STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR HEAVY FREEZING RAIN, SNOW AND RAIN
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 PM CST FRI JAN 12 2006

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

ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM NORTHERN TEXAS ACROSS MUCH
OF OKLAHOMA...SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...INTO
CENTRAL MISSOURI...SOUTHEASTERN IOWA AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO INTO SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AS WELL AS
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...AND NORTHWESTERN
INDIANA.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF UTAH INTO WESTERN
COLORADO...SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO...AS WELL
AS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI...SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE
PANHANDLES OF OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS. HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS ARE IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF UTAH AND NORHTWESTERN COLORADO.

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
NEW MEXICO...TEXAS...AS WELL AS KANSAS...SOUTHEASTERN
NEBRASKA...SOUTHERN MISSOURI...AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS.

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...ARKANSAS THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN
MISSOURI...WESTERN TENNESSEE...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WESTERN
KENTUCKY...SOUTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN OHIO.

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
ARKANSAS INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI...WESTERN TENNESSEE...SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN INDIANA AND WESTERNERN KENTUCKY.

AT 9 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 SLOWLY 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 8 PM
CST FRIDAY... 

...WYOMING...

ENCAMPMENT                       16.0
SARATOGA 20 SE                   12.0
SARATOGA                          6.0
RAWLINS                           4.0
BAGGS                             3.0

...UTAH...              

SANTAQUIN                        10.0
SNOWBIRD                          9.5 
TOOEL 2 SE                        9.0 
CEDAR CITY                        8.0 
MAESER                            6.0
SANDY                             5.0 
SALT LAKE CITY INTL APT           2.6 

...COLORADO...            

MAYBELL 47 NW                    10.0
WOLF CREEK PASS 9 NE              9.0
CRAIG                             8.0
KREMMILING 7.8 WNW                5.5

...SELECTED FREEZING RAIN ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES THROUGH 8 PM
CST FRIDAY...

...KANSAS...

SEDAN                            0.50
IOLA                             0.25 
INDEPENDENCE                     0.25 
WINFIELD                         0.25 

...MISSOURI...

WARRENSBURG                      0.10 
COLUMBIA 4 W                     0.10 

...OKLAHOMA...

PAWHUSKA                         0.50

...SELECTED SLEET ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES THROUGH 8 PM CST
FRIDAY...

...OKLAHOMA...

PAWNEE                           1.50
PAWHUSKA                         0.50
COPAN                            0.50
VINITA                           0.50
TULSA                            0.50

...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 8 PM CST FRIDAY...

...TEXAS...

DALLAS                           2.17
CARROLLTON                       1.19
BLUE RIDGE                       1.06

AT 9 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...EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS. 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 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 3 AM CST SATURDAY. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT. 

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