STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
4 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2004

...SOUTHERN WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO DELIVER HAZARDOUS WINTERY
PRECIPITATION TO THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES...CREATING A
NIGHTMARE FOR MOTORISTS...   

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...ALABAMA...MISSISSIPPI...GEORGIA
...SOUTH CAROLINA...NORTH CAROLINA...VIRGINIA...MARYLAND ...
DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY...AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK FOR SNOW OR A
WINTERY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. ELSEWHERE IN THE
SOUTHEAST...HEAVY TO MODERATE RAIN AND FOG FROM THIS SAME STORM
HAS BEEN OBSERVED AND THE TRANSITION TO FROZEN PRECIPITATION IS
LOOMING ON THE HORIZON. A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE
SHOAL  RIVER NEAR CRESTVIEW.

AT 04 AM EST THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WINTER
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO NEAR 28.3 NORTH
LATITUDE AND 82.1 WEST LONGITUDE...OR 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAINT
PETERSBURG FLORIDA.  THE STORM IS CURRENTLY TRACKING TO THE EAST
NORTHEAST WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 29.59 INCHES OR 1002
MILLIBARS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTALS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION IN INCHES AS OF 
3 AM EST...


SOUTH CAROLINA...

DARLINGTON...............0.8

NORTH CAROLINA...

RAEFORD..................1.0

ADDITIONALLY...ICE PELLETS/SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED AT NUMEROUS STATIONS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND IN
LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...GEORGIA...SOUTH CAROLINA...
AND NORTH CAROLINA.
 
THE LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA AND 
MOVE NORTHEASTWARD JUST OFF THE CAROLINA COAST BY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.  THIS STORM TRACK IN COMBINATION WITH THE ARCTIC AIR IN
PLACE FROM NEW ENGLAND SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHEAST U.S. WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD WINTERY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST AND EASTERN MID ATLANTIC STATES THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE
CONSULT STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER STORM.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 10 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING.


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