THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
COLLEGE PARK, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR SOUTHEAST U.S. AND EAST COAST WINTER
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 AM EST SAT JAN 07 2017
...WIDESPREAD SNOW CONTINUES TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS
AND THE EASTERN MID-ATLANTIC...
A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORFOLK...VIRGINIA REGION.
WIDESPREAD WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE
IN EFFECT FROM NORTHERN GEORGIA...THROUGH MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN
MID-ATLANTIC...AND ALSO THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NEW ENGLAND COASTS.
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 A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1006
MB...OR 29.71 INCHES...WAS LOCATED ABOUT 90 MILES OFF THE COAST OF
MYRTLE BEACH...SOUTH CAROLINA. NATIONAL WEATHER SURFACE DOPPLER
RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION
NORTH OF THE LOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE CAROLINAS AND THE EASTERN
MID-ATLANTIC AS WELL AS COASTAL NEW ENGLAND. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WAS
FALLING FROM SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA TO SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. SOME LIGHT
RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WAS ALSO IMPACTING THE EASTERN CAROLINAS.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST FRI JAN
06 THROUGH 900 AM EST SAT JAN 07...
...DELAWARE...
SELBYVILLE 4.6
BETHANY BEACH 4.1
LAUREL 3.7
...NORTH CAROLINA...
NORLINA 5 N 12.0
SALUDA 10.1
HIGH POINT 4 WNW 9.0
PLEASANT GROVE 5 WNW 9.0
ROXBORO 8 N 9.0
GREENSBORO 8.5
BURLINGTON 5 N 8.0
CLEMMONS 8.0
MORGANTON 7.5
FAIRVIEW 7.0
WINSTON-SALEM 5 SE 6.7
DURHAM 1 NW 2.2
...NEW JERSEY...
MAYS LANDING 2.0
HAMMONTON 3 WSW 1.5
...SOUTH CAROLINA...
PATTERSON 7.0
GREER 5 N 6.0
LANDRUM 6.0
INMAN 5.0
GREENVILLE 1 N 4.5
PICKENS 4 W 4.5
SPARTANBURG 4.0
...VIRGINIA...
MARSHALL 13.6 NNW 12.0
NORLINA 5.0 N 12.0
MARTINSVILLE 2.0 SE 9.0
GLOUCESTER POINT 0.3 WNW 8.5
BREVARD 1.2 NNW 8.1
WILLIAMSBURG 1.3 SSW 8.0
HENDERSONVILLE 5.8 W 7.5
ASHEVILLE 3.8 E 7.1
RINGGOLD 3 NNW 6.5
REDOAK 1 SW 6.0
BEDFORD 5.0
CHATHAM 4.0
CHINCOTEAGUE 4.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST FRI JAN 06
THROUGH 900 AM EST SAT JAN 07...
...SOUTH CAROLINA...
MAULDIN 4 E 1.00
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
700 AM EST FRI JAN 06 THROUGH 900 AM EST SAT JAN 07...
...NORTH CAROLINA...
APEX 2 SW 0.10
ROCKY MOUNT 0.10
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...
...GEORGIA...
HIAWASSEE 4.8 SSE 6.6
BLAIRSVILLE 5.3 ESE 5.0
DAHLONEGA 6.4 NW 4.5
CLAYTON 4.0
TURNERVILLE 1 NNW 3.5
...KENTUCKY...
INEZ 2 E 5.2
VIPER 4.0
...TENNESSEE...
ROAN MOUNTAIN 6.2 WNW 6.6
COSBY 5.0
ELIZABETHTON 5.0
GREENEVILLE 3.0 S 4.6
TOWNSEND 4.5
MARYVILLE 4.4 SW 4.2
JOHNSON CITY 2 NE 4.0
NEWPORT 4.0
SEVIERVILLE 4.0
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET AMOUNTS IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT
HAS ENDED...
...ALABAMA...
CHELSEA 1.00
PELHAM 1.00
WEAVER 0.80
BIRMINGHAM RACE C 1 NNW 0.30
...LOUISIANA...
NATCHITOCHES 0.20
COLFAX 0.10
...MISSISSIPPI...
CLINTON 5 SSE 0.50
FLOWOOD 0.30
COLLINSVILLE 0.25
PEARL 0.25
VICKSBURG 1 ENE 0.25
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT
HAS ENDED...
...GEORGIA...
NEWTOWN 0.20
ATLANTA 0.15
AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES UP THE EAST COAST TODAY...SNOWFALL
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE EASTERN MID-ATLANTIC AS WELL AS
INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE STORM...THE
HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS FAR EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS AND CAPE COD WHERE AS MUCH AS 8 TO 15 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BUT A LONG SWATH OF 4 TO 8
INCH ACCUMULATIONS IS FORECAST FROM SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA TO SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY LESS
THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH...ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE
REGION WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
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.
SANTORELLI
Last Updated: 1021 AM EST SAT JAN 07 2017