STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 01 FOR THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE NORTHEAST
STORM
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
1000 PM EST THU MAR 01 2018

...WIDESPREAD RAIN AND LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW COVERING PORTIONS NEW
YORK STATE...PENNSYLVANIA...INTO THE NEW YORK METRO AREA...

HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM COASTAL NEW ENGLAND ACROSS
THE NEW YORK CITY MTERO AREA INTO NEW
JERSEY...PENNSYLVANIA...DELAWARE...NORTHERN AND WESTERN VIRGINIA
INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NEW YORK
STATE...NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA INTO INTERIOR WESTERN NEW ENGLAND

WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF OHIO...WEST
VIRGINIA...EASTERN VIRGINIA...NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
MAINE AND FAR UPSTATE NEW YORK

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

AT 1000 PM EST...A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH A CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 991 MB OR 29.26 INCHES WAS MOVING EAST ACROSS WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA. A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE LOW STRETCHED
ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA INTO SOUTHEAST NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE
AREA OF RAIN AND SNOW COVERING MUCH OF
OHIO...PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE INTO
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EST TUE MAR
01 THROUGH 900 PM EST THU MAR 01...

...NEW YORK...
BUENA VISTA                           6.0                    
PERRYSBURG                            6.0                    
FRANKLINVILLE                         5.0                    
COLDEN                                4.5                    
HUMPHREY                              4.5                    
EAST CONCORD                          4.0                    
GROVE                                 4.0                    

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...

...OHIO...
MARION                                45                    

...PENNSYLVANIA...
ERIE                                  53                    

...WEST VIRGINIA...
CHARLESTON                            55                    

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...MICHIGAN...
WIXOM                                 7.4                    
ANN ARBOR                             6.1                    
CLARKSON                              6.0                    
MUNITH                                6.0                    


AS THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WEAKENS OVER WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...NEW LOW PRESSURE FORMING EAST OF THE MID ATLANTIC
COAST WILL DEEPEN RAPIDLY OFF THE SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND COAST
FRIDAY MORNING...BEFORE IT MOVES SLOWLY EAST OUT TO SEA FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE INTENSE SURFACE LOW WILL PRODUCE HEAVY
RAINFALL NEAR THE COAST...HEAVY SNOWFALL OVER PORTIONS OF NEW YORK
STATE INTO INTERIOR PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND. STRONG AND POSSIBLY
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM THE DC AREA INTO NEW ENGLAND WITH
THIS STORM.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 400 AM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

HAYES