THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 AM CST TUE DEC 19 2006

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S.
IS BEGINNING TO AFFECT PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND SOUTHERN
PLAINS. AT 9 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED PATCHY AREAS OF
RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW FROM EASTERN UTAH...NEW
MEXICO...AND COLORADO EASTWARD INTO TEXAS...OKLAHOMA...AND KANSAS.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN UTAH...NEW MEXICO...SOUTHERN COLORADO...THE TEXAS AND
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...WESTERN KANSAS...AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES AND ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...WESTERN TEXAS...WESTERN
OKLAHOMA...AND CENTRAL KANSAS AND NEBRASKA.

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
ARIZONA...SOUTHERN UTAH...WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...AND COLORADO.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW
MEXICO AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS. 

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN
COLORADO...EASTERN WYOMING...NORTHWESTERN
KANSAS...NEBRASKA...SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHWESTERN IOWA...AND
SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 9 AM
CST TUESDAY...

...ARIZONA...

FLAGSTAFF                         5.3 
DILKON                            5.0

...COLORADO...

MINERAL                           5.0
HUERFANO                          3.0 


THIS SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY
WEDNESDAY. IN ITS WAKE...HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY IN THE CENTRAL
ROCKIES THROUGH THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF OVER 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND
WESTERN CENTRAL PLAINS. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO LIKELY IN PARTS OF
THE CENTRAL PLAINS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE-HALF INCH ARE
POSSIBLE IN AN AREA EXTENDING FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE NORTHWARD
THROUGH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 3 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

FRACASSO






Last Updated: 1000 AM EST TUE DEC 19 2006