STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 1 FOR SIGNIFICANT EAST COAST WINTER STORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 
10 PM EST FRI FEB 10 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE EASTERN U.S...

WINTER STORM WARNINGS/WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
THE TENNESSEE VALLEY NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES
AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INCLUDING MUCH OF TENNESSEE...SOUTHEAST
KENTUCKY...EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTHWEST...SOUTH
CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHERN AND WESTERN
VIRGINIA..SOUTHERN AND EASTERN WEST
VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...DELAWARE...WASHINGTON DC...SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN NEW
YORK...CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN
VERMONT...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MAINE.  

AT 9 PM EST A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE SLIGHTLY NORTH OF
DUE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. GIVEN ITS CURRENT MOVEMENT SHOULD BE
LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE CURRENT
CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MILLIBARS AND THE PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY SATURDAY. 
CURRENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...WHILE ALONG THE NORTHERN EDGE OF
THE EXPANDING PRECIPITATION SHIELD...THE PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED
TO SNOW WITH SOME ACCUMULATIONS.

...SELECTED SNOWFALL TOTALS AS OF 9 PM EST...

ARKANSAS...

NEWTON COUNTY..............2.5 INCHES
POPE COUNTY................TRACE TO 3 INCHES
VAN BUREN COUNTY...........2.0 INCHES
SEARCY COUNTY..............1.5 INCHES
STONE COUNTY...............1.5 INCHES
CLEBURNE COUNTY............1 INCH
JACKSON COUNTY.............1 INCH
WOODRUFF COUNTY............1 INCH
IZARD COUNTY...............1 INCH

MISSISSIPPI...

OLIVE BRANCH...............3 INCHES   

TENNESSEE...

MEMPHIS....................3 INCHES
UNION CITY.................4 INCHES
EAST BARTLETT..............3 INCHES

KENTUCKY...

WATER VALLEY..............3.5 INCHES
FULTON COUNTY..............1 INCH

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SNOW OVER THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE
NORTH CAROLINA COAST LATE SATURDAY...THEN MOVE MORE SLOWLY
NORTHWARD PARALLELING THE COAST SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.  AS
THIS OCCURS...SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INCREASE AHEAD OF THE
LOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID ATLANTIC REGION
NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  AT THIS TIME IT WOULD
APPEAR SOME OF THE MAJOR I-95 CORRIDOR CITIES FROM WASHINGTON D.C.
NORTHEASTWARD TO BOSTON COULD POTENTIALLY SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH ALONG WITH THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN
WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...COULD BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
TO PARTS OF THOSE REGIONS.  

ALL INTERESTS NEAR AND WITHIN THE WATCH/WARNING AREAS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REFER TO STATEMENTS FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS
DEVELOPING STORM.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDEROMETEOROLOGICAL
CENTER AT 4 AM EST SAT FEB 11.

SULLIVAN