STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR EASTERN THIRD OF U. S. WINTRY MIX
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008

...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET EXPANDING EASTWARD FROM THE PLAINS INTO
THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY...

WINTER STORM WARNING...WATCHES AND ADVISORIES ALONG WITH ICE STORM
WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS A LARGE SECTION OF
THE COUNTRY FROM THE SOUTHERN TO CENTRAL PLAINS...EASTWARD INTO
THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY..THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY...ACROSS
THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND INTO THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES.  FOR
THE MOST UP TO DATE WARNING AND WATCH INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 9:00 AM CST AN AREA OF ARCTIC AIR STRETCHES FROM THE
PLAINS...EASTWARD INTO THE EASTERN UNITED STATES.  AN UPPER LEVEL
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EASTWARD FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED
STATES AND A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ARE
PRODUCING AN EXPANDING AREA OF PRECIPITATION IN THIS ARCTIC AIR
MASS.  AT 900 AM CST THURSDAY FEBRUARY 21...NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS ARE SHOWING
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FALLING FROM EASTERN KANSAS...EASTWARD
ACROSS MISSOURI..SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN INDIANA AND WESTERN
KENTUCKY.  RAIN IS BEING REPORTED FARTHER TO THE SOUTH CLOSER TO
THE GULF COAST FROM EASTERN TEXAS...ACROSS
LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES
FROM 1200 MIDNIGHT CST THU FEB 21 THROUGH 600 AM CST THU FEB 21...

...SLEET...

...KANSAS...
COWLEY                                3.0
MONTGOMERY                            1.5
ELK                                   1.0
CHAUTAUQUA                            1.0
SUMNER                                1.0

...MISSOURI...
GRAVOIS MILLS                         0.5
NEVADA                                0.5
BOONVILLE                             0.3
LINN                                  0.3
STEELVILLE                            0.3
MORGAN                                0.2
WRIGHT                                0.2
ST. PETERS                            0.1

...SNOW...

...MISSOURI...
ELSEBERRY                             1.0
COTTLEVILLE                           0.5

...ILLINOIS...
QUINCY                                0.6
 

...SELECTED FREEZING RAIN AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES FROM
1200 MIDNIGHT CST THU FEB 21 THROUGH 600 AM CST THU FEB 21...

...KANSAS...
LABETTE                               0.50
 
...MISSOURI...
CEDAR                                 0.25
CHEROKEE                              0.25
VIBURNUM                              0.25
TANEY                                 0.10




THE UPPER AND SURFACE LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST NORTHEASTWARD
TODAY INTO THE CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN PLAINS AND INTO THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND OHIO VALLEY DURING FRIDAY.  WINTRY
WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AHEAD OF
THESE SYSTEMS...WITH SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED TO
AFFECT A LARGE PORTION OF THE NATION FROM THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY...THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY...ACROSS THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS
AND INTO THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND STATES. 
SNOWFALL TOTALS GREATER THAN 4 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF .25
TO .50 INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS TODAY AND INTO FRIDAY.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 300 PM CST THURSDAY FEBRUARY 21. PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

ZIEGENFELDER/ORAVEC