THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR HEAVY FREEZING RAIN, SNOW AND RAIN
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 AM CST SAT JAN 13 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 THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN TEXAS...AS WELL AS NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF UTAH INTO WESTERN
COLORADO 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
NORTHWESTERN COLORADO.

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS
AND KANSAS...AS WELL AS SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWESTERN
IOWA.

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

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN TEXAS...SOUTHERN MISSOURI INTO NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND
WESTERN TENNESSEE...PORTIONS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHEASTERN
ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA. IN ADDITION...WARNINGS ARE IN
EFFECT ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND EASTERN LOUISIANA.

AT 3 AM CST...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEASTERN CANADA
ACROSS THE EASTERN 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 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 2 AM
CST SATURDAY... 

...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...            

OURAY 9 SSW                      13.5 
MAYBELL 47 NW                    10.0
WOLF CREEK PASS 9 NE              9.0
CRAIG                             8.0
MAESER                            6.0 
VERNAL 40 NNE                     6.0 
KREMMILING 7.8 WNW                5.5

...SELECTED FREEZING RAIN ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES THROUGH 2 AM
CST SATURDAY...

...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

...ILLINOIS...

LEWISTOWN                        0.50 
RUSHVILLE                        0.25 
JACKSONVILLE                     0.25 
ATHENS 2 SW                      0.25 
MASON CITY                       0.25

...SELECTED SLEET ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES THROUGH 2 AM CST
SATURDAY...

...OKLAHOMA...

PAWNEE                           1.50
PAWHUSKA                         0.50
COPAN                            0.50
VINITA                           0.50
TULSA                            0.50

...TEXAS...

AMARILLO                         0.50 

...KANSAS...

FREDONIA                         2.00 
SEDAN                            2.00 
PARSONS                          2.00 
CHANUTE                          2.00 
CANEY                            1.25 
EUREKA                           1.00
IOLA 4 NW                        1.00
HOWARD                           1.00

...MISSOURI...

MONROE CITY                      1.60 
NORTH FAYETTE                    1.00 

...ILLINOIS...

MACOMB                           0.75 

...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 2 AM CST
SATURDAY...

...TEXAS...

DALLAS                           2.99
BLUE RIDGE                       2.10
DALLAS REDBIRD AIRPORT           2.00 
MCKINNEY MUNICIPAL               1.91
CARROLLTON                       1.88

...OKLAHOMA...

ANTLERS                          1.97 
FARRIS                           1.95 
TAHLEQUAH                        1.78 
ELDON                            1.75 
MUSKOGEE/DAVIS FIELD             1.64 
MCALESTER REGIONAL               1.47 

...MISSOURI...

SPRINGFIELD                      2.31 
BRENTWOOD                        1.72 
SAINT LOUIS/LAMBERT              1.48 
ROLLA/VICHY AIRPORT              1.35 



AT 3 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
BROAD REGION OF PRECIPITATION FROM THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS...NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND TOWARD
THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION.  A MIXTURE OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET EXTENDING FROM PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...THROUGH
CENTRAL TO EASTERN OKLAHOMA...CENTRAL MISSOURI...FAR SOUTHEASTERN
KANSAS AND INTO CENTRAL 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...ARIZONA...NEW
MEXICO...WESTERN KANSAS...AND CENTRAL TO WESTERN NEBRASKA 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 INTO NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL
TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND ON SUNDAY.  ADDITIONAL SNOW IS POSSIBLE
SUNDAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS...SPREADING NORTHEASTWARD INTO
THE GREAT LAKES...NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW
ENGLAND DURING MONDAY.

SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE FROM
NORTHERN TEXAS...NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS EASTERN
OKLAHOMA...SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND CENTRAL
TO SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS WEEKEND.  

HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FROM CENTRAL
TEXAS...NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND OHIO
VALLEY THIS WEEKEND.  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 AM CST SATURDAY. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT. 

RUBIN-OSTER/ORAVEC




Last Updated: 357 AM EST SAT JAN 13 2007