Storm Summary Number 1 for Rockies, Plains, and Eastern U.S.
Winter Storm
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
300 PM CST Sun Dec 15 2019

...Periods of Snow and Areas of Freezing Rain ongoing in the
Central Plains and mid-Mississippi River Valley...

Winter Storm Warnings have been issued for portions of the
southern Rockies, eastern Kansas, central Missouri, central
Illinois, and western Maryland.

Winter Weather Advisories are in place stretching from the
southern Rockies on east across the central Plains, the Ohio
Valley, central Appalachians, and the northern Mid-Atlantic.

Flood Watches are in effect for southeast West Vriginia and the
far eastern Ohio Valley.

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

At 200 PM CST...Surface observations showed an area of low
pressure with a minimum barometric pressure of 1006 mb, or 29.70
inches of mercury, centered near the Red River bordering northeast
Texas and southeast Oklahoma. National Weather Service Radar
showed bands of moderate to heavy snow over central Kansas and
stretching east into central Missouri and southern Indiana.
Portions of these areas are also reporting sleet and freezing
rain. Further west a pair of surface low pressure centers, the
lowest at 1000mb or 29.53 inches of mercury in northeastern New
Mexico, are continuing to generate snow showers over southern
Colorado, and northern New Mexico and Arizona.

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 600 AM
CST Sat Dec 14 through 200 PM CST Sun Dec 15...

...ARIZONA...
NAVAJO NAT'L MONUMENT                 6.0                    
JACOB LAKE 1 N                        5.0                    
KAYENTA 1 SSE                         2.5                    
FORT DEFIANCE                         2.0                    

...COLORADO...
PITKIN 1.1 SW                        19.0                    
FRISCO 0.5 N                         15.5                    
SILVERTHOTRNE 2.1 WSW                15.2                    
LEADVILLE 1.4 WNW                    14.4                    
VAIL 3.5 E                           14.0                    
CRESTED BUTTE 6.2 N                  13.1                    
WALSENBURG 5 WSW                     12.0                    
SARGENTS 0.3 NE                      11.5                    
BRECKENRIDGE 1.9SSE                  11.3                    
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS 1.9 E              10.9                    

...ILLINOIS...
COLUMBIA                              2.1                    
WATERLOO                              2.0                    

...KANSAS...
AUBURN                                6.0                    
WAMEGO 1 WSW                          5.5                    
COUNCIL GROVE 1 SSE                   5.0                    
BALDWIN CITY                          4.0                    
MINNEAPOLIS                           4.0                    
TOPEKA 1 WSW                          3.5                    
SALINA                                3.0                    

...MISSOURI...
KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL NWS         3.9                    
TROY 1 SSE                            3.0                    
MEXICO                                2.8                    
NEW FLORENCE                          2.5                    
MIDDLETOWN 4 SW                       2.2                    
MARTHASVILLE                          2.0                    
WINFIELD                              2.0                    
WRIGHT CITY                           2.0                    
ST. LOUIS                             1.4                    

...NEBRASKA...
W OMAHA                               1.5                    

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

...NEBRASKA...
VALENTINE 29 S                        6.0                    
AINSWORTH 5 NW                        5.0                    
HERSHEY 6 NW                          4.5                    
ANSELMO 2 SE                          4.0                    
ATKINSON                              4.0                    
PETERSBURG                            4.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
ORAL                                  4.0                    
SAINT ONGE 3 SE                       3.2                    
JOHNSON SIDING                        3.1                    
EDGEMONT 1 NNE                        3.0                    
RAPID CITY 5 ESE                      2.0                    


The low pressure system currently in the southern Plains will
track east sending its swath of wintry precipitation into Ohio
Valley this evening and the Mid-Atlantic for Monday morning. Icy
travel conditions are expected in these regions Monday morning.
Meanwhile, the low pressure centers in New Mexico this afternoon
will also head east and strengthen into one primary area of low
pressure over eastern Texas late Monday. This re-developed area of
low pressure will produce more wintry precipitation from central
Kansas to central Illinois Monday. Additional snow and ice
accumulations are anticipated over the Lower Great Lakes states
causing more travel headaches Monday evening. Farther south, there
is a threat for severe thunderstorms in the Deep South and a
threat for flash flooding in the eastern Ohio and Tennessee
Valleys Monday afternoon and evening. The storm system will
advance east into the Mid-Atlantic Tuesday morning where snow and
an icy wintry mix will occur in the eastern Great Lakes, interior
Northeast, and New England. Showers and thunderstorms will be in
the forecast Tuesday afternoon across the Southeast. 

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.

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