STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 1212 PM EST MON FEB 28 2005 ...WINTER STORM STARTING TO PRODUCE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MID-ATLANTIC STATES... WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE APPALACHIANS IN NORTH CAROLINA UP THRU SOUTHWESTERN KENTUCKY...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...VIRGINIA...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...MARYLAND...PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY...CENTRAL NEW YORK...CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...MASSACHUSETTS...VERMONT...NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND MAINE. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA...VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY...PENNSYLVANIA...RHODE ISLAND...AND MASSACHUSETTS. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NEW YORK...VERMONT...MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT. AS OF 10 AM EST...THE CENTER OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 35.0 NORTH LATITUDE 75.2 WEST LONGITUDE...OR ABOUT 31 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. CENTRAL PRESSURE OF THIS STORM WAS 989 MILLIBARS OR 29.21 INCHES OF MERCURY. ...SELECTED STORM TOTALS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION IN INCHES... SOUTH CAROLINA... LINVILLE...............7.0 NORTH CAROLINA... ASHEVILLE..............4.0 VIRGINIA... FRIES..................8.5 HILLSVILLE.............7.0 TERRY'S FORK...........7.0 AMHERST................6.0 VERONA.................6.0 HARRISONBURG...........5.0 MARYLAND... CUMBERLAND.............2.0 ...THIS STORM SYSTEM ORIGINATED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO THIS PAST WEEKEND...AND IN THE PAST 48 HOURS HAS PRODUCED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF RAIN IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA... ...SELECTED STORM TOTALS FOR RAIN ACCUMULATION IN INCHES... FLORIDA... SARASOTA/BRADENTON AIRPORT...........5.17 DUETTE APRS..........................4.87 ST. PETE/CLEARWATER AIRPORT..........2.16 PUNTA GORDA/CHARLOTTE CO. AIRPORT....1.88 ST. LEO COOP STATION.................1.81 THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE IN THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC THRU THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. WITH ABOUT 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW THRU TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN MOUNTAINS. THE NEXT SUMMARY FOR THIS WINTER STORM WILL BE ISSUED AT 4PM EST BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER. REFER TO STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST ADVISORIES. HALBACH