THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 10 FOR CENTRAL U.S. HEAVY SNOW/HEAVY RAIN
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
3 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006

...HEAVY SNOW THREAT DIMINISHING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND
CENTRAL PLAINS...WHILE IMPACTING THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
HEAVY RAIN THREAT SHIFTING EASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHEAST... 

BLIZZARD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO...THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES...WESTERN KANSAS...NEBRASKA...NORTHEASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA. HEAVY SNOW
WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN IOWA.

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH
DAKOTA. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS
OF NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NEW
MEXICO...KANSAS...NEBRASKA...WESTERN IOWA...SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...AND MINNESOTA.

FLOOD WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN
TEXAS...LOUISIANA...ARKANSAS...MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND
THE WESTERN PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA.

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHERN
ALABAMA.

A LARGE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA...IS EXPECTED TO TRACK TO THE NORTHEAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS...AND WIND UP OVER LAKE MICHIGAN BY SUNDAY NIGHT. THE
SURFACE CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM IS
CURRENTLY LOCATED ABOUT 70 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES IOWA...AND HAS
A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1008 MB OR 29.77 INCHES OF MERCURY.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES AS OF 2 AM CST...

...NEW MEXICO...

LOS CERRILLOS 6 ENE              32.0 
RED RIVER                        31.0
LAS VEGAS 20 W                   27.0 
SANTA FE                         25.3 
ROWE                             24.0 
ALBUQUERQUE                      24.0 
2 N PLACITAS                     21.0 
ABIQUIU                          19.0 
EDGEWOOD                         18.0 
ALBUQUERQUE INTL SUNPORT         15.6
 
...TEXAS...

TEXLINE                          18.0 
KENTON                           12.0 
FELT                              8.0 
BOISE CITY 15 NW                  8.0 
DALHART 14 NW                     6.0 

...OKLAHOMA...

KEYES                            12.0 
GRIGGS                            8.0 

...COLORADO...

CUCHARA                          48.0 
AGUILAR 5 NNW                    38.0 
LA VETA                          32.0 
GENESEE 2 N                      30.0
WALSH 1 N                        30.0 
GOLDEN 12 NW                     29.4
BONCARBO 1.5 WSW                 28.0 
EVERGREEN                        28.0 
BLACK HAWK                       27.1
LA JUNTA                         27.0 
TRINIDAD 5.7 SSW                 25.8 
NEDERLAND                        25.3
COLORADO CITY 8 E                24.0 
TWO BUTTES 12 NE                 24.0 
JAMESTOWN 3 W                    23.2 
GOLDEN 2 SW                      23.0
ESTES PARK 1 SSE                 19.6 
BOULDER 7 SW                     18.0 
BOULDER NWS OFFICE               14.2 
DENVER CENTENNIAL                 8.0 

...WYOMING...

BUFORD                           12.0 
LAGRANGE 4.4 ESE                  8.0 
PINE BLUFFS                       8.0 
CHEYENNE 2 SSE                    7.0 
WHEATLAND                         6.0 
DOUGLAS                           5.0 

...KANSAS...

GOODLAND                         16.9  
WALLACE                          14.0 
OBERLIN                          12.5
LEOTI                            12.0 
LEVANT                           11.0 
COLBY                            10.0 
OAKLEY                            9.0 


...NEBRASKA...

TAYLOR                           12.0 
HAYES CENTER                     11.0 
SWAN LAKE                         9.0 
NORTH PLATTE                      8.2 
WELLFLEET                         8.0 
IMPERIAL                          6.5 
AINSWORTH                         6.0 
HAYES CENTER                      5.0 
CURTIS                            5.0
SCOTTSBLUFF                       5.0 
LEXINGTON                         3.5 
 
...SOUTH DAKOTA...

MOBRIDGE                         13.0 
POLLOCK                          11.0 
WAGNER                           10.0 
ARMOUR                            7.0 
PLANKINTON                        6.5 
CHAMBERLAIN                       6.0 
PICKSTOWN                         5.0 
 
...NORTH DAKOTA...

BISMARK                           2.6 

...MINNESOTA...

LITTLE FALLS                      2.5 
CARLOS                            1.0 

...SELECTED FREEZING RAIN ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES AS OF 2 AM
CST...

...TEXAS...

AMARILLO 7 WSW                    0.38 
HOOKER                            0.25 
TEXHOMA                           0.25 

...KANSAS...

DENSMORE                          1.00
HILL CITY 1 E                     0.30

...NEBRASKA...

KEARNEY                           0.50 
ELWOOD                            0.35 
MINDEN                            0.25 
SAINT PAUL                        0.25 
HASTINGS NWS OFFICE               0.20 
GRAND ISLAND                      0.15 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES AS OF 2 AM CST...

...KANSAS...

LAKIN                             3.58 
WAKEENEY                          3.36 
DODGE CITY                        2.98 
GARDEN CITY                       2.39 
HILL CITY                         2.47 

...TEXAS...

HEMPHILL 11NE                     5.74 
MONKSTOWN                         3.86 
SILSBEE                           3.35 
TERRELL                           2.70  
DALLAS LOVE FIELD                 2.65 
PARIS COX FIELD                   2.48  
HUNTSVILLE                        2.34   
GLENN HEIGHTS                     2.10 
COLLEGE STATION                   2.07   

...OKLAHOMA...

GUYMAN                            3.33 
MCALESTER                         3.02  
MUSKOGEE                          2.63 
KANSAS 6ESE                       2.52 

  ...ARKANSAS...

EL DORADO                         2.59
LITTLE ROCK                       2.25 
TEXARKANA                         2.32 

...LOUISIANA...

FORT POLK                         4.39 
BATON ROUGE                       4.27
LAKE CHARLES                      4.24 
NEW IBERIA                        3.74
ENGLAND AFB                       3.41 
SHREVEPORT                        2.22 
SHREVEPORT/DOWNTOWN               2.09 

...MISSISSIPPI...

JACKSON                           3.61 
CHAIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT           2.20 
TUPELO                            1.71 

AT 3 AM CST SATURDAY...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A THINNING
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ORIENTED BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW
EXTENDING FROM WESTERN KANSAS TO SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...A
MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WAS FALLING...WHERE AN
EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF COLDER AIR WAS CHANGING PRECIPITATION TYPE
FROM LIQUID TO FROZEN. AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS WERE PROGRESSING TO THE EAST ACROSS THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST...WHERE THE THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER HAS BEEN DIMINISHING.

THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD
TOWARD THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION BY MONDAY. SNOWFALL ACROSS THE
HIGH PLAINS STATES IS GENERALLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN LESS THAN 12
INCHES BY SUNDAY. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FURTHER EAST
ALONG THE GULF COAST INTO THE WESTERN PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA BY
SUNDAY MORNING WHERE UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY
NIGHT...WITH AREAS FURTHER NORTH RECEIVING LESSER AMOUNTS.
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 9 AM CST SUNDAY.  PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WEATHER EVENT.

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Last Updated: 402 AM EST SUN DEC 31 2006