STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR MAJOR WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
10 AM EST MON JAN 23 2005

...WINTRY MIX FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC
AND INTERIOR NEW ENGLAND...

HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.  WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS...RHODE
ISLAND...CONNECTICUT...NEW YORK...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.  SNOW ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF MAINE...NEW HAMPSHIRE...VERMONT...AND NEW YORK. 
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE
INTERIOR MID ATLANTIC AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
VIRGINIA...WEST VIRGINIA...AND MARYLAND.  AN ICE STORM WARNING IS
ALSO IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THAT
INCLUDES SOMERSET AND CAMBRIA COUNTIES.

A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WINTRY
PRECIPITATION...IS CURRENTLY CENTERED OFF THE SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
COAST NEAR 39.4N 74.1W WHICH IS ABOUT 20 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF
ATLANTIC CITY AND IS TRACKING QUICKLY NORTHEASTWARD.

THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY IN THE PAST 24 TO 36 HOURS OF
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN FROM THE ARKLATEX REGION EASTWARD THROUGH
MUCH OF THE DEEP SOUTH... AN AREA WHICH HAS BEEN EXTREMELY DRY THE
LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. THE HEAVIEST... DROUGHT EASING RAINFALL...
HAS OCCURRED OVER TENNESSEE... KENTUCKY AND MISSISSIPPI. FLASH
FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS
LOUISIANA... MISSISSIPPI... ALABAMA... TENNESSEE... KENTUCKY AND
WEST VIRGINIA.

AS THE WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE RAPIDLY EXITS THE NORTHEAST COAST
IN THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS... THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE
INTERIOR NORTHEAST AND HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG THE COAST WILL
GRADUALLY TAPER OFF. 

...SELECTED STORM TOTALS IN INCHES AS OF 8 AM EST...

...RAINFALL...

TENNESSEE...
CHRISTIANA............4.60
WOODBURY..............4.15
SMITHVILLE............4.04
PULASKI...............4.00
MONTEREY..............3.78
WARTRACE..............3.50
SELMER................2.67
MEMPHIS...............2.53

KENTUCKY...
BEATTYVILLE...........3.03
EZEL..................2.65
WEST LIBERTY..........2.53
LEXINGTON.............2.41

MISSISSIPPI...
GREENVILLE............3.45
MCCOMB................3.33
JACKSON...............2.48

ALABAMA...
MUSCLE SHOALS.........2.87

ARKANSAS...
BLYTHEVILLE...........2.52
PINE BLUFF............2.28

LOUISIANA...
SHREVEPORT............2.64

TEXAS...
LONGVIEW..............2.14


...ICE...

MARYLAND...
FROSTBURG.............0.25

VIRGINIA...
HAYMARKET.............0.20

WEST VIRGINIA...
MOUNT STORM...........0.25


...SNOWFALL...

NEW YORK...
ROCK HILL.............4.8
BLOOMINGBURG..........4.3
HAMPTONBURGH..........4.0
NEWBURGH..............4.0
WALDEN................4.0
WEST SHOKAN...........3.6

PENNSYLVANIA...
MILANVILLE............4.8
THOMPSON..............3.8

MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHFIELD............4.1

CONNECTICUT...
NEW HARTFORD..........3.1

NEW JERSEY...
OAKLAND...............2.7

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED AT 4 PM EST BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND THE LATEST WARNINGS IN YOUR AREA PLEASE REFER TO STATEMENTS
ISSUED BY THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

OTTO/MUSHER