THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR DEEP SOUTH SNOWSTORM...CORRECTED
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 AM CST FRI FEB 12 2010
 
...RARE WINTER STORM IN PROGRESS FOR THE DEEP SOUTH...
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS EXTENDING
EASTWARD TO THE COASTS OF GEORGIA...SOUTH CAROLINA...AND SOUTHERN
NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING PARTS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. WINTER
STORM WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FROM CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
TO THE CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA COAST. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE
IN EFFECT FROM SOUTHERN ARKANSAS EASTWARD TO THE NORTHERN NORTH
CAROLINA COAST.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 800 AM CST...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
997 MB...29.44 INCHES...WAS LOCATED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO 230
MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA...FLORIDA AND WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT 30
MPH. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A SHIELD OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS EXTENDING EASTWARD ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN GULF COAST STATES. SNOWFALL HAS BEEN OBSERVED OVER
NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...NORTH AND CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND AS FAR EAST AS CENTRAL
ALABAMA.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CST THU FEB
11 THROUGH 700 AM CST THU FEB 12...

...ALABAMA...
CUBA                                  1.5                     
THOMASVILLE                           1.0                     

...ARKANSAS...
FOREMAN                               4.0                     
TEXARKANA 1 N                         4.0                     
ASHDOWN                               3.0                     
MENA                                  3.0                     
AMITY 1 N                             2.5                     
VANDERVOORT                           2.5                     
DE QUEEN                              2.0                     
HAMPTON                               2.0                     
FORDYCE 6.6 NNW                       1.8                     
HOT SPRINGS                           1.5                     
MONTICELLO                            1.5                     
MOUNT IDA                             1.5                     
WARREN                                1.5                     

...LOUISIANA...
NATCHITOCHES                          6.0                     
SHONGALOO 5 N                         6.0                     
SHREVEPORT                            5.4                     
MONROE                                5.0                     
PLAIN DEALING 3.3 ESE                 5.0                     
SWARTZ                                4.5               
HOMER 1.2 N                           3.7                     
WEST MONROE 6.1 WSW                   3.5                     
MINDEN 1 NE                           3.0                     
NEW ROADS                             3.0                     
TALLULAH                              3.0                     
WEST MONROE                           3.0                     
WOODVILLE                             3.0                     
VIDALIA                               2.0                     
WINNSBORO                             2.0                         
               

...MISSISSIPPI...
DE KALB                               8.0                     
CATAHOULA                             5.0                     
VICKSBURG                             5.0                     
RAYVILLE                              4.2                     
BROOKHAVEN                            4.0                     
MCCALL CREEK 5 W                      4.0                     
SICILY ISLAND                         4.0                     
FOREST                                3.5                     
PORT GIBSON 6 NW                      3.5                     
JACKSON                               3.2                     
MCCOMB                                3.0                     
TAYLORSVILLE                          3.0                     
WESSON                                3.0                     
COLUMBIA                              2.0                     
FAYETTE                               2.0                     
TYLERTOWN                             2.0                         
              

...OKLAHOMA...
HAWORTH 4 SW                          7.5                     
IDABEL 8 SE                           7.5                     
RATTAN 13 E                           4.5                     
CORINNE                               3.5                     
FORT TOWSON 1 W                       3.5                     
CANEY 7 W                             3.0                     
ELMORE CITY 1 N                       2.0                     
HOLDENVILLE                           2.0                     
HUGO                                  2.0                     
NORMAN 2 SE                           1.2                     

...TEXAS...
HASLET                               14.2                     
FORT WORTH                           12.6                     
DALLAS                               12.5                     
BRIDGEPORT                           12.0                     
ROYSE CITY                           12.0                     
POINT 3.7 ESE                        11.0                     
EAGLE MOUNTAIN                       10.5                     
ENNIS                                10.3                     
FRISCO 1.9 N                         10.3                     
JACKSBORO 6.2 SW                     10.0                     
LINDALE                              10.0                     
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS                 10.0                     
COTTONDALE                            9.5                     
OAK CLIFF                             9.5                     
PRINCETON 3 N                         9.5                     
FORT WORTH 14 N                       9.0                     
ARLINGTON                             8.0                         
            

THIS SURFACE LOW WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND
EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO BEFORE MOVING ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA
FRIDAY EVENING AND INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN BY EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD
ALONG THE GULF COAST INTO FLORIDA. ACROSS INLAND AREAS OF THE DEEP
SOUTH...A POLAR AIR MASS IN PLACE WILL ALLOW WIDESPREAD MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOW TO FALL. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE IN AN AREA EXTENDING FROM
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI EAST NORTHEASTWARD TO THE NORTH CAROLINA
COAST.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 300 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

RYAN




Last Updated: 959 AM EST FRI FEB 12 2010