THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER
CAMP SPRINGS, MD
STORM SUMMARY MESSAGE
STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR PLAINS TO NORTHEAST WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 AM EST TUE DEC 16 2008
...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES TO
SPREAD FROM THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS INTO THE NORTHERN MID
ATLANTIC AND NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES...
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WARNINGS...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV
AT 900 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LARGE SWATH OF WINTRY
PRECIPITATION STRETCHING FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS EASTWARD THROUGH
THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS...AND INTO THE NORTHERN
MID ATLANTIC.
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST SAT DEC 13
THROUGH 1000 AM EST TUE DEC 16...
...ARKANSAS...
JONESBORO 0.50 SLEET/ICE
PIGGOT 0.50
WALNUT RIDGE 0.25
...ILLINOIS...
GODFREY 0.50
MACOMB 0.50
MOUNT STERLING 0.50
PITTSFIELD 0.50
PEORIA 0.30
...INDIANA...
TELL CITY 0.25
SPRINGFIELD 0.20
...KENTUCKY...
MORTONS GAP 4.00 SLEET/SNOW
HARRODSBURG 1.00 SLEET/SNOW
SEDALIA 0.25
...MISSOURI...
MALDEN 0.75
MORGAN 0.70 SLEET/ICE
BOWLING GREEN 0.50
CHESTERFIELD 0.30
NEOSHO 0.30
CARUTHERSVILLE 0.25 SLEET/ICE
CROSS TIMBERS 0.25
JOPLIN 0.20
AVA 0.10
MARBLE HILL 0.10
...TENNESSEE...
MARTIN 2.00
TIPTONVILEE 1.00
COTTAGE GROVE 0.60
PURYEAR 0.30
UNION CITY 0.13
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
700 AM EST SAT DEC 13 THROUGH 1000 AM EST TUE DEC 16...
...ILLINOIS...
ALTONA 0.10
CHARLESTON 0.10
GALESBURG 0.10
PEORIA 0.10
ROANOKE 0.10
SPRINGFIELD 0.10
...KENTUCKY...
WASHINGTON 0.25
...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST SAT DEC
13 THROUGH 1000 AM EST TUE DEC 16...
...KENTUCKY...
OHIO 5.0
TAYLORSVILLE 5 S 5.0
CARLISLE 3.5
LEXINGTON 3.5
FRANKLIN 3.0
LAWRENCEBURG 3.0
NELSON 3.0
CYNTHIANA 2.5
VERSAILLES 2.5
BULLITT 2.0
HARDINSBURG 2.0
PARIS 2.0
NOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL REMAIN A THREAT THROUGHOUT
THE DAY ON TUESDAY AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT PUSHING ACROSS THE NEW ENGLAND COAST AND THROUGH THE
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. THE LARGE AREA OF WINTRY
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING 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 MORNING
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 DURING THE DAY TUESDAY FROM EASTERN PORTIONS
OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS...ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND
INTO THE GREAT LAKES...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 400 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT
GERHARDT
Last Updated: 1014 AM EST TUE DEC 16 2008