STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR CENTRAL U.S. HEAVY SNOW/HEAVY RAIN
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
3 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006

...MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES... 

ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM IS FORECAST TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND BRING HEAVY SNOW TO
THE ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS STATES...WHILE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED
TO EXPAND OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY.

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN
COLORADO.

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

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...NORTHEASTERN
WYOMING...CENTRAL NEBRASKA...WESTERN MINNESOTA AND MUCH OF SOUTH
DAKOTA.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN TEXAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA FOR THE REST OF TODAY INTO THE EARLY EVENING.

A LARGE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER WESTERN
NEW MEXICO...IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY TRACK TO THE EAST DURING THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.  THE SURFACE CENTRAL LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY LOCATED 140 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AMARILLO
TEXAS...AND HAS A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1008 MB OR 29.77
INCHES OF MERCURY.

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

...NEW MEXICO...

CUBA 10 SE                       16.0 
SANTA FE 15 SSW                  15.0
SANTA FE 1.3 WSW                  9.5 
MINERAL HILL                      9.0
EDGEWOOD 2 SE                     8.0
ANGEL FIRE 15 S                   7.3  
TIJERAS 5 E                       6.6 
SANTA FE                          6.0 
ALBUQUERQUE                       4.0 

...COLORADO...

GENESEE 2 N                      30.0 
GOLDEN 12 NW                     29.4 
EVERGREEN                        28.0 
EVERGREEN                        27.5 
BLACK HAWK                       27.1 
NEDERLAND                        25.3
COLORADO CITY 8 E                24.0 
JAMESTOWN 3 W                    23.2 
GENESEE                          23.0 
CONIFER                          23.0 
GOLDEN 2 SW                      23.0 
CUCHARA                          21.0 
ESTES PARK 1 SSE                 19.6 
ASPEN PARK                       18.0 
BOULDER 7 SW                     18.0 
IDAHO SPRINGS                    16.4 
PINE JUNCTION                    16.3 
BOULDER NWS OFFICE               14.2 
LA VETA                          13.0 
WESTCLIFFE                       12.0 
BEULAH                           11.0 
DENVER CENTENNIAL                 8.0 
BOULDER                           6.0 

...WYOMING...

LAGRANGE 4.4 ESE                  8.0 
CHEYENNE 2 SSE                    7.0 
WHEATLAND                         3.0 
TORRINGTON                        2.0 
DOUGLAS                           2.0 

...KANSAS...

LEOTI                             4.0 
GOODLAND 13.2 SW                  3.0 

...TEXAS...

BOISE CITY 15 NW                  8.0 


AT 3 PM CST FRIDAY...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN ORGANIZED AREA OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVER EASTERN COLORADO WITH ADDITIONAL AREAS
OF MODERATE SNOW FALLING OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWESTERN
NEBRASKA...AND PARTS OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES.  A
WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WAS REPORTED ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS
WHILE RAIN WAS FALLING OVER WESTERN TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE
PREVALENT ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN TEXAS...WITH SOME SCATTERED
SEVERE STORMS.

THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS EXPECTED TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY
INTO OKLAHOMA BY SATURDAY...WHILE INCREASING IN STRENGTH. AREAS OF
SNOW SHOULD EXPAND INTO THE WEEKEND WITH SOME AREAS EXPECTED TO
SEE 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW BY SUNDAY...WITH SOME AREAS EXCEEDING 2
FEET. HEAVY RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE 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 9 PM CST FRIDAY.  PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WEATHER EVENT.

FRACASSO

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