THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



 
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR SOUTHERN PLAINS...OHIO
VALLEY...NORTHEAST U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
300 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009
 
...A SWATH OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS TRACKING NORTHEASTWARD FROM
THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO THE UPPER MID-ATLANTIC COAST...

...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE
THROUGH THE REGION...WITH DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...
 
A MIXTURE OF ICE AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FROM TEXAS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES.
WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHEASTERN
U.S.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 300 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED SNOW IS FALLING IN SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...INDIANA...AND OHIO...CHANGING TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN
SOUTHWARD IN KENTUCKY...TENNESSEE...ARKANSAS...AND SOUTHERN
MISSOURI. SOME AREAS IN KENTUCKY ARE EXPERIENCING HEAVY FREEZING
RAIN. THIS PRECIPITATION IS FALLING IN RESPONSE TO INTENSE UPPER
LEVEL ENERGY COUPLED WITH MOISTURE RETURNING INLAND FROM THE GULF
OF MEXICO. IT IS ADVANCING AHEAD OF THE STATIONARY AND WARM FRONTS
CURRENTLY LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THE SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM JAN 26 2009
THROUGH 300 AM JAN 27 2009...

...ILLINOIS...
LAWRENCE                            3.7
CLAY                                3.5


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM 700 PM JAN 26
2009 THROUGH 300 AM JAN 27 2009...  

...KENTUCKY...
CARLISLE                            1.00

...MISSOURI...
REYNOLDS                            2.50

                     
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
700 PM JAN 26 2009 THROUGH 300 AM JAN 27 2009...

...ARKANSAS..
HARRISON                            0.90
POCAHONTAS 5 E                      0.75
BIGGERS                             0.50

...KENTUCKY...
CALLOWAY                            0.40
PADUCAH                             0.40

...TENNESSEE...
UNION CITY                          0.25
RIPLEY 5 E                          0.25
GREENFIELD                          0.13
FRIENDSHIP                          0.10
DYERSBURG                           0.10

...MISSOURI...
POPLAR BLUFF                        0.60
OZARK                               0.50
GAINESVILLE                         0.25

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE MOVEMENT OF
THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE THAN 0.25 INCHES
ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY...WITH TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 1.00 INCH POSSIBLE IN
ARKANSAS AND KENTUCKY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OHIO AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS. 

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY FOR THIS EVENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 900 AM CST TUE JAN 27
2009. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

COLLINS




Last Updated: 255 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2009