THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 03 FOR SOUTHERN PLAINS TO EAST COAST WINTER
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014
...FREEZING RAIN SPREADING INTO THE CAROLINAS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED IN THE INTERIOR MID-ATLANTIC STATES TONIGHT
INTO THURSDAY...
ICE STORM WARNINGS AND FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM EASTERN TEXAS EASTWARD ACROSS THE INTERIOR SECTION OF
SOUTHEASTERN STATES AND ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD
INCLUDING THE APPALACHIANS. WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND AS WELL AS ALONG THE WESTERN
SLOPES OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 900 AM EST...A SURFACE LOW WITH ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
OF 1011 MB...29.85 INCHES...WAS LOCATED NEAR THE CENTRAL GULF
COAST APPROACHING THE WESTERN PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA. COLD AIR
REMAINED IN PLACE OVER THE EASTERN U.S. TO THE NORTH OF A
STATIONARY FRONT JUST OFF THE GULF COAST AND ACROSS CENTRAL
FLORIDA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED SNOW WAS BEGINNING TO SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO
NORTH CAROLINA. BUT FARTHER SOUTH...SNOW HAD CHANGED OVER TO
FREEZING RAIN FROM WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA WESTWARD ACROSS
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...INTO NORTHERN-CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
NORTHERN ALABAMA. THE BACK EDGE OF THE WINTRY MIXED PRECIPITATION
WAS MOVING INTO LOUISIANA AND EASTERN ARKANSAS. MEANWHILE...HEAVY
DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE
PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA AND INTO SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 700 PM EST MON FEB 10
THROUGH 900 AM EST WED FEB 12...
...LOUISIANA...
FARMERVILLE 1.00
BASTROP 0.15
OAK GROVE 0.10
...NORTH CAROLINA...
HAMPSTEAD 2 NNW 0.50
...SOUTH CAROLINA...
FORK 1 E 0.30
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
700 PM EST MON FEB 10 THROUGH 900 AM EST WED FEB 12...
...ARKANSAS...
BRADLEY 0.25
...GEORGIA...
AUGUSTA 0.40
THOMSON 0.40
MARTINEZ 0.30
LINCOLNTON 0.20
FLOWERY BRANCH 1 SSE 0.10
...LOUISIANA...
TALLULAH 1.00
BOSSIER CITY 0.30
SHONGALOO 5 N 0.30
WEST MONROE 0.30
BRADLEY 0.25
HOMER 1 N 0.25
PINE PRAIRIE 0.25
SHREVEPORT 0.25
WINNSBORO 0.25
KEACHI 8 ESE 0.20
ESLER REGIONAL ARPT 0.14
CLARKSVILLE CITY 0.10
COLUMBIA 5 NNW 0.10
LONGVIEW 0.10
RUSTON 7 NW 0.10
SHREVEPORT 10 SSW 0.10
...MISSISSIPPI...
CARROLLTON 0.20
VICKSBURG 0.20
ACKERMAN 0.10
CLINTON 4 S 0.10
HAZLEHURST 0.10
LOUISE 0.10
MAYERSVILLE 0.10
NATCHEZ 0.10
ROLLING FORK 0.10
ROXIE 0.10
YAZOO CITY 0.10
...NORTH CAROLINA...
CASTLE HAYNE 3 SSW 0.25
WILMINGTON 0.20
HAMPSTEAD 0.10
MASONBORO 0.10
...SOUTH CAROLINA...
AIKEN 0.50
ORANGEBURG 0.30
FLORENCE 1 S 0.25
BAMBERG 0.20
COLUMBIA 0.20
GREEN SEA 0.20
LEXINGTON 0.20
SAINT MATTHEWS 0.20
SUMTER 0.20
SPRINGDALE 1 SW 0.13
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 PM EST MON FEB
10 THROUGH 900 AM EST WED FEB 12...
...ALABAMA...
