THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
1000 AM EST SAT JAN 9 2009
 
...SNOW SPREADING INTO NEW YORK STATE AND NEW JERSEY ...
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT IN EAST CENTRAL
IOWA...SOUTHWESTRN WISCONSIN AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN
MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA...AND EASTWARD THROUGH OHIO AND INTO
MANY OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FROM EAST CENTRAL IOWA THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA AND INTO
SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...AS WELL AS NORTH
CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE AND NORTH CENTRAL VERMONT. A FREEZING RAIN
ADVISORY ALSO IS IN EFFECT IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.  
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS... PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 1000 AM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A 1010 MB... 29.83 IN... LOW
PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE INDIANA. AN EAST-WEST
ORIENTED BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW STRETCHED FROM IOWA AND
NORTHERN ILLINOIS EASTWARD THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHERN NEW
YORK STATE...AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. LIGHT SLEET AND/OR FREEZING
RAIN WAS REPORTED IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OHIO WHILE LIGHT RAIN WAS
OBSERVED NEAR THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS ALONG THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARIES.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 800 AM EST THU JAN
8 THROUGH 1000 AM EST SAT JAN 10...

...ILLINOIS...
BEACH PARK 1.4 W                      9.0
FREEPORT 4 S                          8.0
LAKE VILLA 1.1 SSW                    8.0
ROCKTON 1.0 ESE                       8.0
GURNEE 2.5 NE                         7.5
LINCOLNSHIRE 0.9 N                    7.0
PALATINE                              6.5
ROSCOE 1.6 ESE                        6.3
ADDISON 5 NNW                         5.4
ELK GROVE VILLAGE 0.6 ESE             5.8
MIDWAY AIRPORT 3 SW                   5.1                         
     
CHICAGO OHARE ARPT                    3.6
STREAMWOOD 1 SW                       3.5
ROCKFORD AIRPORT                      2.7
GENOA 1.7 N                           2.5

...INDIANA...
ORLAND 5 ENE                          6.0
FREEMONT 6.4 W                        6.0
LAGRANGE 1 ENE                        6.0
MICHIGAN CITY 0.6 SSW                 5.8
GRANGER 2.9 W                         5.8
MISHAWAKA 2.5 SE                      5.1
HUDSON 4.1 NNW                        4.7
ELKHART                               4.5
LA PORTE                              4.3
PLEASANT LAKE                         4.0
VALPARAISO 3.9 NNW                    1.4

...IOWA...
NEWTON SW                             8.1
BERTRAM                               7.5
NEWTON ARPT                           7.2
NORWAY 0.4W                           7.0
CEDAR RAPIDS 1 SSE                    6.8
GRIMES 3.8 N                          6.7 
VAN HORNE 4 SW                        6.0
ANKENY                                4.6
WINDSOR HEIGHTS                       4.3
WAUCOMA 3 SE                          4.2
MCGREGOR 4 W                          4.0
NEW HAMPTON                           4.0
POTSVILLE                             3.5
CHARLES CITY                          3.0

...MICHIGAN...
BLOOMINGDALE                          8.0
STEVENSVILLE 1.7 SSE                  7.4
LITCHFIELD                            7.1
KALAMAZOO 6.0 SW                      7.0
BRONSON 6 SE                          6.6
DUNDEE                                6.4
LA GRANGE 1 ENE                       6.0
MORENCI                               6.0
MANITOU BEACH                         5.8
MONROE                                5.8
COLDWATER 7 ENE                       5.5
TECUMSEH                              4.8
MAYBEE                                4.8
BATTLE CREEK                          4.0
NILES                                 3.6

...OHIO...
CLEVELAND ARPT                        5.6
AUSTINTOWN                            5.0
GARFIELD HEIGHTS                      5.0
KENT                                  4.7
NEWTON FALLS                          4.7

...PENNSYLVANIA...
LINESVILLE                            2.5
STORMSTOWN                            2.3
CONNEAUTVILLE 6 SW                    2.0
RIDGWAY                               2.0
WESTFIELD                             2.0

...WISCONSIN...
BURLINGTON                           12.0
RACINE                               12.0
JANESVILLE                           11.4
BELOIT                               10.0
LAKE GENEVA 0.6 ENE                   9.5
WATERFORD                             8.6
OREGON                                8.5
EAST TROY 2.5 NNE                     8.0
ALBION                                6.0
FORT AIKINSON                         5.7
SOUTH WAYNE 4 SW                      5.6
UTICA 3 SSE                           5.3
MILTON                                5.0
KIELER                                3.8
MADISON                               3.6

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

...NORTH DAKOTA...
MINOT                                10.0                     
CROSBY                                8.0
GARRISON                              7.0
WIMBLEDON 3 N                         6.5
HARVEY                                6.0
NOONAN                                6.0
LANSFORD                              5.8
TURTLE LAKE                           5.5
BISMARK 6 SE                          5.4
WILTON                                5.0

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
HECLA 8.6 W                           3.5
BROWN                                 3.0
ABERDEEN                              2.6
LEOLA                                 2.6
WILMOT                                2.5
ASTORIA 2.2 SE                        2.0

...MINNESOTA...
FAIRMONT                              4.0
WINNEBAGO                             3.0
NEW ULM                               3.0
LEWISVILLE                            3.0
LYLE 2 NE                             3.0

                        
THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS FORECAST TO TRACK EAST ALONG
THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY SPREADING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE NORTHEAST BY
THIS EVENING. THE STORM WILL MOVE OUT TO SEA JUST SOUTH OF
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES ALONG
AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW
ENGLAND. SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF
THE LOW PRESSURE TRACK FROM CENTRAL OHIO INTO SOUTHERN
PENNSYLVANIA WITH PLAIN RAIN FARTHER SOUTH.

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

KOST




Last Updated: 1006 AM EST SAT JAN 10 2009