STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 6 FOR SOUTHERN ROCKIES TO CENTRAL PLAINS
WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 PM CST TUE DEC 20 2011
 
...LATE DECEMBER WINTER STORM COMING TO AN END TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AFTER DUMPING OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IN THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND
CAUSING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAINS...  
 
A SMALL AREA OF WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT OVER
CENTRAL KANSAS.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 200 PM CST...A 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES...SURFACE LOW WAS LOCATED
OVER NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND AN EXPANSIVE FRONTAL SYSTEM WAS
SPRAWLED ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S..  AN OCCLUDED/COLD
FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM THE SURFACE LOW AND CROSSED THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...WHILE A WARM FRONT STRETCHED FROM
MISSOURI...NORTHEASTWARDS INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY...AND
EASTWARD OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LINE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EASTWARD AHEAD/ALONG THE COLD
FRONT.  SCATTERED AREAS OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN WERE OBSERVED NORTH
OF THE WARM FRONT...ALTHOUGH SOME SNOW WAS REPORTED ALONG THE
NORTHERN FRINGE OF THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD.    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM CST SUN DEC
18 THROUGH 300 PM CST TUE DEC 20...

...KANSAS...
SCOTT CITY 10 SE                     15.0                     
BISON 2.9 NW                         12.5                     
QUINTER 3.3 SSE                      12.1                     
ELKHART                              12.0                     
COLLYER 10 S                         11.5                     
SYRACUSE 7.2 WSW                     11.5                     
VICTORIA 5 ENE                       11.5                     
RUSSELL 8.1 NW                       11.0                     
JOHNSON CITY                         10.0                     
LA CROSSE                            10.0                     
TRIBUNE 5 NE                         10.0                     
DODGE CITY 9.1 WNW                    6.0                     

...OKLAHOMA...
KENTON 2 NNE                         10.0 ESTIMATED           
BOISE CITY                            7.0 ESTIMATED           
GUYMON                                6.0 ESTIMATED           
HOOKER                                5.0 ESTIMATED           
TURPIN                                5.0 ESTIMATED           

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

...COLORADO...
CHERAW .15 NNE                       18.6                     
ROCKY FORD 2.9 ESE                   17.7                     
LA JUNTA                             15.0                     
SPRINGFIELD                          15.0 DRIFTS UP TO 10 FT  
SWINK 0.1 WNW                        14.0                     
BEULAH 0.4 SW                        13.9                     
COLORADO CITY 4 SE                   13.6                     
RYE 1.1 WSW                          13.1                     
KIM 8.8 SSE                          12.0                     
BONCARBO 1.5 WSW                     11.0                     
SHERIDAN LAKE 4.2 E                  10.9                     
CEDARWOOD 0.6 NNW                    10.1                     
PUEBLO                                7.0                     
COLORADO SPRINGS 18.7 N               5.2                     

...NEW MEXICO...
PIETOWN 25 N                         24.0                     
MILAN 2.2 N                          14.5                     
GRANTS                               14.0                     
ANGEL FIRE 0.2 SSE                   12.4                     
BLUEWATER LAKE                       12.0                     
ROCIADA 8 SW                         10.0                     
TIJERAS 11 SSE                       10.0                     
PREWITT 5 WSW                         9.5                     
EDGEWOOD 2 SE                         9.0                     
SANDIA PARK 2 E                       9.0                     
SEDILLO                               9.0                     
THOREAU 3 W                           9.0                     
ALBUQUERQUE 8 E                       7.0                     

...TEXAS...
TEXLINE                               6.0                     
HARTLEY                               4.0                     
MORSE                                 4.0 ESTIMATED           


THE SURFACE LOW OVER OKLAHOMA WILL CONTINUE ITS NORTHEASTWARD
TRACK TOWARDS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES TUESDAY NIGHT...AND ANY
REMAINING PRECIPITATION OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS SHOULD QUICKLY
COME TO AN END.  AS THE STORM MOVES INTO THE EASTERN U.S. ON
WEDNESDAY...IT WILL BRING LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION FROM THE
SOUTHEAST TO NEW ENGLAND.  HOWEVER...SINCE THERE IS NO LONGER A
THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THERE WILL BE NO MORE
STORM SUMMARIES ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST STORM SUMMARY ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER FOR THIS EVENT. PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.

GERHARDT