12/03/2009-12/04/2009 Winter Storm

[B Jensen]

Hey everyone, quick question, I hope its ok to ask in this thread.

A while back I found a site that detailed the different warning criteria accross the country. I have been searching for an hour now and can't find that. I was interested to see what the diffrent winter storm criterias are in the diffrent regions. What constitutes a Winter Storm Warning in Lousiana (2-3" it looks like according to the warning text?) versus one here in Indiana or elsewhere. Does anyone have it handy where I could find that at again? It almost seems like it was on a WFO page and not a national or regional one.

 

[rdale]

Central region is at http://www.weather.gov/directives/sym/pd01005013c022003curr.pdf

Eastern region only has theirs on an internal system http://www.werh.noaa.gov/MSD/Resources/Winter/resource.htm

More info at http://www.weather.gov/directives/010/010.htm

 

[Robert Dewey]

Central region is at http://www.weather.gov/directives/sym/pd01005013c022003curr.pdf

Eastern region only has theirs on an internal system http://www.werh.noaa.gov/MSD/Resources/Winter/resource.htm

More info at http://www.weather.gov/directives/010/010.htm

DTX changed their winter storm criteria to include 5 inches or more within 6 hours or less (which would actually cover most high-end advisory events, IMO). In fact, >2 inches in 6 hours is now advisory criteria.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx/wwa_definitions/wsw.php

 

[mikegeukes]

Snowfall totals from West Michigan up to 13.5 inches
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KGRR/0912041425.nous43.html

0904 AM SNOW MARNE 43.04N 85.83W
12/04/2009 M15.0 INCH OTTAWA MI TRAINED SPOTTER

STORM TOTAL MEASURED BY A TRAINED WINTER SKYWARN SPOTTER.

 

[Steve Miller]

This is a time sensitive post: James Kinkaid has a stream up from Southern Mississippi with giant snowflakes for anyone interested in following along. Click HERE

 

[Robert Dewey]

This is a time sensitive post: James Kinkaid has a stream up from Southern Mississippi with giant snowflakes for anyone interested in following along. Click HERE

Insane... I have yet to see snow anywhere close to that this season (here in MI).