THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
CAMP SPRINGS, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 06 FOR CHRISTMAS 2009 WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...MAJOR WINTER STORM IS CREATING INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR HOLIDAY TRAVELERS ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
PARTS OF THE DAKOTAS...NORTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA...AND AROUND THE WESTERN TIP OF LAKE SUPERIOR.
WINTER STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS...AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE GREAT PLAINS STATES FROM NORTHERN
TEXAS NORTHWARD TO THE CANADIAN BORDER...AND THEN EASTWARD INTO
THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION...AND ALSO FOR THE CENTRAL
APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. ICE STORM WARNINGS AND FREEZING RAIN
ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA AND PARTS OF
SURROUNDING STATES...AND THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. WINTER STORM
WATCHES ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS.
FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH
OF THE MIDDLE TO LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATES.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 300 PM CST...A DEEPENING 992 MB...29.29 INCH...SURFACE LOW WAS
LOCATED OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION...AND MOVING TOWARDS THE
NORTHEAST. NATIONAL WEATHER SURFACE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A HUGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EASTERN MISSOURI SOUTHWARD
TO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST...AND ANOTHER AREA OF SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL WAS NOTED OVER ALABAMA AND GEORGIA. MEANWHILE...AS AN
ARCTIC AIR MASS CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHWARD...A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING FROM EASTERN KANSAS INTO NORTHERN
TEXAS...WITH HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON THE WESTERN
SIDE OF THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION. ANOTHER AREA OF WINTRY
PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA
AHEAD OF A DECAYING FRONTAL SYSTEM.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 900 PM CST TUE DEC
22 THROUGH 300 PM CST THU DEC 24...
...COLORADO...
SW ERIE 10.1
PINECLIFFE 9.8
WATKINS 8 SE 9.4
GOLDEN 9.0
LOUISVILLE 9.0
NUNN 16 ENE 9.0
GENESEE 8.7
GREELEY 1 N 6.8
FORT COLLINS 1 SE 6.0
NORTH BRUSH 6.0
PARADOX 2N 6.0
DENVER INTL AIRPORT 5.4
NIWOT 5.4
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS 4.7
ESTES PARK 2.2S 4.0
...IOWA...
PETERSON 5.0
LE ROY 4.0
VALLEY 1 NW 4.0
SIOUX CITY 2.2
...KANSAS...
GOVE 8.0
WINONA 8.0
QUINTER 7.0
GRAINFIELD 6.0
PALCO 6.0
QUINTER 6.0
OAKLEY 5.0
RUSSELL SPRINGS 5.0
EUSTIS 2.4
...MICHIGAN...
THOUSAND ISLAND 3.5
IRONWOOD 2.8
SILVER CITY 2.0
...MINNESOTA...
CHASKA 2 NW 9.4
DULUTH 9.0
PRIOR LAKE 8.5
NEW MARKET 8.0
WATERVILLE 8.0
NORTHFIELD 7.5
ST. PAUL 7.2
WRENSHALL 7.2
MANKATO 6.5
MINNEAPOLIS 5 NW 5.5
...NORTH DAKOTA...
WEST FARGO 4.0
...NEBRASKA...
ALMA 5.0
COLUMBUS 3 NE 5.0
BEAVER CITY 4.0
FRANKLIN 4.0
HOLDREGE 4.0
WILSONVILLE 4.0
...SOUTH DAKOTA...
DEADWOOD 2 NE 5.2
REDFIELD 4.0
CANTON 2.5
...TEXAS...
POST 9.0
AMHERST 8.0
LITTLEFIELD 7.0
ALBANY 5.5
BAIRD 5.0
LEVELLAND 5.0
PLAINVIEW 5.0
WELLINGTON 5.0
MCLEAN 4.0
SHAMROCK 4.0
...WISCONSIN...
BENNETT 7.0
BAYFIELD 6.8
MENOMONIE 6.6
ASHLAND 6.0
COLFAX 6.0
ROBERTS 5.5
SUPERIOR 7 SE 5.5
BRUCE 5.0
...WYOMING...
