THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM 
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
300 AM CST SAT JAN 20 2007  
  
...WINTER STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER WAVE OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET TO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NEW
MEXICO...WESTERN TEXAS INCLUDING THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO.

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS.

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN
EDGES OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...MUCH OF
KANSAS...WESTERN MISSOURI...AS WELL AS SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA AND
SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO.

WINTER STORM WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN KANSAS...MUCH
OF NEBRASKA...SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL IOWA...EASTERN
MISSOURI...WESTERN ILLINOIS...AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR A NARROW AREA
EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA...WESTERN ARKANSAS...AND A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHERN
MISSOURI....INDIANA..ILLINOIS. 

UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NORTHERN MEXICO WILL DRIFT EASTWARD TODAY AND
SPREAD A MIXTURE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION INTO THE CENTRAL U.S.. AT
300 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
SCATTERED TO BROKEN AREAS OF SNOW AND RAIN OVER ...ARIZONA AND
WESTERN NEW MEXICO. AN EXPANDING AREA OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND
SNOW WAS OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO INTO WESTERN TEXAS AND WESTERN
OKLAHOMA. THIS WILL CONTINUE SPREADING NORTHEAST TODAY.

SELECTED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

...NEW MEXICO...

BAYARD                         4.5 
CLOUDCROFT                     3.0 
ELK                            3.0 
GLENWOOD                       3.0 
RUIDOSO                        3.0 
CAPITAN                        2.5 
SILVER CITY                    2.3 

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER NEW MEXICO
AND THE PLAINS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. AS THIS STORM CONTINUES TO
MOVE INTO THE PLAINS...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN CENTRAL TEXAS...OKLAHOMA AND
ARKANSAS...WHILE AREAS TO THE NORTH WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW. BY
SUNDAY...UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST TO HAVE
FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY FOR THIS EVENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 900 AM CST. FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS STORM...PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. 

KONG





Last Updated: 347 AM EST SAT JAN 20 2007