THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 04 FOR ROCKIES TO SOUTHEASTERN U.S. WINTER
STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 PM CST WED FEB 09 2011
 
...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES...    
 
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN
EFFECT FOR MOST OF COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA.
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR AN AREA FROM NORTHEASTERN TEXAS TO THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS...COVERING MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. AND THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY...AND EXTENDING AS FAR NORTH AS KENTUCKY.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 200 PM CST...AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT AT THE SURFACE WERE MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED
STATES AND THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LARGE SWATH OF
PRECIPITATION EXTENDING FROM THE COAST OF TEXAS NORTHEASTWARD TO
KENTUCKY. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...TEMPERATURES WERE RAPIDLY
FALLING BELOW FREEZING...RESULTING IN A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND
FREEZING RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS. FARTHER
NORTH...DEEPER INTO THE COLD AIR...PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING
PRIMARILY IN THE FORM OF SNOW ACROSS ARKANSAS...NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI...TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WAS
BEING REPORTED IN PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI. STRONG WINDS....GUSTING TO 35 MPH AT TIMES ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS...WERE COMBINING WITH COLD TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE
FRONT TO PRODUCE EXTREMELY LOW WIND CHILLS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
CENTRAL U.S.                                                      
                               

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CST MON FEB
07 THROUGH 200 PM CST WED FEB 09...

...ARKANSAS...
JASPER 12 S                          20.0                     
PONCA                                19.5                     
DEER 3 N                             17.5                     
LOWELL                               14.0                     
ELM SPRINGS                          12.0                     
EVERTON 1 WSW                        11.0                     
GENTRY                               10.0                     
SPRINGDALE 2.7 SW                     9.5                     
SCOTLAND                              9.0                     
DOWNTOWN LITTLE ROCK 7 W              6.0                     

...ILLINOIS...
CAIRO                                 4.0                     

...KENTUCKY...
HOPKINSVILLE 2 S                      4.1                     
MURRAY 5 W                            4.0                     
GOLDEN POND                           3.0                     
BOWLING GREEN 3 WSW                   2.0                     
WEST PADUCAH                          2.0                     

...MISSOURI...
POWELL 4 S                           14.0                     
WASHBURN                             11.0                     
PINEVILLE                            10.0                     
CASSVILLE                             8.0                     
ANNISTON 1.9 WNW                      5.0                     
KENNETT 0.8 N                         5.0                     
BOLIVAR                               4.0                     
NEOSHO 5 W                            4.0                     
MATTHEWS                              3.5                     

...MISSISSIPPI...
SENATOBIA                             3.0                     
SHELBY                                2.0                     

...OKLAHOMA...
JAY 4 S                              25.0                     
BIG CABIN 3 E                        21.0                     
CLAREMORE 9 NE                       19.0                     
BURBANK                              16.0                     
WAYNOKA                              15.0                     
RAMONA                               14.0                     
CHEROKEE                             11.0                     
BLACKWELL                            10.0                     
OKLAHOMA CITY                         5.9                     
TULSA                                 4.5                     

...TENNESSEE...
UNION CITY                            3.5                     
DOVER 10 N                            2.0                     

...TEXAS...
CANADIAN                             12.0                     
PAMPA 1 NW                           10.5                     
MIAMI                                 9.5                     
BEAVER 2 N                            8.0                     
VEGA                                  8.0                     
PANHANDLE                             7.5                     
AMARILLO 5 SW                         7.0                     
TEXHOMA                               6.5                     
HAPPY                                 5.0                     
CLARKSVILLE                           4.0                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 700 AM CST MON FEB 07
THROUGH 200 PM CST WED FEB 09...

...TEXAS...
DENTON                                0.75                     
PLANO                                 0.50                     
CUMBY                                 0.25                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
700 AM CST MON FEB 07 THROUGH 200 PM CST WED FEB 09...

...TEXAS...
BROWNWOOD                             0.10                     
LONGVIEW                              0.10                     

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

...COLORADO...
SPANISH PEAKS 4S                     12.0                     
MONARCH PASS 1NNW                    11.0                     
CRESTONE 1SSE                         8.6                     
AGATE 1SE                             8.0                     
WOLF CREEK PASS 1SSE                  8.0                     
ARAPAHOE PARK 5SSW                    7.4                     
ELDORADO SPRINGS 1WNW                 7.3                     

...KANSAS...
HUTCHINSON                           17.0                     
BURLINGTON                           16.0                     
MCPHERSON                            15.5                     
GRIDLEY 4 N                          15.0                     
HOISINGTON 1E                        15.0                     
MARION                               14.5                     
FREDONIA                             14.0                     
LEHIGH 3SSW                          14.0                     
LYONS                                14.0                     
EMPORIA                              12.0                     
EUREKA                               12.0                     
PEABODY                              12.0                     
OSWEGO                               11.0                     
SALINA                                8.0                     
GOODLAND 12N                          7.0                     

...MONTANA...
LIMESTONE 10WSW                      14.0                     
ROUNDUP 8SE                          12.0                     
RYEGATE 21N                          12.0                     
SILVER GATE 19NW                     12.0                     
WHITEHALL 10W                        12.0                     
MARTINSDALE 4NE                      10.0                     

...NEBRASKA...
GRANT 1NE                             8.3                     
CURTIS 1W                             6.0                     
WELLFLEET                             6.0                     
WALLACE 2W                            5.0                     

...NEW MEXICO...
ANGEL FIRE 3 ESE                     14.0                     
EAGLE NEST                           14.0                     
CHACON                               12.0                     
RED RIVER                            12.0                     
RED RIVER 3E                         12.0                     
ELIZABETHTOWN 5 NNW                  11.0                     
CANON PLAZA 11 NNW                    9.0                     
GUADALUPITA                           8.0                     
ROCIADA 8 SW                          8.0                     
MORIARTY                              6.0                     
CHUPADERO 7 ESE                       4.0                     
LOS ALAMOS 4 WNW                      4.0                     
TOADLENA 5 SSW                        4.0                     

...WYOMING...
RAWLINS 35S                          14.4                     
NORTH FRENCH CREEK                   10.5                     
BROOKLYN LAKE                         9.0                     
OLD BATTLE                            9.0                     


AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTH AND EASTWARD INTO
THE DEEP SOUTH TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES EAST. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS EVENING AND
WILL SPREAD INTO PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHEAST AND THE SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC STATES. AMOUNTS OF 4
INCHES OR GREATER WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AS
WELL AS ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 IN TENNESSEE AND
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SNOW WILL COME TO AN END ACROSS THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT AND ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S. ON
THURSDAY.     

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.

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Last Updated: 356 PM EST WED FEB 09 2011