Storm Summary Number 6 for Southern Plains to Southeastern U.S.
Winter Storm
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
900 PM CST Sat Dec 08 2018

...Heavy rainfall was affecting western Florida Panhandle, Alabama
and Georgia with wintry precipitation across Arkansas, across the
Tennessee Valley into the western Carolinas...

Winter Storm Watches, warnings and Advisories are in effect from
the mid-Mississippi Valley across the Mid-South into parts of the
southern Piedmont of the Appalachians.

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

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

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

At 800 PM CST...A low pressure system with a central pressure of
1010 mb, 29.83 inches of mercury, was located approximately 10
miles east of Mobile, Alabama. This system was moving eastward
along a stationary front that stretched across the northern Gulf
of Mexico offshore the Southeast coast. Aloft, an eastward moving
upper level disturbance was located over the Arklamiss and leading
to wintry precipitaion from Arkansas to the Piedmont. 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 cold light rain and snow was falling over
southeastern Oklahoma and Arkansas, into the Tennessee Valley.
Snow occuring in western North Carolina with moderate rates in the
mountains.

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 700 PM
CST Thu Dec 06 through 800 PM CST Sat Dec 08...

...ARKANSAS...
MARSHALL                              1.0                    

...MISSOURI...
KENNETT                               2.0                    

...NORTH CAROLINA...
SALUDA 1 N                            4.7                    
WAYNESVILLE 2 NW                      3.5                    
OLD FORT 3 S                          1.0                    

...OKLAHOMA...
ELGIN                                 3.0                    
LAWTON 5 W                            2.1                    
FREDERICK                             1.0                    

...TEXAS...
WICHITA FALLS 1 WSW                   3.0                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Rainfall in inches from 700 PM
CST Thu Dec 06 through 800 PM CST Sat Dec 08...

...ALABAMA...
MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT               3.44                    
BESSEMER AIRPORT                      2.57                    
GADSDEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT             2.26                    

...ARKANSAS...
SOUTH ARKANSAS RGNL ARPT              4.65                    
MONTICELLO MUNI ARPT                  3.32                    
TEXARKANA RGNL-WEBB FIELD             3.13                    
DEXTER B FLORENCE MEMORIAL FIELD      2.50                    
PINE BLUFF - GRIDER FIELD ARPT        2.33                    

...GEORGIA...
JACKSON ATLANTA INTL ARPT             1.35                    

...LOUISIANA...
PLAIN DEALING 3 ESE                   6.50                    
MONROE RGNL ARPT                      5.40                    
RUSTON RGNL ARPT                      4.81                    
SHREVEPORT RGNL ARPT                  4.55                    
NATCHITOCHES RGNL APRT                4.21                    
MANSFIELD - C E RUSTY WILLIAMS ARP    4.11                    
MOREHOUSE MEMORIAL ARPT               4.11                    
FT. POLK - PEASON RIDGE               3.88                    

...MISSISSIPPI...
JACKSON INTL ARPT                     2.60                    
TUPELO REGIONAL AIRPORT               2.23                    
CLARKSDALE                            2.01                    
TRENT LOTT INTL ARPT                  1.98                    
NATCHEZ                               1.92                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Freezing Rain ice amounts in
inches from 700 PM CST Thu Dec 06 through 800 PM CST Sat Dec 08...

...ARKANSAS...
LESLIE 18 SW                          0.20                    

...TENNESSEE...
WHITE HOUSE                           0.01                    

...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                    

...TEXAS...
LUBBOCK 3 SSW                        10.5                    
WOLFFORTH 3 ENE                      10.0                    
LITTLEFIELD                           9.0                    
RANSOM CANYON 1 NNE                   8.8                    
THE WOODLANDS 1.8 SE                  6.2                    
BROWNFIELD                            6.0                    
CROSBYTON                             6.0                    
DUMONT                                6.0                    
LUBBOCK INTL ARPT                     6.0                    

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

...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                    
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                    


The upper level disturbance will continue to steadily progress
east Sunday and Monday with the area of low pressure to track
along the eastern Gulf Coast into the western Atlantic by Sunday
afternoon. Heavy rain is expected near and north of the low track
over the Southeast, where 1 to 3 inches of rainfall with locally
higher amounts will be possible from Alabama into South Carolina.
Snow and freezing rain are forecast to continue along the northern
and western fringes of the precipitation shield tonight over
Arkansas through the Tennessee Valley into the southern
Appalachains and Piedmont. Up to a foot of additional 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.

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.

Kebede