THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
900 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013
...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE SPREADING ACROSS A LARGE
AREA OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY...
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR A LARGE AREA OF THE CENTRAL U.S. INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S.
ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 800 PM CST...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE 999
MB...29.50 INCHES WAS CENTERED OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED SOUTHWARD FROM THIS SURFACE LOW INTO
EXTREME WESTERN TEXAS. ADDITIONALLY...A WARM FRONT EXTENDED
EASTWARD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 993 MB...29.32 INCHES WAS CENTERED ALONG THIS FRONT
NEAR FORT STOCKTON TEXAS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION FALLING
ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL U.S. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS FALLING
FROM COLORADO EASTWARD INTO NEBRASKA AND KANSAS. AREAS OF FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET WERE OCCURRING FROM PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA EASTWARD INTO ARKANSAS. FARTHER SOUTH...RAIN WAS
FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1200 AM CST WED
FEB 20 THROUGH 800 PM CST WED FEB 20...
...ARKANSAS...
ALMA 5 NE 4.0
FORT SMITH 4.0
MULBERRY 2.0
VAN BUREN 2.0
LAMAR 6 NNE 1.3
...COLORADO...
ANTONITO 1 W 6.0
WOLF CREEK PASS 1 SSE 6.0
PAGOSA SPRINGS 5 W 5.0
...KANSAS...
ATWOOD 11 N 7.0
GOVE 6 ESE 7.0
PLAINVILLE 7.0
ROZEL 4 E 6.5
ELLIS 1 N 6.0
GREENSBURG 10 SW 6.0
HARDTNER 8 WNW 6.0
UTICA 6 S 6.0
WEST WICHITA 5.1
HAYS 1 WNW 4.0
RUSSELL 4.0
...NEBRASKA...
DANBURY 5.0
STOCKVILLE 8 SE 4.5
BEAVER CITY 4.0
COZAD 3.0
ALMA 2.5
HENDLEY 2.5
...OKLAHOMA...
POCOLA 4.5
WELEETKA 4.5
GROVE 4.0
SALLISAW 4.0
TULSA 3.3
BUNCH 2 N 3.0
CHECOTAH 3.0
OWASSO 2 ESE 3.0
BROKEN ARROW 2.8
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
1200 AM CST WED FEB 20 THROUGH 800 PM CST WED FEB 20...
...OKLAHOMA...
ALMA 5 NE 0.10
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...NEW MEXICO...
N SAN AUGUSTIN PASS 74
N SALINAS PEAK 69
N TWIN PEAKS 65
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS IS FORECAST TO
MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. BY LATE THURSDAY THE
PRIMARY SURFACE LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE TO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
KANSAS. WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND
THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. WIDESPREAD SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN ARE FORECAST THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS MUCH OF
OKLAHOMA...ARKANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 12
INCHES OF SNOWFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. FREEZING
RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LOWER AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY.
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
Last Updated: 945 PM EST WED FEB 20 2013