STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 03 FOR SOUTHWEST U.S. AND SOUTHERN PLAINS
WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
200 PM MST SUN FEB 22 2015

...A LARGE STORM SYSTEM BRINGING WINTER WEATHER TO MUCH OF THE
SOUTHWEST U.S. AND SOUTHERN PLAINS... 

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
TEXAS...LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
COLORADO...SOUTHERN UTAH...NORTHERN ARIZONA AND NORTHERN NEW
MEXICO. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT ACROSS NORTHERN
TEXAS...SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WERE IN EFFECT FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS.

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

AT 100 PM MST...A SURFACE LOW WITH MINIMUM PRESSURE OF 1004
MILLIBARS...29.65 INCHES OF MERCURY...WAS CENTERED IN NORTHWEST
ARIZONA. A STATIONARY BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN NEVADA
SOUTHEASTWARD TO SOUTHERN TEXAS AND ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH. VERY
COLD AIR WAS BEGINNING TO PUSH INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND
SOUTHWEST U.S. COURTESY OF AN ARCTIC HIGH DROPPING SOUTHWARD
THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS REVEALED WIDESPREAD SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN
UTAH...NORTHERN ARIZONA... NEW MEXICO...COLORADO...SOUTHERN HALF
OF KANSAS AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.
SNOW WAS ALSO BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS AND
MISSOURI. THERE WERE ALSO SOME REPORTS OF FREEZING RAIN IN WEST
TEXAS. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM MST SAT FEB
21 THROUGH 100 PM MST SUN FEB 22...

...COLORADO...
WESTMINSTER 1 SW                     19.2                    
ELDORADO SPRINGS 1 WNW               14.9                    
ARVADA                               14.0                    
ELDORADO SPRINGS 4 WSW               13.0                    
PINECLIFFE 4 SSE                     13.0                    
BOULDER 2 SW                         12.7                    
RYE 1 SSW                            12.0                    
BROOMFIELD                           11.5                    
NEDERLAND 4 ENE                      11.3                    
CASTLE ROCK                          11.0                    
COLORADO CITY 1 WNW                  11.0                    
BRECKENRIDGE 1 SE                     9.5                    
DENVER 1 W                            9.0                    
DENVER 3 SE                           7.8                    
COLORADO SPRINGS 4 NNE                7.0                    
BURLINGTON                            5.5                    
FORT COLLINS                          5.4                    

...KANSAS...
INGALLS                               7.5                    
LAKIN 9 S                             7.0                    
SYRACUSE 9 SE                         7.0                    
GOODLAND                              6.2                    
GARDEN CITY                           6.0                    
LEOTI                                 6.0                    
BURLINGTON                            5.5                    
CIMARRON                              5.0                    
HOLCOMB 4 S                           5.0                    
DODGE CITY 3 ENE                      4.8                    
LAKIN                                 4.5                    
SHARON SPRINGS                        4.5                    
LIBERAL                               4.0                    
CLARK STATE LAKE 2 NNE                3.5                    
HARPER                                3.0                    
ROZEL 2 E                             3.0                    
SUBLETTE                              3.0                    
JOHNSON CITY                          2.5                    
DODGE CITY 2 E                        2.3                    
WICHITA MID CONTINENT ARPT            1.6                    

...NEBRASKA...
BUSHNELL 15 S                         4.2                    
WILSONVILLE                           3.5                    
IMPERIAL                              3.0                    
HARRISON 9 NE                         2.8                    
BROADWATER 10 SSE                     2.5                    
BEAVER CITY 6 S                       2.4                    
DALTON                                2.2                    
CAMBRIDGE                             1.8                    
HAYES CENTER 1 NW                     1.3                    
CURTIS 1 W                            1.0                    

...NEW MEXICO...
RED RIVER SKI AREA                   15.0                    
RED RIVER                            12.0                    
SHUREE SNOTEL                         8.0                    
HOPEWELL SNOTEL                       7.0                    
QUESTA                                6.0                    

...TEXAS...
BORGER 7 N                            2.0                    
STRATFORD                             2.0                    

...UTAH...
BRIGHTON CREST                       16.0                    
ALTA                                 13.0                    
SNOWBIRD                              8.0                    
LOGAN                                 2.0                    
PRIVDENCE                             2.0                    
SOUTH OGDEN                           1.0                    

...WYOMING...
CENTENNIAL 7 NW                      12.0                    
ENCAMPMENT 11 SSE                    10.0                    
CHUGWATER                             8.7                    
CROW CREEK                            8.0                    
MEDICINE BOW                          8.0                    
BROOKLYN LAKE                         6.0                    
ESTERBROOK 25 W                       6.0                    
SAND LAKE                             6.0                    
DIVIDE PEAK                           4.5                    
FEDERAL 1 N                           4.0                    
CHEYENNE 17 W                         3.8                    


ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE PLAINS
AND FOUR CORNERS REGION AS THE ARCTIC HIGH MOVES OVER THE CENTRAL
PLAINS. WITH THE HELP OF UPPER LEVEL FORCING...WIDESPREAD HEAVY
SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN UTAH...SOUTHERN
COLORADO...AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. GREATER THAN 2 FEET OF SNOW IS
LIKELY IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE FORECAST IN THE MOUNTAINS OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED FROM THE HIGH PLAINS EXTENDING FROM EASTERN COLORADO INTO
SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.
MEANWHILE...UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY
ACCUMULATE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS...NORTHERN
LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...NORTHERN
ALABAMA...AND NORTHERN GEORGIA. MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL
FALL TODAY AND MONDAY...AND THEN DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY MONDAY NIGHT. 

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 800 PM MST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

FANNING