STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 6 FOR CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 AM CST WED DEC 20 2006

...INTENSITY OF MAJOR WINTER STORM STILL INCREASING ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES...

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
NEBRASKA...NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...AND SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING. 

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

ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS. 

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...AND NORTHWESTERN IOWA.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA...NORTHWESTERN IOWA...AND EASTERN NEBRASKA.

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

AT 9AM CST WEDNESDAY...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CENTERED
OVER NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO WAS SLOWLY MOVING EASTWARD AND IS
EXPECTED TO TURN TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST BY THIS EVENING.  THIS
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS AFFECTING PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES
INTO THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF
PRECIPITATION TYPES...DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION.  A 1009 MB (29.80
INCHES) SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA...SLOWLY MOVING TO THE NORTH.


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

...ARIZONA...

SUNRISE MOUNTAIN                  6.0 
FLAGSTAFF                         5.5  
DILKON                            5.0 
BELLEMONT                         4.5 
HOLBROOK                          4.0 

...NEW MEXICO...

PIETOWN                          18.0                           
MCGAFFEY                          8.0 
CUBA                              8.0  
ALBUQUERQUE                       7.0 
QUEMADO LAKE                      6.0 
TORREON NAVAJO MISSION            6.0  
CHAMA                             6.0 
ISLETA PUEBLO                     5.0 

...COLORADO...

STUMP LAKES                      23.0
MINERAL                          17.0 
PAGOSA SPRINGS                   16.0 
DOLORES                          12.0 
OPHIR                            12.0 
SILVERTON                        12.0 
DURANGO                          12.0 
HESPERUS                         10.5 
SALIDA                            9.0 
CHAFFEE                           9.0 
MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK          9.0 
VALLECITO DAM                     8.5 
BAYFIELD                          8.5 

...UTAH...

MONTICELLO                        6.0 
ENTERPRISE                        6.0 
CEDAR CITY                        5.0 
MOAB                              5.0 
CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK        3.5 

...KANSAS...

STANTON                           4.0
SHERMAN                           4.0

...SELECTED FREEZING RAIN ICE ACCUMULATIONS AS OF 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

...OKLAHOMA...

CLAUDE                            0.50 
BEAVER                            0.13 
GUYMON                            0.25 

...TEXAS...

AMARILLO                          0.98 
STINNETT                          0.75 
DUMAS                             0.50
TEXHOMA                           0.50 
MIAMI                             0.38 
VEGA                              0.25 
STRATFORD                         0.25 

...KANSAS...

GOODLAND NWS                      0.25
HILL CITY                         0.25

...NEBRASKA...

MULLEN                            0.25
VALENTINE                         0.25

AT 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AREAS OF
RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW FROM COLORADO AND NEW
MEXICO...EXTENDING EASTWARD INTO
TEXAS...OKLAHOMA...KANSAS...NEBRASKA...MISSOURI...SOUTHWESTERN
ILLINOIS...ARKANSAS...AND LOUISIANA.  THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION
HAS BEEN SPREADING FURTHER NORTH AND EAST OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS.

THE STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY
THIS EVENING. 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...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER ONE INCH POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE NORTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

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

FRACASSO