STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
10 AM EST THU DEC 8 2005

...WINTRY WEATHER MIX OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ADVANCING
EASTWARD...

A WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO CHURN THROUGHOUT THE DAY...USHERING IN
THE SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVER A LARGE PART OF THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. MEANWHILE...OVER THE SOUTHEAST US...HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUES TO FALL OVER CENTRAL/NORTHERN FLORIDA...AS WELL AS
SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION OVER THE MISSISSIPPI...OHIO...AND
TENNESSEE VALLEYS IS ASSOCIATED WITH A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE CENTERED NEAR THE PLAINS...WHICH IS FORECAST TO TRACK
EASTWARD TODAY. AS THIS OCCURS...IT WILL CAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
A SURFACE LOW OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WHICH WILL
EVENTUALLY TRACK EAST THEN NEWD ALONG THE EAST COAST. WITH A VERY
COLD AIR MASS ALREADY IN PLACE OVER MUCH OF THE NATION...THE
RESULT SHOULD BE WIDESPREAD...WINTRY PRECIPITATION FROM THE
CENTRAL U.S. TO THE NORTHEAST.

IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS...WINTER STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE
WIDESPREAD AND ARE CURRENTLY POSTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS...MIDWEST...MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...OHIO VALLEY...AND
NORTHEASTERN U.S.  IN ADDITION...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE
ALSO IN EFFECT OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA NOT COVERED BY WATCHES OR
WARNINGS.

...SNOW AND ICE TOTALS THROUGH 10 AM THURSDAY...

KANSAS...

OVERLAND PARK.............10.5   INCHES   800  AM EST
PRAIRIE VILLAGE............8.8   INCHES   800  AM EST
LAWRENCE...................8.0   INCHES   720  AM EST
COFFEY.....................7.0   INCHES   400  AM EST
FRANKLIN...................6.0   INCHES   400  AM EST
ANDERSON...................6.0   INCHES   400  AM EST
MIAMI......................5.0   INCHES   400  AM EST
YATES CENTER...............4.5   INCHES   400  AM EST
LOLA.......................4.5   INCHES   800  AM EST
EUREKA.....................4.5   INCHES   400  AM EST
COTTONWOOD FALLS...........4.0   INCHES   400  AM EST
UDALL......................4.0   INCHES   400  AM EST
HUTCHINSON.................4.0   INCHES   400  AM EST
NEWTON.....................4.0   INCHES   400  AM EST

MISSOURI...

PLEASANT HILL..............8.5   INCHES   1000 AM EST
KANSAS CITY................8.3   INCHES 
BUCHANAN...................6.0   INCHES   926  AM EST
CLAY.......................3.0   INCHES   400  AM EST
CARROLL....................3.0   INCHES   400  AM EST
NODAWAY....................2.0   INCHES   400  AM EST
LAFAYETTE..................2.0   INCHES   400  AM EST

NEBRASKA...

HASTINGS...................1.6   INCHES   400 AM EST

TEXAS...

FORT WORTH.................0.25  INCH ICE 400 AM EST

SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OHIO
VALLEY...EASTERN GREAT LAKES...AND NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC STATES
TODAY...WITH A SWATH OF ICE EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF THE OHIO
RIVER INTO SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE
REMAINDER OF THE NORTHEAST STATES LATER TODAY.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 4 PM 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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