THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR SOUTHERN ROCKIES TO SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL PLAINS WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
900 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
...HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTING THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS TO THE OHIO VALLEY AS SNOW DEVELOPS OVER THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES AND SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS...
FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS TO THE OHIO VALLEY.
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO...THE
TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...AND SMALL PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
COLORADO AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR
MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES...WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS AND INTO PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND THE UPPER MIDWEST.
ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 800 PM CST...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE...WITH A
CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 994 MB...29.41 INCHES... WAS LOCATED NEAR THE
TEXAS AND MEXICO BORDER ABOUT 130 MILES WEST OF DEL RIO...TEXAS. A
STRONG SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT WAS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS WITH
A QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY AND LOWER OHIO VALLEY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A WIDESPREAD AREA OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND TO THE
NORTH OF THE FRONT FROM CENTRAL TEXAS TO WESTERN ILLINOIS. ACROSS
THE OHIO VALLEY AND INTO THE CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC STATES...MAINLY
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING. TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE
SURFACE LOW...SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WAS DEVELOPING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND INTO THE SOUTHERN HIGH
PLAINS.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1200 AM CST SAT
DEC 26 THROUGH 800 PM CST SAT DEC 26...
...NEW MEXICO...
EDGEWOOD 3 NNW 6.0
TRUCHAS 1 ESE 3.8
DATIL 2 W 2.8
ESCONDIDA 2 NE 2.0
FARMINGTON 10 N 1.6
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 1200 AM CST SAT
DEC 26 THROUGH 800 PM CST SAT DEC 26...
...ILLINOIS...
WORDEN 2 NE 3.22
GREENVILLE 2.90
CHARLESTON 2.61
PONTOON BEACH 2.61
EDWARDSVILLE 2.60
GODFREY 2.50
LOVINGTON 2 NW 2.39
EAST ALTON 2.34
TAYLORVILLE 2 SW 2.15
SPARTA 2.10
TUSCOLA 1.63
MORRISONVILLE 1.60
...INDIANA...
BLUFFTON 1.10
AMBOY 3 WSW 1.03
...MISSOURI...
ST. CHARLES 4.10
UNION 4.00
MARYLAND HEIGHTS 3.70
SULLIVAN 3.60
SHREWSBURY 3.50
ST. CLAIR 3.50
ST. LOUIS 3.50
SPRINGFIELD MUNI ARPT 3.49
LOUISBURG 6 SW 3.00
KAISER/LAKE OZARK 2.71
CATAWISSA 2.50
ST. PETERS 1 ESE 2.37
WELDON SPRING 2.27
FERGUSON 2.11
PERSHING 2.00
...OKLAHOMA...
OKMULGEE MUNI ARPT 2.25
TINKER AFB/OKLAHOMA CITY 2.00
GUTHRIE MUNI ARPT 1.54
TULSA/LLOYD JONES 1.29
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...NEW MEXICO...
CANNON AFB 1 N 61
TEXICO 3 NNW 61
BITTER LAKE WILD 14 NNE 60
...OKLAHOMA...
LAWTON 2 S 58
...TEXAS...
FRIONA 2 NE 60
HART 3 N 58
OLTON 6 S 58
THE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE OHIO VALLEY
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AS PLENTY OF MOISTURE STREAMS INTO
THE REGION AHEAD AN UPPER LOW EJECTING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN HIGH
PLAINS. 3 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL
STILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND ON SUNDAY FROM PARTS OF NORTHEAST
TEXAS INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN THESE AREAS AND
FARTHER NORTH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WHERE ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
RAIN MAY FALL. THE SNOW OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL CONTINUE
EXPANDING INTO THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS TONIGHT WITH AS MUCH AS 12
TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...EXPECTED.
GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE SYSTEM...AND COMBINED WITH THE
HEAVY SNOWFALL...COULD LEAD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WHICH WILL
IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION. BY MONDAY...THE SYSTEM WILL SHIFT
NORTHEASTWARD SPREADING HEAVY SNOW INTO PARTS OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS AND THE UPPER MIDWEST WHERE STORM TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES
ARE FORECAST. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...FREEZING RAIN
ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO HALF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE FROM
WEST-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 300 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
SANTORELLI
Last Updated: 959 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2015