THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS MORNING
WILL INTENSIFY THIS WEEKEND AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT
LAKES ON SUNDAY...

A VARIETY OF WINTER STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS...SNOW ADVISORIES
AND BLIZZARD WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FROM NEW MEXICO
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES. PLEASE REFER TO
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV FOR A GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF CURRENT
WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

AT 830 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED AN AREA OF
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW MOVING EAST TO NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS EASTERN
NEW MEXICO...NORTHERN TEXAS...WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...AS
WELL AS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN KANSAS. ANOTHER AREA OF SNOW WAS
MOVING ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. SCATTERED
SHOWERS WERE SEEN DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS INTO WESTERN
LOUISIANA. SNOW IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A 1004
MB LOW CURRENTLY LOCATED IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM 7OO PM CST
FRIDAY DEC 21 THROUGH 700 AM CST SATURDAY DEC 22...

...COLORADO...
LA VETA                      10.0
CONIFER                       9.0
GENESEE                       7.2
TRINIDAD                      6.0
ALAMOSA                       6.0
MONUMENT                      4.0

...NEW MEXICO...
CHAMA                         1.0

...KANSAS...
KAKIN                         3.0
SYRACUSE                      3.0

...HIGH WIND REPORTS FROM 700 PM CST FRIDAY DEC 21 THROUGH 7AM CST
SATURDAY DEC 22...

...COLORADO...
FOWLER                       54 MPH
4W FOUNTAIN                  63 MPH


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN OKLAHOMA IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN RAPIDLY
WHILE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY SUNDAY MORNING.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING IN
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND SPREAD RAPIDLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
INTO THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS BY SUNDAY MORNING. COLD AIR
NORTH AND WEST OF THE TRACK OF THE LOW WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO
SUPPORT AN EXPANDING AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FROM THE
CENTRAL PLAINS NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH SUNDAY.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 3 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

KONG/ECKERT




Last Updated: 1036 AM EST SAT DEC 22 2007