STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR CENTRAL PLAINS TO NORTHEAST U.S. WINTER
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
1000 PM EST THU DEC 19 2008
 
...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW..SLEET..AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES TO
EXPAND NORTH AND EAST OF DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN
ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS..MIDWEST...SOUTHERN
GREAT LAKES...NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY...NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC
STATES...AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 1000 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A 1005 MB...29.65 IN...LOW PRESSURE
CENTER LOCATED OVER CENTRAL KANSAS.  LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET WAS EXPANDING NORTH AND EAST OF THE DEVELOPING LOW
OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN KANSAS EASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN
INDIANA..WHILE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWS WERE FALLING NORTH OF THIS
AREA FROM PORTIONS OF NEBRASKA EASTWARD INTO IOWA..SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN..AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 12 PM EST THU DEC 19
THROUGH 1000 PM EST THU DEC 19...

...NEBRASKA...
VALLEY                              0.20

...IOWA...
LITTLE SIOUX                        0.50
ALBIA                               0.20                          
                

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
12 PM EST THU DEC 19 THROUGH 1000 PM EST THU DEC 19...

...IOWA...
GREENFIELD                          0.20

...ILLINOIS...
MACOMB                              0.20
                         

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO ACCELERATE NORTHEASTWARD
TONIGHT TOWARD THE NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY REGION BY LATE FRIDAY.  A
NEW LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OFF THE DELMARVA
COAST LATE FRI AND WILL BECOME THE MAIN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AS IT
RACES TOWARD THE NORTH ATLANTIC BY SATURDAY MORNING.  DANGEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS...DOWNED TREES...AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS A WIDE AREA DUE TO ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND HEAVY SNOW.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
AFFECTED AREA WITH POTENTIAL HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 4
TO 8 INCHES FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA EASTWARD THROUGH THE SOUTHERN GT
LAKES INTO NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA..SOUTHERN NEW YORK..AND SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND.  SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF .50 TO 1 INCH ARE
POSSIBLE TO THE SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND FROM NORTHERN
MISSOURI..SOUTHERN IOWA..EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.   

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 400 AM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

ECKERT