Storm Summary Number 5 for Southern Plains to Southeastern U.S.
Winter Storm
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
300 PM CST Sat Dec 08 2018

...Heavy rainfall was affecting southeastern Louisiana,
Mississippi, and Alabama with wintry precipitation across
north-central Texas and central Oklahoma, into the Tennessee
Valley...

Winter Storm Warnings are in effect for portions of northeastern
Georgia, northwestern South Carolina, western North Carolina,
northeastern Tennessee, and southwest Virginia.

Winter Storm Watches and Winter Weather Advisories are in effect
from the southern Plains across the Mid-South into parts of
northern South Carolina, central North Carolina, and central
Virginia.

Flood and Flash Flood Watches are in effect for portions of the
Gulf Coast from Louisiana to southern Georgia.

For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
and advisories, please see www.weather.gov

At 200 PM CST...A low pressure system with a central pressure of
1011 mb, 29.85 inches of mercury, was located about 25 miles
east-northeast of New Orleans, Louisiana. This system was moving
eastward along a slow-moving boundary that stretched across the
northern Gulf of Mexico. Aloft, an eastward moving upper level
disturbance was located over north-central Texas and leading to
wintry precipitaion from the southern High Plains to the northern
Lower Mississippi Valley. Moisture streaming ahead of the upper
level disturbance was overrunning the frontal boundary allowing
for widespread precipitation across the southeast U.S. National
Weather Service radar and surface observations indicated moderate
to heavy rain occurring over southeastern Louisiana and
Mississippi, while cold light rain and snow was falling over
northern Texas and central Oklahoma, into the Tennessee Valley.
Light rain was also falling across the Southeast from Alabama to
South Carolina, with light snow occuring in western North
Carolina. 

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 700 PM
CST Thu Dec 06 through 200 PM CST Sat Dec 08...

...MISSOURI...
KENNETT                               2.0                    

...OKLAHOMA...
ELGIN                                 3.0                    
FREDERICK                             1.0                    

...TEXAS...
LUBBOCK 3 SSW                        10.5                    
WOLFFORTH 3 ENE                      10.0                    
LITTLEFIELD                           9.0                    
RANSOM CANYON 1 NNE                   8.8                    
BROWNFIELD                            6.0                    
CROSBYTON                             6.0                    
DUMONT                                6.0                    
LUBBOCK INTL ARPT                     6.0                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Rainfall in inches from 700 PM
CST Thu Dec 06 through 200 PM CST Sat Dec 08...

...ARKANSAS...
SOUTH ARKANSAS RGNL ARPT              4.26                    
MONTICELLO MUNI ARPT                  2.98                    
TEXARKANA RGNL-WEBB FIELD             2.57                    
DEXTER B FLORENCE MEMORIAL FIELD      2.26                    
PINE BLUFF - GRIDER FIELD ARPT        2.18                    

...LOUISIANA...
PLAIN DEALING 3 ESE                   6.50                    
MONROE RGNL ARPT                      5.31                    
RUSTON RGNL ARPT                      4.79                    
SHREVEPORT RGNL ARPT                  4.47                    
NATCHITOCHES RGNL APRT                4.21                    
MOREHOUSE MEMORIAL ARPT               4.11                    
MANSFIELD - C E RUSTY WILLIAMS ARP    4.06                    
FT. POLK - PEASON RIDGE               3.87                    

...MISSISSIPPI...
JACKSON INTL ARPT                     2.21                    
CLARKSDALE                            2.01                    
TRENT LOTT INTL ARPT                  1.98                    
NATCHEZ                               1.92                    

...TEXAS...
RICHMOND 3 NW                         7.96                    
BUNKER HILL VILLAGE 3 W               7.88                    
LAKE JACKSON                          7.72                    
BAY CITY 2 W                          6.73                    
EL LAGO                               6.56                    
PORT ARTHUR 3 NNE                     6.29                    
LEAGUE CITY 1 NE                      6.28                    
THE WOODLANDS 1.8 SE                  6.23                    
DAYTON 0.2 E                          6.00                    
FRIENDSWOOD                           6.00                    
ANGELINA COUNTY AIRPORT               5.90                    
EAGLE LAKE 7 NE                       5.69                    
HOOKS MEMORIAL AIRPORT                5.48                    
HOUSTON/HULL FIELD ARPT               4.73                    
AUSTIN-BERGSTROM AIRPORT              3.73                    
WACO RGNL ARPT                        2.02                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Freezing Rain ice amounts in
inches from 700 PM CST Thu Dec 06 through 200 PM CST Sat Dec 08...

...ARKANSAS...
LESLIE 18 SW                          0.20                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches where the
event has ended...

...NEW MEXICO...
KENNA 7 ESE                           5.0                    
RED RIVER 8 SSW                       5.0                    
ELKINS 16 E                           4.5                    
LOS ALAMOS 6 W                        3.0                    


The upper level disturbance over northern Texas will continue to
steadily progress east through Sunday and Monday with the area of
low pressure to track along the Gulf Coast into the western
Atlantic by Sunday afternoon. Heavy rain is expected near and
north of the low track from the Mississippi Valley through the
Gulf Coast states, where 2 to 4 inches of rainfall with locally
higher amounts will be possible from Louisiana into South
Carolina. Snow and freezing rain are forecast to continue along
the northern and western fringes of the precipitation shield this
evening over northern Texas, Oklahoma and northern Arkansas. Up to
four inches of snow along with light freezing rain accumulations
are expected for these locations, with additional light snow/ice
accumulations extending eastward through the Tennessee Valley into
Sunday. As the storm organizes near the coast of the southeastern
U.S early on Sunday, significant snowfall of over a foot is
expected to affect portions of western North Carolina into
southwest Virginia along with freezing rain affecting the Piedmont
into sections of the Coastal Plain.

The next storm summary will be issued by the Weather Prediction
Center at 900 PM CST. Please refer to your local National Weather
Service office for additional information on this event.

Snell