STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
9 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

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

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN AFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION
OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF SOUTH
DAKOTA...EXTREME EASTERN MONTANA...NEBRASKA...EASTERN
WYOMING...EASTERN COLORADO...KANSAS...SOUTHWESTERN IOWA...NORTHERN
NEW MEXICO...AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI. WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE
IN EFFECT FOR THE PANHANDLES OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA...PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN IOWA...NORTHERN MISSOURI...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CENTRAL
INDIANA...SOUTHWESTERN OHIO...AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY.

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN
WYOMING AND MONTANA. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES ARE
CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO...EASTERN
MONTANA...AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE
CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...WESTERN
IOWA...NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...SOUTHERN KANSAS...AND WESTERN
OKLAHOMA.

A VERY SLOW MOVING LATE SEASON WINTER STORM IS CURRENTLY
DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO.  THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE EAST-NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AS THIS OCCURS
WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND WELL TO
THE NORTH OF THE LOW...IMPACTING A LARGE PORTION OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS INTO PARTS OF THE MIDWEST THROUGH TUESDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT
TO MODERATE SNOW ARE CURRENTLY FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS.  SNOWFALL RATES AND COVERAGE ARE
EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREAS OVERNIGHT WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSNOW.

...SELECTED SNOWFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 740 PM CST UNLESS
OTHERWISE NOTED...


COLORADO...

BLACK FOREST...................3.0...THROUGH 640 PM


WYOMING...

...TOTALS THROUGH 520 PM...

LUSK...........................7.0
CHEYENNE.......................5.5
WHEATLAND......................2.0
LORENZO........................2.0


NEBRASKA...

KEARNEY........................8.0...THROUGH 410 PM
GILINER........................6.0...THROUGH 351 PM
WILBER.........................4.0...THROUGH 1230 PM
OMAHA..........................3.0...THROUGH 300 PM
 

SOUTH DAKOTA...

BURKE..........................13.0
BONESTEEL......................11.0
STICKNEY.......................8.0
CHAMBERLAIN....................6.0
PLATTE.........................5.0
LAKE ANDES.....................5.0
ARMOUR.........................5.0
SPRINGFIELD....................4.0
YANKTON........................4.0


NORTH DAKOTA...

HALLIDAY.......................8.2...THROUGH 240 PM


THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS STORM WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 3 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO
YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR DETAILS ON THIS
STORM...INCLUDING ALL WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND ADVISORIES.

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