STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 2 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 10 AM EST THU JAN 6 2005 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW AND CAUSE SIGNIFICANT ICING FROM THE GREAT LAKES 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...NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF MISSOURI...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 SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THIS MORNING. THE CENTER OF THE STORM IS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR 41.9N 80.5W OR APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ERIE PENNSYLVANIA. THE MINIMUM SURFACE PRESSURE IS 1002 MILLIBARS OR 29.59 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF THIS MORNING... IOWA... OELWEIN 17.0 FAYETTE 9.7 DODGEVILLE 9.0 WISCONSIN... VICTORY 10.0 MARSHALL 9.0 RACINE 7.5 ILLINOIS... WARREN 13.0 CHICAGO 8.2 SCHAUMBURG 7.2 INDIANA... WHITING 12.0 HIGHLAND 5.7 MICHIGAN... SCOTTVILLE 8.0 EAST LANSING 6.0 DETROIT 5.4 PENNSYLVANIA... JERMYN 8.5 ALBA 8.3 EQUINUNK 8.0 NEW JERSEY... OAKLAND 3.0 NEW YORK... LIBERTY 11.5 SOUTH FALLSBURG 9.5 CARMEL 5.5 CONNECTICUT... BRISTOL 8.5 NEW FAIRFIELD 5.0 HADDAM 5.0 MASSACHUSETTS... WESTHAMPTON 7.0 AGAWAM 7.0 BOSTON 2.4 NEW HAMPSHIRE... NASHUA 3.0 RHODE ISLAND... PROVIDENCE 4.3 ICE ACCUMULATION TOTALS IN INCHES... ALLEN OH 2.0 LIMA IN 2.0 BLUFFTON IN 1.7 KOKOMO IN 1.5 OTTOVILLE OH 0.5 GREENVILLE OH 0.5 CELINA OH 0.5 CURRENT RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS THAT SNOW IS CURRENTLY FALLING FROM EASTERN WISCONSIN EASTWARD INTO NEW ENGLAND. SOUTH OF THE AREA OF SNOW WHERE TEMPERATURES ALOFT ARE WARMER AN AREA OF FREEZING RAIN IS FALLING FROM NORTHEAST OHIO EASTWARD THRU PENNSYLVANIA...NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT. EVEN FARTHER SOUTH WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE FREEZING HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER SOUTHERN OHIO...WEST VIRGINIA...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 4 PM EST ON THURSDAY. HALBACH