THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...DEVELOPING WINTER STORM AFFECTING THE CENTRAL PLAINS IS
SPREADING THROUGH THE MIDWEST TOWARD THE NORTHEAST...

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND
NORTHWESTERN OHIO.

HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
KANSAS...NORTHERN MISSOURI...A SMALL PORTION OF EASTERN
INDIANA...WEST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...MUCH OF
UPSTATE NEW YORK...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND ALL OF
VERMONT.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
NEBRASKA...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHERN
IOWA...NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...MUCH OF ILLINOIS...MUCH OF
INDIANA...MUCH OF OHIO...SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN...MUCH OF
PENNSYLVANIA...MUCH OF MARYLAND...THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHWESTERN
VIRGINIA...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...AND
NORTHWESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
MICHIGAN...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHWESTERN NEW
JERSEY...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...MUCH OF
MASSACHUSETTS...AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
KANSAS...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NEBRASKA...SOUTHWESTERN
IOWA...CENTRAL MISSOURI...SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
ILLINOIS...INDIANA...AND OHIO...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA...AND AREAS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND EASTERN MARYLAND. 

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA...SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHWESTERN
IOWA...AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
IOWA...NORTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...AND SOUTHERN
MICHIGAN.

A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS. A
FLOOD WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA THROUGH
600 AM CST.

AT 3 AM CST...THE CENTER OF A DEVELOPING STORM WAS LOCATED IN
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE EASTWARD DURING THE
DAY ON TUESDAY. A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS NEW LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
BECOME THE DOMINANT LOW DURING WEDNESDAY AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD
TOWARD SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND INTENSIFIES RAPIDLY.  

THE LATEST NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS ARE SHOWING A
LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVELOPING STORM
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS...EASTWARD INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY AND OHIO VALLEY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
MOVING EASTWARD FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. SNOW IS
CURRENTLY FALLING ON THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THIS PRECIPITATION
REGION ACROSS KANSAS...SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...NORTHERN MISSOURI
EASTWARD ACROSS ILLINOIS...INDIANA...AND OHIO. RAIN IS REPORTED
ELSEWHERE FROM THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE MIDDLE
AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. LIGHT SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS ARE
REPORTED IN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN VIRGINIA.


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES AS OF 2 AM CST...

...KANSAS...

MARSHALL                          11.7 
MCDONALD 2 SW                     10.0
MCDONALD 3 E                       8.0
MCDONALD 1 S                       8.0
BIRD CITY 8 SE                     7.0
WILSON                             7.0 
GARDEN CITY                        5.0 
BURR OAK                           4.0 
KIT CARSON                         4.0
GOODLAND                           4.0
BIRD CITY 6 E                      4.0

...NEBRASKA...

TRYON                              5.0
LEWELLEN 5S                        3.0
LEWELLEN                           3.0
OGALLALA                           3.0
NORTH PLATTE                       3.0
MULLEN                             2.5
THEDFORD                           2.5
HYANNIS                            2.0
MADRID                             2.0
TAYLOR                             2.0

...IOWA...

LITTLE SIOUX                       2.0 
WINTERSET                          1.3 

...ILLINOIS...

MACOMB                             1.8 

...WISCONSIN...

PLEASANT PRAIRIE                   3.3 

...WEST VIRGINIA...

LEWISBURG                          0.5 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES AS OF 2 AM CST...

...TEXAS...

SOUR LAKE                          5.14
EVADALE                            3.91
ANAHUAC                            2.71
ROCKLAND                           2.21
LUFKIN                             1.71 
NACOGDOCHES                        1.23 
LONGVIEW                           1.10 
HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT              1.08 


...ARKANSAS...

SILVER HILL                        1.72
FORT SMITH MUNICIPAL               1.59 
HARDY                              1.57
MULBERRY                           1.52
BAXTER COUNTY AIRPORT              1.51 
HARRISON/BOONE COUNTY              1.51 
HARRIET                            1.44
FAYETTEVILLE/DRAKE                 1.35 
FLIPPIN                            1.12 

...MISSOURI...

BRENTWOOD                          2.47
COUCH                              2.43 
POPLAR BLUFF                       2.34 
WASOLA                             1.88 
WEST PLAINS                        1.78 
BRADLEYVILLE                       1.39
FISK                               1.26

...OKLAHOMA...

PANAMA                             1.31
EAGLETOWN                          1.03
BIG CEDAR                          1.02


AS THIS STORM MOVES EASTWARD...HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY
FROM CENTRAL ILLINOIS EASTWARD INTO INDIANA...OHIO...AND
PENNSYLVANIA. ON WEDNESDAY...THE HEAVY SNOWFALL POTENTIAL IS
EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO MOST OF NEW YORK STATE...AND ACROSS CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6
TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY INTO
PENNSYLVANIA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
MUCH OF UPSTATE NEW YORK...INCLUDING AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED VERY
HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW OVER THE PAST WEEK. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1
TO 2 FEET ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.  CLOSER TO THE COAST...A MIXTURE OF
SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND PLAIN RAIN IS LIKELY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW THREAT FROM THIS STORM...THERE IS A
POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY TODAY. 
ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE.
FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION FROM
EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...VIRGINIA...THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA...MARYLAND...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NEW JERSEY...AND INTO
SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE
TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE FOR SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND.

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND
IS FORECAST TO SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. LATER TODAY.  

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 900 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

FRACASSO




Last Updated: 409 AM EST TUE FEB 13 2007