STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 02 FOR DEVELOPING MID-MARCH NOR'EASTER
NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
500 AM EDT MON MAR 12 2018

...HEAVY SNOW FROM KENTUCKY TO VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA
OVERNIGHT. THEN A DEVELOPING NOR'EASTER WITH HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY
WINDS FOR NEW ENGLAND BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
ACROSS MUCH OF THE LOWER OHIO/UPPER TENNESSEE VALLEYS INTO THE
INTERIOR MID-ATLANTIC...UPPER CAROLINAS...AND SOUTHERN/CENTRAL
APPALACHIAN CHAIN. ADDITIONALLY...WINTER STORM WARNINGS EXTEND
LONG ISLAND NORTHWARD THROUGHOUT MUCH OF NEW ENGLAND WHILE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORIES BOUDND THIS REGION TO THE WEST.

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

AT 400 AM EDT...AN EXPANSIVE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW
CONTINUED TO FALL OVER WESTERN/CENTRAL TENNESSEE UP ACROSS A LARGE
PORTION OF KENTUCKY AS WELL AS OVER THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS. SOME EMBEDDED POCKETS OF HEAVIER SNOW WERE OBSERVED
OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY WHERE MESOSCALE BANDING WAS NOTED. MUCH OF
THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION FALLS NORTH-NORTHWEST OF A 1005 MB (29.68
INCHES OF MERCURY) SURFACE CYCLONE TRACKING ACROSS FAR
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. OTHERWISE...A SOMEWHAT DISORGANIZED BAND OF
RAIN WAS OBSERVED ALONG THE ATTENDANT COLD FRONT STETCHING ACROSS
CENTRAL GEORGIA INTO THE GULF COAST WITH A SEPARATE BAND OF LIGHT
RAIN AND DRIZZLE AFFECTING CENTRAL/EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 700 AM EDT SUN MAR
11 THROUGH 400 AM EDT SUN MAR 12...

...KENTUCKY...
LEXINGTON 5 ESE                       8.0                    
KEENE 6 ENE                           6.0                    
IRVINE                                5.0                    
PERRYVILLE 3 W                        5.0                    
MCQUADY 1 N                           4.5                    
BEATTYVILLE                           4.0                    
LAWRENCEBURG                          4.0                    
PARIS                                 4.0                    
MARION                                3.5                    
STURGIS                               3.0                    

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

...IOWA...
CENTERVILLE 2 NNW                     4.5                    
CANTRIL                               4.0                    
MOUNT STERLING 3 WNW                  4.0                    

...ILLINOIS...
EICHORN                               5.0                    
SHAWNEETOWN 2 SW                      5.0                    
NORRIS CITY 3 E                       4.1                    
HARRISBURG 13 SE                      4.0                    
KARBERS RIDGE 2 SW                    4.0                    

...INDIANA...
TELL CITY                             5.0 POWER LINES DOWN   
WEST FORK                             3.5                    
JASPER 1 WSW                          2.0                    
EVANSVILLE                            1.8                    

...MISSOURI...
WRIGHT CITY                           5.0                    
HIGH HILL 5 NE                        4.7                    
KIMMSWICK 1 W                         4.5                    
KINGDOM CITY 3 SE                     4.5                    
WARRENTON                             4.5                    
ETHEL 1 N                             4.0                    
BUELL 3 N                             3.7                    
WELDON SPRING 2 WNW                   3.0                    


OVERNIGHT THE DEVELOPING STORM WILL DELIVER 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW
TO MUCH OF KENTUCKY. AS THE STORM MOVES EAST...MODERATE AND EVEN
LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING OVER THE MOUNTAIN
AREAS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA. AFTER DUMPING MORE THAN 5 INCHES IN SOME SPOTS IN
THE MOUNTAINS...THE STORM IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY RAPIDLY OFF THE
CAROLINA COAST AND THEN LIFT NORTHWARD. THE MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL
PLAIN WILL RECEIVE ONLY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BUT NEW ENGLAND
IS EXPECTED TO BEAR THE FULL BRUNT OF THE DEVELOPING NOR'EASTER
BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT AND PEAKING ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.
THIS POWERFUL STORM WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS OUTDOOR CONDITIONS
WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. SNOWFALL OF A FOOT OR GREATER IS
EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF NEW ENGLAND...WITH AMOUNTS POSSIBLY OVER 18
INCHES FROM EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INTO MAINE. PEOPLE IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS WINTER STORM.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER PREDICTION
CENTER AT 1100 AM EDT. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

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