THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 06 FOR CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS
BLIZZARD
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
1000 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
 
...EARLY SPRING SNOWSTORM CONTINUES TO BRING SNOW ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PLAINS AND HEAVY RAINS TO THE SOUTHEAST...
 
BLIZZARD WARNINGS...WINTER STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS...AND WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FROM NORTHERN
TEXAS...NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...AND
INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.
 
FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
AND CENTRAL GULF STATES. 
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 900 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A 993 MB SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED ALONG THE
ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER.  A COMBINATION OF SNOW...FREEZING
RAIN...AND RAIN WAS REPORTED NORTHWEST OF THE SURFACE
LOW...STRETCHING FROM NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA NORTHEASTWARD INTO
SOUTHERN IOWA.  AHEAD OF AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT...A LARGE AREA
OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING
ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN UNTIED STATES.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CDT THU MAR
26 THROUGH 900 AM CDT SAT MAR 28...

...KANSAS...
PRATT 1 W                            28.0
STAFFORD 5.9 ESE                     20.0
SYLVIA 5 E                           20.0
INMAN                                18.0
MULLINVILLE 12.5 S                   18.0
HUTCHINSON 2.1 NW                    17.5
COATS 6.6 WSW                        16.0
GARDEN CITY                          16.0
STERLING                             15.0
SUBLETTE                             15.0
CIMARRON                             14.0
MEADE                                13.0
ASHLAND                              13.0
SYRACUSE                             13.0
DODGE CITY 1.9 N                     11.0
                   
...NEBRASKA...
PARKS 17 N                            4.0
IMPERIAL                              3.0                         
          

...OKLAHOMA...
FORT SUPPLY 6 N                      25.0
BUFFALO                               9.0                     
BOISE CITY                            8.0                     
KENTON                                8.0                     
WOODWARD                              7.0                     
FORT SUPPLY 6 N                       6.0                     
TEXHOMA                               4.0
FAY 2.4 NE                            4.0
POND CREEK 0.5 ENE                    4.0
GUYMON                                3.5
SAYRE 0.7 NE                          3.0

...TEXAS...
AMARILLO 4.6 SSW                     10.0
TEXLINE                               8.0
STRATFORD 0.5 ESE                     7.5
DALHART                               6.0
CANYON 0.7 ESE                        5.0
VEGA                                  4.0                         
              

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CDT THU MAR
26 THROUGH 300 AM CDT SAT MAR 28...

...ALABAMA...
THEODORE 2.1 NNW                     15.62
DAPHNE 1.2 NNW                       11.54
GRAND BAY 0.6 NW                     11.00
TILLMANS CORNER                      10.74
MOBILE 12 WSW                        10.66
GUNTERSVILLE 4.4 SW                  10.44
FAIRHOPE 3.1 NNW                      9.72
PINE HILL 3.6 WSW                     9.45
SUMMERDALE 2.5 ESE                    9.06
CAMDEN 1.0 NNE                        8.70

...FLORIDA...
CRESTVIEW 3.0 NE                     10.59
GONZALEZ 2.5 NNW                      9.06
MILTON 1.4 NNE                        7.24
PACE 2.4 N                            6.67
NAVARRE 2.3 NNW                       5.88                   
SHALIMAR 1.0 N                        5.40
FREEPORT 4.0 SSW                      4.94
WRIGHT 0.8 N                          4.85
NICEVILLE 4.5 SE                      4.69
MIRAMAR BEACH 9.5 ESE                 4.63                        
               

...GEORGIA...
ATLANTA INTL ARPT                     2.67
STOCKBRIDGE 3.1 E                     2.50
LILBURN 0.8 SSE                       2.43
ATLANTA/DEKALB                        2.32
COLUMBUS METRO ARPT                   2.17
BALDWIN 1.4 ESE                       2.16
LOGANVILLE 4.5 SW                     2.15
ATHENS MUNI ARPT                      2.12                    

