THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR NORTHEAST U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015
...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLUSTERY WINDS HAD OVERSPREAD THE
GREAT LAKES...THE MID-ATLANTIC AND THE NORTHEAST. A MAJOR WINTER
STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF
NEW ENGLAND...
BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF COASTAL NEW ENGLAND
FROM LONG ISLAND AND COASTAL CONNECTICUT NORTHWARD TO MAINE.
SURROUNDING THE BLIZZARD WARNINGS AND EXTENDING INLAND...WINTER
STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND FROM
CENTRAL CONNECTICUT TO NORTHERN MAINE. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
ARE IN EFFECT FROM PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION NORTHWARD
TO NEW YORK STATE. WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR AREAS DOWNWIND OF LAKE
MICHIGAN...LAKE ERIE...AND LAKE ONTARIO.
WIND CHILL WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM THE MIDWEST TO THE
MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST.
HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AS WELL AS ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC.
COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM CAPE COD NORTH TO MAINE.
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 1000 PM EST...A SURFACE LOW WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 996
MB...29.41 INCHES...WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF ATLANTIC CITY...NEW
JERSEY. A COLD FRONT...THE LEADING EDGE OF A VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR
MASS...EXTENDED SOUTHWESTWARD FROM THE SURFACE LOW...CROSSING THE
MID-ATLANTIC STATES...THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...AND THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS. STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH...AND HIGHER GUSTS...WERE
OCCURRING FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC TO THE MIDWESTERN STATES. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW...AND EMBEDDED HEAVIER SNOW SQUALLS ACCOMPANYING THE
COLD FRONT OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST...AND ALSO DOWNWIND
OF THE GREAT LAKES IN
MICHIGAN...INDIANA...OHIO...PENNSYLVANIA...AND NEW YORK.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 1200 AM EST SAT
FEB 14 THROUGH 900 PM EST SAT FEB 14...
...MASSACHUSETTS...
ACUSHNET 6.0
NORTH ADAMS 6.0
SOUTHBOROUGH 5.0
NEW BEDORD 4.5
...MARYLAND...
OAKLAND 9.0
BITTINGER 5.5
FROSTBURG 5.0
COLUMBIA 4.0
...MICHIGAN...
ZEELAND 3 W 8.5
...NEW JERSEY...
SANDYSTON 3.0
...NEW YORK...
CAPE VINCENT 12.0
EAST AMHERST 8.0
MILLEN BAY 1 SW 8.0
PERRYSBURG 8.0
N. TONAWANDA 7.5
BUFFALO 1 NW 7.0
WILLIAMSVILLE 1 NW 5.8
CLAY 4.3
WELLS 4.0
...OHIO...
SHAKER HTS 8.0
CHARDON 6.5
MEADVILLE 5.2
HUDSON 2 WNW 5.0
NEW LONDON 3 NW 4.3
ST. CLAIRSVILLE 3.7
...PENNSYLVANIA...
CHANDLERS VALLEY 6.0
BRUSH VALLEY 5.0
WASHINGTON 4.8
BUTLER 2 N 4.0
LOCK HAVEN 4.0
HOWARD 1 W 3.5
...RHODE ISLAND...
BURRILLVILLE 7.5
BRISTOL 6.0
WEST WARWICK 6.0
...VERMONT...
WOODFORD 4.5
MANCHESTER 4.1
...WEST VIRGINIA...
QUINWOOD 6.0
STANAFORD 2 SE 5.5
OAK HILL 5.0
MONTCALM 4.0
...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...
...INDIANA...
GREENDALE 2 NW 56
ST. JOSEPH 55
CINCINNATI/N KY INTL APT 53
...MARYLAND...
COBB ISLAND 2 SE 61
GAITHERSBURG 58
...MICHIGAN...
BAYSHORE 4 W 72
WABANINGO 59
HOLLAND HARBOR 57
LUDINGTON 8 NNW 55
...NORTH CAROLINA...
WEST JEFFERSON 62
...VIRGINIA...
WINTERGREEN 4 NW 66
ANNANDALE 1 W 58
NEWPORT 1 SSW 52
...WEST VIRGINIA...
YEAGER 55
BENEDUM 53
KEYSER 2 SSW 51
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS NEW JERSEY THIS EVENING WILL
BECOME A COASTAL LOW OFFSHORE AND BEGIN A PERIOD OF RAPID
INTENSIFICATION. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS THE
NORTHEASTERN U.S. TONIGHT AS THE LOW STRENGTHENS AND MOVES ALONG
THE COASTLINE. AS A RESULT OF THE RAPID INTENSIFICATION...A STRONG
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS
EXTENDING WELL INLAND. WHEN COMBINED WITH VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR
OVERTAKING THIS REGION...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE FORECAST
THROUGHOUT THE NORTHEAST...THE GREAT LAKES...AND THE MID-ATLANTIC
STATES. OVER EASTERN NEW ENGLAND...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL
COMBINE WITH HEAVY SNOW TO CREATE LIFE-THREATENING BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. COASTAL FLOODING MAY ALSO BE A
HAZARD ALONG PORTIONS OF THE NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE...FROM CAPE COD
TO MAINE. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
EASTERN MAINE...WHERE 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED AND
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS 8 TO
12 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST. FARTHER SOUTH...FROM EASTERN LONG
ISLAND TO RHODE ISLAND...EXPECT 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF ACROSS
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BUT WILL PERSIST ACROSS
MAINE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.
THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 400 AM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.
SANTORELLI/BURKE
Last Updated: 1007 PM EST SAT FEB 14 2015