Storm Summary Number 01 for Holiday Storm from the Southwest to
the Northern Tier
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
900 AM CST Sat Dec 28 2019

...Winter storm to produce heavy snow, blowing snow in the Plains
and Upper Midwest. Ice and snow reaching New England Sunday
night...

An Ice Storm Warning is in effect for a small part of southwest
Minnesota and northwest Iowa.

Winter Storm Warnings are in effect for parts of the southern
Rockies...central and northern Plains...and Upper Midwest.

Winter Weather Advisories are in effect from the Desert Southwest
to the central Plains and western Great Lakes.

A Winter Storm Watch is in effect for parts of Massachusetts and
Connecticut.

A Flood Watch is in effect for northeast Wisconsin.

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

At 900 AM CST...An area of low pressure was becoming better
defined over southeast Colorado. Surface analysis revealed a
central pressure of 1001 mb or 29.56 inches of mercury. A warm
front extended eastward into the lower Missouri Valley and the
Ohio Valley. A Pacific cold front extended from southeast Colorado
to southwest Texas, moving east. The National Weather Service
network of doppler radars indicated rain and thunderstorms ahead
of the cold front in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, with moderate
rainfall extending up through Iowa and entering Wisconsin. Radar
and surface observations indicated wintry precipitation farther
west, with freezing rain and freezing drizzle from Nebraska to
Minnesota, and light to moderate snow from the four-corners region
up through the Dakotas.

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 600 PM
CST Wed Dec 25 through 800 AM CST Sat Dec 28...

...ARIZONA...
ALPINE                               12.0                    
FOREST LAKES                         10.0                    
KOHLS RANCH                          10.0                    
NUTRIOSO                              8.0                    
TAYLOR 9 NNW                          6.0                    
FLAGSTAFF AIRPORT                     4.6                    

...COLORADO...
TELLURIDE 2 SSW                      13.0                    
LAKE CITY 1 NNE                      11.0                    
PLACERVILLE 9 NE                     11.0                    
COAL BANK PASS 6 SW                   9.5                    
SILVERTON                             8.3                    
OURAY 0.1 SE                          7.0                    
ERIE                                  2.5                    

...NEBRASKA...
CLINTON                               1.0                    

...NEW MEXICO...
EAGLE NEST 8 SE                       8.0                    
MOGOLLON 6 ESE                        7.0                    
ANGEL FIRE 3 ESE                      6.0                    
LOS ALAMOS 5 WNW                      6.0                    
TERRERO 6 WNW                         6.0                    
ARROYO SECO 6 WNW                     4.0                    
TOADLENA 5 SSW                        4.0                    
CAPULIN                               2.0                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
ELLENDALE                             3.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
IPSWICH                               4.0                    
WALL                                  2.0                    
ABERDEEN 3 ESE                        1.4                    

...WYOMING...
CHEYENNE                              3.2                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Freezing Rain ice amounts in
inches from 600 PM CST Wed Dec 25 through 800 AM CST Sat Dec 28...

...NEBRASKA...
GREELEY                              0.13                    
ORD                                  0.02                    

...Selected preliminary Peak Wind gusts in miles per hour earlier
in the event...

...CALIFORNIA...
CASE SPRINGS                           63                    
SEQUAN TRUCK TRAIL                     53                    
SILL HILL                              49                    
SAN DIEGO AIRPORT                      45                    
BIG BEAR                               44                    

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

...CALIFORNIA...
MOUNT BALDY 1 NW                     28.0                    
WRIGHTWOOD                           25.0                    
FRAZIER PARK                         21.5                    
PALOMAR MOUNTAIN 3 N                 21.0                    
MOUNT WILSON                         20.0                    
LAKE ARROWHEAD 2 NNW                 19.5                    
CRESTLINE 1 ESE                      12.0                    
PALOMAR MOUNTAIN 2 ESE                9.0                    
ALPINE 3 E                            4.0                    
HESPERIA 2 E                          3.5                    

...NEW MEXICO...
LUNA 6 SSE                           10.0                    

...UTAH...
MONTICELLO 1 SW                       6.0                    
CASTLE VALLEY                         5.0                    
MOAB                                  5.0                    
CANYONLANDS THE NECK                  2.0                    

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

...CALIFORNIA...
GARDEN GROVE 1 E                     2.66                    
ALISO VIEJO 2 NW                     2.25                    
LAGUNA BEACH 1 NW                    1.97                    


Low pressure will intensify and heavy snow will become more
widespread as the storm lifts slowly up through the Plains states
through Sunday morning, with the storm then continuing to churn
through Monday. More than a foot of snow is likely from central
South Dakota to western Minnesota from Saturday night to Sunday
morning. Accumulations as high as 5 to 10 inches are expected in
northern Minnesota and western Nebraska, with lesser amounts of 1
to 6 inches across the Desert Southwest and eastern Colorado and
Wyoming. Winds sustained over 20 mph and gusting above 30, will
create some areas of blowing and drifting snow, especially in the
central and northern Plains. Meanwhile, along and east of the low
pressure track the precipitation will be mainly freezing rain in
southwest Minnesota, and simply rain in Wisconsin. With unusually
warm temperatures, melting snow cover, and unusually heavy
rainfall of 1.5 to 2.0 inches, some flooding and river flooding is
possible in Wisconsin.

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.

Burke