THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR CENTRAL US HEAVY SNOW/HEAVY RAIN
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
9 PM CST THU DEC 28 2006

...MAJOR WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL
MOVE VERY SLOWLY NORTHEAST THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND BRING
HEAVY SNOW TO THE ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS STATES...WHILE HEAVY
RAIN DEVELOPS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS COVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING...WESTERN
NEBRASKA...PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO...NORTHWEST
KANSAS...NORTHERN NEW MEXICO...AND THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT OVER EASTERN NEW
MEXICO...NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...WESTERN
KANSAS...PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO...CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND MUCH
OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS AND SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES ARE ALSO
IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF COLORADO...WYOMING...AND NEW MEXICO.

AT THIS TIME THERE ARE NO FLOOD WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES AS OF 8 PM CST...

...COLORADO...

EVERGREEN                        18.0
IDAHO SPRINGS                    13.7
LA VETA                          13.0
BLACK HAWK                       12.0
WESTCLIFFE                       12.0
BEULAH                           11.0
RYE                              10.0
SAN ISABEL                        9.5
GOLDEN                            9.0
DENVER                            6.0

...WYOMING...

CENTENNIAL                        2.0
TORRINGTON                        1.0


AT 9 PM CST THURSDAY NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN ORGANIZED AREA OF
HEAVY SNOW OVER CENTRAL COLORADO. ADDITIONAL AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW
WERE OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO.  RAIN WAS INCREASING THROUGH
WESTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO WILL MOVE
VERY SLOWLY INTO WESTERN TEXAS ON FRIDAY AND INTO OKLAHOMA ON
SATURDAY...WHILE INCREASING IN STRENGTH. THE AREA OF SNOW SHOULD
EXPAND INTO THE WEEKEND WITH SOME AREAS EXPECTED TO SEE 1 TO 2
FEET OF SNOW BY SUNDAY.  HEAVY RAIN SHOULD DEVELOP ON FRIDAY OVER
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND SPREAD INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
STATES THIS WEEKEND WITH ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND FIVE
INCHES POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 3 AM CST FRIDAY.  PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WEATHER EVENT.

FRACASSO/ECKERT




Last Updated: 950 PM EST THU DEC 28 2006