STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 4 AM EST THU JAN 6 2005 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW AND CAUSE SIGNIFICANT ICING FROM THE MIDWEST THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY AND NORTHEAST...HEAVY RAINS FARTHER SOUTH... CURRENT WINTER STORM WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF IOWA...MINNESOTA...WISCONSIN...ILLINOIS...MICHIGAN... INDIANA...OHIO...PENNSYLVANIA...NEW YORK...NEW JERSEY... CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...MASSACHUSETTS...VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF MISSOURI...ILLINOIS...INDIANA...OHIO...WEST VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA. REFER TO STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORCAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST WATCHES AND WARNINGS. A WINTER STORM WITH COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THIS MORNING. THE CENTER OF THE STORM IS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR 39.0N 83.0W OR APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS OHIO. THE MINIMUM SURFACE PRESSURE IS 1005 MILLIBARS OR 29.68 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF EARLIER THIS MORNING... ARIZONA... SNOWBOWL SKI RESORT AT 10000 FT 47.0 FOREST LAKES 37.0 FLAGSTAFF 35.0 HART PRAIRIE 34.0 SUNRISE SKI RESORT 33.0 NEW MEXICO... RED RIVER 12.0 ANGEL FIRE 10.0 CHAMA 10.0 ZUNI PUEBLO 10NE 7.0 TAOS 5.5 COLORADO... BAYFIELD 10N 19.2 PAGOSA SPRINGS 2W 15.0 TELLURIDE SKI AREA 15.0 CRESTED BUTTE 9.0 SOUTH DAKOTA... MURDO 10.0 KENNEBEC 9.0 PIERRE 2.4 NEBRASKA... OMAHA EPPLEY 13.0 VALLEY NWS OFFICE 12.0 BROWN 10.0 WAHOO 9.0 BREWSTER 9.0 SPENCER 5SE 9.0 IOWA... LITTLE SIOUX 2NW 12.0 AUDUBON 10.0 CEDAR RAPIDS 9.1 BUTLER 9.0 STORY 9.0 MINNESOTA... KIESTER 6.0 FAIRMONT 6.0 LEROY 5.5 CALEDONIA 6S 4.5 HARMONY 4.5 WISCONSIN... SINSINAWA 9.0 LANCASTER 6.5 BLANCHARDVILLE 6.0 LAKE GENEVA 5.0 MINERAL POINT 4.5 ILLINOIS... CALUMET CITY 7.0 CHICAGO WRIGLYVILLE 6.5 LAKE VILLA 6.3 WILLOWBROOK 6.0 CHICAGO NORTHWEST 5.7 INDIANA... WHITING 7.0 ROLLING PRAIRIE 5.2 HIGHLAND 5.0 ELKHART 4.0 SIMONTON LAKE 3.5 MICHIGAN... VANDERCOOK LAKE 4.8 BRIGHTON 4.0 SUMNERVILLE 4.0 SCHOOLCRAFT 3.5 PORTAGE 3.0 OHIO... PAULDING 1.0 OTTOVILLE 1.0 DESHLER 1.0 PENNSYLVANIA... ELK MOUNTAIN 7.0 WELLSBORO 6.5 WARREN 6.0 BRADFORD 6.0 LA PORTE 6.0 NEW JERSEY... LITTLE FALLS 1.0 RIDGEWOOD 0.8 NEWARK 0.1 NEW YORK... ELLICOTTVILLE 11.8 CHERRY HILL 5.0 CATON 4.0 FREWSBURG 3.0 ANDOVER 3.0 CONNECTICUT... WOODSTOCK 2.0 WINDSOR LOCKS 1.4 MASSACHUSETTS... BEVERLY 3.0 BOYLSTON 2.9 WOBURN 2.5 CHELMSFORD 2.5 ICE ACCUMULATION TOTALS IN INCHES... ALLEN OH 2.0 DELAWARE COUNTY IN 1.5+ OTTOVILLE OH 0.5 GREENVILLE OH 0.5 CELINA OH 0.5 STATE COLLEGE PA 0.3 DESHLER OH 0.2 HEAVY RAINS ALSO FELL AHEAD OF THE MAIN LOW. ST LOUIS HAS HAD ITS WETTEST FIRST 5 DAYS OF THE YEAR ON RECORD...BEATING OUT THE RECORD SET IN 1950. SO MUCH RAIN HAS FALLEN THAT JANUARY RAINFALL RECORDS ARE ALREADY IN PERIL ACROSS MISSOURI...WITH ROLLA/VICHY ENDURING THEIR 3RD WETTEST JANUARY ON RECORD WITH 25 DAYS LEFT TO THE MONTH. 72 HOUR STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AS OF 6 PM CST UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED... ARIZONA... JEROME 3.25 PAYSON 3.24 PINE AT 5500 FT 3.23 CROWN KING 2.99 OKLAHOMA... MUSKOGEE 4.05 MC ALESTER 4.01 TULSA 2.51 ARKANSAS... SILOAM SPRING AR 3.97 FORT SMITH 3.37 BATESVILLE 2.43 MISSOURI... TIFF CITY 6.07 RICHARDS 5.80 CASSVILLE 5.75 NEVADA 5.59 ST LOUIS 5.51 VICHY 4.58 JOPLIN 3.57 ILLINOIS... MT VERNON 2.59 CURRENT RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS THAT SNOW IS CURRENTLY FALLING IN A SWATH FROM IOWA EASTWARD INTO NEW ENGLAND. SOUTH OF THE AREA OF SNOW WHERE TEMPERATURES ALOFT ARE WARMER AN AREA OF FREEZING RAIN IS FALLING FROM CENTRAL ILLINOIS EASTWARD TO NEW JERSEY AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. EVEN FARTHER SOUTH WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE FREEZING HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA...KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE. AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM MICHIGAN EASTWARD INTO UPSTATE NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND. SOME OF THE SAME AREAS THAT RECIEVE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN LATER TODAY WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL ESEPCIALLY DANGEROUS FROM PORTIONS OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA...UPSTATE NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND. THE NEXT STORY SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 10 AM EST ON THURSDAY. LADER/ROTH