STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR CENTRAL U.S. ICE STORM/HEAVY RAIN 
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
300 PM CST WED NOV 29 2006  
  
...SIGNIFICANT ICING...SNOW AND HEAVY RAIN LIKELY FOR PARTS OF THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...

ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM EASTERN KANSAS INTO NORTHERN
MISSOURI. WINTER STORM WARNINGS...FOR A MIXTURE OF ICE AND
SNOW...ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...NORTHERN TEXAS
EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF OKLAHOMA...EASTERN
KANSAS...WESTERN PORTIONS OF MISSOURI...AND SOUTHERN IOWA.

WINTER STORM AND HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
CENTRAL COLORADO AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FOR EASTERN COLORADO...WESTERN KANSAS...AND PORTIONS OF THE
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS EASTERN
KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI...PORTIONS OF IOWA...WESTERN
ILLINOIS...AND EXTENDING INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN TEXAS...SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA...AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. IS
BRINGING ARCTIC AIR INTO THE REGION...WHILE WARM MOIST AIR SURGES
NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO.  AN UPPER LEVEL STORM MOVING
THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTH
CENTRAL U.S. TODAY AND WILL HELP TO INCREASE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY WITH HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. AS THE COLDER AIR ARRIVES...SOME
OF THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW
WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.
 
FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 0.10 TO 0.25 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
FROM EASTERN OKLAHOMA NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH MISSOURI AND INTO
EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS.


...SELECTED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH 200 PM CST WEDNESDAY...

...COLORADO...

GENESEE                     17.8
ASPEN SPRINGS               17.0
BLACK HAWK                  16.2
EL DORADO SPRINGS           15.0
JAMESTOWN                   14.7
IDAHO SPRINGS               13.2
ESTES PARK                  13.0
SEDALIA                     12.0
HOTCHKISS                   11.0

...UTAH...

ALTA GUARD                  38.0
BRIGHTON CREST              31.0
SNOWBIRD                    28.0
ALTA COLLINS                28.0
BIG COTTONWOOD SPRUCES      19.5
SOLITUDE                    19.0
THE CANYONS                 18.0

...SELECTED RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH 200 PM CST WEDNESDAY...

...ILLINOIS...

STERLING ROCKFALLS           3.16
CHICAGO OHARE                0.90

...MISSOURI...

DEERFIELD                    1.66
HAGERS GROVE                 1.53
MUSSELFORK                   1.46
BLUE LICK                    1.22
WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE      1.18
KANSAS CITY                  0.88

...OKLAHOMA...

AVANT                        1.35


AS THIS STORM MOVED THROUGH THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND WASATCH
MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE
FEET WERE OBSERVED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WHILE ACCUMULATIONS
OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WERE MEASURED IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER COLORADO
INTO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES BY
THURSDAY MORNING. ISOLATED 12 INCH AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF COLORADO. 

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 900 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ON THIS STORM.
  
RUBIN-OSTER