STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR CENTRAL PLAINS TO NORTHEAST U.S. WINTER
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
0400 AM EST FRI DEC 20 2008
 
...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN HAS CONTINUED
TO EXPAND NORTH AND EAST OF A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WITH IMPACTS
NOW AFFECTING THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...LOWER PORTIONS OF
THE UPPER MIDWEST...ALONG WITH THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR A REGION
EXTENDING FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS EASTWARD THROUGH THE UPPER GREAT
LAKES AND OHIO RIVER VALLEY...AND INTO THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. IN
ADDITION...ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM THE CENTRAL
PLAINS EASTWARD THROUGH THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE
UPPER GREAT LAKES.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 0318 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A 1002 MB...29.59 IN...LOW PRESSURE
CENTER LOCATED JUST WEST OF KANSAS CITY...MISSOURI. A MIXTURE OF
LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WAS FALLING NORTH OF THE
SURFACE WARM FRONT WITH THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXTENDING FROM
SOUTHWESTERN IOWA EASTWARD THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS.
FREEZING RAIN HAS ALSO BEGUN SPREADING INTO CENTRAL PORTIONS OF
INDIANA AND OHIO. ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE COMPLEX OF
PRECIPITATION...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWS WERE FALLING FROM
SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH NORTHERN IOWA...AND INTO SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1200 PM EST THU
DEC 19 THROUGH 0400 AM EST FRI DEC 20...

...IOWA...
OELWEIN                              7.0
APLINGTON                            6.0
CRESCO                               4.5
CHARLES CITY                         4.0
NEW HAMPTON                          3.5
CLERMONT                             1.7

...ILLINOIS...
WINNEBAGO 2 N                        2.0

...WISCONSIN...
LANCASTER                            4.0
MADISON 4 W                          4.0
SUN PRAIRIE                          3.5
WAUKESHA 2 ESE                       3.4
JANESVILLE                           3.2
LA CROSSE NWS                        0.5

...INDIANA...
SOUTH BEND                           1.0

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
SIOUX CITY 6 WNW                     6.0

...NEBRASKA...
NORTH PLATTE 18 NNE                  4.0
HOLDREGE                             3.0
SEWARD                               2.0
LEXINGTON                            2.0


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 1200 PM EST THU DEC
19 THROUGH 0400 AM EST FRI DEC 20...

...NEBRASKA...
VALLEY                              0.20

...IOWA...
MOUNT VERNON 3 NW                   2.60
LITTLE SIOUX                        0.50
ALBIA                               0.20                          
                

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
1200 PM EST THU DEC 19 THROUGH 0400 AM EST FRI DEC 20...

...IOWA...
GREENFIELD                          0.20

...ILLINOIS...
PEKIN                               0.25
MACOMB                              0.20
OGDEN                               0.10

...INDIANA...
ROCHESTER                           0.25
LAFAYETTE                           0.14

...MISSOURI...
KANSAS CITY                         0.20
MONTGOMERY CITY                     0.20

...KANSAS...
MORROWVILLE 4 SSE                   0.25
OAKLEY                              0.13

          
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO ACCELERATE NORTHEASTWARD
THIS MORNING TOWARD THE NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY AND INTO THE
MID-ATLANTIC REGION BY LATE FRIDAY.  A NEW LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OFF THE DELMARVA COAST LATE FRIDAY 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 NORTHERN IOWA EASTWARD THROUGH THE SOUTHERN GREAT
LAKES INTO NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHERN NEW YORK...AND
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. LOCALLY HEAVY AMOUNTS APPROACHING A FOOT
CANNOT BE RULED OUT. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 0.10 TO 0.50
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TO THE SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW BAND FROM
CENTRAL IOWA EASTWARD THROUGH NORTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA AND
OHIO...AND INTO MUCH OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 AM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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