STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 6 FOR HEAVY SNOW OVER OHIO VALLEY/GREAT LAKES
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
1000 AM EST SUN FEB 5 2006

...SNOW LINGERS AS WINTER STORM PULLS AWAY FROM THE GREAT LAKES
REGION...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MICHIGAN AND
THE SOUTHEAST SHORES OF LAKE ERIE.  SNOW...BLOWING SNOW OR WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
MICHIGAN...WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND ALONG THE SPINE OF THE
APPALACHIANS INTO WEST VIRGINIA...WESTERN MARYLAND...WESTERN
VIRGINIA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.  ALL OTHER ADVISORIES AND
WARNINGS FOR THE AFFECTED AREA HAVE EXPIRED.

THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY SNOW IS
CURRENTLY LOCATED NEAR 45.3N OR 79.2W...OR ABOUT 165 MILES NORTH
OF BUFFALO NEW YORK.  THIS SYSTEM WILL MAINTAIN ITS STRENGTH
THROUGH THE DAY AS IT TRACKS NORTH THROUGH SOUTHERN ONTARIO INTO
SOUTHERN QUEBEC BY TONIGHT.

SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR TRENDS HAVE SHOWN THE HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL OCCURRED MAINLY IN EASTERN LOWER MICHIGAN WITH SNOWFALL
RATES IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR IN MANY LOCATIONS. 
CURRENTLY...RADAR SHOWS A DIMINISHING AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE
SNOWFALL THROUGH NEARLY ALL OF THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES AREA AND
DOWN THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS.  MUCH OF THE LINGERING SNOW
WILL BE LAKE EFFECT IN NATURE WHERE SEVERAL ADDITIONAL INCHES OF
SNOW ARE POSSIBLE.  STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 10 INCHES HAVE
BEEN OBSERVED WITH ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
DAY.


...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION IN INCHES...

MICHIGAN...

METAMORA.............................9.5
NWS WHITE LAKE.......................7.9
BAD AXE..............................7.0
WASHINGTON...........................6.5
LAKE ORION...........................6.0
BURT.................................5.5
GOODRICH.............................5.3
FLINT................................5.0
LANSING..............................4.7
ANN ARBOR............................4.2
KALAMAZOO............................4.0
LITCHFIELD...........................3.1  
ALPENA...............................3.0
BUCHANAN.............................3.0  
DETROIT..............................2.0
GRAND RAPIDS.........................2.0


OHIO...

ONTARIO..............................4.2
VERMILLION...........................3.2
PANDORA..............................1.5
SANDUSKY.............................2.0


INDIANA...

FORT WAYNE AIRPORT...................2.3
INDIANAPOLIS.........................1.9
SOUTH BEND AIRPORT...................1.4
NWS NORTHERN INDIANA.................1.4
MICHIGAN CITY........................1.3


KENTUCKY...

LOUISVILLE NWS.......................2.7
MOUNT WASHINGTON.....................2.2
JACKSON NWS..........................1.6
STANDIFORD FIELD.....................1.6  


THIS WILL BE THE LAST STORM SUMMARY ISSUED BY THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER.  PLEASE REFER TO STATEMENTS
FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM.

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