STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 03 FOR MID-ATLANTIC TO NORTHEAST MAJOR WINTER
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
400 PM EST MON JAN 26 2015

...HIGH-IMPACT WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO BRING CRIPPLING SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS AND LIFE-THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF THE
NORTHEAST... 

BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF NEW
JERSEY NORTHWARD THROUGH MAINE... EXCLUDING NANTUCKET ISLAND.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA NORTHWARD TO MAINE. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN
EFFECT FOR A SMALL AREA OF THE APPALACHIANS IN WEST VIRGINIA AND
MARYLAND.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE
MID-ATLANTIC STATES AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS...AS WELL AS IN THE
NORTHEAST ALONG THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE WINTER STORM
WARNINGS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS IN
TENNESSEE...NORTH CAROLINA...AND GEORGIA.

COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FROM DELAWARE
TO THE COAST OF MAINE.

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

AT 300 PM EST...A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WITH AN ESTIMATED
PRESSURE OF 996 MB...29.41 INCHES...WAS CENTERED APPROXIMATELY 135
MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORFOLK...VIRGINIA AND MOVING NORTHEASTWARD. A
COLD FRONT EXTENDED SOUTH FROM THE SURFACE LOW THROUGH THE
BAHAMAS...AND A WARM FRONT EXTENDED NORTHEAST FROM THE LOW INTO
ATLANTIC OCEAN. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS
SPREADING ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC STATES AND
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WAS REPORTED. WINDS
WERE BEGINNING TO INCREASE...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
REPORTED IN AREAS FROM LONG ISLAND TO CAPE COD.

FARTHER WEST...SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE
SNOW WERE REPORTED ACROSS FROM WESTERN NEW YORK STATE SOUTHWARD TO
THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND THE CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC STATES. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1100 PM EST SUN
JAN 25 THROUGH 300 PM EST MON JAN 26...

...MARYLAND...
MC HENRY 5 SSE                        6.0                    
OAKLAND                               5.0                    
E MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK                  3.0                    
HAGERSTOWN 1 E                        3.0                    
FROSTBURG                             2.8                    
WESTERNPORT                           2.5                    

...OHIO...
GALION                                8.0                    
MANSFIELD/ONTARIO                     8.0                    
BOWERSTON                             7.0                    
DALTON                                6.5                    
LEXINGTON 1 NW                        6.5                    
ASHLAND 4 SW                          6.0                    
CALCUTTA                              6.0                    
GLASGOW                               6.0                    
QUAKER CITY                           5.3                    
BELLEFONTAINE 2 N                     5.0                    
RICHMOND                              5.0                    
STEUBENVILLE                          5.0                    
BELLEVUE 1 N                          4.3                    
BARNESVILLE                           4.0                    
BUCYRUS 1 NW                          4.0                    

...PENNSYLVANIA...
WINDBER COUNTRY CLUB                  8.0                    
ROSEDALE                              7.0                    
SANDY LAKE 2 ENE                      7.0                    
SPRING CHURCH                         7.0                    
COOPERSTOWN 1 E                       6.5                    
MOON TOWNSHIP                         6.5                    
BERKELEY HILLS                        6.0                    
SHALER TOWNSHIP                       6.0                    
CARRICK                               5.9                    
MCCANDLESS TOWNSHIP                   5.3                    
CLARION 8 S                           5.0                    
ELDERTON                              5.0                    
FRANKLIN PARK                         5.0                    
PENN HILLS                            5.0                    
ROARING SPRING                        5.0                    
PITTSBURGH                            2.0                    

...TENNESSEE...
GATLINBURG 6 SE                       4.5                    
NEWFOUND GAP 1 N                      4.3                    

...WEST VIRGINIA...
TERRA ALTA 1 NE                       7.0                    
CHESTER                               5.0                    
CANAAN HEIGHTS                        4.0                    
WEIRTON                               4.0                    
MOZART                                3.0                    
FOLLANSBEE                            2.5                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
1100 PM EST SUN JAN 25 THROUGH 300 PM EST MON JAN 26...

...WEST VIRGINIA...
FLAT TOP                              0.38                    


THE SURFACE LOW OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST IS FORECAST TO
INTENSIFY VERY RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD TO A POSITION
APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES SOUTH OF NANTUCKET BY TUESDAY MORNING.
WINDS AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE
EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY HOURS OF TUESDAY OVER SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND AND THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC REGION.

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT MAJOR POPULATION AREAS
FROM EASTERN NEW JERSEY NORTHWARD THROUGH THE BOSTON AREA AND
ACROSS EASTERN MAINE. IN THESE AREAS...VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES
WILL COMBINE WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 50 MPH...TO CREATE LIFE-THREATENING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
IN AREAS CLOSE TO THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE...HURRICANE FORCE WIND
GUSTS TO NEAR 75 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. MANY ROADS MAY BECOME
IMPASSABLE AND TRAVEL WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. HIGH WINDS
MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES. COASTAL
FLOODING AND SEVERE BEACH EROSION ARE ALSO EXPECTED. TIDAL
INCREASES MAY CAUSE FLOODING AND DAMAGE TO VULNERABLE ROADS AND
STRUCTURES.

SNOW AND WIND ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY
BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING.  STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 18 TO 30
INCHES ARE FORECAST FROM NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY NORTHWARD TO DOWN
EAST MAINE AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN
EXCESS OF 30 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. FARTHER WEST...CONDITIONS WILL BE LESS
SEVERE...BUT 4 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE COMMON FROM EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA NORTHWARD ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK AND INTO NORTHERN
VERMONT. 

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

RYAN