THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 03 FOR SOUTHERN PLAINS TO OHIO VALLEY WINTER
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
900 AM CST FRI DEC 06 2013

...MAJOR ICE STORM ALONG WITH SLEET AND SNOW IS UNFOLDING OVER A
WIDE AREA FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE OHIO VALLEY...  

ICE STORM WARNINGS AND FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FROM
EXTREME EASTERN OKLAHOMA TO WEST TENNESSEE.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR A LARGE AREA FROM WEST AND CENTRAL TEXAS NORTHEASTWARD TO
SOUTHWESTERN NEW YORK STATE.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES...
WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES... PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 800 AM CST... AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM JUST OFF THE
NEW ENGLAND COAST SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE LOUISIANA GULF COAST AND
WAS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD. AHEAD OF THE FRONT... A WARM AND MOIST
AIR MASS WAS IN PLACE WITH SPRING-LIKE TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST AND EASTERN MID-ATLANTIC REGIONS. BEHIND THE FRONT... A
FRIGID ARCTIC AIR MASS WAS MOVING IN WITH TEMPERATURES QUICKLY
DROPPING BELOW FREEZING IN MANY AREAS. WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE
GULF OF MEXICO OVERRUNNING THE COLD FRONT WAS RESULTING IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION GENERALLY WEST OF THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FALLING IN A BAND
FROM EASTERN OKLAHOMA TO CENTRAL OHIO. SOUTHEAST OF THE SNOW... A
MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WAS OCCURRING FROM CENTRAL
TEXAS NORTHEASTWARD TO SOUTHERN INDIANA. SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA...
AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN... WAS FALLING FROM EAST TEXAS
TO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 500 AM CST THU DEC
05 THROUGH 800 AM CST FRI DEC 06...

...ARKANSAS...
BENTONVILLE                           7.0                    
BEAVER                                6.5                    
CENTERTON                             6.5                    
BELLA VISTA                           6.0                    
PEA RIDGE 1 W                         6.0                    
GAMALIEL 2.2 SSW                      5.5                    
FAYETTEVILLE                          5.0                    
CALICO ROCK 6.1 WNW                   4.0                    
MOUNTAIN HOME 5.8 NE                  4.0                    
SILOAM SPRINGS                        4.0                    

...ILLINOIS...
MOUNT VERNON                         10.0                    
SUNFIELD                             10.0                    
CHESTER 2 SSE                         9.5                    
OLNEY                                 9.0                    
CLAY CITY                             7.5                    
FAIRFIELD                             7.5                    
MARISSA                               7.5                    
CHESTER                               7.0                    
DU QUOIN                              7.0                    
FLORA                                 7.0                    
RUMA                                  6.2                    
ALBION                                6.0                    

...INDIANA...
SPENCER 7.0 S                         6.2                    
GREENCASTLE 3.6 ESE                   5.5                    
BROOKLYN 0.5 ENE                      5.0                    
GOSPORT 4.0 WSW                       5.0                    
JASONVILLE 4.0 ENE                    4.8                    
INDIANAPOLIS 8.7 S                    4.3                    
MOORESVILLE 6.1 SSE                   4.2                    
BROWNSBURG 4.6 S                      4.0                    
INDIANAPOLIS INTL ARPT                3.5                    
LAWRENCE                              3.1                    

...MISSOURI...
FREDERICKTOWN                         9.0                    
CASSVILLE 4.8 SSE                     8.3                    
PERRYVILLE                            8.3                    
FARMINGTON                            8.0                    
LEADWOOD                              8.0                    
ROUND SPRING 2 NW                     8.0                    
SUMMERSVILLE 3 S                      8.0                    
LESTERVILLE                           7.5                    
AVA                                   7.0                    
VAN BUREN                             6.7                    
CENTERVILLE                           6.0                    
CLEVER 4.0 ENE                        6.0                    

...OHIO...
CONNEAUT I-90                         3.0                    

...OKLAHOMA...
BETHANY 0.7 SSW                       5.0                    
FORT COBB 0.4 NNW                     5.0                    
JAY 3.3 NNE                           5.0                    
OKEMAH                                5.0                    
OKMULGEE                              5.0                    
BRISTOW                               4.0                    
CHECOTAH                              4.0                    
KEEFETON                              4.0                    
MIDWEST CITY 1.6 NNW                  4.0                    
JENKS 4.5 ENE                         3.8                    
TULSA                                 3.7                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 500 AM CST THU DEC 05
THROUGH 800 AM CST FRI DEC 06...

