STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
10 PM EST WED DEC 7 2005

...WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...

A POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS BREWING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS/GULF
OF MEXICO THIS EVENING WITH SNOW...SLEET AMD FREEZING RAIN FALLING
OVER PORTIONS OF TEXAS...OKLAHOMA...KANSAS...MISSOURI AND
ARKANSAS.  HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING ALONG THE EASTERN GULF COAST TO
NORTHERN FLORIDA.

AT 10 PM EST A COMPLEX AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS JUST OFF THE
SOUTHEAST TEXAS COAST...NEAR GALVESTON. THIS LOW WILL BEGIN TO
INTENSIFY AND MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY...BEFORE LIFTING NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.  STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE IS
SITUATED OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND IS PROVIDING VERY COLD AIR
INTO THE NORTHEASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE NATION.

WINTER WEATHER AND SNOW ADVISORIES COVER MUCH OF
KANSAS...OKLAHOMA...MISSOURI...ILLINOIS INTO INDIANA FOR SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS ARE UNDER WINTER
WEATHER OR FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR SOUTHEAST
INDIDANA...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND CENTRAL/WESTERN KENTUCKY FOR
THURSDAY.

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY...EASTERN
OHIO... WEST VIRGINIA...PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN
VIRGINIA...NORTHERN MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW YORK AND
CONNETICUT FOR A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
THAT WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING INTO FRIDAY.

CURRENT RADAR RETURNS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SHOWS A BROAD
REGION OF LIGHT TO OCCASSIONALLY HEAVY SNOW FALLING ACROSS EASTERN
KANSAS...WESTERN MISSOURI INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA.  A MIXTURE OF
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WAS FALLING OVER CENTRAL TEXAS.

SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS SO FAR HAVE BEEN GENERALLY LIGHT


...SNOW AND ICE TOTALS THROUGH 10 PM WEDNESDAY...

KANSAS...
COFFEY.....................7 INCHES
FRANKLIN...................6 INCHES
ANDERSON...................6 INCHES
MIAMI......................5 INCHES
COTTONWOOD FALLS...........4 INCHES
LYONS......................3 INCHES
HUTCHINSON.................3 INCHES
EUREKA.....................3 INCHES

MISSOURI...
CLAY.......................3 INCHES
CARROLL....................3 INCHES
NODAWAY....................2 INCHES
LAFAYETTE..................2 INCHES

TEXAS...
FORT WORTH.................0.25 INCH ICE

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 4 AM EST THURSDAY FROM
THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER ON THIS STORM. PLEASE
REFER TO STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES.

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