STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR WINTER STORM SOUTHERN PLAINS TO
NORTHEAST
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 PM CST FRI MAR 7 2008

...A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGING SNOW FROM THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY NORTHEASTWARD TO WESTERN NEW YORK...RAIN ACROSS
THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES...AND SEVERE WEATHER IN NORTH FLORIDA...

WINTER STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES...SNOW
ADVISORIES...AS WELL AS FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY
IN EFFECT FROM EXTREME EASTERN TEXAS...NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE
NEW ENGLAND STATES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS...TORNADO
WATCHES...FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR 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 300 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A 1001 MB (29.57 INCHES) LOW
PRESSURE CENTER OVER SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA. NORTHWEST OF THIS LOW
IN THE COLD AIR...AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW EXTENDED FROM
NORTHERN LOUISIANA NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH WESTERN NEW YORK...WITH
SHORT PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS. THE LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD SLOWLY WEAKENED AS IT MOVED FURTHER
SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA. NORTHEAST OF THE SURFACE
LOW...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN HAD OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE
MID-ATLANTIC STATES INTO PENNSYLVANIA.

...SELECTED STORM SNOWFALL TOTALS IN INCHES FROM 900 PM CST
THURSDAY MARCH 6...THROUGH 300 PM CST FRIDAY MARCH 7...

...LOUISIANA...

OIL CITY                       2.0

...OHIO...

CAK AIRPORT                    5.3
NEW LEXINGTON                  4.0
BATAVIA                        3.5
ASHLAND 2 N                    3.0
EAST HAMILTON                  3.0
BATAVIA                        3.0
PIKETON                        3.0
BAINBRIDGE                     3.0
CHILLICOTHE                    3.0
PIKETON                        3.0
BAINBRIDGE                     3.0
ERIE AIRPORT                   2.0

...INDIANA...

CRAWFORD                    2 TO 3
DUBOIS                      2 TO 3
SCOTT                       3 TO 4
MEMPHIS                        3.2

...KENTUCKY...

HARDIN                      4 TO 5
BULLITT                          4
LOUISVILLE NWS OFFICE            4
OLDHAM                      2 TO 3
TRIMBLE                     2 TO 3
MEADE                       2 TO 3

...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...
PAGE                          14.0
DAYTON                        12.0
MANSFIELD                     10.0
HONOBIA                        9.0
GREENWOOD                      7.0
KINGSTON                       6.0
KENT 5 NW                      6.0
FORT SMITH                     5.0
ALBION                         4.0
EXCELSIOR                      4.0
ANTLERS                        3.0

...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
POCAHONTAS                     3.0
LITTLE ROCK                    2.0
MAGNOLIA                       2.0


...SELECTED STORM RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES FROM 900 PM CST
THURSDAY MARCH 6...THROUGH 300 PM 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 BEGIN TO
MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS BY EARLY
SATURDAY. A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW EXTENDING FROM THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND IS FORECAST. 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 THE POSSIBILITY OF
FLOODING.   

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 900 PM CST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

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