616  
ACUS11 KWNS 141059  
SWOMCD  
SPC MCD 141058  
ILZ000-WIZ000-IAZ000-MOZ000-141700-  
 
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2267  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
0458 AM CST SAT DEC 14 2024  
 
AREAS AFFECTED...EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...AND VICINITY  
 
CONCERNING...FREEZING RAIN  
 
VALID 141058Z - 141700Z  
 
SUMMARY...FREEZING RAIN -- AT RATES LOCALLY IN EXCESS OF 0.10"/HOUR  
-- WILL CONTINUE SPREADING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS EASTERN IOWA  
AND INTO NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS THROUGH MIDDAY.  
 
DISCUSSION...LATEST RADAR LOOP SHOWS AN EXPANSIVE AREA OF  
PRECIPITATION ONGOING FROM THE ARKLATEX REGION NORTHWARD ACROSS THE  
LOWER MISSOURI AND MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS THIS MORNING. THE  
PRECIPITATION IS OCCURRING IN AN AREA OF WARM  
ADVECTION/QUASIGEOSTROPIC ASCENT, EAST OF A 1013 MB SURFACE LOW OVER  
CENTRAL KANSAS, AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LOW MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS  
NEBRASKA AND KANSAS THIS MORNING.  
 
A COLD BOUNDARY LAYER REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THIS REGION, ON THE  
WESTERN FRINGE OF A 1048 MB HIGH CENTERED IN THE VICINITY OF THE  
PENNSYLVANIA/NEW YORK BORDER AREA. AS LOW-LEVEL THETA-E ADVECTION  
CONTINUES ASCENDING ATOP THE COLD LOW-LEVEL AIRMASS, RESULTING  
ASCENT WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE BROAD/ONGOING AREA OF  
PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  
 
CURRENTLY, THE SURFACE FREEZING LINE EXTENDS FROM THE OMAHA AREA  
EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS NORTH OF THE ST. LOUIS  
AREA. NORTH OF THIS LINE, MIXED/WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS OBSERVED,  
MAINLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL FREEZING  
RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER SOUTHEASTERN IOWA RECENTLY, WITH KOTM  
(OTTUMWA) REPORTING 0.13" IN THE PAST HOUR. THIS AREA OF MODERATE  
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE SPREADING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD WITH TIME,  
ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS, WITH ICE  
ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY.  
 
..GOSS.. 12/14/2024  
   
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT  
 
ATTN...WFO...LOT...ILX...MKX...LSX...DVN...ARX...DMX...EAX...  
 
LAT...LON 40859281 42109289 43389206 43369069 42498949 41588893  
40229008 40169187 40859281  
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