STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
4 AM EST THU DEC 8 2005

...WINTER WEATHER OVER THE SOUTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS GRADUALLY
ADVANCING EASTWARD...

A WINTER STORM IS BREWING EARLY THIS MORNING...DROPPING
SNOW...SLEET AMD FREEZING RAIN OVER A LARGE PART OF THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. MEANWHILE...FARTHER EAST...HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUES TO FALL OVER CENTRAL/NORTHERN FLORIDA...AS WELL AS
SOUTHERN GEORGIA.

THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IS ASSOCIATED
WITH A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CENTERED NEAR THE KANSAS/
NEBRASKA BORDER...WHICH IS FORECAST TO TRACK EASTWARD TODAY. AS
THIS OCCURS...IT WILL CAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SURFACE LOW OVER
THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY TRACK EAST THEN
NEWD ALONG THE EAST COAST. WITH A VERY COLD AIR MASS ALREADY IN
PLACE OVER MUCH OF THE NATION...THE RESULT SHOULD BE
WIDESPREAD...WINTRY PRECIPITATION FROM THE CENTRAL U.S. TO THE
NORTHEAST.

IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS...WINTER STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE
WIDESPREAD AND ARE CURRENTLY POSTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS...MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...OHIO VALLEY...AND
NORTHEASTERN U.S.  IN ADDITION...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE
ALSO IN EFFECT OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA NOT COVERED BY WATCHES OR
WARNINGS.

...SNOW AND ICE TOTALS THROUGH 4 AM WEDNESDAY...

KANSAS...
COFFEY.....................7   INCHES
FRANKLIN...................6   INCHES
ANDERSON...................6   INCHES
MIAMI......................5   INCHES
YATES CENTER...............4.5 INCHES
EUREKA.....................4.5 INCHES
COTTONWOOD FALLS...........4   INCHES
UDALL......................4   INCHES
HUTCHINSON.................4   INCHES
NEWTON.....................4   INCHES

MISSOURI...
CLAY.......................3   INCHES
CARROLL....................3   INCHES
NODAWAY....................2   INCHES
LAFAYETTE..................2   INCHES

NEBRASKA...
HASTINGS...................1.6 INCHES

TEXAS...
FORT WORTH.................0.25 INCH ICE

SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MIDWEST...
OHIO VALLEY...AND NRN MID ATLANTIC STATES TODAY...WITH A SWATH OF
ICE EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER INTO SOUTHWESTERN
VIRGINIA. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE NORTHEASTERN
STATES LATER TODAY.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 10 AM EST THURSDAY FROM
THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER ON THIS STORM. PLEASE
REFER TO STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES.

KIMBERLAIN