STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 6 FOR PLAINS TO NORTHEAST WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD  
400 PM EST TUE DEC 16 2008
 
...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES TO
MOVE ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...OHIO VALLEY...AND
NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC...
 
A BROAD AREA OF WINTER STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FROM THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
PLAINS...NORTHEAST ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEYS..AND CONTINUES ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND INTO THE
NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 300 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LARGE BAND OF WINTRY
PRECIPITATION NORTH OF A STATIONARY BOUNDARY DRAPED OVER THE
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.  REPORTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND
FREEZING RAIN STRETCHED FROM THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY...EASTWARD THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY...AND ACROSS THE
NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SLEET IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST SAT DEC 13
THROUGH 400 PM 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         
BETHEL 1 E                            1.00                     
HARRODSBURG                           1.00  SLEET/SNOW         
BEAN 3 W                              0.50                     
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                     

...OHIO...
NAPOLEON                              0.40 SLEET/SNOW          

...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 400 PM 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 400 PM 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                     


THE LARGE AREA OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE POSSIBLE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC REGION.  DANGEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE
DUE TO THE ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE.

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 ON THIS
EVENT.

GERHARDT