THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER

COLLEGE PARK, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR SOUTHERN ROCKIES TO SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL PLAINS WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
300 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015

...HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTING THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS TO THE OHIO VALLEY AS SNOW DEVELOPS OVER THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES AND SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS...

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FOR EASTERN PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS NORTHEASTWARD TO
THE OHIO VALLEY.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WATCHES...AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR
MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES...WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS AND INTO PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS.

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN HIGH
PLAINS ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO AS WELL AS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

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

AT 200 PM CST...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE...WITH A
CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 996 MB...29.41 INCHES... WAS LOCATED ABOUT 100
MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF EL PASO...TEXAS. A QUASI-STATIONARY
BOUNDARY WAS DRAPED FROM THIS LOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND
INTO THE LOWER/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND LOWER OHIO VALLEY.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED A
WIDESPREAD AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH
OF OKLAHOMA AND THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE OHIO VALLEY.
TO THE WEST OF THE SURFACE LOW...SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL
WAS REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 AM CST SAT DEC
26 THROUGH 200 PM CST SAT DEC 26...

...NEW MEXICO...
TRUCHAS 1 ESE                         3.8                    
DATIL 2 W                             2.8                    
ESCONDIDA 2 NE                        2.0                    
FARMINGTON 10 N                       1.6                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES FROM 600 AM CST SAT DEC
26 THROUGH 200 PM CST SAT DEC 26...

...ILLINOIS...
GODFREY                               2.50                    
EAST ALTON                            2.34                    
EDWARDSVILLE                          2.25                    
LOVINGTON 2 NW                        1.84                    
CHARLESTON                            1.75                    
MORRISONVILLE                         1.60                    
TUSCOLA                               1.49                    
TAYLORVILLE 2 SW                      1.45                    

...MISSOURI...
ST. CLAIR                             3.50                    
LOUISBURG 6 SW                        3.00                    
ST. CHARLES 1 NNE                     2.54                    
CATAWISSA                             2.50                    
ST. PETERS 1 ESE                      2.37                    
WELDON SPRING                         2.27                    
FERGUSON                              2.11                    
PERSHING                              2.00                    


THE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE OHIO VALLEY
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AS THE SURFACE FRONT REMAINS
STATIONARY ACROSS THE REGION. AS MUCH AS 5 TO 10 INCHES OF
RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING AND SUNDAY FROM PARTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS INTO SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN A CONCERN THROUGH THE WEEKEND
IN THESE AREAS AS WELL AS FARTHER NORTH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WHERE
ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL. THE SNOW OVER THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES WILL EXPAND INTO THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS THIS EVENING
WITH AS MUCH AS 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...IS EXPECTED. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE
SYSTEM...AND COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...COULD LEAD TO
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WHICH WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION. BY
MONDAY...THE SYSTEM WILL SHIFT NORTHEASTWARD SPREADING HEAVY SNOW
INTO PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND THE MIDDLE/UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY. 

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

SANTORELLI




Last Updated: 411 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2015