THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
CAMP SPRINGS, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 11 FOR CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 PM CST THU DEC 21 2006
...MAIN FOCUS OF MAJOR WINTER STORM SHIFTING INTO THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION. HEAVY RAINFALL
THREAT DEVELOPING ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...
WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS A SMALL PORTION OF
SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEBRASKA....NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...AND EASTERN
COLORADO.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH DAKOTA...MINNESOTA...AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN.
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN WISCONSIN.
FLOOD WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
AT 3 PM CST THURSDAY...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CENTERED
OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WAS SLOWLY MOVING NORTHEASTWARD...WITH
THIS MOTION EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE IS CAUSING SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES
THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS...AND RAIN UP MOST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...SPREADING EASTWARD INTO THE OHIO AND
TENNESSEE VALLEYS...MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE PRESENTLY
OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN TEXAS...LOUISIANA AND
MISSISSIPPI. THE SURFACE CENTRAL LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS 1009 MB OR 29.79 INCHES...LOCATED OVER
NORTHERN KANSAS.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 2 PM
CST THURSDAY...
...ARIZONA...
SUNRISE MOUNTAIN 6.0
FLAGSTAFF 5.5
DILKON 5.0
BELLEMONT 4.5
HOLBROOK 4.0
...NEW MEXICO...
CUBA 20.0
PIETOWN 18.0
RED RIVER 14.0
RUIDOSO 12.0
TAOS 12.0
ALBUQUERQUE 11.0
...COLORADO...
GLEN HAVEN...REVISED AMT 44.0
BOULDER 42.3
CONIFER 42.0
BLACK HAWK 38.0
LITTLETON 32.0
CASTLE ROCK 30.0
CUCHARA 28.0
EVERGREEN 27.5
BLACK HAWK 25.5
IDAHO SPRINGS 25.0
COLORADO CITY 24.0
STUMP LAKES 23.0
LA VETA 19.0
EVERGREEN 19.0
BROOKVALE 18.0
SAN ISABEL 18.0
RYE 18.0
VERNON 14.0
DENVER CENTENNIAL AIRPORT 17.0
...UTAH...
MONTICELLO 6.0
ENTERPRISE 6.0
CEDAR CITY 5.0
MOAB 5.0
CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK 3.5
...KANSAS...
KANORADO 10.0
FRANCIS 9.0
ECKLEY 8.0
VERNON 7.0
GOODLAND 6.1
EDSON 6.0
KANORADO 6.0
WRAY 5.0
...TEXAS...
DALHART 5.0
DUMAS 4.0
KENTON 4.0
VEGA 4.0
BOISE CITY 3.0
AMARILLO 2.0
LUBBOCK 1.0
...NEBRASKA...
BRIDGEPORT 17.5
BUSHNELL 16.2
OGALLALA 12.0
OSHKOSH 11.0
MULLEN 10.0
CHAPPEL 9.0
DEUEL 9.0
VALENTINE 6.0
SCOTTSBLUFF 6.0
IMPERIAL 5.0
KIMBALL 5.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
SAINT FRANCIS 8.0
WINNER 7.0
GREGORY 7.0
IDEAL 6.0
PLATTE 5.0
WHITE LAKE 3.0
PICKSTOWN 2.0
...WYOMING...
CHEYENNE NWS OFFICE 11.0
LARAMIE 5.0
CENTENNIAL 4.0
WHEATLAND 4.0
...SELECTED FREEZING RAIN ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES AS OF 2 PM
CST THURSDAY...
...OKLAHOMA...
CLAUDE 0.50
GUYMON 0.25
BEAVER 0.13
...TEXAS...
AMARILLO 0.98
STINNETT 0.75
DUMAS 0.50
TEXHOMA 0.50
DUMAS 0.50
MIAMI 0.38
VEGA 0.25
STRATFORD 0.25
...KANSAS...
GOODLAND 0.40
HILL CITY 0.25
...NEBRASKA...
ANSELMO 0.50
MULLEN 0.50
OCONTO 0.50
ARNOLD 0.25
VALENTINE 0.25
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES AS OF 2 PM CST
THURSDAY...
...LOUISIANA...
NEW ORLEANS CAL FIELD APT 4.75
NEW ORLEANS INTL APT 4.31
NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT APT 4.17
PATTERSON MEMORIAL 3.51
SALT POINT 1.92
THE STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST
NORTHEAST. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS LIKELY IN THE CENTRAL ROCKIES
INTO THE WESTERN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 1
TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. MINOR ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN. AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION...IT IS
EXPECTED TO RE-INTENSIFY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...AND PRODUCE
ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOWFALL ACROSS THIS AREA...ALTHOUGH IT WILL NOT
BE AS SIGNIFICANT AS IN THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND PLAINS.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 9 PM CST THURSDAY. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.
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Last Updated: 535 PM EST THU DEC 21 2006