STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR EARLY DECEMBER WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
200 AM MST FRI NOV 30 2007

...MAJOR WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED
STATES TODAY WILL BRING A MIXTURE OF HEAVY RAIN...SNOW...SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN TO A LARGE PORTION OF THE NATION THROUGH THIS
WEEKEND ...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL ARIZONA...

...WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST
UTAH...NORTHWEST COLORADO...NORTHWEST KANSAS...EASTERN
NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST MISSOURI...MUCH OF IOWA...EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...MUCH OF MINNESOTA...WESTERN AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AND
NORTHERN ILLINOIS...

...WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST COLORADO...

AT 200 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED SHOWERS
DEVELOPING OVER ARIZONA...NEW MEXICO AND ALONG THE SOUTHWEST
CALIFORNIA COAST.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA/BAJA CALIFORNIA
COAST WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY AND SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF RAIN OVER ARIZONA INTO NEW MEXICO WITH
INCREASING SNOWS INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. MIXED
RAIN...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
CENTRAL PLAINS FRIDAY NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY SATURDAY
OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE GREAT
LAKES BY SUNDAY WITH A BROAD AREA OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET
AND SNOW FROM THE ROCKIES THROUGH THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...MIDWEST...GREAT LAKES AND NORTHEASTERN STATES.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2-5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER ARIZONA...WITH
SNOW MEASURED IN FEET OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS...MIDWEST...GREAT LAKES AND NORTHEASTERN
STATES THIS WEEKEND.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 800 AM MST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

ECKERT