THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR CENTRAL/NORTHEASTERN U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 AM CST FRI FEB 01 2008

...DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EXPECTED TO BRING WINTRY
PRECIPITATION FROM THE MIDWEST NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE INTERIOR OF
NEW ENGLAND...

HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS...WINTER STORM WARNINGS...SNOW
ADVISORIES...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES...AND WINTER STORM WATCHES
ARE IN EFFECT FROM THE EASTERN PART OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY...LOWER GREAT LAKES...INTO
THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC AND INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND STATES. IN
ADDITION...ICE STORM WARNINGS...WINTER STORM WARNINGS...FREEZING
RAIN...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS THE
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS FROM WEST VIRGINIA SOUTHWARD INTO NORTH
CAROLINA.

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

AT 3 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS SHOWED AN AREA OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN FROM
ILLINOIS EAST AND NORTHEASTARD ACROSS SOUTHERN
MICHIGAN...OHIO...AND DOWN THE APPALACHIANS FROM WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN GEORGIA. MEANWHILE...STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THIS WEATHER IS ASSOCIATED WITH A DEVELOPING
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED NEAR OWENSBORO KENTUCKY.  ITS
ESTIMATED MINIMUM PRESSURE WAS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.  THE
CYCLONE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES SINCE THE MORNING OF
JANUARY 31 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED...

...MISSOURI...
WELDON SPRING                       7.4
PACIFIC                             6.0
CARTHAGE                            5.0
HALF WAY                            5.0
SENECA                              5.0
WARRENSBURG                         5.0
BLAIRSTOWN                          4.0
BOSTON                              4.0
CARL JUNCTION                       4.0
JOPLIN                              4.0
LEBANON                             4.0
ONE MILE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MOBERLY 4.0
FOUR MILES NORTHWEST OF URICH       3.5

...MICHIGAN...
HOWARD CITY                         3.5
BENTON HARBOR                       2.0
GRANDVILLE                          1.5
SAGINAW TRI-CITIES AIRPORT          1.3

...WISCONSIN...
TWO MILES NORTHEAST OF STURTEVANT   5.8
FRANKSVILLE                         5.0
MILWAUKEE MITCHELL INTL AP          4.9
RACINE                              4.2
ONE MILE SOUTH OF WAUKESHA          3.4
THREE MILES SOUTHEAST OF PALMYRA    2.8
ONE MILE SOUTH OF NORTH PRAIRIE     2.8
FRANKSVILLE                         2.5
BROOKFIELD                          2.3
FIVE MILES SOUTHWEST OF MADISON     2.3

...ILLINOIS...
GENEVA                              8.5
WINFIELD                            7.5
BELLEVILLE                          7.0
ELGIN                               6.6
BATAVIA                             6.5
EAST DUNDEE                         6.5
OFALLON                             6.5
ST. CHARLES                         6.5
DEKALB                              6.0
FORSYTH                             6.0
THREE MILES SOUTHWEST OF MIDWAY AP  4.8

...INDIANA...
ONE MILE NORTHWEST OF MARTINSBURG   0.1  ICE

...NORTH CAROLINA...
JEFFERSON                           0.4  
BLOWING ROCK                        0.2  ICE
BOONE                               0.2  ICE

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...TEXAS...
AMARILLO NWS OFFICE                 2.6
HIGGINS                             2.5
CLAUDE                              2.0
PANHANDLE                           2.0
WHEELER                             2.0

...ARKANSAS...
BEAVER                              5.0
FIVE MILES NORTHWEST OF BERRYVILLE  5.0
CENTERTON                           5.0
GATEWAY                             5.0
HOLIDAY ISLAND                      5.0
MOUNTAIN HOME                       4.0
LEAD HILL                           4.0
PEA RIDGE                           4.0
BELLA VISTA                         4.0

...IOWA...
CLINTON                             3.5
LE CLAIRE                           3.5
FOUR MILES WEST OF BETTENDORF       3.2
BURLINGTON                          3.0
FORT MADISON                        3.0
DAVENPORT                           2.5
ELDRIDGE                            2.5
WAPELLO                             2.5

...KANSAS...
FIVE MILES SOUTH OF CHERRYVALE     10.0
INDEPENDENCE                       10.0
THREE MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIBERTY   10.0
COFFEYVILLE                         8.5
THREE MILES NORTHWEST OF BARTLETT   8.0
LONGTON                             8.0
CEDAR VALE                          7.5
ROCK                                7.0
KINGMAN                             7.0
ELK FALLS                           7.0
ANTHONY                             6.5
WINFIELD                            6.0
WEST WICHITA                        4.9

...OKLAHOMA...
FOUR MILES NORTHWEST OF COPAN       8.0
SOUTH COFFEYVILLE                   8.0
ONE MILE SOUTHWEST OF OCHELATA      8.0
BIG HEART                           7.0
BARTLESVILLE                        6.0
BLUE JACKET                         6.0
CENTRALIA                           6.0
NOWANTA                             6.0

STRONG WINDS HAVE OCCURRED IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SQUALL LINE
MOVING NEAR AND INLAND OF THE GULF COAST OVER THE PAST SEVERAL
HOURS.  AUBURN ALABAMA RECORDED A GUST TO 59 MPH AT 915 PM CST.

THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING
NORTHEAST...MOVING ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER INTO INDIANA BY SUNRISE
AND MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO TOWARDS BUFFALO NEW YORK THIS
EVENING.  WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST U.S...THE
DEVELOPING LOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD SNOW FROM THE UPPER
MIDWEST...ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES...AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND
ON FRIDAY. WARM AIR SHOULD KEEP THE PRECIPITATION AS RAIN WELL
INLAND IN THE NORTHEAST. HOWEVER..TRAPPED COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO
RESULT IN FREEZING RAIN NEAR AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN
MOUNTAINS.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 9 AM CST ON FRIDAY. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ON THIS EVENT.

ROTH




Last Updated: 347 AM EST FRI FEB 01 2008