STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR CENTRAL TO EASTERN U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
300 AM CST TUE FEB 09 2010
 
...EXPANSIVE AREA OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION MOVING FROM THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY INTO THE MID WEST AND TOWARD THE MIDDLE
ATLANTIC...
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY
IN EFFECT ACROSS A LARGE SECTION OF THE NATION FROM THE MIDDLE TO
UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...THROUGH THE LOWER GREAT LAKES
REGION...OHIO VALLEY...CENTRAL APPALACHIANS...NORTHERN MID
ATLANTIC AND INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 200 AM CST...AN ELONGATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE STRETCHED
THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WITH A STRENGTHENING COLD FRONT
PUSHING EAST SOUTHEASTWARD WITH IT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS CONTINUED TO SHOW
WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE MOVING EASTWARD FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO
VALLEY AND TOWARD THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW
WAS BEING REPORTED FROM EASTERN ARKANSAS NORTHWARD THROUGH THE MID
TO UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE OHIO VALLEY REGION. TO
THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE SNOWFALL REGION... A FAST MOVING LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THE CENTRAL
GULF COASTAL STATES.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1200 PM CST SUN
FEB 07 THROUGH 200 AM CST TUE FEB 09...

...ALABAMA...
GREEN HILL                            4.5                     
CENTER STAR                           4.0                     
CHEROKEE                              4.0                     

...ARKANSAS...
AUSTIN                                9.5                     
PETIT JEAN STATE PARK                 6.3                     
COWELL                                6.0                     
NEWPORT                               5.0                     
PARKS                                 5.0                     
NORTH LITTLE ROCK                     4.9                     
DAMASCUS 2 NNE                        4.5                     
CLARKSVILLE                           4.0                     
GILBERT                               4.0                     
LESLIE                                4.0                     
STEPROCK 2 SE                         4.0                     
WYNNE                                 4.0                     
FAYETTEVILLE                          3.0                     

...IOWA...
MASON CITY                            9.0                     
AMES                                  7.1                     
POLK CITY 3 S                         6.1                     
ANKENY AIRPORT 5 NNW                  6.0                     
NEWTON                                5.8                     
DES MOINES                            5.7                     
RINGSTED                              5.5                     
CEDAR RAPIDS                          5.0                     
WATERLOO                              4.9                     
CLIVE 1 E                             4.8                     
DUNKERTOWN                            4.5                     

...ILLINOIS...
PEORIA                                3.0                     
BETHALTO                              2.0                     

...KANSAS...
FULTON                                5.5                     

...KENTUCKY...
HENDERSON                             3.0                     

...MINNESOTA...
FINLAND                              12.0                     
GLENWOOD                             11.0                     
ISLAND LAKE                          10.5                     
LITCHFIELD                           10.5                     
NEW MARKET                           10.0                     
KIMBALL                               9.5                     
BURNSVILLE 3 SSW                      9.0                     
GRAND MEADOW                          9.0                     
ELLENDALE                             8.0                     
LAKEVILLE                             8.0                     
ST PAUL 3 NW                          7.9                     
WINONA                                7.7                     
WILLMAR                               7.5                     
MANTORVILLE                           7.0                     
WATERVILLE                            7.0                     
NORTHFIELD                            6.3                     
CARVER                                6.0                     
WHEATON                               6.0                     
ROCHESTER                             5.3                     
DULUTH                                5.2                     
GREEN ISLE 1 NE                       5.0                     
MANKATO                               5.0                     
NORTH ST. PAUL                        4.9                     
MORRIS                                4.7                     

...MISSOURI...
BOONVILLE                             4.0                     
ROLLA                                 3.9                     

...MISSISSIPPI...
OLIVE BRANCH                          8.0                     
HERNANDO                              6.0                     
INGRAMS MILL                          6.0                     
CORINTH 5 E                           5.5                     
INDEPENDENCE                          4.0                     
TUNICA                                4.0                     

...OKLAHOMA...
GUTHRIE                               3.5                     
WARR ACRES                            3.5                     
LEEDEY                                3.0                     
WEATHERFORD                           3.0                     
OKARCHE                               2.4                     
THE VILLAGE                           2.3                     

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
MILBANK                               6.0                     
SISSETON                              6.0                     
CLEAR LAKE                            2.0                     

...TENNESSEE...
MILLINGTON 5 N                        8.0                     
MILAN                                 5.5                     
POCAHONTAS 5 W                        5.3                     
MIDDLETON                             5.0                     
GERMANTOWN                            4.0                     
SAVANNAH                              4.0                     
MONTGOMERY                            2.0                     
STEWART                               2.0                     

...TEXAS...
BEAVER                                4.0                     
CHANNING 12 NE                        4.0                     
PERRYTON                              4.0                     


WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWS ARE LIKELY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS FROM THE
GREAT LAKES...UPPER OHIO VALLEY REGION...CENTRAL
APPALACHIANS...NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC AND INTO THE NYC METRO
AREA/SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND REGION AS THE ELONGATED AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY PUSHES EASTWARD. ONE AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN OVER THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY
REGION TUESDAY AND PUSH NORTHWARD INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES
REGION BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. AT THE SAME TIME..ANOTHER AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN RAPIDLY ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC
COAST...BECOMING THE STRONGER OF THE TWO LOWS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY.
AREAS OF THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC THAT ARE STILL DIGGING OUT FROM
THE HISTORIC BLIZZARD OF FEBRUARY 5-6 HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
RECEIVE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 10-20. THIS WILL MAKE THE
WINTER OF 2009-2010 THE SNOWIEST ON RECORD FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN
THE MID ATLANTIC.

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

ORAVEC/KONG