STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR CENTRAL U.S. ICE STORM/HEAVY RAIN 
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
900 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006  
  
...SIGNIFICANT ICING...SNOW AND HEAVY RAIN STARTING TO OCCUR OVER
PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY...

ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM EASTERN KANSAS INTO NORTHERN
MISSOURI. WINTER STORM WARNINGS...FOR A MIXTURE OF ICE AND
SNOW...ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...NORTHERN TEXAS
EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF OKLAHOMA...EASTERN
KANSAS...MISSOURI...WESTERN ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHERN IOWA. 

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO.
AND A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF MISSOURI. SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
COLORADO...WESTERN KANSAS...AND THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL
U.S. INCLUDING PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO...CENTRAL TEXAS...EASTERN
KANSAS...NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...PORTIONS OF
ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN IOWA...AND EXTENDING INTO SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN.

A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. IS
BRINGING ARCTIC AIR INTO THE REGION...WHILE WARM MOIST AIR IS
SURGING NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO.  AN UPPER LEVEL STORM
CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL MOVE INTO THE
SOUTH CENTRAL U.S. THIS EVENING. THIS SYSTEM HAS TRIGGERED A LARGE
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONALLY...FREEZING RAIN
AND LIGHT SNOWFALL HAS COMMENCED ACROSS REGIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND
KANSAS BEHIND THIS BAND OF RAINFALL.  THIS LARGE AREA OF
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO PROCEED TO THE EAST ENTERING THE
MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WITH HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. WITH COLD AIR
ENTERING REGIONS IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...SOME OF THE AREAS
CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING RAINFALL WILL SEE A CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE
THROUGH THURSDAY.
 
FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 0.10 TO 0.25 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
FROM EASTERN OKLAHOMA NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH MISSOURI AND INTO
EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS.


...SELECTED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH 800 PM CST WEDNESDAY...

...COLORADO...

GENESEE                      17.8
ASPEN SPRINGS                17.0
MESA                         16.5
BLACK HAWK                   16.2
EL DORADO SPRINGS            15.0
JAMESTOWN                    14.7
IDAHO SPRINGS                13.2
ESTES PARK                   13.0
SEDALIA                      12.0
CRAWFORD                     12.0
HOTCHKISS                    11.5

...UTAH...

ALTA UDOT                    39.0
ALTA GUARD                   38.0 
BRIGHTON CREST               31.0
ALTA COLLINS                 29.0
SNOWBIRD                     28.0
BIG COTTONWOOD SPRUCES       19.5
SOLITUDE                     19.0
THE CANYONS                  18.0

...NEW MEXICO...

ANGEL FIRE                    6.0
SAN RAFAEL                    5.0
PIETOWN                       4.5
GRANTS                        4.0
GASCON                        4.0

...SELECTED RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH 800 PM CST WEDNESDAY...

...ILLINOIS...

STERLING ROCKFALLS          3.75
NAPERVILLE                  1.97
WHEATON                     1.31
OAK BROOK                   1.21
CHICAGO OHARE               1.12

...MISSOURI...

BLUE LICK                   2.58
DEERFIELD                   2.38
HAGERS GROVE                2.28
MUSSELFORK                  1.92
SEDALIA                     1.75
KIRKSVILLE REGIONAL         1.40
WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BAE      1.18
KANSAS CITY                 1.18

...OKLAHOMA...

AVANT                       1.84
MCALESTER REGIONAL          1.36
MILL CREEK                  1.29
SPAVINAW                    1.15
LOCUST GROVE                1.03



AS THIS STORM MOVED THROUGH THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND WASATCH
MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE
FEET WERE OBSERVED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WHILE ACCUMULATIONS
OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WERE MEASURED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTHEAST
NEW MEXICO AND THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES BY THURSDAY
MORNING. 

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 300 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ON THIS STORM.
  
RUBIN-OSTER