STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR SOUTHERN ROCKIES TO CENTRAL PLAINS
PLAINS WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011
 
...LOW PRESSURE OVER TEXAS IS SPREADING SNOW FROM THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. TRAVEL THROUGH THIS REGION WILL
BE DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE INTO TUESDAY...   
 
WINTER STORM AND BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NEW
MEXICO AND NORTHERN TEXAS...NORTHWARD TO KANSAS AND
COLORADO...WITH WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES SURROUNDING THE WARNINGS.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 800 PM CST...A 1004 MB...29.65 INCHES...SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED
ACROSS NORTHERN TEXAS...ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LUBBOCK...WHILE A COLD FRONT WAS DROPPING SOUTHWARD INTO THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS AREAS
FROM OKLAHOMA SOUTHWARD INTO EAST CENTRAL TEXAS. SNOW WAS FALLING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO...FAR NORTHERN
TEXAS...EASTERN COLORADO...AND WESTERN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. HEAVY
SNOW WAS REPORTED IN SOME LOCATIONS. A FEW ISOLATED AREAS OF SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN WERE REPORTED IN KANSAS. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 40
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WERE OCCURRING IN SOME AREAS...CREATING
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED IN
SOME AREAS. AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION FROM THE
NORTH...RAIN IS GRADUALLY CHANGING TO SNOW FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST.
  

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CST SUN DEC
18 THROUGH 800 PM CST MON DEC 19...

...COLORADO...
SPRINGFIELD                          12.0                     
LA VETA 3 S                          10.0                     
BEULAH 1 S                            8.0                     
RYE 1 SSW                             7.5                     
TRINIDAD 4 SW                         7.0                     
WALSENBURG 5 WSW                      6.0                     
KIM                                   5.0                     
PENROSE 2 SE                          4.0                     
ROSITA 2 WSW                          4.0                     
COLORADO CITY 8 NE                    3.0                     

...KANSAS...
TRIBUNE                               6.0                     
ELKHART                               5.0                     
SYLVAN GROVE 3 SW                     4.0                     
ULYSSES                               4.0                     
ADA 2 NE                              3.0                     
VICTOR 5 E                            3.0                     
WAKEFIELD 7 SSW                       3.0                     
WALDO                                 3.0                     
HOLTON                                2.5                     
OSBORNE 17 S                          2.0                     
RUSSELL 10 SE                         2.0                     

...NEW MEXICO...
GRANTS                               14.0                     
BLUEWATER LAKE                       12.0                     
ROCIADA 8 SW                         10.0                     
PREWITT 5 WSW                         9.5                     
LOS ALAMOS 5 WNW                      8.0                     
TESUQUE 0.7 SSW                       8.0                     
CLOUDCROFT                            6.5                     
ANGEL FIRE 3 ESE                      6.0                     
EL MORRO 5 E                          5.5                     
PAJARITO MOUNTAIN SKI AREA            5.0                     
WHITE SIGNAL 2 WSW                    4.5                     
SAN ANTONITO 1 E                      3.5                     
LA BAJADA                             3.0                     
ALBUQUERQUE 8 E                       2.0                     
SANTA FE 1.3 WSW                      1.5                     

...OKLAHOMA...
BOISE CITY                            4.5                     
KENTON 2 NNE                          4.0                     

...TEXAS...
TEXLINE                               6.0                     
DALHART                               2.0                     


AS THE SURFACE LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TONIGHT...IT WILL DRAW COLDER AIR SOUTHWARD AND CONTINUE TO CHANGE
PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN TO SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF
KANSAS...OKLAHOMA...AND NORTHERN TEXAS. A LARGE AREA OF 4 TO 8
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO INTO
KANSAS...WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF AROUND ONE FOOT POSSIBLE BY
TUESDAY EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO
50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH
WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL THROUGH
THE REGION WILL QUICKLY DETERIORATE...WITH EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO
TUESDAY. SNOW IS FORECAST TO END ACROSS THE ROCKIES BY TUESDAY
MORNING...BUT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH MUCH
THE DAY TUESDAY BEFORE COMING TO AN END LATE IN THE DAY.  

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.

RYAN