Storm Summary Number 02 for Holiday Storm from the Southwest to
the Northern Tier
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
300 PM 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...

A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for southwest Indiana and western
Kentucky.

A Flood Watch is in effect for portions of eastern Nebraska,
western Iowa and northeast Wisconsin.

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

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.

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

At 300 PM CST...An area of low pressure was located over southern
Kansas. Surface analysis revealed a central pressure of 999.7 mb
or 29.52 inches of mercury. A warm front extended eastward from
the Central Plains into the Ohio Valley.  A Pacific cold front
extended from south-central Oklahoma to southern 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 200 PM 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                    

...MINNESOTA...
MOORHEAD                              3.2                    
MOTLEY 1 N                            1.1                    
DAWSON                                1.0                    

...NEBRASKA...
ARTHUR                                1.0                    
CLINTON                               1.0                    

...NEW MEXICO...
LUNA 6 SSE                           10.0                    
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...
WEST FARGO                            4.0                    
ELLENDALE                             3.0                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
ELM SPRINS 5 ESE                      6.0                    
IPSWICH                               4.0                    
MURDO                                 3.5                    
WALL                                  2.0                    
ABERDEEN 3 ESE                        1.4                    

...WYOMING...
TORRINGTON 1 E                        6.0                    
LARAMIE                               5.0                    
CHEYENNE                              3.2                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Freezing Rain ice amounts in
inches from 600 PM CST Wed Dec 25 through 200 PM 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 northward 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 900 PM CST. Please refer to your local National Weather
Service office for additional information on this event.

Ziegenfelder