STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR SIGNIFICANT EAST COAST WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
10 PM EST SAT FEB 11 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE EASTERN U.S...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS/WATCHES AND/OR HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS ARE
CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS INTO THE
MID ATLANTIC STATES AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INCLUDING EXTREME
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...MUCH OF 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. 


SNOW ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
VERMONT...EASTERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...WESTERN WEST
VIRGINIA...EASTERN KENTUCKY...NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE...PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...AND EASTERN VIRGINIA.

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR NEW YORK CITY...LONG
ISLAND...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...AND PORTIONS OF DOWNEAST MAINE.  

AT 9 PM EST...A RAPIDLY DEEPENING LOW OF 998 MB WAS LOCATED ABOUT
20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA...WITH ADDITIONAL
PRESSURE FALLS ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE ENTIRE
SYSTEM HAS BEEN MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT ABOUT 30 MPH OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL HOURS BUT IS EXPECTED TO DECELERATE AND ASSUME A MORE
NORTH NORTHEASTERLY TRACK DURING THE NIGHT. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADAR IS SHOWING AN AREA OF GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE
SNOW EXPANDING NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC
STATES TOWARD SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. 


...SELECTED STORM SNOWFALL TOTALS THROUGH 7 PM EST SATURDAY...

ARKANSAS...

ST. FRANCIS COUNTY.........4 TO 5 INCHES
POINSETT COUNTY............4 INCHES 
CRITTENDEN COUNTY..........3 TO 4 INCHES
LEE COUNTY.................3 TO 4 INCHES  
NEWTON COUNTY..............2.5 INCHES
POPE COUNTY................TRACE TO 3 INCHES
VAN BUREN COUNTY...........2 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

GEORGIA...

MOUNTAIN CITY.............5 INCHES
CLAYTON...................1 INCH

TENNESSEE...

ATOKA......................6 INCHES
ARLINGTON..................5 INCHES
TIPTON COUNTY..............4 TO 5 INCHES
SOMERVILLE.................4.5 INCHES
OBION COUNTY...............4 INCHES
UNION CITY.................4 INCHES
MEMPHIS....................3 INCHES
EAST BARTLETT..............3 INCHES

KENTUCKY...

LEXINGTON.................3 TO 4 INCHES
PRICEVILLE................3 TO 4 INCHES
WATER VALLEY..............3.5 INCHES
FULTON....................3 INCHES
GEORGETOWN................3 INCHES
HODGENVILLE...............2 TO 3 INCHES
BOWLING GREEN.............2 TO 3 INCHES
GLENDALE..................2.5 INCHES
FRANKLIN..................2 INCHES
EDMONTON..................1.5 INCHES

MISSISSIPPI...

DESOTO.....................4 INCHES
MARSHALL COUNTY............3 INCHES
OLIVE BRANCH...............3 INCHES
TUNICA.....................3 INCHES
BENTON COUNTY..............2 INCHES   

NORTH CAROLINA...

BALSAM....................5 INCHES
HIGHLANDS.................5 INCHES
NEWLAND...................4 INCHES
ROBBINSVILLE..............4 INCHES
MORGANTON WATERSHED.......3 INCHES
MAGGIE VALLEY.............3 INCHES
SYLVA.....................3 INCHES

WEST VIRGINIA...

SNOWSHOE..................5 INCHES
MARLINTON.................4 INCHES
VALLEY HEAD...............3 INCHES

VIRGINIA...

CHURCHVILLE...............6.5 INCHES
PILOT.....................5.5 INCHES
RADFORD...................5.3 INCHES
BREAKS INTERSTATE.........5 INCHES
PULASKI...................2.5 INCHES
LINDEN....................1.5 INCHES

MARYLAND...

OAKLAND...................5 INCHES
JACKSONVILLE..............3.5 INCHES
FROSTBURG.................3 INCHES
HAGERSTOWN................3 INCHES

PENNSYLVANIA...

OXFORD....................3 INCHES
YORK......................2 INCHES
PLEASANTVILLE.............1.5 INCHES
CHAMBERSBURG..............1.5 INCHES
MCCONNELLSBURG............1.5 INCHES

THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES UP
THE EASTERN SEABOARD TONIGHT. AS THIS OCCURS...SNOWFALL WILL
RAPIDLY INCREASE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID ATLANTIC
REGION NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THE MAJOR I-95
CORRIDOR CITIES FROM WASHINGTON D.C. NORTHEASTWARD TO BOSTON
SHOULD RECEIVE SOME SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH ALONG
WITH THE INCREASING WINDS TONIGHT 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 STORM.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 4 AM EST SUN FEB 12.

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