STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR HEAVY SNOW OVER OHIO VALLEY/GREAT LAKES
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 AM EST SAT FEB 4 2006

...HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY OVER THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE
OHIO VALLEY STATES...

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THIS MORNING OVER EASTERN TENNESSEE WILL
INTENSIFY AND LIFT NORTH INTO THE UPPER OHIO RIVER VALLEY THIS
AFTERNOON AND SOUTHWEST ONTARIO TONIGHT.  THE LOW WILL PULL COLDER
CANADIAN AIR SOUTH TODAY AND CHANGE RAIN TO SNOW OVER A LARGE
REGION.

WINTER STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS...FOR HEAVY SNOW...ARE IN EFFECT
TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES INTO THE UPPER OHIO
RIVER VALLEY.  THIS INCLUDES EASTERN MICHIGAN...CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN OHIO...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND WESTERN NEW YORK.
WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND SMOKEY MOUNTAINS FOR LATER
TONIGHT.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY INTO
SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND SOUTHERN OHIO FOR SNOW.

ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS CURRENTLY RAIN...SNOW HAS
STARTED TO FALL ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA INTO WESTERN
KENTUCKY. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY THROUGH TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. A LARGE REGION OF 4-8
INCH SNOWS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN OHIO INTO SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
BY SUNDAY MORNING.

THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 10 AM EST. PLEASE REFER TO STATEMENTS AND
WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM.

ECKERT