THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR SOUTHERN PLAINS TO OHIO VALLEY WINTER
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 AM CST FRI DEC 06 2013

...MAJOR ICE STORM ALONG WITH SLEET AND SNOW IS UNFOLDING OVER A
WIDE AREA FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE OHIO VALLEY...  

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR A LARGE AREA FROM SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TO SOUTHWESTERN NEW
YORK STATE. ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS TO WESTERN TENNESSEE.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 200 AM CST...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM VERMONT
SOUTHWARD TO THE LOUISIANA GULF COAST AND WAS MOVING SLOWLY
EASTWARD. AHEAD OF THE FRONT A WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS WAS IN
PLACE WITH SPRING-LIKE TEMPERATURES...BEHIND THE FRONT A FRIGID
ARCTIC AIR MASS WAS IN PLACE WITH TEMPERATURES QUICKLY DROPPING
BELOW FREEZING IN MANY AREAS. WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF OF
MEXICO OVERRUNNING THE COLD FRONT WAS RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION GENERALLY WEST OF THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY. AS THIS PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING INTO COLD AIR...A
VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES WAS REPORTED. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW FALLING IN A BAND FROM OKLAHOMA TO CENTRAL OHIO.
SOUTHEAST OF THE SNOW...A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WAS
OCCURRING FROM CENTRAL TEXAS NORTHEASTWARD TO SOUTHERN INDIANA AND
OHIO.                                                             
             

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 500 AM CST THU DEC
05 THROUGH 200 AM CST FRI DEC 06...

...ARKANSAS...
CENTERTON                             6.5                    
PEA RIDGE 1 W                         6.0                    
BELLA VISTA                           5.0                    
BENTONVILLE 1 SSW                     4.0                    
SILOAM SPRINGS                        4.0                    

...ILLINOIS...
FAIRFIELD                             7.5                    
CHESTER                               7.0                    
RUMA                                  6.2                    
CENTRALIA 2 NE                        6.0                    
MOUNT VERNON                          6.0                    
OLNEY 3 S                             5.5                    
PRAIRIE DU ROCHER                     5.5                    
WALNUT HILL                           5.0                    
RED BUD                               4.5                    
SUMNER                                4.0                    
NEWTON                                3.5                    
CLAY CITY 4 SE                        3.2                    

...INDIANA...
INDIANAPOLIS INTL ARPT                3.5                    
LAWRENCE                              3.1                    
ALEXANDRIA 2 S                        3.0                    

...MISSOURI...
FARMINGTON                            8.0                    
CENTERVILLE                           6.0                    
HOUSTON                               6.0                    
POTOSI 2 SE                           5.2                    
AVA                                   5.0                    
CABOOL                                5.0                    
DESLOGE                               5.0                    
GALENA                                5.0                    
SPARTA 2 W                            5.0                    
CADET                                 4.5                    
HOLLISTER                             4.5                    
FESTUS 3 W                            4.0                    
SPRINGFIELD 3 S                       4.0                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 500 AM CST THU DEC 05
THROUGH 200 AM CST FRI DEC 06...

...ARKANSAS...
JOHNSON 3 SW                          3.00                    
HARRISON                              2.00                    
HUNTSVILLE 4 S                        0.75                    
SAINT PAUL                            0.75                    
BENTONVILLE 1 SSW                     0.50                    
LESLIE 11 SW                          0.30                    

...ILLINOIS...
COBDEN                                1.50                    
CARBONDALE                            0.75                    
MOUNT VERNON                          0.75                    
CLAY CITY 4 SE                        0.40                    

...INDIANA...
MORRISTOWN                            2.00                    

...MISSOURI...
WHITE CHURCH                          1.50                    
POPLAR BLUFF                          1.00                    
TECUMSEH                              1.00                    
MARBLE HILL                           0.50                    

...OKLAHOMA...
MUSKOGEE                              3.00                    
CHECOTAH                              1.25                    
EUFAULA                               1.00                    

...TEXAS...
LITTLE ELM                            3.50                    
EDEN                                  2.00                    
FORT WORTH                            1.50                    
GAINESVILLE                           1.50                    
HURST                                 1.50                    
OAK TRAIL SHORES                      1.50                    
SOUTHLAKE                             1.50                    
SPRINGTOWN                            1.25                    
DECATUR 3 SSW                         1.00                    
DENTON                                1.00                    
GRANBURY                              1.00                    
KELLER 2 WNW                          1.00                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
500 AM CST THU DEC 05 THROUGH 200 AM CST FRI DEC 06...

...ARKANSAS...
GREENWOOD                             1.25                    
FORT SMITH 10 E                       1.00                    
OZARK                                 1.00                    
FORT SMITH                            0.25                    
JETHRO                                0.25                    

...ILLINOIS...
VALIER                                0.50                    
SUMNER                                0.30                    
CAIRO                                 0.20                    
LAWRENCEVILLE                         0.10                    

...MISSOURI...
ELLSINORE                             0.25                    
LANTON 1 N                            0.25                    
DONIPHAN                              0.20                    
JACKSON                               0.20                    

...OKLAHOMA...
POTEAU                                1.00                    
VALLIANT                              0.13                    

...TEXAS...
RICHARDSON                            0.30                    
MENARD                                0.25                    
BRADY                                 0.20                    
DECATUR 3 SSW                         0.20                    


A SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EVENT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THE DAY ON FRIDAY AS BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO FLOW TO
THE SOUTH AND EAST. SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND
LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY LATE IN THE
DAY. FROM THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY INTO THE NORTHEAST...THE WINTRY
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF GREATER THAN A HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED FROM PARTS
OF ARKANSAS NORTHEASTWARD TO KENTUCKY. FARTHER
NORTHEASTWARD...SNOW AND SLEET IS LIKELY ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF
THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION...WITH AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES
POSSIBLE FROM NORTHERN ARKANSAS NORTHEASTWARD TO SOUTHERN NEW YORK
STATE. 

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 900 AM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

RYAN




Last Updated: 354 AM EST FRI DEC 06 2013