FALKVILLE 5.1 E 5.5
GRANT 5.5
RAINSVILLE 5.5
CROSSVILLE 2 NNE 5.0
CULLMAN 5.0
EVA 5.0
GUNTERSVILLE 6 ENE 5.0
POWELL 1 N 5.0
UNION GROVE 7.2 WNW 4.9
BOAZ 4.5
DOUGLAS 4.5
ARAB 4.0
FORT PAYNE SW 4.0
WOODVILLE 1 NE 3.3
FALKVILLE 3.0
PRICEVILLE 1 WSW 2.5
SAINT FLORIAN 2.3
...ARKANSAS...
HAMBURG 0.5
LAKE VILLAGE 0.2
...GEORGIA...
SUMMERVILLE 9.4 ENE 4.8
BALDWIN 1.4 ESE 3.9
BLAIRSVILLE 3 SW 3.0
CORNELIA 3.0
MOUNT AIRY 3.0
CLAYTON 4 NW 2.5
ELBERTON 1.0
...MISSISSIPPI...
GREENVILLE 1.5
...NORTH CAROLINA...
TRENT WOODS 10.0
JAMES CITY 2.5 S 9.9
WHORTONSVILLE 1 SSE 9.0
NEW BERN 1.3 NNE 8.2
DUBLIN 2 ESE 5.8
LUMBERTON 5 SSW 5.0
BARKER TEN MILE 1 S 4.7
LAUREL HILL 4.5
WAYNESVILLE 2 NW 4.5
BLACK MOUNTAIN 2 SE 4.0
CANTON 4 ENE 4.0
ASHEVILLE 5 NNW 3.5
GOLDSBORO 3.3
ST. PAULS 3.3
NEWTON GROVE 4 WNW 3.2
WAYNESVILLE 3.2
FAYETTEVILLE 3.1
CANDLER 3.0
CANTON 5 SW 3.0
SOUTHERN PINES 3.0
MAGGIE VALLEY 2.5
WAGRAM 2.5
FORT BRAGG 2.0
...SOUTH CAROLINA...
FOUNTAIN INN 6 NNE 4.3
BENNETTSVILLE 4.0
HARTSVILLE 1 NE 3.5
OAKWAY 2 E 3.5
WILLIAMSTON 3.3
SIMPSONVILLE 1 N 3.2
DOVESVILLE 2 ENE 3.0
EDGEMOOR 3.0
ROCK HILL 3 W 2.8
UNION 3 W 2.7
PACOLET 2.5
WELLFORD 2.5
GREENWOOD 2.4
CATAWBA 2.0
MAULDIN 3 N 2.0
GSP ARPT 1.8
WESTMINSTER 1.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT
HAS ENDED...
...TEXAS...
BULLARD 7 WNW 0.25
CHRISTOVAL 4 WSW 0.20
APPLEBY 0.12
CLARKSVILLE CITY 0.10
LONGVIEW 0.10
SAN ANGELO 4 W 0.10
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND WILL BEGIN TO
MOVE NORTHEASTWARD UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE NEAR THE GROUND WHILE WARM AIR ALOFT
BEING DRAWN INTO THE INTENSIFYING STORM FROM THE
ATLANTIC...CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF OVER ONE
INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
SOUTH CAROLINA...WITH A LITTLE OVER HALF AN INCH OF ICE OVER
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. MEANWHILE...SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE
NORTHERN EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT
ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...ALABAMA...AND GEORGIA AS
WELL AS TENNESSEE WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...WITH
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS 10 TO 14 INCHES EXPECTED FROM EXTREME NORTHERN
GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA NORTHWARD ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE APPALACHIANS IN NORTH
CAROLINA...TENNESSEE...AND SOUTHERN VIRGINIA BY THIS EVENING.
HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MID ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST THIS
EVENING AND THURSDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15
INCHES POSSIBLE. CLOSER TO THE COAST...WARMER AIR FROM THE
ATLANTIC IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE THE SNOW TO A WINTRY MIX OR ALL
RAIN.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 400 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
KONG
Last Updated: 1022 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014