THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR SOUTHEASTERN SNOWSTORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 PM CST THU FEB 11 2010
 
...WINTER STORM ON TAP FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES...
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS AND
EXTREME SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND EXTREME SOUTHERN ARKANSAS EASTWARD
ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 900 PM CST...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
1004 MB /29.65 INCHES OF MERCURY/ IS LOCATED 120 MILES SOUTH OF
GALVESTON TEXAS AND IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 20 MPH. DOPPLER WEATHER
RADAR INDICATES A SHIELD OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN
LOUISIANA AND THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SNOWFALL HAS
BEEN OBSERVED OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...NORTHERN
LOUISIANA...AND AS FAR EAST AS WEST-CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CST THU FEB
11 THROUGH 800 PM CST THU FEB 11...

...ARKANSAS...
FOREMAN                               4.0                     
TEXARKANA 1 N                         4.0                     
ASHDOWN                               3.0                     
DE QUEEN                              2.0                     

...LOUISIANA...
SHONGALOO 5 N                         2.0                     
HARRISONBURG                          0.1                     

...MISSISSIPPI...
GREENVILLE                            0.3                     

...OKLAHOMA...
HAWORTH 4 SW                          6.8                     
RATTAN 13 E                           4.5                     
CORINNE                               3.5                     
FORT TOWSON 1 W                       3.5                     
CANEY 7 W                             3.0                     
ELMORE CITY 1 N                       2.0                     
HOLDENVILLE                           2.0                     
HUGO                                  2.0                     
NORMAN 2 SE                           1.2                     

...TEXAS...
HASLET                               10.1                     
COTTONDALE                            9.5                     
FORT WORTH 14 N                       9.0                     
KELLER 3 SW                           9.0                     
PERRIN 3 ENE                          8.1                     
ALBANY                                8.0                     
DALLAS                                7.9                     
PECAN HILL 2.7 WSW                    7.7                     
GRAFORD 8.1 ENE                       7.5                     
DETROIT                               7.0                     
RICHARDSON                            7.0                     
ROTAN                                 7.0                     


THE SURFACE LOW WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD THROUGH THE GULF OF MEXICO
BEFORE MOVING ASHORE THE FLORIDA PENINSULA FRIDAY NIGHT.  HEAVY
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD ALONG THE GULF COAST INTO
FLORIDA...WITH HEAVY SNOWS EXPECTED ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH MAINLY
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS EASTWARD THROUGH
LOUISIANA... MISSISSIPPI... ALABAMA... GEORGIA... AND PARTS OF
NORTHERN FLORIDA.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 300 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

ROTH




Last Updated: 922 PM EST THU FEB 11 2010