STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR EASTERN U.S. MIXED PRECIPITATION EVENT
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008

...WINTER STORM AFFECTING THE NORTHEASTERN U.S...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE
NORTHEASTERN U.S. FROM THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC...THROUGH CENTRAL
TO NORTHERN NEW YORK AND INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  ICE STORM
WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW YORK
AND INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND.  WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES EXTEND SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS FROM WESTERN MARYLAND/WEST VIRGINIA INTO EASTERN
TENNESSEE AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.   FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS
ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC INTO SOUTHERN
NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

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

AT 400 AM EDT...A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE MID
ATLANTIC REGION WITH SEVERAL AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE SITUATED ALONG
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM THE MID ATLANTIC INTO
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A BROAD REGION OF PRECIPITATION
AFFECTING THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE NATION.  LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW IS FALLING FROM WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHEASTWARD
THROUGH WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW YORK AND
INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  FREEZING RAIN IS BEING REPORTED FROM
THE HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW YORK...NORTHEASTWARD INTO PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND.  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ARE FALLING ALONG
THE COASTAL MID ATLANTIC AND INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES THROUGH 400
AM EST FRI DEC 12... 


...NEW YORK...

DOLGEVILLE                               7.0
MOHAWK                                   6.0
PORTER CORNERS                           6.0
FISH HOUSE                               5.8
ELMIRA                                   5.0
WAVERLY                                  5.0 
CENTER_LISLE                             4.0 
EDMESTON                                 4.0
GLENS FALLS                              4.0
LAKE LUZERNE                             4.0
KINGSBURY                                3.5 

...PENNSYLVANIA....

SABULA                                   2.5
BROOKLAND                                2.0
MANSFIELD                                1.5

...VERMONT...
  
CASTLETON                                5.0
RUTLAND                                  3.0
SPRINGFIELD                              2.0

...MAINE...

CORINTH                                  2.0


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES THROUGH 400 AM
EST FRI DEC 12...


...MAINE...

PHIPPSBURG                               0.50
KITTERY POINT                            0.50
SOUTH PORTLAND                           0.40
ELLSWORTH                                0.25
WINTER HARBOR                            0.25
BAILEYVILLE                              0.25
MACHIAS                                  0.25

...MASSACHUSETTS...

PERU                                     1.00
SAVOY                                    0.60
HOLDEN                                   0.50
LEICESTER                                0.50
PLAINFIELD                               0.50

...NEW HAMPSHIRE...
 
ROCHESTER                                0.30

...VERMONT...

READSBORO                                0.50
BELLOWS FALLS                            0.50

...NEW YORK...

COLONIE                                  0.50
ALBANY NWS OFFICE                        0.50
ROCKDALE                                 0.50
SOUTH APALACHIN                          0.50
SCHENECTADY                              0.40
SCHOHARIE                                0.40
RICHMONDVILLE                            0.40
BRUNSWICK                                0.30
COOPERSTOWN                              0.25
FREEHOLD                                 0.25
HUNTERSLAND                              0.25
NEWBURGH                                 0.25
WEST GHENT                               0.25
GOSHEN                                   0.21
ONEONTA                                  0.20
ALBANY                                   0.15

...CONNECTICUT...
  
WINSTED                                  0.50

...PENNSYLVANIA....

STATE COLLEGE                            0.20


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WHERE PRECIPITATION
HAS STOPPED...

...LOUISIANA...

AMITE                                    8.0
OPELOUSAS                                6.0  
WASHINGTON                               6.0  
LIVINGSTON                               5.5
ST. HELENA                               4.0
BATON ROUGE                              3.0
EUNICE                                   3.0
OAKDALE                                  3.0
NEW ORLEANS                              1.0
SLIDELL                                  1.0
LAKE CHARLES                             0.4

...MISSISSIPPI...
BOGUE CHITTO                             8.0
HILLSBORO                                5.0
BROOKHAVEN                               5.0
FLORENCE                                 5.0
COLLINS                                  4.5
OMA                                      4.0
BRAXTON                                  4.0

...TEXAS...
LIBERTY                                  5.0
WINNIE                                   5.0
JEFFERSON                                4.0
WEST BEAUMONT CITY                       4.0
WOODVILLE                                3.0 
COLLEGE STATION                          2.0
HOUSTON                                  1.4



THE COMPLEX AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC IS FORECAST
TO ACCELERATE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH EASTERN NEW ENGLAND THIS
MORNING AND THEN INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
FRIDAY MORNING FROM NORTHERN NEW YORK INTO FAR NORTHERN NEW
ENGLAND.  ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE
HUDSON VALLEY THROUGH PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW
ENGLAND.  WINTRY PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE
NORTHEASTERN U.S. DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 10 AM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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