THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
CAMP SPRINGS, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 6 FOR MAJOR NORTH CENTRAL U.S. STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007
...MAJOR STORM PUSHING INTO THE MIDWEST EXPECTED TO BRING A
VARIETY OF WEATHER FROM HEAVY SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY
RAIN...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN U.S....
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF IOWA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA...EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...MINNESOTA
AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
IOWA...CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...MINNESOTA...WISCONSIN...AND NORTHERN
MICHIGAN INCLUDING THE UPPER PENINSULA...NEW YORK...VERMONT...NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS PORTIONS OF
WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHERN AND EASTERN
NEBRASKA...IOWA AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA.
FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN MISSOURI...ILLINOIS...INDIANA...SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN...OHIO...PENNSYLVANIA...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...WESTERN
VIRGINIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND
GEORGIA.
FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN
INDIANA...OHIO...PENNSYLVANIA...EASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA...VIRGINIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...MARYLAND...NORTHERN
DELAWARE...WESTERN NEW JERSEY...LONG ISLAND NEW YORK...SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT AND CENTRAL RHODE ISLAND.
TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR SECTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST
INCLUDING NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA...GEORGIA...ALABAMA AND
FLORIDA.
AT 200 AM CST...A STRONG 977 MILLIBAR LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS
LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ABOUT 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
MADISON WISCONSIN. THIS LOW HAS BEEN SLOWLY MOVING TO THE NORTH
NORTHEAST AND IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THIS MOTION ON SATURDAY. THE
ASSOCIATED OCCLUDED AND COLD FRONTS EXTEND EASTWARD ACROSS THE
LOWER MIDWEST AND THEN SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
TOWARD THE GULF OF MEXICO.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES AS OF 300
AM CST...
...NORTH DAKOTA...
LISBON 15.2
LARIMORE 12.0
WISHEK 12.0
LISBON 11.0
JAMESTOWN 10.0
GRAND FORKS NWS 10.0
VALLEY CITY 9.0
KVLY TV FARGO 8.4
FORT RANSOM 8.0
HEBRON 8.0
LITCHVILLE 7.5
DUNN CENTER 7.0
GRAND FORKS 6.5
ASHLEY 7NE 6.0
MINOT AIR BASE 6.0
TROGA 6.0
WILLISTON 6.0
BISMARCK 4.5
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
BRYANT 16.0
SISSETON 12.0
CLARK 11.2
BRISTOL 10.6
VICTOR 10.0
WATERTOWN 8.0
ROSCOE 6.0
ABERDEEN 6 SE 9.0
ABERDEEN NWS 7.8
...MINNESOTA...
DULUTH 18.0
DEEPHAVEN 16.0
HILLTOP 14.5
DULUTH NWS 14.0
CHANHASSEN 12.7
ANDOVER 12.5
WACONIA 12.5
MINNEAPOLIS 12.4
EAST BETHEL 12.2
MANKATO 12.0
ASKOV-BRUNO 12.0
RUTHTON 12.0
PINE CITY 11.5
SLAYTON 11.0
ST. PAUL 11.0
TWO HARBORS 10.9
...NEBRASKA...
BOYS TOWN 12.8
ONAWA 12.0
VALLEY 12.0
OMAHA 11.4
MILLARD 8.8
LINCOLN 6.6
BENNET 6.0
DESHLER 2.0
...KANSAS...
WASHINGTON 4.0
MANHATTAN 3.5
...IOWA...
HARLAN 16.0
CAROL ARPT 16.0
ESTHERVILLE 14.0
OAKLAND 13.0
SPIRIT LAKE 12.0
UNDERWOOD 11.2
CHEROKEE 10.0
SHELDON 10.0
HUMBOLT 10.0
STORM LAKE 10.0
SIOUX CITY 1 NE 8.6
SIOUX FALLS 8.0
MASON CITY 8.0
ST ANSGAR 7.5
...WISCONSIN....
SHELL LAKE 14.0
BARNES 12.0
SUPERIOR 12.0
MENOMONIE 9.0
SARONA 7.0
RHINELANDER 7.0
ASHLAND 6.8
WASHBURN 6.5
GILE 6.5
...SELECTED RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 300 AM CST...
...KANSAS...
PRAIRIE VILLAGE 2.71
SHAWNEE 2.48
OVERLAND PARK 2.27
OLATHE 2.20
OTTAWA 1.60
...MISSOURI...
LITTON AGRI-SCI CNTR 1.57
KANSAS CITY MUNI ARPT 1.52
...TENNESSEE...
NICKAJACK DAM 1.56
...KENTUCKY...
LONDON-CORBIN ARPT 2.51
...MISSISSIPPI...
TUPELO 2.63
BILOXI 2.14
...GEORGIA...
ATHENS 3.73
FORT BENNING 3.62
GAINSVILLE 2.68
ATLANTA 2.36
...SOUTH CAROLINA...
OCONEE CO ARPT 3.19
SPARTANBURG 2.87
CLEMSON 2.73
ANDERSON CO ARPT 2.63
GREENVILLE 2.62
GREENWOOD CO ARPT 2.53
...NORTH CAROLINA...
GASTONIA 2.71
CHARLOTTE 2.47
ASHVILLE 2.40
LAUREL SPRINGS 1.76
W KERR SCOTT RESV 1.68
ELK CREEK DCP 1.67
BLACKBURN KNOB 1.56
RENDEZVOUS MTN 1.55
...VIRGINIA...
BUSTED ROCK 2 2.36
CIRCLE M 1.84
FANCY GAP 1.84
GRAYSON HIGHLAND 1.56
DISMAL 1.52
...SELECTED FREEZING RAIN ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES AS OF 300 AM
CST...
...MICHIGAN...
IRON RIVER 0.25
GLADWIN 0.20
LAKE ANN 0.20
THE LATEST NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS ARE SHOWING AN
EXTENSIVE AREA OF PRECIPITATION FROM THE NORTHERN
PLAINS...EASTWARD THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES AND NEW ENGLAND...AND
SOUTHWARD ALONG THE EAST COAST TO THE GULF OF MEXICO. SNOW IS
CONFINED TO THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE PRECIPITATION
SHIELD ACROSS SECTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND WESTERN GREAT
LAKES. A WINTRY MIX A SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN HAS BEEN
FALLING ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY
RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING FROM THE MID ATLANTIC SOUTHWARD TO THE GULF
OF MEXICO. THERE HAVE BEEN WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF TORNADOES...LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS FROM THE STRONGER STORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH
DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC
AND SOUTHEAST IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE MOVING STEADILY EASTWARD ON
FRIDAY...MOVING MOSTLY OFFSHORE BY FRIDAY NIGHT.
ON FRIDAY...THE SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE A SLOW EAST
NORTHEASTWARD PROGRESSION INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION.
LOCALLY VERY HEAVY SNOWS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO
ACCOMPANY THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
COULD EXCEED 12 INCHES OVER A LARGE AREA FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS
EASTWARD THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES AND INTO NEW ENGLAND. LATER
TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND
MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH NEW ENGLAND...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL
FOR HEAVY RAIN TO PARTS OF THE MID ATLANTIC STATES AND HEAVY SNOW
TO PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 2
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST AND MID ATLANTIC
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. FURTHERMORE...FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS
OF OVER 0.25 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN
GREAT LAKES AND NEW ENGLAND.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 900 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
TRIMARCO
Last Updated: 401 AM EST FRI MAR 02 2007