THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR CENTRAL TO NORTHEAST U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
900 AM CST TUE FEB 04 2014

...WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAS STARTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND
MIDDLE AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS... ACROSS THE MIDWEST... AND INTO
MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST.

ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST VIRGINIA AND
INTO CENTRAL MARYLAND.

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

AT 800 AM CST... A WAVE OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WAS MOVING ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH A FRONT AT THE SURFACE DRAPED ALONG THE
GULF COAST CAUSING PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO STREAM NORTHWARD FROM THE
GULF OF MEXICO ACROSS THE SOUTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS AND THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FALLING
ACROSS KANSAS... NORTHERN OKLAHOMA... AND MUCH OF THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
ARKANSAS... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WAS BEING REPORTED.  FROM EAST
TEXAS AND ACROSS LOUISIANA... MAINLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS
FALLING.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 PM CST MON FEB
03 THROUGH 800 AM CST TUE FEB 04...

...COLORADO...
BURLINGTON 12 N                       3.0                    
CHEYENNE WELLS                        3.0                    
KIT CARSON 9 NNE                      2.0                    

...KANSAS...
HAVILAND 0.3 SW                       4.9                    
PARTRIDGE 2.5 ESE                     4.7                    
GALVA 1.5 NE                          4.0                    
KANOPOLIS STATE PARK                  4.0                    
SALINA                                4.0                    
HUTCHINSON                            3.0                    
KINGMAN                               3.0                    
MOUNT HOPE SSW                        3.0                    
MULLINVILLE                           3.0                    
BURDETT                               2.5                    
GREAT BEND                            2.5                    
WELLINGTON                            2.5                    
ADA 4 ENE                             2.0                    
LINDSBORG 3 E                         2.0                    
MCPHERSON                             2.0                    

...MISSOURI...
CENTERVIEW 3 W                        1.9                    

...OKLAHOMA...
ENID 3.6 WNW                          2.0                    
FAIRFAX                               2.0                    
ERICK 0.2 NE                          1.9                    
SHATTUCK 0.7 SSW                      1.9                    
SAYRE 5.8 NW                          1.8                    

...TEXAS...
CANADIAN                              3.0                    
PAMPA                                 3.0                    
WELLINGTON                            3.0                    
MIAMI                                 2.5                    
CANYON 5 W                            2.0                    
GROOM                                 2.0                    
SHAMROCK                              2.0                    
CHARENDON                             1.5                    
DAWN                                  1.5                    
AMARILLO 5 SW                         1.2                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
600 PM CST MON FEB 03 THROUGH 800 AM CST TUE FEB 04...

...OKLAHOMA...
BATTIEST                              0.10                    
CHECOTAH                              0.10                    


THE SNOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MID-MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY THIS MORNING SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING IN A NORTHEASTLY
DIRECTION INTO THE MIDWEST/OHIO VALLEY REGION BY THIS EVENING...
AND THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC/NORTHEAST BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW
TOTALS UP TO 10 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS... ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS... MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND
INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. FARTHER EAST ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF
THE OHIO VALLEY AND INTO THE NORTHEAST... SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AS HIGH
AS A FOOT COULD BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... WITH SOME
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 15 INCHES POSSSIBLE ESPECIALLY FROM
NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA TO INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND. SOUTH OF THE
SNOW... FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY TO THE MID-ATLANTIC... WITH AMOUNTS RANGING FROM A TENTH TO
HALF AN INCH.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 300 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

MONARSKI




Last Updated: 1110 AM EST TUE FEB 04 2014