STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR SOUTHWESTERN US STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD     
100 PM PST MON DEC 07 2009
 
...POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM PUSHING ONTO THE WEST COAST...
 
FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA. IN ADDITION... HIGH WIND WATCHES ARE
WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
EASTWARD TO WESTERN TEXAS.
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM CALIFORNIA EASTWARD INTO
PORTIONS OF NEBRASKA AND KANSAS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NEVADA EASTWARD TO OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TO
MINNESOTA. BLIZZARD WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE
UPPER MIDWEST NEAR EASTERN IOWA.
 
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE FOUR
CORNERS REGION.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 100 PM PST...A 996 MB... 29.41 INCHES... DEEPENING AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE WAS SLOWLY MOVING EAST ACROSS THE CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA
BORDER. A COLD FRONT WAS PUSHING SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHILE A STATIONARY BOUNDARY WAS DRAPED THROUGH
THE GREAT BASIN INTO THE COLORADO ROCKIES. NATIONAL WEATHER 
DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN OR SNOW FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA SOUTHWARD AND
EASTWARD INTO ARIZONA. ISOLATED HEAVIER AREAS OF RAIN OR SNOW WERE
ALSO INDICATED.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM PST SUN DEC
06 THROUGH 1200 PM PST MON DEC 07...

...CALIFORNIA...
KIRKWOOD                             32.0                     
KINGVALE 1.3 WSW                     29.0                     
HOMEWOOD 2 SE                        27.0                     
PROSSER CREEK RESERVOIR              24.0                     
FAIR PLAY 2.8 ESE                    17.0                     
PLACERVILLE 2.9 WNW                  13.0                     
VOLCANO 5.4 NE                       12.5                     
GRASS VALLEY 5.5 ESE                 11.5                     
COLFAX 3.1 SW                        11.0                     
ALTA SIERRA 0.4 WSW                  10.0                     
SUSANVILLE 3.2 SSW                    8.8                     
LAKE OF THE PINES                     8.0                     
NEVADA CITY 5.4 W                     5.2                     
FOLSOM 3.4 ESE                        0.5                     
CARMICHAEL 1.4 W                      0.3                     
SACRAMENTO 8.0 NE                     0.1                     

...NEVADA...
HEAVENLY VALLEY                      24.0                     
MT ROSE SKI AREA                     23.0                     
CARSON CITY 1.3 NW                   18.0                     
DAYTON 1.7 SW                        13.0                     
RENO 7.1 N                           12.0                     
MINDEN 4.2 WSW                       10.5                     
DAYTON 3.5 NNE                       10.0                     
INDIAN HILLS 0.7 N                   10.0                     
SUN VALLEY 0.9 N                      8.5                     
SPARKS 7.5 N                          6.5                     
FALLON 0.8 WSW                        6.3                     
FERNLEY 1.8 WNW                       6.0                     


THE STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AS IT MOVES
INTO WESTERN COLORADO BY TUESDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY
PRECIPITATION WILL PUSH EASTWARD THROUGH THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND
INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY TOMORROW. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE
FROM 1-2 FEET ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF COLORADO OVERNIGHT.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS FORECAST TO AVERAGE ABOUT 1-3 INCHES FROM
ARIZONA NORTHEASTWARD WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 700 PM PST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

FRACASSO
!