STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR OHIO VALLEY INTO NERN U.S. WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 AM EST TUE DEC 16 2008

...A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL
OVER THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEY STATES...AND IS SPREADING INTO
THE NORTHERN MIDDLE ATLANTIC AND NORTHEASTERN U.S.  SNOW IS
BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS...

WINTER STORM WATCHES...WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN TO
CENTRAL PLAINS...ACROSS MOST OF THE LOWER TO MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY...TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS AND INTO THE NORTHERN MID
ATLANTIC REGION.

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

AT 400 AM EST...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM OFFSHORE OF
SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND...THROUGH THE SOUTHERN MID ATLANTIC
REGION AND INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.  VERY COLD AIR
BEHIND THIS FRONT IS SUPPORTING AN INCREASING AREA OF WINTRY
PRECIPITATION.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED MIXED PRECIPITATION FALLING IN A
SWATH FROM NORTHERN ARKANSAS...NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE OHIO AND
TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION AND INTO THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC.  LIGHT
TO MODERATE SNOWS ARE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA INTO
SOUTHERN KANSAS.


...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 LARGE AREA OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY
WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC
REGION. ACCUMULATING ICE IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
ACROSS PORTIONS OF UPSTATE NEW YORK AND CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND.
DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE
POSSIBLE DUE TO THE ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE. MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY FROM EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE GREAT
LAKES TUESDAY...SPREADING INTO NORTHERN NEW YORK AND NORTHERN NEW
ENGLAND TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 AM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

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