STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR HEAVY FREEZING RAIN, SNOW AND RAIN
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2006

...COMPLEX STORM WILL BRING SEVERAL DAYS OF HEAVY RAIN, HEAVY
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AND HEAVY SNOW FROM THE ROCKIES INTO THE
PLAINS AND NORTHEASTERN U.S....

ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM NORTHWEST TEXAS ACROSS MUCH
OF OKLAHOMA...SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI AND
CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF UTAH INTO WESTERN
COLORADO AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF EASTERN
KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI.

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES...NORTHERN TEXAS...SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...AND MUCH
OF KANSAS INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE AS WELL AS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN INDIANA AND INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY.

FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA...ARKANSAS INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI...SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN INDIANA AND THE WESTERN HALF OF KENTUCKY.

AT 3 PM CST...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEASTERN CANADA
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES...MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES. THE AIRMASS TO THE NORTH OF
THE BOUNDARY IS ARCTIC AIR WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW FREEZING. 
TO THE SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY THE AIRMASS IS VERY WARM AND MOIST
WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND 70S ACROSS TEXAS INTO THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND GULF STATES.  THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE SOUTH WITH THE COLDER AIR REPLACING THE VERY WARM AND
MOIST AIR. AT THE SAME TIME...LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LIFT NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT INTO THE
NORTHEAST U.S. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN
INCREASE IN A MIXTURE OF JUST ABOUT EVERY IMAGINABLE TYPE OF
PRECIPITATION.

...SELECTED STORM SNOW TOTALS IN INCHES FROM THURSDAY THROUGH 3 PM
CST FRIDAY... 

...WYOMING...

CAPSER 5.4 WSW                   12.1 
ENCAMPMENT                       10.0 
GLENROCK                          7.1 
CENTENNIAL 6 W                    6.0 
RED DESERT                        4.5 

...UTAH...              

SANTAQUIN                        10.0 
SNOWBIRD                          9.5 
TOOEL 2 SE                        9.0 
CEDAR CITY                        8.0 
SANDY                             5.0 
SALT LAKE CITY INTL APT           2.6 

...COLORADO...            

MAYBELL 47 NW                    10.0 
CRAIG                             8.0 
KREMMILING 7.8 WNW                5.5 

...SELECTED FREEZING RAIN ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES THROUGH 3 PM
CST FRIDAY...

...KANSAS...

IOLA                             0.25 
INDEPENDENCE                     0.25 
WINFIELD                         0.25 

...MISSOURI...

WARRENSBURG                      0.10 
COLUMBIA 4 W                     0.10 

AT 3 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
MIXTURE OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET EXTENDING FROM PORTIONS
OF NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...THROUGH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...INTO MISSOURI
AND EASTERN KANSAS. ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE COLD FRONT...THE
PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING AS RAIN...WHERE TEMPERATURES HAVE NOT
YET BECOME COLD ENOUGH FOR FROZEN PRECIPITATION. ACROSS SECTIONS
OF EASTERN UTAH... COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO...POCKETS OF LIGHT SNOW
WERE STILL FALLING...AND ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND.

HEAVY SNOWS HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE GREAT BASIN INTO THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES...BUT WILL TAPER OFF THIS WEEKEND. THE HEAVY SNOWS
ARE EXPECTED TO EXPAND NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS
INTO THE GREAT LAKES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THE NORTHERN PORTION OF
THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. WILL SEE INCREASING SNOWS ON SUNDAY.

TO THE SOUTH OF THE HEAVY SNOW...A BAND OF SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/2 TO 1 1/2 INCHES OF
ICE ARE POSSIBLE FROM NORTHERN TEXAS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND LOWER OHIO VALLEY BY
SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS ICE WILL SPREAD INTO THE UPPER OHIO
VALLEY...ACROSS NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND ON
SUNDAY.

HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM CENTRAL TEXAS
INTO SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE OHIO
VALLEY STATES. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODS AND RIVER
FLOODING.

THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. CHANGES
IN THE STORM TRACK OR INTENSITY WILL LEAD TO ADJUSTMENTS IN THE
TYPES OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

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 OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT. 

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