THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 6 FOR CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM 
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
900 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...SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND THE
SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN EDGES
OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...MUCH OF
KANSAS...NEBRASKA...EASTERN WYOMING...SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA...IOWA...MISSOURI...ILLINOIS...INDIANA...NORTHERN
KENTUCKY...AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARIZONA...SOUTHERN NEW
MEXICO...AND THE WESTERN CORNER OF TEXAS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR A NARROW AREA
EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA...WESTERN ARKANSAS...SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...AND EASTWARD
INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN INDIANA...KENTUCKY...AND ALONG
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA...NORTHEASTERN
TENNESSEE...AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO WILL
TRACK NORTHEASTWARD DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY AND SPREAD A
MIXTURE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE
CENTER OF THE COUNTRY. AT 900 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS OVER ARIZONA
AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. FURTHER EAST...AN EXPANDING AREA OF
PRECIPITATION WAS SEEN MOVING NORTH AND EAST THROUGH THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. RAIN WAS FALLING FROM
CENTRAL TEXAS AND NORTHEASTWARD...AND A MIXTURE OF FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WAS OBSERVED FURTHER NORTH. THIS AREA OF
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SPREADING NORTHEAST TODAY.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES AS OF 8 AM
CST...

...NEW MEXICO...

CAPITAN                        5.0 
BAYARD                         4.5 
CHAMA                          4.0 
ROSWEL                         4.0 
CONCHAS                        4.0 
CLOUDCROFT                     3.0 
ELK                            3.0 
GLENWOOD                       3.0 
RUIDOSO                        3.0 
SILVER CITY                    2.3
ALBUQUERQUE 6 NW               1.5 

...OKLAHOMA...

BUFFALO                        1.8 
SAYRE                          1.5
WOODWARD                       1.0
TALOGA                         0.8

...TEXAS...

FARWELL                        4.0 
AMARILLO                       2.0 
LUBBOCK                        1.3 


...SELECTED FREEZING RAIN ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES AS OF 8 AM
CST...

...TEXAS...

LUBBOCK                       0.25 

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER NEW
MEXICO AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
AS THIS STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO THE PLAINS ON
SATURDAY...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. BY
SUNDAY...UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ADDITIONAL 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 300 PM CST. FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS STORM...PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. 

OTTO





Last Updated: 1006 AM EST SAT JAN 20 2007