STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR EARLY WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
200 PM MST FRI NOV 30 2007

...WIDESPREAD WINTER STORM DEVELOPING FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN TO
CENTRAL UNITED STATES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.  STORM WILL
BRING A MIXTURE OF HEAVY RAIN...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN.

FLOOD ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA.  FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTHERN UTAH...SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO...AND
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF
SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW
MEXICO...WESTERN COLORADO...AND SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH.

ICE STORM WARNINGS AND FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
KANSAS...SOUTHERN NEBRASKA...AND NORTHERN MISSOURI.

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE U.S.
FROM PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...ACROSS
THE CENTRAL PLAINS...NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST...INTO
THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND INTO CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHWEST NEW YORK. 

SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL UTAH...COLORADO AND SOUTHERN KANSAS.

THIS IS LIKELY TO BE A LARGE AND WIDESPREAD WINTER STORM AND
FORECASTS MAY BE UPDATED FREQUENTLY.  TO GET THE LATEST
UPDATES...PLEASE VIEW A GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF CURRENT WATCHES AND
WARNINGS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AVAILABLE AT: WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 200 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED LIGHT TO
MODERATE PRECIPITATION ADVANCING FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTO
SOUTHERN NEVADA AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA WHILE SCATTERED AREAS OF RAIN
AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW WERE OBSERVED ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN
STATES.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM 5OO AM MST
THUR NOV 29 THROUGH 100 PM MST FRI NOV 30...

...ARIZONA...

MANNING CAMP                                 1.53
MOUNT LEMMON                                 1.37
WHITE TAIL                                   1.34

SEVERAL UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A STORM
SYSTEM ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. 
BY TOMORROW MORNING, A STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE
FOUND OVER COLORADO THAT WILL THEN MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE
GREAT LAKES BY SUNDAY MORNING.  HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE FROM
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO WHILE
SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF UTAH...COLORADO...NEW
MEXICO AND WYOMING.  SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP
AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY  OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS
TONIGHT AND THEN SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST AND
GREAT LAKES SATURDAY. SNOW WILL ALSO SPREAD INTO PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHEAST BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2-4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER ARIZONA...WITH
HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE 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 PM MST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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