STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR EASTERN U.S. LATE WINTER STORM 
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
500 PM 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 NORTHEASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL MARYLAND AND EXTREME NORTHERN
VIRGINIA THROUGH MUCH OF PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...NEW
YORK...WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...VERMONT...NEW
HAMPSHIRE...MAINE...CONNECTICUT... NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...AND
WESTERN LONG ISLAND.

HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...MUCH OF CENTRAL AND UPSTATE NEW YORK...NORTHWESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHERN NEW
YORK...WESTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN VIRGINIA...MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...EASTERN LONG
ISLAND...SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT...MOST OF RHODE ISLAND...AND
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

SNOW ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN OHIO...AND WESTERN NEW YORK.

FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...MUCH OF
VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...AND AREAS OF CENTRAL
MARYLAND.

FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA...MOST OF
VIRGINIA...EASTERN MARYLAND...MUCH OF DELAWARE...AND SOUTHEASTERN
NEW JERSEY.

AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN
AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN COVERING MUCH OF THE EASTERN U.S.
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA INTO THE UPPER NEW ENGLAND STATES.  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 TONIGHT AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST.


...SELECTED RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 4 PM 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...

CHARLESTON/YEAGER AIRPORT        1.53
BLUEFIELD/MERCER CO. AIRPORT     1.50
WHEELING                         1.44
LEWISBURG                        1.34
CHARLESTON                       1.15
BLUEFIELD                        1.08

...DELAWARE...

WILMINGTON AIRPORT               1.42
GEORGETOWN/SUSSEX CO. AIRPORT    1.15

...VIRGINIA...

SLOAN BRANCH                     2.59
BLACKWATER                       2.48
LYNCHBURG REGIONAL ARPT          2.34
PEAK CREEK                       2.24
WILLIS                           2.00
ROANOKE                          1.76
WASHINGTON/DULLES                1.63
FREDRICKSBURG                    1.50

...MARYLAND...

BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON INTL ARPT   1.79
BALTIMORE SCIENCE CENTER         1.65
SALISBURY REGIONAL AIRPORT       1.52
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...

WINSTON-SALEM                    2.28
BRYSON CITY                      2.10
LENOIR                           2.10
HOFFMAN/MACKALL AAF              1.97
LAURINBURG-MAXTON AIRPORT        1.93
FLAT TOP MOUNTAIN                1.84
MOUNT MITCHELL                   1.70


...SELECTED SNOWFALL TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 4 PM EDT...

...MARYLAND...

FROSTBURG                        5.8
SMITHBURG                        5.0
MIDDLETOWN                       4.0
FREDERICK                        3.5
FRIENDSVILLE                     3.0

...VIRGINIA...

WINCHESTER                       4.0
CROSS JUNCTION                   4.0
ELKTON                           2.0

...WEST VIRGINIA...

INWOOD                           5.3
KEARNEYSVILLE                    4.3
LEHEW                            4.0
MARTINSBURG                      3.5
HEDGESVILLE                      3.0
KEYSER 2 SSW                     2.9

...PENNSYLVANIA...

MARIETTA                         4.0
YORK                             4.0
YORK SPRINGS                     3.8
EMPORIUM                         3.5
GREENCASTLE                      3.5
MECHANICSBURG                    3.4
GETTYSBURG                       3.0
SAYLORSBURG                      3.0
MUNCY                            3.0
CLERMONT                         3.0
ROULETTE                         3.0
BEDFORD                          3.0
ALIQUIPPA                        2.0

...NEW JERSEY...

BUTLER                           6.0
NORTH CALDWELL                   6.0
PARK RIDGE                       5.5
RIDGEWOOD                        5.2
GARFIELD                         5.1
HASKELL                          4.8
RIVER VALE                       4.3
WEST PATERSON                    4.0
STEWARTSVILLE                    2.8
NEWARK                           2.6
WASHINGTON                       1.0

...NEW YORK...

ARMONK                           6.6
NYACK                            5.5
NEW CITY                         5.2
PALISADES                        4.8
POUND RIDGE                      4.0
BAITING HOLLOW                   3.2
YONKERS                          3.2
NYC/CENTRAL PARK                 1.0

...CONNECTICUT...

NORTH BRANFORD                   6.0
SEYMOUR                          5.8
NEW CANAAN                       5.0
WESTON                           5.0
BETHANY                          4.5
DANBURY                          3.8
NAUGATUCK                        3.2
BRIDGEPORT                       3.0

...MASSACHUSETTS...

NORTH GRAFTON                    2.5
FRANKLIN                         2.5
CAMBRIDGE                        2.0
HOPKINTON                        2.0
MILFORD                          2.0

...RHODE ISLAND...

WESTERLY                         3.3
NORTH SMITHFIELD                 2.0


...SELECTED ICE ACCUMULATION TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 4 PM EDT...

...PENNSYLVANIA...

SEVEN VALLEYS                   0.35
MILLERSVILLE                    0.25
WECFORD                         0.25
AURORA                          0.25
GREENCASTLE                     0.20
YORK SPRINGS                    0.10
HARRISBURG                      0.10


THIS LATE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TONIGHT 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 AS IT WILL PUSH INTO THE
NEW ENGLAND STATES THIS EVENING. 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 1100 PM EDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. 

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