STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG
WITH...SNOW...ICE...AND HEAVY RAIN TO THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES...

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL IOWA INTO
WISCONSIN.  WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES...AND SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE GREAT LAKES...AS WELL AS
NORTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND.  IN ADDITION...FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD
WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MISSOURI INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND
INDIANA.    

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

AT 900 AM CST... A DEEPENING 989 MB LOW WAS LOCATED OVER THE
NORTHEAST MISSOURI/ILLINOIS BORDER.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT SNOW IS
FALLING NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER.  FREEZING RAIN HAS BEEN
REPORTED IN NORTHEASTERN IOWA INTO WISCONSIN.  DRY AIR HAS
FILTERED INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS...BUT
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES IN THE OHIO VALLEY.  FARTHER
SOUTH...SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED
AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT.    


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES FROM 600 PM
CST FEB 15 THROUGH 800 AM CST SUN FEB 17...

...KANSAS...
ESKRIDGE 0.1 SW                      3.3
DUNLAP 2.0 NNW                       2.5
TOPEKA 0.4 SSW                       2.4  
MANHATTAN 0.5 NE                     2.1

...MISSOURI...
PLATTE CITY                          2.4
CAMDEN POINT 1.9 SSE                 2.0


...SELECTED ICE ACCUMUMLATIONS IN INCHES FROM 600 PM CST FEB 15
THROUGH 800 AM CST SUN FEB 17...

...MICHIGAN...
LYONS                               0.10               
GRAYLING                            0.10                
ROGERS CITY                         0.10               

...WISCONSIN...
JACKSON                             0.20              
ENDEAVOR                            0.20                
HOLY HILL 2 E                       0.20              

...IOWA...
KNOXVILLE 12 ESE                    0.50 SLEET AND ICE  
STRAWBERRY POINT                    0.25                 
CENTRAL CITY 6.7 W                  0.13                
RED OAK                             0.10           


...SELECTED STORM RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES FROM 600 PM CST FEB 15
THROUGH 800 AM CST SUN FEB 17...

...ARKANSAS...
FAYETTEVILLE/SPRINGDALE		    2.85
BENTONVILLE                         2.52
HOT SPRINGS/MEMORIAL FIELD          2.44
FORT SMITH MUNI ARPT                2.42
MOUNT IDA                           2.39

...LOUISIANA...
FORT POLK                           3.73
SHREVEPORT RGNL ARPT                2.98
ENGLAND AFB/ALEXANDRIA              2.45
BARKSDALE AFB/BOSSIER CITY          2.36

...OKLAHOMA...
WARR ACRES 1.3 SSE                  3.41  
OKLAHOMA CITY                       2.24
MCALESTER REGIONAL ARPT             2.11
CUTHRIE MUNI ARPT                   2.02

...TEXAS...
KIRBYVILLE 1.5 SE                   3.97   
NACOGDOCHES                         3.79
WACO 4.2 SE                         3.28   
INDEPENDENCE 1.8 WSW                3.20   
LUFKIN/ANGELINA CO. ARPT            3.14
COLLEGE STATION/EASTERWOOD FLD      2.67


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SNOW...RAIN...AND FREEZING
RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO PROGRESS NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN MICHIGAN BY
THIS EVENING.  AS THE LOW PROPAGATES NORTHEASTWARD...THE
PRECIPITATION SHIELD WILL SPREAD ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK AND NEW
ENGLAND.  AREAS OF RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW
ACROSS THE MIDWEST AS TEMPERATURES FALL BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER.  RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AHEAD OF
THE COLD FRONT AS IT PUSHES EASTWARD THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST...SOME
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE.         


THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 300PM CST ON SUNDAY FEB 17. PLEASE REFER TO
YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. 

ENGELMAN/FRACASSO