STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR OHIO VALLEY INTO NERN U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL OVER THE
OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEY STATES THROUGH TUESDAY...AND SPREAD INTO
THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. TUESDAY NIGHT...

WINTER STORM AND ICE STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS EXTEND FROM
NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS TO
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

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WARNINGS...PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.

AT 1000 AM EST...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WAS FROM THE GREAT LAKES
INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY AND TEXAS. AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST
TODAY...VERY COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT IS TURNING PRECIPITATION
INTO A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED MIXED
PRECIPITATION FALLING FROM ARKANSAS INTO LOWER OHIO VALLEY. 

AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. INTO
THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT AND SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW
PRESSURE ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...THEREBY INCREASING
SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO THE NORTH OF THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY.

THIS PRECIPITATION WILL EXPAND TODAY...INTO TUESDAY WITH
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...ALONG WITH SLEET AND SNOW. THE
PRECIPITATION COULD SPREAD FARTHER NORTHEAST ON TUESDAY. DANGEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE
DUE TO THE ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE.


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES ENDING AT 900 AM EST MON
DEC 15...   
  
...ILLINOIS...  
MACOMB                               0.5  
MOUNT STERLING                       0.5
PITTSFIELD                           0.5
PEORIA                               0.3
SPRINGFIELD                          0.2

...MISSOURI...
BOWLING GREEN                        0.5
CHESTERFIELD                         0.3
NEOSHO                               0.3
JOPLIN                               0.2
AVA                                  0.1
MARBLE HILL                          0.1

...SELECTED STORM ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES ENDING AT 900 AM EST
MON DEC 15...

...ILLINOIS...
ROANOKE                              0.1
SPRINGFIELD                          0.1
PEORIA                               0.1
CHARLESTON                           0.1
GALESBURG                            0.1
ALTONA                               0.1


THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TODAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL
DEVELOP ON THE FRONT TONIGHT...OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY...AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS ON
TUESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN INCREASING SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN OVER THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 400 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

ECKERT