THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR SOUTHERN PLAINS TO MID ATLANTIC WINTER
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 PM EST WED MAR 04 2015

...A STRONG COLD FRONT DIVING SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN
U.S. IS CHANGING RAIN TO SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN FROM
TEXAS TO NEW YORK...

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE MID ATLANTIC

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WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 900 PM EST...A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
1008 MB...29.77 INCHES...WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN TENNESSEE NEAR THE
NORTH CAROLINA BORDER. FROM THE LOW...A COLD FRONT STRETCHED
SOUTHWESTWARD INTO SOUTHERN TEXAS AND A STATIONARY BOUNDARY
STRETCHED EASTWARD TO THE SOUTHERN VIRGINIA COAST. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LARGE
SHIELD OF PRECIPITATION FROM SOUTHERN TEXAS TO NEW JERSEY. SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN WAS BEING OBSERVED FROM CENTRAL TEXAS
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL ARKANSAS...WESTERN TENNESSEE...AND
SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. LIGHT SNOW WAS BEING OBSERVED ALONG THE
NORTHERN EXTENT OF THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD FROM TEXAS TO
PENNSYLVANIA. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WAS AFFECTING NORTHERN ARKANSAS
NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE OHIO RIVER TO SOUTHERN OHIO.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST WED MAR
04 THROUGH 900 PM EST WED MAR 04...

...ARKANSAS...
BIGGERS                               5.0                    
DENNARD                               4.0                    
SALEM                                 3.0                    
SIDNEY                                3.0                    

...ILLINOIS...
ANNA                                  8.0                    
MUDDY 2 WNW                           6.5                    
CARBONDALE                            5.0                    
MULKEYTOWN                            4.5                    
HERRIN                                4.0                    

...INDIANA...
FARABEE 2 ESE                         7.1                    
PALMYRA                               6.5                    
CELESTINE                             6.0                    
HUNTINGBURG                           6.0                    
MILLERSBURG 3 S                       6.0                    
FERDINAND                             5.0                    
BORDEN                                4.0                    
GREENVILLE                            3.5                    

...KENTUCKY...
DARMSTADT 6 ENE                       6.5                    
STURGIS                               6.0                    
UNIONTOWN                             6.0                    
ELIZABETHTOWN 2 W                     5.0                    
HENDERSON 1 S                         5.0                    
LA CENTER                             5.0                    
PADUCAH                               5.0                    

...MISSOURI...
DUDLEY                                5.0                    
POPLAR BLUFF                          5.0                    
WEST PLAINS                           4.0                    
LANTON                                3.5                    
WHITE CHURCH 4 NNE                    3.5                    
BRANSON                               3.0                    

...OKLAHOMA...
CORDELL                               5.0                    
CALUMET                               4.0                    
FOSS                                  4.0                    
GRANITE                               4.0                    
FORT COBB                             3.0                    
OKLAHOMA CITY                         3.0                    

...TEXAS...
CLARENDON                             5.0                    
WELLINGTON                            5.0                    
MCLEAN                                4.5                    
CHILLICOTHE                           4.0                    
TURKEY                                3.5                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST WED MAR 04
THROUGH 900 PM EST WED MAR 04...

...ARKANSAS...
AUSTIN                                1.50                    
CABOT                                 1.00                    
NEWPORT                               1.00                    
SHERWOOD                              1.00                    
SONORA 2 E                            1.00                    
EUREKA SPRINGS                        0.50                    
LITTLE ROCK ARPT                      0.50                    
WYNNE                                 0.50                    

...TENNESSEE...
DYERSBURG                             1.25                    
PARIS                                 0.50                    

...TEXAS...
BOWIE                                 0.50                    
ROSCOE                                0.50                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
700 AM EST WED MAR 04 THROUGH 900 PM EST WED MAR 04...

...TENNESSEE...
BRUCETON                              0.10                    

...TEXAS...
OLNEY                                 0.10                    


THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SINK SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST AND MID ATLANTIC OVERNIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES PLUMMET
BEHIND THE FRONT RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
ACROSS MUCH OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND TENNESSEE VALLEY
OVERNIGHT. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION
AND THEN ALL SNOW FROM CENTRAL ARKANSAS NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE
OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT AND THE MID ATLANTIC EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON THURSDAY ACROSS THE MID
ATLANTIC BEFORE TAPERING OFF IN THE EVENING. THE HEAVIEST BAND OF
SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM CENTRAL KENTUCKY INTO WEST VIRGINIA AND THE
NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THIS BAND. LESSER TOTALS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH OF THIS
BAND WHERE THE PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BE LONGER AND
NORTH OF THE BAND WHERE THE SNOWFALL WILL BE LIGHTER THROUGH THE
EVENT. 

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

KREKELER




Last Updated: 941 PM EST WED MAR 04 2015