STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR EASTERN U.S. LATE WINTER STORM 
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
1100 AM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007  
  
...LATE SEASON WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE OVER THE EASTERN
U.S. WHILE WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPANDS OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES. 

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA
AND WESTERN MARYLAND THROUGH MUCH OF PENNSYLVANIA...NEW
YORK...VERMONT...NEW HAMPSHIRE...MAINE...WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN LONG ISLAND.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHERN NEW
YORK STATE...PORTIONS OF EASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
INDIANA...OHIO...WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...CENTRAL NEW YORK...COASTAL
SOUTH CAROLINA...AND COASTAL GEORGIA.

FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA...MOST OF
VIRGINIA...MUCH OF MARYLAND...THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA...DELAWARE...SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NEW
JERSEY...EASTERN LONG ISLAND...RHODE ISLAND...SOUTHEASTERN
CONNECTICUT AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

AT 1100 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN
AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN COVERING MUCH OF THE EASTERN U.S.
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. A MIXTURE OF
SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WAS INCREASING ALONG AND WEST OF
THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS. A COMPLEX AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER
SOUTH CAROLINA WAS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE FRONT AND WILL
DEEPEN TODAY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST.


...SELECTED RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 10 AM EDT...

...INDIANA...

EAGLE CREEK AIRPARK              2.33
INDIANAPOLIS                     2.06
TERRE HAUTE                      1.69

...OHIO...

LIMA/ALLEN CO AIRPORT            2.61
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB             2.42
LANCASTER                        2.03
ZANESVILLE                       1.79
COLUMBUS                         1.77
CLEVELAND                        1.27

...PENNSYLVANIA...

DUBOIS                           1.48 
PITTSBURGH/ALLEGHENY CO AIRPORT  1.33
BRADFORD                         1.20

...WEST VIRGINIA...

WHEELING                         1.44
LEWISBURG                        1.34
CHARLESTON                       1.15
BLUEFIELD                        1.08

...VIRGINIA...
SLOAN BRANCH                     2.59
BLACKWATER                       2.48
PEAK CREEK                       2.24
WILLIS                           2.00
ROANOKE                          1.76
LYNCHBURG                        1.53
FREDRICKSBURG                    1.50

...MARYLAND...

SOLOMONS ISLAND                  1.32
BWI AIRPORT                      1.17
OXON HILL                        1.08

...TENNESSEE...

OCONALUFTEE                      1.96
NEWFOUND GAP                     1.45
MOUNT LECONTE                    1.31

...NORTH CAROLINA...

BRYSON CITY                      2.10
LENOIR                           2.10
FLAT TOP MOUNTAIN                1.84
MOUNT MITCHELL                   1.70
WINSTON-SALEM                    1.45


...SELECTED SNOWFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 10 AM EDT...

...MARYLAND...

FROSTBURG                        2.3


...WEST VIRGINIA...

MOUNT STORM                      0.8
KEYSER                           0.7


...SELECTED ICE ACCUMULATION TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 10 AM EDT...

...PENNSYLVANIA...

WECFORD                         0.25
AURORA                          0.25
YORK SPRINGS                    0.1
HARRISBURG                      0.1


THIS LATE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TODAY INTO
SATURDAY. THE SURFACE LOW WILL EMERGE OFF THE CAROLINA COAST THIS
EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY
THROUGH THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC STATES AND PUSH INTO MOST OF THE
NORTHEAST BY THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM NORTH
CAROLINA INTO COASTAL NEW ENGLAND...WITH TWO TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS.

THE STORM IS FORECAST TO RIDE UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ACROSS THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF
THE NORTHEAST. TOTAL SNOWFALL COULD EXCEED ONE FOOT FROM NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA TO EASTERN NEW YORK AND INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW
ENGLAND. SOME ICING IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA AND
NEAR THE I-95 CORRIDOR INTO NEW ENGLAND FROM THIS STORM. BY
SATURDAY MORNING THE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO BE LOCATED NEAR
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...CHANGING SOME AREAS TO PLAIN RAIN
ALONG THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST. BY SUNDAY THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE EXITING THE NORTHEAST AS THE STORM WILL BE
PUSHING INTO CANADA...WITH WRAP-AROUND SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 500 PM EDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. 

ECKERT/KONG