STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR OHIO VALLEY INTO NERN U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL
OVER THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEY STATES...AND IS BEGINNING TO
SPREAD INTO THE NORTHEASTERN U.S....

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

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

AT 400 PM EST...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM THE LOWER
GREAT LAKES INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY AND OFF THE GULF COAST OF
TEXAS. VERY COLD AIR BEHIND THIS 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 CONTINUE 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 400 PM EST MON
DEC 15...   
  
...ILLINOIS...  
GODFREY                              0.50
MACOMB                               0.50 
MOUNT STERLING                       0.50
PITTSFIELD                           0.50
PEORIA                               0.30
SPRINGFIELD                          0.20

...MISSOURI...
MORGAN                               0.70    SLEET/ICE
BOWLING GREEN                        0.50
CHESTERFIELD                         0.30
NEOSHO                               0.30
CROSS TIMBERS                        0.25
JOPLIN                               0.20
AVA                                  0.10
MARBLE HILL                          0.10

...SELECTED STORM ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES ENDING AT 400 PM EST
MON DEC 15...

...ILLINOIS...
ROANOKE                              0.10
SPRINGFIELD                          0.10
PEORIA                               0.10
CHARLESTON                           0.10
GALESBURG                            0.10
ALTONA                               0.10


THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. 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 1000 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

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