THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 04 FOR SOUTHERN PLAINS TO NORTHEAST U.S.
WINTER STORM AND HEAVY RAIN
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 AM CST SUN DEC 22 2013

...A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO BRING WIDESPREAD HEAVY
RAIN...SEVERE WEATHER...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN TO PLACES FROM
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY UP TO THE NORTHEAST...       

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR A LARGE AREA COVERING THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS... ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND INTO MUCH OF MICHIGAN.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS...ICE STORM WARNINGS AND FREEZING RAIN
ADVISORIES ARE NOW IN EFFECT FROM NORTHERN NEW YORK INTO NORTHERN
NEW ENGLAND...

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FOR A WIDE SWATH EXTENDING FROM THE MID-MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY...THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY...AND INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES
REGION.

WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA...PARTS OF THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...AS WELL AS PARTS OF THE OHIO
VALLEY.

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

AT 200 AM CST...A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WITH A MAIN LOW PRESSURE
CENTER OF 997 MB...29.45 INCHES...WAS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD INTO
WESTERN OHIO.  AN ORGANIZED SQUALL LINE HAD DEVELOPED SOUTH OF THE
LOW IN THE WARM AND MOIST AIR AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WHICH EXTENDS
SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF
THE LOW IN THE COLD AIR...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED AN EXTENSIVE SWATH OF FREEZING RAIN
SPREADING EASTWARD ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN...NORTHERN NEW YORK...AND
INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  FARTHER TO THE WEST...A SWATH OF SNOW
WAS MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF IOWA.  THE SNOW WAS ASSOCIATED WITH AN
UPPER-LEVEL SHORTWAVE AND A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WHICH EXTENDED
SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CST FRI DEC
20 THROUGH 200 AM CST SUN DEC 22...

...ARKANSAS...
DES ARC 6 SW                          7.10                    
TRUMANN                               5.70                    
LITTLE ROCK AFB                       5.59                    
WALNUT RIDGE RGNL ARPT                5.16                    
STUTTGART MUNI ARPT                   4.99                    
PINE BLUFF/GRIDER FIELD               4.96                    
MACON 2 N                             4.75                    
SEARCY MUNI ARPT                      4.72                    
SOUTH BEND                            4.72                    
JONESBORO MUNI ARPT                   4.43                    
BATESVILLE RGNL ARPT                  4.05                    
SALTILLO                              4.03                    

...ILLINOIS...
ROUND KNOB                            5.82                    
CAIRO                                 5.75                    
METROPOLIS MUNI ARPT                  5.63                    
CARMI                                 4.91                    
WARE                                  4.90                    
HARRISBURG                            4.62                    
PLUMFIELD                             3.79                    
BUSH 2 ESE                            3.78                    
LAWRENCEVILLE AIRPORT                 3.70                    
MURPHYSBORO                           3.52                    
BELKNAP 11.1 ESE                      3.37                    
HIDALGO                               3.18                    
SALEM                                 3.06                    
WATSON                                2.78                    
CENTRALIA MUNI ARPT                   2.77                    
FLORA                                 2.64                    
EFFINGHAM                             2.36                    
TRIMBLE 1 E                           2.02                    

...INDIANA...
VINCENNES 4 E                         5.60                    
BLOOMINGTON 5 SW                      4.50                    
PORTLAND                              4.38                    
PARAGON 3 S                           4.15                    
EVANSVILLE RGNL ARPT                  3.53                    
SHELBYVILLE MUNI ARPT                 3.22                    
NEW CASTLE 4.6 SSE                    2.80                    
ALEXANDRIA 3 S                        2.60                    
INDIANAPOLIS 8.4 ESE                  2.49                    
BROOKLYN 0.5 ENE                      2.40                    
GREENWOOD                             2.40                    
NEW PALESTINE 1.2 NW                  2.34                    

...KENTUCKY...
PADUCAH/BARKLEY                       4.70                    
HENDERSON CITY                        3.56                    
CORYDON 4.3 NE                        2.03                    

...LOUISIANA...
SHREVEPORT DOWNTOWN ARPT              2.96                    
BARKSDALE AFB/BOSSIER CITY            2.92                    

...MISSOURI...
POPLAR BLUFF MUNI ARPT                4.74                    
CAPE GIRARDEAU MUNI ARPT              4.12                    
JACKSON                               4.00                    
AVA 13.6 SSE                          2.53                    
ELLSINORE 4.8 WNW                     2.08                    

...OHIO...
DOWNTOWN DAYTON 4 NW                  2.47                    
MARION MUNI ARPT                      2.05                    
MANSFIELD/LAHM MUNI ARPT              1.81                    
CLEVELAND-HOPKINS INTL ARPT           1.69                    
BOTKINS                               1.46                    
SHARONVILLE 1 SE                      1.32                    

...PENNSYLVANIA...
ERIE INTL ARPT                        1.55                    

...TENNESSEE...
DYERSBURG MUNI ARPT                   4.06                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CST FRI DEC 20
THROUGH 200 AM CST AT DEC 21...

