STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
4 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2004

...MAJOR WINTER STORM DUMPS HISTORIC HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS
AND BRINGS A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE GULF COAST STATES
AND SOUTHEAST...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF
LOUISIANA...ALABAMA...MISSISSIPPI...GEORIGIA...SOUTH
CAROLINA...NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN
MARYLAND FOR SNOW OR A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN.

THE CYCLONE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS RATHER UNUSUAL WINTER STORM FOR
THE SOUTH IS NOW LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO NEAR
25.7N 88.6W WHICH IS 260 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NEW
ORLEANS LOUISIANA. THE STORM IS CURRENTLY TRACKING TO THE
EAST-NORTHEAST. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE CONTINUES TO FALL AND
IS NOW 29.59 INCHES OR 1002.0 MILLIBARS. 


...SELECTED STORM TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 3 PM EST...

TEXAS...

BRAZORIA.................13.0
GANADO...................12.0
VICTORIA.................11.0
BAY CITY.................9.0
SAN DIEGO................8.0
PORT LAVACA..............8.0
PIERCE...................7.0
YORKTOWN.................6.0
ANGELTON.................6.0
KARNES CITY..............5.0
CORPUS CHRISTI...........4.4
WHARTON..................4.0
PORT ISABEL..............3.0
LA JOLLA.................3.0
GALVESTON................3.0
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND.......2.5
PORT O'CONNOR............2.0
BROWNSVILLE..............1.5

LOUISIANA...

BURWICK..................1.0
CAMERON..................0.8

THE STORMS MOVEMENT TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST WILL TRACK IT INTO THE
EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS EVENING AND THEN OFF THE SOUTHEAST
COAST SUNDAY MORNING. A STORM TRACK THIS FAR SOUTH IN COMBINATION
WITH VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR AND AN ABUNDANCE OF GULF OF MEXICO AND
ATLANTIC MOISTURE WILL CAUSE AN OUTBREAK OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION
ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PLEASE CONSULT
STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR
MORE INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER STORM.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 10 PM EST THIS EVENING.


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