STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 9 FOR MAJOR SPRING STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
5 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2005

...HEAVY RAIN AND WIND BUFFETTING NEW ENGLAND AND THE UPPER MIDDLE
ATLANTIC STATES...LATE SEASON DUMPING OF SNOW BURYING THE EASTERN
GREAT LAKES...

FLASH FLOOD AND FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NEW
YORK...VERMONT...NEW HAMPSHIRE...MAINE...MASSACHUSETTS...RHODE
ISLAND...CONNECTICUT...PENNSYLVANIA...MARYLAND...DELAWARE...AND
NEW JERSEY.

FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
VIRGINIA...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...MARYLAND...PENNSYLVANIA...
NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK...CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...
MASSACHUSETTS...VERMONT...NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND MAINE.

HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE APPALACHIANS
IN EASTERN TENNESSEE AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA...FAR WESTERN MARYLAND...WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...WESTERN
NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN OHIO...AND WESTERN VIRGINIA.

SNOW ADVISORIES THAT WERE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF APPALACHIANS
IN EASTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...AND SOUTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA HAVE EXPIRED.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN OHIO...WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...WESTERN NEW YORK...AND
CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA.

AS OF 4 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF THE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED NEAR 41.2
NORTH LATITUDE AND 75.8 WEST LONGITUDE...OR ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTH
OF BINGHAMTON NEW YORK.  CENTRAL PRESSURE OF THE SYSTEM WAS 981
MILLIBARS OR 28.97 INCHES.  


...SELECTED 66 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS AS OF 3 AM EDT SATURDAY...

VIRGINIA...
DULLES..................2.40
WASHINGTON-REAGAN/NATL..2.18
QUANTICO................1.74
LANGLEY AFB.............1.72
WALLOPS ISLAND..........1.65

MARYLAND...
ANDREWS AFB.............2.33
OCEAN CITY..............1.86
SALISBURY...............1.98
PATUXENT RIVER NAS......1.25

WEST VIRGINIA...
PARKERSBURG.............1.78
HUNTINGTON..............1.74
BLUEFIELD...............1.31

OHIO...
HARRY CLEVER FIELD......1.67
AKRON...................1.52
YOUNGSTOWN..............1.43
ZANESVILLE..............1.30

PENNSYLVANIA...
POTTSTOWN...............3.30
DOYLESTOWN..............3.07
WILLOW GROVE............2.97
PHILADELPHIA............2.83
PHILADELPHIA NORTHEAST..2.73

NEW YORK...
ORANGE COUNTY...........2.75
MONTICELLO..............2.44
POUGHKEEPSIE............2.16
NYC/CENTRAL PARK........1.53
WESTHAMPTON BEACH.......1.46

NEW JERSEY...
TETERBORO...............2.02
ANDOVER.................1.84
CALDWELL................1.40

CONNECTICUT...
DANBURY.................2.37
NEW HAVEN...............1.69
HARTFORD................1.55
HARTFORD-BRADLEY........1.50

RHODE ISLAND...
PROVIDENCE..............1.80
WESTERLY STATE ARPT.....1.78

MASSACHUSETTS...
WESTFIELD...............1.66
WORCESTER...............1.52
NEW BEDFORD.............1.30
MILTON..................1.13

VERMONT...
MONTPELIER..............0.76

NEW HAMPSHIRE...
JAFFRAY.................1.29
MANCHESTER..............0.75

MAINE...
AUBURN..................1.87
AUGUSTA.................1.45


...SELECTED SNOWFALL TOTALS AS OF 3 AM EDT...

PENNSYLVANIA...
FREEPORT.................5.5
CABOT....................5.0
SARVER...................5.0
PITTSBURGH...............1.0

WEST VIRGINIA...
BECKLEY..................2.5

OHIO...
CLEVELAND-HOPKINS........5.0
AKRON....................2.0
YOUNGSTOWN...............2.0


RADAR IMAGERY AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN
IS CURRENTLY FALLING THROUGH THE HEART OF NEW ENGLAND WITH ANOTHER
AREA OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE SURFACE LOW IN EASTER
PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN UPSTATE NEW YORK.  THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
IS CURRENTLY OCCURRING IN NORTEASTERN OHIO...WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...WESTERN NEW YORK...AND WEST VIRGINIA.

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN NEW ENGLAND AND THE
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION THROUGH THE DAY. 
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE NORTHEAST AND NEW ENGLAND COULD
REACH TWO TO THREE INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS ESPECIALLY
IN HIGHER TERRAIN. HEAVY RAINFALL...COMBINED WITH RAPID SNOW MELT
WILL YIELD A MAJOR FLOODING THREAT IN THE NORTHEAST AND NEW
ENGLAND. 

THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 11 AM EDT.  PLEASE REFER
TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR THE LATEST
FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN YOUR AREA.

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