STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 6 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
4 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005

...WINTER STORM CONTINUES ITS MARCH ONWARD...

SATELLITE...WATER VAPOR...AND RADAR IMAGERY AT 3 PM EST... SHOWED
A DEEP SURFACE LOW OVER MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN WITH WIDESPREAD
LIGHT SNOW INDICATED THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES
REGION.

MEANWHILE...A SECOND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S.
WAS LIFTING NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.
TODAY AND UP THE EAST COAST TONIGHT. THERE IS A WIDESPREAD SHIELD
OF PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT USHERING IN FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS OHIO...PENNSYLVANIA...NEW YORK...
MARYLAND... WEST VIRGINIA... VIRGINIA AND THE CAROLINAS.
THE FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHWARD TONIGHT.
HEAVY SNOWS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN
GREAT LAKES THAT WILL SPREAD INTO THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. TONIGHT.
A BROAD AREA OF 4 TO 8 INCHES SNOWS IS EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED
AREAS OF A FOOT OR MORE POSSIBLE.


WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NEW YORK STATE
INTO NEW ENGLAND.  WINTER STORM WARNINGS COVER THE EASTERN GREAT
LAKES...UPPER OHIO VALLEY INTO THE NORTHERN MIDDLE ATLANTIC
STATES. ICE STORM WARNINGS AND FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE IN
EFFECT FOR THE APPALACHIANS AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA...
NORTH CAROLINA... SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA.


...SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH 4 PM EST THURSDAY...

MINNESOTA...

TWO HARBORS..............26.3  INCHES   735 AM EST THU
SILVER BAY...............20.3  INCHES   545 AM EST THU
WOLF RIDGE...............18.7  INCHES   700 AM EST THU
BEAVER BAY...............17.0  INCHES  1058 PM EST WED
BRIMSON..................16.5  INCHES   545 AM EST THU
LAKEWOOD.................14.5  INCHES  1200 AM EST WED
DULUTH NWS...............15.5  INCHES   600 AM EST WED
ROCHESTER AIRPORT.........6.1  INCHES   123 AM EST WED
MINNEAPOLIS INTL..........5.2  INCHES  1145 PM EST WED

WISCONSIN...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS..........9.0  INCHES  1045 PM EST WED
ROTHSCHILD................8.0  INCHES   800 PM EST WED
WAUSAU....................7.0  INCHES   825 PM EST WED
LACROSSE..................6.1  INCHES   123 AM EST THU
CORNUCOPIA................6.0  INCHES   500 PM EST WED
APPLETON..................6.0  INCHES   725 PM EST WED
OSHKOSH...................7.0  INCHES   650 PM EST WED
MADISON...................4.3  INCHES   905 PM EST WED

IOWA...

OSSIAN....................8.0  INCHES   825 PM EST WED
NASHUA....................7.5  INCHES   825 PM EST WED
CHICKASAW.................7.1  INCHES   825 PM EST WED
CEDAR RAPIDS..............4.5  INCHES   600 PM EST WED

MICHIGAN...

MENOMINEE.................7.0  INCHES  1029 PM EST WED
MOHAWK....................5.0  INCHES  1029 PM EST WED
TUSTIN....................6.0  INCHES  1130 PM EST WED
PARIS.....................5.0  INCHES  1130 PM EST WED
LUDINGTON.................3.0  INCHES   900 PM EST WED

OHIO...

HARTSGROVE................7.0  INCHES  1022 AM EST THU
ASHTABULA.................6.0  INCHES  1004 AM EST THU
SANDUSKY..................5.0  INCHES  1021 AM EST THU
TOLEDO....................5.0  INCHES  1007 AM EST THU
SPRINGFIELD...............4.5  INCHES  1120 AM EST THU
MARYSVILLE................4.0  INCHES   923 AM EST THU
BROOKSVILLE...............3.5  INCHES  1059 AM EST THU
BELLEFONTAINE.............3.0  INCHES  1023 AM EST THU

PENNSYLVANIA...

STRASBURG.................3.0  INCHES   300 PM EST THU
ORRTANNA..................2.0  INCHES   300 PM EST THU
STATE COLLEGE NWS.........2.0  INCHES   330 PM EST THU

INDIANA...

WINCHESTER................2.5 INCHES   1054 AM EST THU
GENEVA....................1.7 INCHES   1246 PM EST THU
BRIGHT....................1.5 INCHES   1145 AM EST THU

TENNESSEE...

MOUNT LECONTE.............9.0 INCHES    730 AM EST THU
GEORGIA...

LAVONIA...................0.25 INCH ICE 430 AM EST THU
CLARKESVILLE..............0.25 INCH ICE 530 AM EST THU
MOUNTAIN CITY.............0.25 INCH ICE 630 AM EST THU

NORTH CAROLINA...

CONCORD ..................0.25 INCH ICE 1025 AM EST THU
GASTON COUNTY.............0.25 INCH ICE  530 AM EST THU
REIDSVILLE................0.25 INCH ICE 1015 AM EST THU
DANBURY...................0.25 INCH ICE 1000 AM EST THU
MOUNT AIRY................0.25 INCH ICE 1100 AM EST THU

SOUTH CAROLINA...

MOUNT MITCHELL............3.0  INCHES  1012 AM EST  THU
GREENVILLE................0.25 INCH ICE 530 AM EST  THU
PICKENS...................0.25 INCH ICE 530 AM EST  THU
ABBEVILLE.................0.25 INCH ICE 530 AM EST  THU
ANTIOCH...................0.25 INCH ICE 630 AM EST  THU
GREER.....................0.25 INCH ICE 530 AM EST  THU
LAURENS...................0.25 INCH ICE 530 AM EST  THU

VIRGINIA...

MARTINSVILLE..............0.25 INCH ICE      1000 AM EST THU
LEXINGTON.................0.8 INCH SLEET MIX 1020 AM EST THU

JEFFERSON.................1.0  INCH     600 AM EST THU
CHARLOTTESVILLE...........1.0  INCH    1045 AM EST THU

WEST VIRGINIA...

MEADOW RIDGE..............3.0 INCHES SLEET  1155 AM EST THU
OAK HILL..................0.25 INCH ICE     1155 AM EST THU
BECKLEY...................0.25 INCH ICE     1155 AM EST THU
MARLINGTON................3.0 INCHES SNOW   1152 AM EST THU
SNOWSHOE..................3.0 INCHES SNOW   1150 AM EST THU


THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 10 PM EST.  PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS IN YOUR AREA.

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