CHEYENNE 4.8
SUNDANCE 6 NW 3.5
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 900 PM CST TUE DEC
22 THROUGH 300 PM CST THU DEC 24...
...ARKANSAS...
LITTLE ROCK/ADAMS FIELD 6.89
HOT SPRINGS/MEMORIAL FIELD 5.81
SEARCY MUNI AIRPORT 5.64
STUTTGART MUNI ARPT 5.21
TEXARKANA RGNL ARPT 4.59
BATESVILLE RGNL ARPT 4.20
PINE BLUFF/GRIDER FIELD 3.82
EL DORADO/GOODWIN FIELD 3.75
SEARCY MUNI AIRPORT 3.47
JONESBORO MUNI ARPT 3.34
DE QUEEN 2.35
MOUNT IDA 2.16
BATESVILLE RGNL ARPT 2.10
JONESBORO MUNI ARPT 2.04
...ILLINOIS...
SPRINGFIELD/CAPITAL ARPT 1.58
PEORIA RGNL ARPT 1.23
...LOUISIANA...
BARKSDALE AFB/BOSSIER CITY 3.02
SHREVEPORT DOWNTOWN ARPT 2.15
MONROE RGNL ARPT 2.14
SHREVEPORT RGNL ARPT 2.10
...MISSOURI...
WHITEMAN AFB/SEDALIA 2.38
KAISER/LAKE OZARK 2.00
POPLAR BLUFF MUNI ARPT 1.99
TROY 1.51
...OKLAHOMA...
BARTLESVILLE MUNI ARPT 1.14
...TEXAS...
NACOGDOCHES 2.71
LONGVIEW/GREGG CO. ARPT 2.66
HUNTSVILLE 2.57
NACOGDOCHES 2.35
LUFKIN/ANGELINA CO. ARPT 2.17
LONGVIEW/GREGG CO. ARPT 2.09
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
900 PM CST TUE DEC 22 THROUGH 300 PM CST THU DEC 24...
...IOWA...
DAVENPORT 0.40
DAYTON 1 W 0.25
IOWA CITY 5 NW 0.20
OELWEIN 0.14
ATLANTIC 0.10
...ILLINOIS...
DIXON 3 NNW 0.40
ABINGTON 1 N 0.30
DE KALB 3 N 0.30
JOLIET 0.30
PEOTONE 0.30
HOMEWOOD 0.28
FRANKLIN GROVE 0.25
OREGON 0.25
ROCKFORD AIRPORT 7 NE 0.25
ROMEOVILLE 0.25
...INDIANA...
PORTAGE 0.40
VALPARAISO 0.30
...KANSAS...
OBERLIN 0.25
BURR OAK 0.24
BONNER SPRINGS 0.20
...NEBRASKA...
BRUNING 0.25
...OHIO...
VAN VERT 0.10
...WISCONSIN...
WATERTOWN 1 N 0.25
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...OKLAHOMA...
WASHINGTON 6 SSW 62
NORMAN 2 NW 60
WALTERS 1 NW 60
...TEXAS...
CLAUDE 17 SSE 69
MEMPHIS 1 NE 68
MCLEAN 1 ENE 65
SILVERTON 64
PAMPA 2 ESE 62
GRAHAM 5 SSW 61
CLARENDON 2 WSW 60
THE SURFACE LOW OVER EASTERN TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS
IT MOVES INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY CHRISTMAS MORNING.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...HEAVY SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY
RAINFALL...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALL BE PRESENT WITH THIS
STORM. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY...WITH LOCALIZED 1 TO 2 FOOT AMOUNTS POSSIBLE FROM IOWA
NORTHWARD INTO THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION.
SOUTHEAST OF THE HEAVY SNOWFALL AREA...SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND INTO CENTRAL
WISCONSIN AND EASTERN MICHIGAN. FLOODING AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL LIKELY BE FOUND ACROSS PARTS OF THE LOWER AND MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...WHERE 2 TO 4 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS ARE
EXPECTED BY CHRISTMAS MORNING.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 900 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.
HAMRICK
Last Updated: 342 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009