STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 7 FOR SIGNIFICANT EAST COAST WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
10 AM EST SUN FEB 12 2006

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

HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE SPINE OF THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS INCLUDING EASTERN TENNESSEE AND WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA. WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND/OR HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS ARE
CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE MID ATLANTIC STATES INTO
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INCLUDING...EASTERN
MARYLAND...DELAWARE...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NEW
JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN NEW
YORK...CONNECTICUT...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...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...EASTERN
KENTUCKY...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.

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

AT 9 AM EST...A RAPIDLY DEEPENING LOW OF 984 MB WAS LOCATED ABOUT
100 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY. THE ENTIRE
SYSTEM IS MOVING EAST NORTHEASTWARD AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND IS
TRACKING JUST SOUTH OF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADAR IS SHOWING A BROAD AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW
OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SOUTH TO THE DELMARVA PENINSULA.  ON THE
NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE LOW...A NARROW NORTHEAST/SOUTHWEST ORIENTED
BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS BEEN MOVING EASTWARD AND HAS
IMPACTED MAJOR CITIES ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD INCLUDING
PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK.


...SELECTED STORM SNOWFALL TOTALS THROUGH 9 AM EST SUNDAY...

ARKANSAS...

ST. FRANCIS COUNTY.........4 TO 5 INCHES
POINSETT COUNTY............4 INCHES 
CRITTENDEN COUNTY..........3 TO 4 INCHES
LEE COUNTY.................3 TO 4 INCHES  

GEORGIA...

MOUNTAIN CITY.............5 INCHES

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...

JACKSON...................4.4 INCHES
LEXINGTON.................3 TO 4 INCHES
PRICEVILLE................3 TO 4 INCHES
WATER VALLEY..............3.5 INCHES
FULTON....................3 INCHES
GEORGETOWN................3 INCHES

MISSISSIPPI...

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

NORTH CAROLINA...

ROBBINSVILLE..............7.5 INCHES
NEWLAND...................5 INCHES
BULADEAN..................5 INCHES

WEST VIRGINIA...

HEDGESVILLE...............11 INCHES
HARPERS FERRY.............10.5 INCHES
RAINELLE..................8 INCHES
WILLIAMSBURG..............8 INCHES
LEHEW.....................6 INCHES
PRINCETON.................6 INCHES
UNION.....................6 INCHES


VIRGINIA...

ASHBURN...................13 INCHES
LEESBURG..................12 INCHES
STERLING..................11.5 INCHES
ANNANDALE.................11.5 INCHES
LINDEN....................9.8 INCHES
WOODBRIDGE................8.5 INCHES
BARBOURSVILLE.............8.1 INCHES
ARLINGTON.................8 INCHES
ELKTON....................7.5 INCHES
BLACKSBURG................7 INCHES
LEESBURG..................7 INCHES
BERRYVILLE................7 INCHES
CHURCHVILLE...............6.5 INCHES
TREVILIANS................6 INCHES
ROANOKE...................5 INCHES
ASHLAND...................4 INCHES
DULLES INTL AIRPORT.......3.7 INCHES
RICHMOND..................3 INCHES

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...

WASHINGTON/NATL...........8.1 INCHES

MARYLAND...

FALLSTON..................17 INCHES
NORBECK...................17 INCHES
WESTMINSTER...............16.3 INCHES
MILLERS...................16.2 INCHES
JACKSONVILLE..............13 INCHES
REVERIA BEACH.............12 INCHES
BALT/WASH INTL AIRPORT....11.2 INCHES

DELAWARE...

BEAR......................13 INCHES
WILMINGTON................9 INCHES

PENNSYLVANIA...

SHREWSBURY................18.5 INCHES
KING OF PRUSSIA...........17.8 INCHES
FELTON....................17 INCHES
GLEN ROCK.................17 INCHES
WARMINSTER................16.3 INCHES
WYNNEWOOD.................16 INCHES
YORK......................14.5 INCHES
ALLENTOWN AIRPORT.........14 INCHES
MILLERSVILLE..............14 INCHES
PHILADELPHIA..............11 INCHES
COLUMBIA..................7 INCHES

NEW JERSEY...

NEWARK....................19 INCHES
ELIZABETH.................18.8 INCHES
RIVERVALE.................17 INCHES
HOBOKEN...................15 INCHES
TETERBORO.................13 INCHES
LAWRENCEVILLE.............13 INCHES
OLD BRIDGE................12 INCHES

NEW YORK...

NEW CITY..................17.7 INCHES
NYC/LA GUARDIA............17 INCHES
OSSINING..................16 INCHES
ISLIP.....................12 INCHES
NYC/CENTRAL PARK..........11.8 INCHES
BROOKLYN..................11.5 INCHES
BRONX.....................8 INCHES
NEW HYDE PARK.............8 INCHES
MEDFORD...................5.9 INCHES
HOPEWELL JUNCTION.........5.2 INCHES
SLIDE MOUNTAIN............3 INCHES

CONNECTICUT...

DANBURY...................18.2 INCHES
FAIRFIELD.................16.7 INCHES
BURLINGTON................12 INCHES
CLINTON...................8 INCHES
COLCHESTER................7.3 INCHES

MASSACHUSETTS...

BAKERSVILLE...............9.1 INCHES
THOMASTON.................8.0 INCHES
BARKHAMSTED...............7.1 INCHES
HOLLISTON.................7 INCHES
ATTLEBORO.................6 INCHES

NEW HAMPSHIRE...

HUDSON....................4.4 INCHES
WEST HAMPSTEAD............4.0 INCHES
RINDGE....................3 INCHES

RHODE ISLAND...

WOONSOCKET................6.5 INCHES
CUMBERLAND................5.2 INCHES
WEST WARWICK..............4.5 INCHES

MAINE...

KENNEBUNK.................1 INCH


THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEEPENING AS IT
MOVES UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD TODAY. AS THIS OCCURS...SNOWFALL
WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW
ENGLAND WHERE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY TO BE
SEEN. STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ARE
LIKELY TO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO SOME AREAS
ALONG THE COAST FROM LONG ISLAND TO DOWNEAST MAINE.  

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 PM EST SUN FEB 12.

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