STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 AM CST MON FEB 11 2008        

...A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS AFFECTING MUCH OF
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN
EFFECT ACROSS AN AREA EXTENDING FROM KANSAS NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE
MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY EXTENDING
INTO THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. ANOTHER SWATH OF WINTER WEATHER RELATED
HAZARDS HAVE BEEN ISSUED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS STATES
EASTWARD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE WEATHER
INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 830 AM CST...A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY POSITIONED
ALONG THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES EXTENDING THROUGH THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
AND SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE SOUTHERN GULF COAST STATES IS
SEPARATING COLD ARCTIC AIR FROM WARMER AIR ACROSS THE GULF COAST. 
MEANWHILE...AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES WILL SLIDE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATER IN
THE DAY...SPAWNING A WIDESPREAD AREA OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION
ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. TO THE NORTH OF THE STATIONARY FRONT.  
CURRENTLY...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS DEPICT A SWATH OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO MUCH OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI. IN FACT...SOME
OF THIS FREEZING RAIN HAS BEEN CONVECTIVE IN NATURE WITH THUNDER
FREEZING RAIN BEING REPORTED ALONG THE KANSAS/MISSOURI BORDER.
FARTHER NORTH ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...A VERY LIGHT SNOW IS
FALLING...BUT MUCH OF IT IS NOT REACHING THE GROUND WITH DRY
CONDITIONS AT THE SURFACE.

...SELECTED STORM ICE TOTALS IN INCHES FROM 1200 AM CST
MONDAY...FEBRUARY 11 THROUGH 800 AM CST MONDAY...FEBRUARY 11...

...MISSOURI...

ASH GROVE                    0.38 
SHOAL CREEK ESTATES 0.2 SE   0.30 

...KANSAS...

OSWEGO                       0.50 

...OKLAHOMA...

LENAPAH 10 N                 0.50 
COMMERCE                     0.25 


AS THE UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY BEGINS TO MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES
OF THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...MORE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BREAKOUT
ACROSS THE CENTRAL STATES TODAY. FREEZING RAIN TOTALS BETWEEN 0.25
AND 0.50 INCHES ARE BEING FORECAST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS
SOUTHERN MISSOURI EASTWARD THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA. IN ADDITION
TO THE ICE THREAT...WIDESPREAD SNOWS ARE BEING ANTICIPATED FROM
THE NORTHERN PLAINS EASTWARD THROUGH THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. SNOW
TOTALS SHOULD REMAIN ANYWHERE BETWEEN 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY
HEAVIER AMOUNTS.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 300 PM CST MONDAY FEBRUARY 11. PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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