Storm Summary Number 4 for Southern Plains to Southeastern U.S.
Winter Storm
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
900 AM CST Sat Dec 08 2018

...Heavy rainfall is currently affecting southeastern Texas and
Louisiana with wintry precipitation across northwest Texas and
central Oklahoma...

Winter Storm Warnings are in effect for portions of northeastern
Georgia, northwestern South Carolina, western North Carolina and
southwest Virginia.

Winter Storm Watches and Winter Weather Advisories are in effect
from the southern Plains across the Mid-South into parts of
northern South Carolina and southwest Virginia.

Flood and Flash Flood Watches are in effect for portions of the
Gulf Coast from far eastern Texas to the Florida Panhandle, as
well as far western Georgia.

For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
and advisories, please see www.weather.gov

At 800 AM CST...A low pressure system with a central pressure of
1012 mb, 29.88 inches of mercury, was located about 25 miles
southeast of Port Arthur, Texas. This system was moving eastward
along a stationary front that stretched across the northern Gulf
of Mexico. Aloft, an eastward moving upper level disturbance was
located over western Texas and leading to wintry precipitaion from
the southern High Plains to central Oklahoma. Moisture streaming
ahead of the upper level disturbance was overrunning the frontal
boundary allowing for widespread precipitation across the
south-central and southeast U.S. National Weather Service radar
and surface observations indicated moderate to heavy rain
occurring over southeastern Texas and Louisiana while cold light
rain and snow was falling over northwest Texas through central
Oklahoma. Light rain was also falling across the Southeast from
Alabama to South Carolina. 

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 700 PM
CST Thu Dec 06 through 800 AM CST Sat Dec 08...

...TEXAS...
LUBBOCK 4 NW                          9.0                    
LITTLEFIELD 2 N                       6.0                    
LUBBOCK INTL ARPT                     6.0                    
DICKENS                               3.8                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Rainfall in inches from 700 PM
CST Thu Dec 06 through 800 AM CST Sat Dec 08...

...ARKANSAS...
SOUTH ARKANSAS RGNL ARPT              4.12                    
MONTICELLO MUNI ARPT                  2.63                    
TEXARKANA RGNL-WEBB FIELD             2.44                    

...LOUISIANA...
PLAIN DEALING 3 ESE                   6.50                    
SHREVEPORT RGNL ARPT                  4.26                    
NATCHITOCHES RGNL APRT                4.11                    
MANSFIELD - C E RUSTY WILLIAMS ARPT   3.88                    
FT. POLK - PEASON RIDGE               3.72                    
RUSTON RGNL ARPT                      3.38                    
MONROE RGNL ARPT                      3.26                    

...TEXAS...
RICHMOND 3 NW                         7.96                    
BUNKER HILL VILLAGE 3 W               7.88                    
LAKE JACKSON                          7.72                    
BAY CITY 2 W                          6.73                    
EL LAGO                               6.56                    
PORT ARTHUR 3 NNE                     6.29                    
LEAGUE CITY 1 NE                      6.28                    
THE WOODLANDS 1.8 SE                  6.23                    
DAYTON 0.2 E                          6.00                    
FRIENDSWOOD                           6.00                    
ANGELINA COUNTY AIRPORT               5.87                    
EAGLE LAKE 7 NE                       5.69                    
HOOKS MEMORIAL AIRPORT                5.39                    
HOUSTON/HULL FIELD ARPT               4.71                    
AUSTIN-BERGSTROM AIRPORT              3.67                    
WACO RGNL ARPT                        1.94                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches where the
event has ended...

...NEW MEXICO...
RED RIVER 8 SSW                       5.0                    
LOS ALAMOS 6 W                        3.0                    


The upper level disturbance over western Texas will continue to
steadily progress east through Sunday and Monday with the area of
low pressure to track along the Gulf Coast into the western
Atlantic by Sunday afternoon. Heavy rain is expected near and
north of the low track from the Mississippi Valley through the
Gulf Coast states, where 2 to 4 inches of rainfall with locally
higher amounts will be possible from Louisiana into South
Carolina. Snow and freezing rain are forecast to continue
developing along the northern and western fringes of the
precipitation shield this morning over West Texas, Oklahoma and
northern Arkansas. Up to four inches of snow along with light
freezing rain accumulations are expected for these locations, with
additional light snow/ice accumulations extending eastward through
the Tennessee Valley into Sunday. As the storm organizes near the
coast of the southeastern U.S early on Sunday, significant
snowfall of over a foot is expected to affect portions of western
North Carolina into southwest Virginia along with freezing rain
affecting the Piedmont into sections of the Coastal Plain.

The next storm summary will be issued by the Weather Prediction
Center at 300 PM CST. Please refer to your local National Weather
Service office for additional information on this event.

Snell