STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 4 PM EST THU JAN 6 2005 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND CAUSE ICING IN THE NORTHEAST... CURRENT WINTER STORM WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF MICHIGAN...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 INDIANA...OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA. A WINTER STORM WITH SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON. THE CENTER OF THE STORM IS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR 43.7N 77.9W OR APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF ROCHESTER NEW YORK. THE MINIMUM SURFACE PRESSURE IS 998 MILLIBARS OR 29.47 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF THIS AFTERNOON... MICHIGAN... SALINE 8.5 ANN ARBOR 8.0 VERNON 7.0 DETROIT 5.9 PENNSYLVANIA... COUDERSPORT 10.0 GERMANIA 10.0 WELLSBORO 9.1 JERMYN 8.5 NEW JERSEY... WANTAGE 5.5 SUSSEX 4.0 OAKLAND 3.0 NEWTON 2.2 NEW YORK... LIBERTY 11.5 SOUTH VESTAL 7.8 BINGHAMTON 6.0 ITHACA 4.8 CONNECTICUT... BRISTOL 9.5 UNION 8.0 WOODSTOCK VALLEY 7.7 ENFIELD 7.0 MASSACHUSETTS... WORCHESTER 8.9 WESTHAMPTON 7.6 FOXBORO 7.5 WALPOLE 6.3 NEW HAMPSHIRE... NASHUA 3.0 HINSDALE 3.0 HUDSON 3.0 WINCHESTER 2.0 RHODE ISLAND... BURRILLVILLE 8.0 CRANSTON 6.5 PROVIDENCE 6.0 CUMBERLAND 6.0 ICE ACCUMULATION TOTALS IN INCHES... ALBRIGHTSVILLE PA 0.50 STATE COLLEGE PA 0.40 EMPORIUM PA 0.30 RANDOLPH NJ 0.25 BUFFALO NY 0.25 ALLEGANY NY 0.25 LAKE HIAWATHA NJ 0.10 OBSERVATIONS SHOW THAT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS CURRENTLY FALLING FROM NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK EASTWARD INTO MAINE. SOUTH OF THAT AN AREA OF FREEZING RAIN IS FALLING FROM CENTRAL NEW YORK EASTWARD THRU MASSACHUSETTS. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES SOUTH OF THAT INTO PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY. AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO PROPAGATE NORTHEASTWARD TONIGHT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED THRU VERMONT...NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE. THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 10 PM EST. REFER TO STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST WATCHES AND WARNINGS. HALBACH