THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
CAMP SPRINGS, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008
...WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE UPPER GREAT
LAKES...WHILE THUNDERSTORMS BRING HEAVY RAIN AND A SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT ACROSS NORTHEASTERN
IOWA...FAR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES...AND SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
MIDDLE TO UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE UPPER GREAT
LAKES....AS WELL AS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. IN ADDITION...FLOOD
WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM NORTHEASTERN TEXAS...NORTHEASTWARD
THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE LOWER TO MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...THE
OHIO VALLEY AND THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THESE WARNINGS ARE
PRIMARILY FOR RIVER FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAINS THAT HAVE COME
TO AN END. FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
AT 300 PM CST... A DEEPENING 980 MB LOW WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE
NORTHEAST OF MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN...OVER CENTRAL LAKE MICHIGAN.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS
INDICATED THAT SNOW IS FALLING NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER
FROM EASTERN IOWA...ACROSS NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...CENTRAL TO
EASTERN WISCONSIN AND INTO THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN.
FREEZING RAIN IS BEING REPORTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE LOWER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
BEING REPORTED TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
FROM THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES/WESTERN AND UPSTATE NEW
YORK...SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE UPPER OHIO RIVER VALLEY..THROUGH THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.
THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS PRESENTLY FALLING ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF
THIS PRECIPITATION AREA FROM EASTERN TENNESSEE...WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA...EASTERN ALABAMA
AND INTO THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES FROM 600 PM
CST FEB 15 THROUGH 300 PM CST SUN FEB 17...
...KANSAS...
OSKALOOSA 3.0 SW 6.0
LAWRENCE 6.0
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...
BUCHANAN 4.0
TRENTON 3.4
KIRKSVILLE 3.0
MARYVILLE 3.0
PLATTE CITY 2.4
CAMDEN POINT 1.9 SSE 2.0
...IOWA...
ASBURY 6.3
SOLON 5.0
CEDAR RAPIDS 5 NW 4.0
VICTOR 4.0
DUBUQUE 3.0
BOONE 1.0
AMES 1.0
...WISCONSIN...
WAUPACA 3 S 8.0
MARINETTE 6.0
MARQUETTE 5.5
SURING 5.5
PORTAGE 5.3
GREEN BAY 3.0
...MINNESOTA...
PHILLIPS 3 W 3.0
PRENTICE 2.0
...MICHIGAN...
MENOMINEE 6.0
WALLACE 6.0
PARADISE 6.0
SAULT STE. MARIE 5.0
...SELECTED ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES FROM 600 PM CST FEB 15
THROUGH 300 PM CST SUN FEB 17...
...MICHIGAN...
POSEN 0.50
ST. IGNACE 0.50
GAYLORD 4SW 0.30
KALKASKA 0.25
ROSEBUSH 0.25
GRAND RAPIDS 0.10
GRAYLING 0.10
LYONS 0.10
ROGERS CITY 0.10
...WISCONSIN...
BAGLEY 1.00
BLUE RIVER 0.75
VALLEY 0.38
LANSING 4 SE 0.25
MILLVILLE 0.25
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 300 PM 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
...MISSISSIPPI...
MERIDIAN 2.09
MCCOMB 1.20
NATCHEZ 1.16
JACKSON 1.00
...ALABAMA...
TUSCALOOSA 1.00
BIRMINGHAM 0.86
...TENNESSEE...
MEMPHIS 0.56
NASHVILLE 0.46
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PROGRESS NORTHEAST INTO
NORTHERN MICHIGAN BY THIS EVENING AND THE INTO EASTERN
ONTARIO/WESTERN QUEBEC BY MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/UPPER GREAT LAKES
REGION THIS EVENING...TAPERING OFF BY EARLY MONDAY. FREEZING RAIN
IS POSSIBLE FROM NORTHERN NEW YORK INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS
EVENING INTO TONIGHT...WITH SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE OVER
CENTRAL TO NORTHERN MAINE. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT FROM THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC INTO THE
SOUTHEAST TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD BE SEVERE....ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. LATE
SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 900PM CST ON SUNDAY FEB 17. PLEASE REFER TO
YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
ORAVEC
Last Updated: 404 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2008