THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR SOUTHEASTERN SNOWSTORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM EST THU FEB 11 2010
 
...WINTER STORM ON TAP FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES...
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM NORTHERN TEXAS AND
EXTREME SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
LOUISIANA INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA INTO
THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 300 PM EST...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
1004 MB /29.65 INCHES OF MERCURY/ IS LOCATED 30 MILES EAST OF
CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS AND IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 15 MPH. DOPPLER
WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A SHIELD OF HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG THE
MIDDLE AND UPPER TEXAS COASTS INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.
SNOWFALL HAS BEEN OBSERVED OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN TEXAS...AS
FAR EAST AS JASPER..AND INTO NORTHWEST LOUISIANA. PATCHES OF SLEET
HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 12 CORRIDOR BETWEEN BATON
ROUGE AND NEW ORLEANS...AS WELL AS NEAR INTERSTATE 10 IN MOBILE
ALABAMA.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 100 AM EST THU FEB
11 THROUGH 400 PM EST THU FEB 11...

...TEXAS...
PERRIN 3 ENE                          8.1                     
ALBANY                                8.0                     
GRAFORD 8.1 ENE                       7.5                     
ROTAN                                 7.0                     
HAMLIN                                6.0                     
DALLAS                                5.3                     
BAIRD                                 4.0                     
CLYDE                                 4.0                     
QUEEN                                 4.0                     
SNYDER                                4.0                     
THROCKMORTON                          4.0                     


THE SURFACE LOW WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD THROUGH THE GULF OF MEXICO
BEFORE MOVING ASHORE THE FLORIDA PENINSULA LATE FRIDAY.  HEAVY
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ALONG THE GULF COAST INTO FLORIDA...WITH
HEAVY SNOWS EXPECTED ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH MAINLY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 10 FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS EASTWARD THROUGH
LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...GEORGIA...AND PARTS OF
NORTHERN FLORIDA.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

ROTH




Last Updated: 359 PM EST THU FEB 11 2010