...LOUISIANA...
GRAY 0.5 ENE                          9.33                     
RACELAND 1.8 WSW                      7.81                     
TERRYTOWN 3.3 S                       5.54                     
BOOTHVILLE                            4.23
ABITA SPRINGS 0.8 WSW                 4.05                     
GONZALES 3.7 N                        3.45                     
METAIRIE 1.7 NW                       3.32                     
FRENCH SETTLEMENT 0.9 SSE             3.25                     
TALLULAH                              2.45                     
PONCHATOULA 4 SE                      2.40                     
FRENCH SETTLEMENT                     2.32                     
INNISWOLD 4 E                         2.17                     
                   
...MISSISSIPPI...
BILOXI                               11.04
ST. MARTIN 0.7 NNW                   10.23
OCEAN SPRINGS 3.3 E                   7.65
GAUTIER 5.1 N                         7.37
WIGGINS 5.5 ENE                       7.23                     
CARRIERE 3.2 SSW                      5.41                     
MERIDIAN 3.5 NW                       4.79                     
COLLINSVILLE                          4.76                        
 
FULTON                                4.37                     
VERONA                                4.30                     
TROY 2 SE                             4.14                     
TUPELO                                3.65                     
ENTERPRISE 4 N                        3.45
LIBERTY 1.0 WNW                       3.05                     
PICAYUNE 2.5 E                        2.80                     
SAUCIER 6.6 SW                        2.73                     
YAZOO CITY 5 NNE                      2.70                     
STATE UNIVERSITY                      2.41                     
JACKSON                               2.25                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET AND ICE IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CDT
THU MAR 26 THROUGH 300 AM CDT SAT MAR 28...

...KANSAS...
AUGUSTA                               3.00
CHENEY                                2.00
NEWTON                                2.00
EL DARADO                             1.50
NEWTON 1 ENE                          1.50
BURNS                                 1.50
WELLINGTON 19 W                       1.00                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...COLORADO...
GOLDEN 2 SW                          21.0                     
SPRINGFIELD                          21.0                     
KASSLER 1.2 SSW                      20.0                     
LAMAR                                20.0                     
BUCKHORN MOUNTAIN                    19.9                     
PINECLIFFE 3 SE                      18.1                     
COLORADO CITY 1 WSW                  18.0                     
WHEATRIDGE 0.3 SE                    17.8                     
WESTMINSTER                          17.3                     
BEULAH                               17.2                     
LITTLETON 0.9 S                      17.0                     
BROOMFIELD 2.3 SSW                   16.9                     
BOULDER 3.3 SE                       16.6                     
EVERGREEN 1 S                        16.3                     
ASPEN PARK 5.2 ESE                   15.5                     
ERIE                                 14.5                     
MONUMENT 2 E                         14.0                     
RYE 1 SSW                            14.0                     
DENVER 10.3 WNW                      13.1                     
FORT COLLINS 3.7 SW                  11.3                     
FORT LYON 2 N                        11.0                     

...NEW MEXICO...
CLAYTON 1 WNW                        12.0                     
ALBUQUERQUE 15 NE                     8.0                     
ANGEL FIRE 12 SE                      8.0                     
LOS ALAMOS                            7.0                     
SANTA FE 2.6 SSW                      5.7                     
TAOS PUEBLO 2.8 NW                    4.1                     
COULDCROFT 1.8 SW                     3.0                     
WHITEWATER 10 NE                      2.5 

...WYOMING...
LANDER AIRPORT                       15.0                     
FOSSIL BUTTE                          8.0                     
CASPER                                6.0                     

THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD OVER
THE OHIO VALLEY AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES
REGION BY SUNDAY MORNING.  RAIN ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI AND
OHIO VALLEY WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THROUGHOUT SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN ALOFT.  AN ADDITIONAL SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...THROUGH THE
MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...AND INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES BY
SUNDAY MORNING.  A NARROW BAND OF GREATER THAN EIGHT INCHES OF
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IS POSSIBLE NORTHWEST OF THE LOW TRACK.  SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE A THREAT FROM EASTERN KANSAS INTO
WESTERN MISSOURI.  IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY SATURDAY.  

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 400 PM CDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

GERHARDT




Last Updated: 1120 AM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009