Storm Summary Number 7 for Southern Plains to Southeastern U.S.
Winter Storm
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
300 AM CST Sun Dec 09 2018

...Heavy rainfall was affecting northern Florida up through
southern North Carolina with wintry precipitation from east
Arkansas, across the Tennessee Valley into northern North Carolina
and southwest Virginia...

Winter Storm Warnings are in effect for portions of northeastern
Georgia, northwestern South Carolina, most of North Carolina,
northern Tennessee, and much of Virginia.

Winter Storm Watches, warnings and Advisories are in effect from
the Lower Mississippi Valley between the Ohio and Tennessee
Valleys into parts of the southern Piedmont of the Appalachians.

Flood and Flash Flood Watches are in effect for portions of the
Gulf Coast from southern Alabama to southern Georgia.

For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
and advisories, please see www.weather.gov

At 200 AM CST...A low pressure system with a central pressure of
1010 mb, 29.83 inches of mercury, was located approximately 30
miles southwest of Dothan, Alabama. This system was moving
eastward along a warm front that stretched across the panhandle of
Florida offshore the Southeast coast. Aloft, an eastward moving
upper level disturbance was located over Mississippi and leading
to wintry precipitaion from eastern Arkansas to the Piedmont.
Moisture streaming ahead of the upper level disturbance was
overrunning the frontal boundary allowing for widespread
precipitation across the southeast U.S. National Weather Service
radar and surface observations indicated that cold light rain and
snow were falling over northeastern Arkansas, into the Ohio and
Tennessee Valleys. Snow became widespread across northern North
Carolina and southwest Virginia with moderate rates in the
mountains.

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 700 PM
CST Thu Dec 06 through 200 AM CST Sat Dec 08...

...ARKANSAS...
MARSHALL                              1.0                    

...GEORGIA...
CLAYTON                               3.0                    

...MISSOURI...
KENNETT                               2.0                    

...NORTH CAROLINA...
ROSMAN 5 W                           13.0                    
WAYNESVILLE 2 NW                      9.0                    
COLUMBUS 2 N                          7.9                    
SAPPHIRE 3 NE                         7.0                    
SALUDA 1 N                            4.7                    
OLD FORT 3 S                          1.0                    
CHARLOTTE                             0.5                    
WAKE                                  0.5                    

...OKLAHOMA...
ELGIN                                 3.0                    
LAWTON 5 W                            2.1                    
FREDERICK                             1.0                    

...SOUTH CAROLINA...
GREENVILLE                            1.5                    

...TENNESSEE...
GATLINBURG 8 SE                       7.0                    

...VIRGINIA...
JONESVILLE 2 SW                       2.3                    
RADFORD 1 SW                          1.0                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Rainfall in inches from 700 PM
CST Thu Dec 06 through 200 AM CST Sat Dec 08...

...ALABAMA...
MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT               3.44                    
BESSEMER AIRPORT                      2.57                    
GADSDEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT             2.26                    

...ARKANSAS...
SOUTH ARKANSAS RGNL ARPT              4.65                    
MONTICELLO MUNI ARPT                  3.32                    
TEXARKANA RGNL-WEBB FIELD             3.13                    
DEXTER B FLORENCE MEMORIAL FIELD      2.50                    
PINE BLUFF - GRIDER FIELD ARPT        2.33                    

...GEORGIA...
R.B. RUSSELL ARPT                     2.99                    
ATHENS AIRPORT                        2.35                    
GILMER MEMORIAL ARPT                  2.28                    
JACKSON ATLANTA INTL ARPT             2.21                    

...MISSISSIPPI...
JACKSON INTL ARPT                     2.68                    
TUPELO REGIONAL AIRPORT               2.23                    
CLARKSDALE                            2.01                    
TRENT LOTT INTL ARPT                  1.98                    
NATCHEZ                               1.92                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Freezing Rain ice amounts in
inches from 700 PM CST Thu Dec 06 through 200 AM CST Sat Dec 08...

...ARKANSAS...
SWIFTON                               0.25                    
LESLIE 18 SW                          0.20                    

...TENNESSEE...
WHITE HOUSE                           0.01                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches where the
event has ended...

...NEW MEXICO...
KENNA 7 ESE                           5.0                    
RED RIVER 8 SSW                       5.0                    
ELKINS 16 E                           4.5                    
LOS ALAMOS 6 W                        3.0                    

...TEXAS...
LUBBOCK 3 SSW                        10.5                    
WOLFFORTH 3 ENE                      10.0                    
LITTLEFIELD                           9.0                    
RANSOM CANYON 1 NNE                   8.8                    
THE WOODLANDS 1.8 SE                  6.2                    
BROWNFIELD                            6.0                    
CROSBYTON                             6.0                    
DUMONT                                6.0                    
LUBBOCK INTL ARPT                     6.0                    
WICHITA FALLS 1 WSW                   3.0                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Rainfall in inches where the
event has ended...

...LOUISIANA...
PLAIN DEALING 3 ESE                   6.50                    
MONROE RGNL ARPT                      5.40                    
RUSTON RGNL ARPT                      4.81                    
SHREVEPORT RGNL ARPT                  4.55                    
NATCHITOCHES RGNL APRT                4.21                    
MANSFIELD - C E RUSTY WILLIAMS ARP    4.11                    
MOREHOUSE MEMORIAL ARPT               4.11                    
FT. POLK - PEASON RIDGE               3.88                    

...TEXAS...
RICHMOND 3 NW                         7.96                    
BUNKER HILL VILLAGE 3 W               7.88                    
LAKE JACKSON                          7.72                    
BAY CITY 2 W                          6.73                    
EL LAGO                               6.56                    
PORT ARTHUR 3 NNE                     6.29                    
LEAGUE CITY 1 NE                      6.28                    
DAYTON 0.2 E                          6.00                    
FRIENDSWOOD                           6.00                    
ANGELINA COUNTY AIRPORT               5.90                    
EAGLE LAKE 7 NE                       5.69                    
HOOKS MEMORIAL AIRPORT                5.48                    
HOUSTON/HULL FIELD ARPT               4.73                    
AUSTIN-BERGSTROM AIRPORT              3.73                    
WACO RGNL ARPT                        2.02                    


The upper level disturbance will continue to steadily progress
east through Monday with the area of low pressure to track along
the eastern Gulf Coast into the western Atlantic by Sunday
afternoon. Heavy rain is expected near and north of the low track
over the Southeast, where 1 to 3 inches of rainfall with locally
higher amounts will be possible from Georgia into eastern North
Carolina. Snow and freezing rain are forecast to continue along
the northern and western fringes of the precipitation shield today
over the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys into the southern Appalachains
and Piedmont. Up to 18 inches of additional snow along with light
freezing rain accumulations are expected for these locations.

The next storm summary will be issued by the Weather Prediction
Center at 900 AM CST. Please refer to your local National Weather
Service office for additional information on this event.

Kebede