...KANSAS...
SEDAN                                 0.50                    
EMPORIA 5 N                           0.25                    
TOPEKA 6 SW                           0.20                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
700 AM CST FRI DEC 20 THROUGH 200 AM CST SUN DEC 22...

...ARKANSAS...
SILOAM SPRINGS                        0.10                    

...IOWA...
CEDAR RAPIDS 1 SSE                    0.10                    

...ILLINOIS...
MACOMB 4 WSW                          0.25                    
CLINTON                               0.20                    
LINCOLN 2 E                           0.20                    
PEORIA                                0.20                    
SPRINGFIELD                           0.20                    
DEER GROVE 3 WNW                      0.10                    
MACKINAW                              0.10                    

...KANSAS...
SEDAN                                 0.75                    
DEXTER                                0.50                    
OSWEGO                                0.50                    
SYCAMORE                              0.50                    
CHAUTAUQUA                            0.40                    
COLUMBUS 7 W                          0.25                    
ERIE                                  0.25                    
FREDONIA                              0.25                    
HOWARD 5 W                            0.25                    
IOLA                                  0.25                    
DEVON                                 0.20                    
PITTSBURGH                            0.20                    

...MICHIGAN...
GREENVILLE                            0.25                    
BIRCH RUN 4 SSE                       0.20                    
HOWELL 3 ESE                          0.20                    
SHAFTSBURG                            0.20                    
HOLLAND 2 SSE                         0.16                    
ALLEGAN                               0.10                    
SAGINAW                               0.10                    
ZEELAND 3 WNW                         0.10                    

...MISSOURI...
COLUMBUS 7 WNW                        0.50                    
CLINTON 10 SE                         0.30                    
JEFFERSON CITY                        0.30                    
VERONA                                0.30                    
ASHLAND 4 NNE                         0.26                    
ELDON                                 0.25                    
JOPLIN                                0.25                    
OSCEOLA                               0.25                    
PALMYRA                               0.25                    
REPUBLIC                              0.25                    
SARCOXIE 1 W                          0.25                    
SPRINGFIELD 4 WNW                     0.25                    

...NEW YORK...
CANTON                                1.00                    
POTSDAM                               0.50                    
SOUTH COLTON 3 WSW                    0.33                    

...OKLAHOMA...
ANADARKO                              0.96                    

...TEXAS...
ELECTRA                               0.12                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CST FRI DEC
20 THROUGH 200 AM CST SUN DEC 22...

...IOWA...
CHARITON                              4.0                    

...KANSAS...
GREAT BEND                           13.5                    
SALINA                               11.0                    
KINSLEY                               9.0                    
MANHATTAN 4 SW                        9.0                    
FORD 3 S                              8.0                    
MCPHERSON                             8.0                    
MULLINVILLE ENE                       8.0                    
DODGE CITY 2 N                        5.5                    
LAWRENCE 2 NW                         5.4                    
ROBINSON                              5.2                    
MINNEAPOLIS 5 SE                      5.0                    
WESTFALL 6 SSE                        4.0                    
EAST WICHITA                          3.0                    
OLATHE 5 NW                           3.0                    

...MISSOURI...
ST. JOSEPH 2 N                        7.0                    
GLADSTONE                             2.8                    

...TEXAS...
DUMAS                                11.5                    
BOOKER 1 N                            7.0                    
STRATFORD                             5.8                    
DALHART                               5.0                    
WHITE DEER                            4.0                    
HEREFORD 28 NW                        3.5                    
AMARILLO 6 NNW                        3.0                    
CHANNING                              3.0                    
HARTLEY                               2.8                    
ADRIAN                                1.5                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT
HAS ENDED...

...OKLAHOMA...
BLUEJACKET                            0.75                    
FORT COBB                             0.75                    
CATOOSA 1 W                           0.70                    
GRAINOLA                              0.60                    
GLENPOOL                              0.50                    
WHITE OAK                             0.50                    
OWASSO                                0.40                    
VANCE AIR FORCE BASE                  0.40                    
TULSA 5 ESE                           0.37                    
PRAGUE 8 N                            0.35                    
COLLINSVILLE 2 SE                     0.25                    
VINSON 10 NW                          0.12                    

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

...OKLAHOMA...
EVA                                   4.0                    
HOUGH                                 4.0                    
GRIGGS 2 W                            3.5                    


THE COLD FRONT AND THE ASSOCIATED LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN OHIO ARE
EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY TOWARDS THE APPALACHIANS TODAY. THE THREAT
FOR HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL SHIFT EASTWARD
FROM THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS INTO THE APPALACHIANS AND
THE SOUTHEAST TODAY.  FARTHER NORTH INTO THE COLD AIR...THE MAIN
AREA OF CONCERN FOR FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN NEW
ENGLAND WHERE HALF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.  FARTHER NORTH ACROSS THE UPPER
MIDWEST INTO THE GREAT LAKES...A BAND OF SNOW SHOULD RESULT IN
ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO LOCALLY 10 INCHES.

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

KONG




Last Updated: 420 AM EST SUN DEC 22 2013