STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR WINTER STORM SOUTHERN PLAINS TO
NORTHEAST
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
900 AM CST FRI MAR 7 2008

...A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND HEAVY RAINS TO THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS...NORTHEASTWARD INTO NEW ENGLAND...

WINTER STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS...AND ADVISORIES...SNOW
ADVISORIES...AND FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN
EFFECT FROM EASTERN TEXAS...NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE NEW ENGLAND
STATES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS AND TORNADO WATCHES HAVE BEEN
ISSUED IN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA.  FOR
A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...PLEASE VISIT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV.

AT 900 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A 1003 MB (29.62 INCHES) LOW
PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.  A BAND OF
HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS
NORTHERN FLORIDA AND SOUTHERN GEORGIA.  NORTHEAST OF THE SURFACE
LOW...MODERATE RAIN WAS OBSERVED FROM THE CAROLINA COAST INTO
WESTERN KENTUCKY.  IN ADDITION...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WAS
REPORTED FROM NORTHEAST TEXAS...ACROSS ARKANSAS..AND THROUGHOUT
THE OHIO VALLEY.  

...SELECTED STORM SNOWFALL TOTALS IN INCHES FROM 900 PM CST
THURSDAY MARCH 6...THROUGH 800 AM CST FRIDAY MARCH 7...

...MISSOURI...
ELLSINORE                      4.5  
GRANT CITY 4.4 WSW             4.0  
WAPPAPELLO                     3.5  
DONIPHAN                       3.5  
HOPKINS 3.9 WSW                3.0  
ALTON                          3.O  

...TEXAS...
LAKE KIOWA                     9.0
SHERMAN                        9.0
GAINESVILLE                    8.0
COLLINSVILLE                   8.0
CELINA                         8.0
DENTON                         7.0
SAGINAW                        6.5
SANGER 5.4 NW                  6.5  
DECATUR                        6.0
SHADEY SHORES                  5.6  
GRAHAM                         5.0  

...OKLAHOMA...
ALBION                         4.0
EXCELSIOR                      4.0

...ARKANSAS...
VENDOR                        13.0  
DEER                          12.0  
MOUNT JUDEA                   11.0  
LESLIE                        10.0 
YELLVILLE 4 S                 10.0  
OZONE                          9.0  
JASPER                         9.0  
WALDORN                        8.5  
WESTERN GROVE 2 NW             8.0  
MENA                           8.0  
VIOLA                          8.0
MOUNT JUDEA                    8.0 
MOUNTAIN VIEW                  7.5
FLIPPIN                        7.0  
MARSHALL                       6.5

...SELECTED STORM RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES FROM 900 PM CST
THURSDAY MARCH 6...THROUGH 800 AM CST FRIDAY MARCH 7...

...FLORIDA...
GREENACRES CITY 2.5 W          4.02  
ABERDEEN 3.7 WNW               3.82  
SUN VALLEY 0.8 SW              3.51  
PORT ST. JOE 0.6 SE            3.40  
CALLAWAY 0.3 W                 3.27  
TYNDALL AFB/PANAMA CITY        3.10  
KINARD 1.2 ENE                 2.99  
KISSIMMEE 2.5 ENE              2.44  
LAKE WORTH 1.0 NNW             2.43  
POINCIANA PLACE 2.6 NNW        2.37 
QUINCY 6.0 SW                  2.34  
TALLAHASSEE 6.1 NE             2.10  

...GEORGIA...
BAINBRIDGE                     2.72

...ALABAMA...
MOBILE 5.1 S                   3.45  
FAIRHOPE 1.4 W                 3.18  
THEODORE 3.9 SSE               3.08  
LOXLEY 0.4 SSW                 2.82  

...TEXAS...
VICTORIA 1.3 E                 3.01  
CORPUS CHRISTI 9.1 NW          2.06  


THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT WILL MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD TODAY AND IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE NORTHERN
ALABAMA/GEORGIA BORDER BY THIS EVENING.  THIS SYSTEM WILL RACE
RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY EARLY SATURDAY.
 A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW IS FORECAST WITH THIS SYSTEM...EXTENDING
FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  AREAS
OF THE NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES COULD SEE SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF EIGHT INCHES OR MORE.  IN ADDITION...FREEZING
RAIN IS POSSIBLE FROM THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY...NORTHEASTWARD INTO
CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND. HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
ALONG THE EAST COAST INTO SATURDAY WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE.  THE
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE AS THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH
THE SOUTHEAST.   

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 300 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

ENGELMAN
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