THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...LOW PRESSURE DEEPENING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON
WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS IT MOVES
NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION...

A VARIETY OF WINTER STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS...SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FROM THE TEXAS/OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE...NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND
INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION. PLEASE REFER TO
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV FOR A GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF CURRENT
WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

AT 230 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW AFFECTING AREAS FROM NORTH CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA...NORTHEASTWARD THRU EASTERN KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN
MISSOURI...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA AND INTO SOUTHERN IOWA.  
TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THIS SNOW...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAS FORMED OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.  THIS
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST.
 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM 7OO PM CST
FRIDAY DEC 21 THROUGH 200 PM CST SATURDAY DEC 22...

...COLORADO...
LA VETA                      10.0
SNOWMASS                     10.0
CONIFER                       9.0
OURAY                         9.0
GENESEE                       7.2
TRINIDAD                      6.0
ALAMOSA                       6.0
MONUMENT                      4.0

...NEW MEXICO...
SANDIA PARK 5 E               5.0
SANTA FE 2 E                  3.0
ALBUQUERQUE 8 E               2.0
CHAMA                         1.0

...TEXAS...

AMARILLO                      1.0

...OKLAHOMA...

HARPER                        3.0
KEYES 4.1 NE                  2.0 
WOODWARD                      1.5
ANADARKO                      1.0

...KANSAS...

WEST WICHITA 3 NNW            6.5 
TOPEKA                        6.0
MID CONTINENT AIRPORT         6.0
COUNCIL GROVE                 5.0
EL DORADO 1 N                 4.5
SATANTA 10.1 N                4.0
WICHITA                       4.0  
INGALLS 15 WSW                3.5
KAKIN                         3.0
SYRACUSE                      3.0
HAYS 11 SSW                   2.5
GARDEN CITY 23 NE             2.0
CIMARRON 0.5 N                2.0
MULLINVILLE 12.5 S            2.0
JOHNSON CITY 1.1 ENE          2.0

...MISSOURI...

ST JOSEPH                     4.0
GALLATIN                      1.5

...HIGH WIND REPORTS FROM 700 PM CST FRIDAY DEC 21 THROUGH 2PM CST
SATURDAY DEC 22...

...COLORADO...
FOWLER                       54 MPH
4W FOUNTAIN                  63 MPH

...TEXAS...

MORTON  1 ENE                65 MPH


THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO
DEEPEN RAPIDLY WHILE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE GREAT LAKES
REGION BY SUNDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL
SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO
THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION.  IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS...STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THESE SAME AREAS.  TRAVEL IN AREAS THAT
RECEIVE HEAVY SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT.  THE
AREA OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE HEAVY
SNOW AREA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE QUICKLY EAST NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...TENNESSEE VALLEY AND OHIO VALLEY
TONIGHT AND INTO THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. DURING SUNDAY.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 9 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

ORAVEC




Last Updated: 406 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2007