STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR OHIO VALLEY INTO NERN U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 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 MIDDLE ATLANTIC AND 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 930 PM EST...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM NEW ENGLAND
INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY AND OFF THE GULF COAST OF LOUISIANA.
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 IN A SWATH FROM NORTHEASTERN TEXAS
NORTHEASTWARD INTO PENNSYLVANIA. PRECIPITATION IS BECOMING HEAVIER
IN NATURE FROM ARKANSAS NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN OHIO.

AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING OVER THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT WILL
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 1000 PM EST MON
DEC 15...   

...KENTUCKY...
SEDALIA                              0.25

...ARKANSAS...
PIGGOT                               0.50
JONESBORO                            0.50
WALNUT RIDGE                         0.25

...TENNESSEE...
UNION CITY                           0.13

...INDIANA...
TELL CITY                            0.25
  
...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
CARUTHERSVILLE                       0.25
CROSS TIMBERS                        0.25
JOPLIN                               0.20
AVA                                  0.10
MARBLE HILL                          0.10

...SELECTED STORM ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN INCHES ENDING AT 1000 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 MONDAY NIGHT. LOW
PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ON THE FRONT MONDAY NIGHT...INTO TUESDAY
MORNING 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 AM EST TUESDAY. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

COLLINS