...MISSOURI...
GALLATIN               0.50 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 11)
PLATTSBURGH	       0.40 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)
ALBANY		       0.40 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)
LIBERTY		       0.31 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)
KINGSTON	       0.25 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)
SAVANNAH	       0.25 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)
PLEASANT HILL	       0.20 FREEZING RAIN (DEC 10)      

		       SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN

BOWLING GREEN          2.00-3.00
COLUMBIA 1 E           2.00
SWEET SPRINGS          1.50
NW JEFFERSON CITY      1.00
NEVADA                 1.00
ASHLAND                0.80-1.00
RAYMORE 1 SE           0.80
MONTGOMERY CITY        0.75 FREEZING RAIN
LOWRY CITY 5E          0.75 FREEZING RAIN 
LAMAR 6 N              0.75 FREEZING RAIN 
CLINTON 3 ESE          0.70
VERSAILLES             0.50-1.00
WARSAW                 0.50-1.00
RHINELAND              0.50-0.80


...OKLAHOMA...      
COLLINSVILLE           1.25 RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN
WATONGA                0.50 FREEZING RAIN
MIAMI                  0.50 FREEZING RAIN
OKLAHOMA CITY          0.30 FREEZING RAIN
ENID                   0.25 FREEZING RAIN
KENDRICK               0.20 FREEZING RAIN

...NEW YORK...      FREEZING RAIN
NISKAYUNA              0.30
CATSKILL               0.20
ALBANY                 0.10			
BOICEVILLE	       0.10

...OHIO...          FREEZING RAIN
MONTPELIER             0.25
NAPOLEON               0.25 
COLUMBUS GROVE         0.20 
LIMA                   0.20 

...INDIANA...       FREEZING RAIN
RENSSELAER             0.50
MOROCCO                0.38 
FORT WAYNE             0.30
WARSAW 1 NE            0.25
PERU 2 W               0.25
LAFAYETTE              0.25
NORTH WEBSTER 2 N      0.25
ANGOLA 6 W             0.20


...ILLINOIS...      SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
POPLAR GROVE 3 SW      1.00
PHILADELPHIA 2 S       0.70
JACKSONVILLE           0.50
MACKINAW 2 NW          0.50
BEACH PARK 1 W         0.50
BLOOMINGTON 1 NE       0.30
SPARTA                 0.25 FREEZING RAIN
CHESTER                0.25 FREEZING RAIN

...TEXAS...
LIPSCOMB               0.50 SLEET
SPEARMAN               0.50 FREEZING RAIN
AMARILLO               0.20 FREEZING RAIN 
PERRYTON               0.20 FREEZING RAIN


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES FROM 700 AM
CST SATURDAY DEC 8 THROUGH 800 PM CST TUESDAY DEC 11...

...WISCONSIN...
ARLINGTON              2.0

...KANSAS...       
RAWLINS                5.0  
SAINT FRANCIS 3 ESE    2.7  

...NEBRASKA...
EUSTIS                 4.0  
STOCKVILLE             3.5  
WELLFLEET              3.0  
MASON CITY             3.0  
ENDERS DAM             2.5  
HAYES CENTER           2.5  
MEDICINE CREEK DAM     2.5
LEXINGTON              2.0

...IOWA...          
LITTLE SIOUX 1.6 NW    5.2
ESTHERVILLE            4.5
SPENCER                4.5
HAMPTON                4.0
POCAHONTAS             4.0
HOLY CROSS             4.0
RUTHVEN                4.0
STOUDT                 4.0
ALGONA                 3.5
DENVER                 3.0
HUMBOLDT               3.0

...COLORADO...       
BOULDER 2 S            8.6
CRESTED BUTTE 6 N      7.0
GREELEY 3 W            6.7
RALSTON BUTTES 1 NNW   6.5

...NEW MEXICO...     
CHAMA 2 N             10.5 
MCGAFFEY 5 SE         10.0
LOS ALAMOS 4 WNW       7.0 
SANTA FE 9 NE          6.0 

...UTAH...
NORTH PARK CITY       24.0
LIBERTY               15.0
SUNCREST              15.0
SALINA                14.0
EDEN                  11.0
BOUNTIFUL BENCH       10.5
TOOELE                10.5
KAMAS                  9.0
NORTH SALT LAKE        8.0

A DEEP UPPER TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES...WHICH HAS
BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ICE STORM OVER THE CENTRAL U.S... HAS
BEGUN TO MOVE TO THE EAST ALONG WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
CURRENTLY LOCATED FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO SOUTH TEXAS. AS THE
STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES AND
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT...INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY.
GENERALLY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS LOWER
MICHIGAN...NORTHERN NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT. FREEZING
RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 0.25 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
NORTHERN ILLINOIS...INDIANA...LOWER MICHIGAN...NORTHERN NEW YORK
AND NEW ENGLAND THROUGH TONIGHT AS WELL. ICING IS NOT EXPECTED TO
BE AS SEVERE AS THE ICING THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING MUCH OF THE
PLAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE MIDWEST.

AS THIS BATCH OF PRECIPITATION ENDS ON WEDNESDAY...A NEW AREA OF
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY AGAIN REDEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS AS THE NEWEST STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO FORM ALONG THE
TRAILING EDGE OF A COLD FRONT OVER THE GULF COAST AND TENNESSEE
VALLEY.  THIS SYSTEM MAY THEN SPREAD MORE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET
AND SNOW TO THE OHIO VALLEY AND THEN TO THE NORTHEAST ON
THURSDAY...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWS POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF NEW
YORK AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 3 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. 

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Last Updated: 955 PM EST TUE DEC 11 2007