THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR SOUTHWEST U.S. TO SOUTHERN PLAINS
WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
200 AM MST SAT NOV 23 2013
...HEAVY RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN
STATES... WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING TO FALL ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...
WINTER STORM WATCHES AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN GREAT
BASIN... AS WELL AS FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
ROCKIES AND THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.
FLOOD WARNINGS... WATCHES... AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH
OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 100 AM MST...A SURFACE LOW... WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1012
MB... 29.88 IN... WAS LOCATED ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAN
DIEGO... CALIFORNIA. AN OCCLUDED SYSTEM EXTENDED FROM THIS LOW AND
ACROSS BAJA CALIFORNIA... MEXICO. AHEAD OF THE FRONT... NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA TO CENTRAL ARIZONA. TO THE NORTH... SOME LIGHT SNOW WAS
FALLING ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH AND INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. FARTHER
EAST... SPOTS OF LIGHT RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WERE BEGINNING TO
BREAK OUT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 500 AM MST THU NOV
21 THROUGH 100 AM MST SAT NOV 23...
...CALIFORNIA...
ASPENDELL 24.0
OWENS VALLEY RAWS 5 S 12.0
IDYLLWILD-PINE 1 NW 9.0
WRIGHTWOOD 9.0
...COLORADO...
SOUTH FORK 14.0
WOLF CREEK PASS 1 SSE 12.0
ROSITA 2 WSW 11.5
WESTCLIFFE 7 W 11.5
TEXAS CREEK 7 ESE 9.8
MAYSVILLE 9.3
RYE 1 SSW 7.7
SILVERTON 7.6
...NEW MEXICO...
RED RIVER 8 SSW 15.0
ARROYO SECO 8 NE 10.0
EAGLE NEST 6.0
CHAMA 2 N 4.0
SANDIA PARK 6 WNW 4.0
...NEVADA...
MT. CHARLESTON 2 SW 13.0
...UTAH...
MONTICELLO 10 N 7.0
MOAB 3 S 5.5
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
500 AM MST THU NOV 21 THROUGH 100 AM MST SAT NOV 23...
...TEXAS...
CROSBYTON 0.25
INGRAM 14 NW 0.25
TAHOKA 0.25
ALEDO 0.10
RENO 0.10
WEATHERFORD 0.10
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 500 AM MST THU NOV 21
THROUGH 100 AM MST SAT NOV 23...
...TEXAS...
BRYSON 0.10
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 500 AM MST THU NOV
21 THROUGH 100 AM MST SAT NOV 23...
...ARIZONA...
MT LEMMON ALERT 4.41
SAMANIEGO PEAK 2.76
CLIFTON ALERT WEATHER STATION 2.40
GILA BEND 2.13
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...CALIFORNIA...
LAGUNA PEAK 76
CAMP NINE 57
WARM SPRINGS 57
FREMONT CANYON 53
TUSTIN FOOTHILLS 6 ENE 53
...NEW MEXICO...
SANTA TERESA 5 SW 54
DRIPPING SPRINGS 52
...TEXAS...
EL PASO 8 NNW 64
THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. MODERATE RAINFALL TOTALS UP TO
AN INCH... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS... ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN ARIZONA... SNOWFALL
TOTALS UP TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. EVEN HIGHER TOTALS UP TO 18
INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS... ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES AS WELL. TO THE EAST IN THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THE WEEKEND WITH GENERALLY ABOUT A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH
OF ICE EXPECTED FOR PLACES ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 800 AM MST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
MONARSKI
Last Updated: 400 AM EST SAT NOV 23 2013