STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR CENTRAL U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL UNITED
STATES...

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
NEBRASKA AND NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE
CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH...NEW
MEXICO...COLORADO...THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...WESTERN
KANSAS...CENTRAL NEBRASKA...AND SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING. HEAVY SNOW
WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF COLORADO AND A
SMALL PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

ICE STORM WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
WESTERN PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...EASTERN NEW MEXICO...NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...WESTERN
OKLAHOMA...NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. 

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN
ARIZONA...SOUTHERN UTAH...SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...COLORADO AND
SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHEASTERN NEW
MEXICO...AND A SMALL PORTION OF WEST TEXAS.

WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...NORTHWESTERN IOWA...SOUTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA...AND SOUTH DAKOTA.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S.
IS FORECAST TO MOVE EASTWARD OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS BEGINNING TO AFFECT PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. A WIDE RANGE OF PRECIPITATION TYPES
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION.


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES THROUGH 3 PM
CST TUESDAY...

...ARIZONA...

SUNRISE MOUNTAIN                  6.0 
FLAGSTAFF                         5.5  
DILKON                            5.0
BELLEMONT                         4.5 

...NEW MEXICO...

MCGAFFEY                          8.0 
QUEMADO LAKE                      6.0 
CHAMA                             5.5 

...COLORADO...

MINERAL                          17.0 
CHAFFEE                           9.0 
MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK          9.0 
VALLECITO DAM                     8.5 
BAYFIELD                          8.5 
HUERFANO                          3.0 

...UTAH...

ENTERPRISE                        6.0 
CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK        3.5 



AT 3 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AREAS OF RAIN...FREEZING
RAIN...AND SNOW FROM EASTERN UTAH...NEW MEXICO...AND
COLORADO...EXTENDING EASTWARD INTO TEXAS...OKLAHOMA...AND KANSAS.
THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND
MOVING NORTH OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS.

THIS SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY
WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY IN THE CENTRAL ROCKIES THROUGH THE
NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER 12 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND WESTERN CENTRAL
PLAINS. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO LIKELY IN PARTS OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...EXTENDING DOWN INTO PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE-HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE NORTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 9 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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