THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER

CAMP SPRINGS, MD


STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE



 
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR SIGNIFICANT EAST COAST WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
4 AM EST SAT FEB 11 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE EASTERN U.S...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS/WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
THE TENNESSEE VALLEY NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES
AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INCLUDING MUCH OF TENNESSEE...SOUTHEAST
KENTUCKY...EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTHWEST SOUTH
CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHERN AND WESTERN
VIRGINIA...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...DELAWARE...WASHINGTON DC..SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NEW JERSEY..SOUTHEASTERN NEW
YORK..CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN
VERMONT..SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE. 


AT 1 AM EST A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI/ALABAMA BORDER...MOVING ALMOST DUE EAST AT
ABOUT 30 MPH. THE CURRENT CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1009 MILLIBARS IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SLOWLY FALLING OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY
SATURDAY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING A LARGE
PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWS FALLING ALONG
THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE EXPANDING PRECIPITATION SHIELD.

...SELECTED STORM SNOWFALL TOTALS...

ARKANSAS...

NEWTON COUNTY..............2.5 INCHES
POPE COUNTY................TRACE TO 3 INCHES
VAN BUREN COUNTY...........2.0 INCHES
SEARCY COUNTY..............1.5 INCHES
STONE COUNTY...............1.5 INCHES
CLEBURNE COUNTY............1 INCH
JACKSON COUNTY.............1 INCH
WOODRUFF COUNTY............1 INCH
IZARD COUNTY...............1 INCH

MISSISSIPPI...

OLIVE BRANCH...............3 INCHES
TUNICA.....................3 INCHES   

TENNESSEE...

ATOKA......................6 INCHES
ARLINGTON..................5 INCHES
SOMERVILLE.................4.5 INCHES
UNION CITY.................4 INCHES
MEMPHIS....................3 INCHES
EAST BARTLETT..............3 INCHES

KENTUCKY...

WATER VALLEY..............3.5 INCHES
FRANKLIN..................2 INCHES
EDMONTON..................1.5 INCHES
FULTON....................3 INCHES

THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES
TOWARD THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST LATE SATURDAY...BEFORE MOVING MORE
SLOWLY NORTHWARD PARALLEL TO THE COAST SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.
AS THIS OCCURS..SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE AHEAD OF
THE LOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID ATLANTIC REGION
NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. AT THIS TIME IT WOULD
APPEAR THAT SOME OF THE MAJOR I-95 CORRIDOR CITIES FROM WASHINGTON
D.C. NORTHEASTWARD TO BOSTON COULD RECEIVE SOME SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH ALONG WITH THE INCREASING WINDS SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...COULD BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PARTS OF
THOSE REGIONS.  

ALL INTERESTS NEAR AND WITHIN THE WATCH/WARNING AREAS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REFER TO STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS
DEVELOPING STORM.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 10 AM EST SAT FEB 11.

BELL/PEREIRA




Last Updated: 340 AM EST SAT FEB 11 2006