STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 4 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
10 AM EST SUN DEC 26 2004

...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO DELIVER HAZARDOUS WINTRY
PRECIPITATION TO THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES AND MID
ATLANTIC...CREATING A NIGHTMARE FOR MOTORISTS...   

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FOR PORTIONS OF GEORGIA ...SOUTH CAROLINA...NORTH
CAROLINA...VIRGINIA...MARYLAND ...DELAWARE...NEW
JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN NEW
YORK...CONNECTICUT...MASSACHUSETTS...RHODE ISLAND AND NEW
HAMPSHIRE FOR SNOW OR A WINTERY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN. THE LARGEST IMPACT FROM THIS STORM THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE
OVER THE CAROLINAS WHERE SIGNIFFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE
POSSIBLE.  FARTHER NORTH THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THE FORM
OF SNOW...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED CLOSE TO
THE COAST AS MOST OF THE STORMS ENERGY WILL REMAIN OFFSHORE.

AT 10 AM EST THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WINTER
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO NEAR 32.8 NORTH
LATITUDE AND 78.1 WEST LONGITUDE...OR 105 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA.  THE STORM IS CURRENTLY TRACKING TO
THE NORTHEAST WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 29.53 INCHES OR 1000
MILLIBARS.

...SELECTED STORM TOTALS FOR SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATION IN INCHES AS OF
9 AM EST...

GEORGIA...
AUGUSTA..................0.8    MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN

SOUTH CAROLINA...
AIKEN....................0.8    FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET

NORTH CAROLINA...
MICRO....................4.0
WILLIAMSTON..............3.0
BLACK CREEK..............3.0
WILSON...................2.5
PLYMOUTH.................2.0
ROCKY MOUNT..............2.0
GREENVILLE...............2.0

VIRGINIA...
CHESAPEAKE...............1.0


...PREVIOUS STORM TOTALS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS STARTING DECEMBER
24...

TEXAS...  
BRAZORIA.................13.0  
GANADO...................12.0  
VICTORIA.................11.0  
BAY CITY.................9.0  
SAN DIEGO................8.0  
PORT LAVACA..............8.0  
PIERCE...................7.0  
YORKTOWN.................6.0  
ANGELTON.................6.0  
KARNES CITY..............5.0  
CORPUS CHRISTI...........4.4  
WHARTON..................4.0  
PORT ISABEL..............3.0  
LA JOLLA.................3.0  
GALVESTON................3.0  
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND.......2.5  
PORT O'CONNOR............2.0  
BROWNSVILLE..............1.5  
  
LOUISIANA...  
BURWICK..................1.0  
CAMERON..................0.8
NEW ORLEANS..............0.5

 
THE LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST WELL OFFSHORE THE
MID ATLANTIC AND NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE SUNDAY AFTERNOOON INTO
SUNDAY NIGHT.  THIS STORM TRACK IN COMBINATION WITH THE ARCTIC AIR
IN PLACE FROM NEW ENGLAND SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHEAST U.S. WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST...EASTERN MID ATLANTIC STATES AND NEW ENGLAND SUNDAY
INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. PLEASE CONSULT STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS
WINTER STORM.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 4 PM EST SUNDAY MORNING.


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