STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 3 FOR HEAVY SNOW OVER OHIO VALLEY/GREAT LAKES
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
400 PM EST SAT FEB 4 2006

...HEAVY SNOW IS CURRENTLY FALLING ACROSS AREAS OF THE CENTRAL
GREAT LAKES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY REGION...

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA.  WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
EASTERN MICHIGAN...NORTHEAST INDIANA...MUCH OF NORTHERN AND
WESTERN OHIO...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHWEST
NEW YORK.  WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS IN WESTERN VIRGINIA AND THE
SMOKEY MOUNTAINS IN EASTERN TENNESSEE.  A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS
CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

SNOW ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
INDIANA...KENTUCKY...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...EASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA...AND WESTERN MARYLAND.  SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES
ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MICHIGAN AND NORTH
CENTRAL INDIANA.  WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO...EASTERN
INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND WESTERN NEW YORK.

THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HEAVY SNOW IS
CURRENTLY LOCATED NEAR YOUNGSTOWN OHIO.  THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE
TO DEEPEN AND TRACK NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE EASTERN GREAT
LAKES...AND INTO EASTERN CANADA BY TOMORROW MORNING.  AS THE LOW
PROGRESSES...COLDER AIR WILL BE FUNNELED IN BEHIND THE
SYSTEM...GENERATING A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY SNOW.

AHEAD AND TO THE EAST OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...THE
PRECIPITATION IS CURRENTLY RAIN.  THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW
FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE SYSTEM PASSES.  SNOW IS CURRENTLY FALLING
OVER MOST OF MICHIGAN...EASTERN INDIANA...WESTERN OHIO...AND
EASTERN KENTUCKY.  THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. A LARGE
REGION OF 4-8 INCH SNOWS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN OHIO AND
EASTERN MICHIGAN BY SUNDAY MORNING.


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALLS IN INCHES THROUGH 3 PM EST...

OHIO...

OWENTON..............................2.0  
VERSAILLES...........................1.5  


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

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