STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM 
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
300 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2007  
  
...WINTER STORM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. WILL HEAD
TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...

...WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NEW
MEXICO...MUCH OF WESTERN TEXAS...INCLUDING THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE...AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA...

...AN ICE STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF
WESTERN TEXAS...

...A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA...

...WINTER STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ARIZONA...NORTHERN NEW MEXICO...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
TEXAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHEAST KANSAS...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

A MIDDLE TO UPPER LEVEL CLOSED LOW THAT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER
THE SOUTHWEST WILL MOVE EASTWARD OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. PACIFIC
MOISTURE WILL FUEL THIS EVENT. AS THE PACIFIC MOISTURE THAT HAS
BEEN STEERED BY THE SUBTROPICAL JET ENCOUNTERS AN ARCTIC
AIRMASS...UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL ENSUE...USHERING IN THE NEXT
WINTRY MIX FOR THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND PLAINS STATES. OVER
ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO THERE WILL BE UPSLOPE ENHANCEMENT.
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS...WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES OVER NEW MEXICO. AS THIS ENERGY MOVES
INTO THE PLAINS THE PRECIPITATION WILL CROSSOVER TO FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET. CURRENTLY RADAR DATA INDICATE A SWATH OF PRECIPITATION
THAT SPANS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARIZONA...SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND
CENTRAL TEXAS. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT MOST OF THE
PRECIPITATION REACHING THE GROUND HAS BEEN RAIN.
HOWEVER...GUADALUPE TEXAS HAS BEEN REPORTING FREEZING RAIN OVER
THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS AS THE TEMPERATURE FALLS BELOW FREEZING.
AN ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NEARBY HUDSPETH
COUNTY.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM...PLEASE REFER TO YOUR
LOCAL FIELD OFFICE. THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY ON THIS SYSTEM WILL BE
ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 900 AM CST.

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