STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR MID-ATLANTIC TO NORTHEAST MAJOR WINTER
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 AM EST MON JAN 26 2015

...DEVELOPING MAJOR WINTER STORM BRINGING SNOW TO THE OHIO VALLEY
AND MID-ATLANTIC... 

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF NEW
JERSEY TO MAINE.

WINTER STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND...IN ADDITION TO
EASTERN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE INTO MAINE.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE OHIO
VALLEY...MID-ATLANTIC...AND THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS IN GEORGIA
AND NORTH CAROLINA.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 300 AM EST...A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
1002 MB...29.59 INCHES...WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUEFIELD...WEST
VIRGINIA AND MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM
THIS LOW INTO THE SOUTHEAST AND ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED
THERE WAS A LARGE SWATH OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW FALLING ACROSS
OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA. THERE WERE ALSO REPORTS OF LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW MOVING INTO WESTERN NEW JERSEY AND NORTHERN
MARYLAND. IN ADDITION...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS
THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...WEST VIRGINIA...VIRGINIA...AND CENTRAL
NORTH CAROLINA. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1100 PM EST WED
JAN 25 THROUGH 300 AM EST FRI JAN 26...

...OHIO...
MARYSVILLE 1 ESE                      4.0                    
LAFAYETTE 3 NE                        3.5                    
WAPAKONETA 2 SSE                      3.5                    
BELLEFONTAINE 2 N                     3.0                    
WINTERSVILLE                          3.0                    

...PENNSYLVANIA...
MOON TOWNSHIP                         3.9                    
BALDWIN                               3.5                    
WEXFORD                               3.5                    
AMSTERDAM                             3.0                    
CRAFTON                               3.0                    
NATRONA HEIGHTS                       3.0                    
ROSS TOWNSHIP                         3.0                    
STEUBENVILLE                          3.0                    
PITTSBURGH                            2.0                    


A NEW SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA/SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA COASTLINE ON MONDAY MORNING AND INTENSIFY RAPIDLY AS IT
MOVES NORTHEASTWARD OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST. FROM THERE...IT
WILL MOVE ALONG THE NORTHEAST COASTLINE FROM MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO
TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW AND BLUSTERY
WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND NEW ENGLAND...CAUSING BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. SNOW TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 FEET WILL OCCUR FROM THE NEW
YORK CITY AREA INTO SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NEW ENGLAND. 

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 1000 AM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

FANNING