...ARKANSAS...
JOHNSON 3 SW                          3.00                    
HARRISON                              2.00                    
HUNTSVILLE 4 S                        0.75                    
SAINT PAUL                            0.75                    
BENTONVILLE 1 SSW                     0.50                    
FORT SMITH                            0.50                    
POCAHONTAS                            0.33                    
LESLIE 11 SW                          0.30                    

...ILLINOIS...
COBDEN                                1.50                    
CARBONDALE                            0.75                    
MOUNT VERNON                          0.75                    
CLAY CITY 4 SE                        0.40                    

...INDIANA...
MORRISTOWN                            2.00                    
EVANSVILLE                            0.20                    

...KENTUCKY...
HENDERSON                             0.70                    

...MISSOURI...
WHITE CHURCH                          1.50                    
POPLAR BLUFF                          1.00                    
TECUMSEH                              1.00                    
MARBLE HILL                           0.50                    

...OHIO...
EATON 3 E                             1.00                    

...OKLAHOMA...
MUSKOGEE                              3.00                    
POTEAU                                2.00                    
WILBURTON                             2.00                    
CHECOTAH                              1.25                    
EUFAULA                               1.00                    

...TENNESSEE...
UNION CITY                            0.13                    

...TEXAS...
LITTLE ELM                            3.50                    
HURST                                 2.50                    
LINDSAY                               2.50                    
DECATUR 3 SSW                         2.25                    
DENISON                               2.00                    
EDEN                                  2.00                    
KELLER 2 E                            2.00                    
BLUFF DALE                            1.75                    
FORT WORTH                            1.50                    
GAINESVILLE                           1.50                    
OAK TRAIL SHORES                      1.50                    
DALLAS 5 E                            1.00                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
500 AM CST THU DEC 05 THROUGH 800 AM CST FRI DEC 06...

...ARKANSAS...
GREENWOOD                             1.25                    
OZARK                                 1.00                    
FORT SMITH                            0.25                    
JETHRO                                0.25                    

...ILLINOIS...
VALIER                                0.50                    
SUMNER                                0.30                    
CAIRO                                 0.20                    
LAWRENCEVILLE                         0.10                    

...INDIANA...
CHARLESTOWN                           0.10                    
LEAVENWORTH                           0.10                    
MILAN                                 0.10                    

...KENTUCKY...
CALVERT CITY 2 S                      0.10                    
PROSPECT                              0.10                    
ROCHESTER                             0.10                    

...MISSOURI...
ELLSINORE                             0.25                    
LANTON 1 N                            0.25                    
DONIPHAN                              0.20                    
JACKSON                               0.20                    

...OHIO...
XENIA 3 SE                            0.16                    

...OKLAHOMA...
POTEAU                                1.00                    
VALLIANT                              0.25                    
CHECOTAH                              0.10                    

...TEXAS...
FORT WORTH 2 S                        0.40                    
DALLAS 5 NE                           0.30                    
MESQUITE                              0.30                    
RICHARDSON                            0.30                    
MENARD                                0.25                    
BRADY                                 0.20                    
DECATUR 3 SSW                         0.20                    
ROUND ROCK                            0.10                    


THIS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EVENT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
TODAY AS BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO SPREAD AND FILL IN
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN WILL
CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND
LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. FROM THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY INTO THE NORTHEAST... THE
WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS
TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF GREATER THAN A QUARTER OF
AN INCH ARE EXPECTED FROM PARTS OF ARKANSAS NORTHEASTWARD TO
KENTUCKY. BEHIND THE FREEZING RAIN AND FARTHER NORTHEAST INTO THE
OHIO VALLEY AND NORTHEAST... SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED WITH
AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM NORTHERN ARKANSAS
NORTHEASTWARD TO SOUTHERN NEW YORK STATE. 

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

MONARSKI




Last Updated: 957 AM EST FRI DEC 06 2013